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Seismic retrofit finished; district flags aging roofs and undersized chiller
Summary
Silver Falls SD 4J said a state-funded seismic retrofit was finished on time and under budget; staff highlighted other summer repairs, a failed walk-in cooler, and an undersized HVAC chiller that may cost hundreds of thousands to replace.
Jeff Alderman, the district facilities presenter, told the Silver Falls SD 4J board the seismic retrofit at the Silvercrest site was completed at the end of August and "came in on time and under budget." The work included new structural beams in the library, removal and replacement of damaged elements in the music room, exterior siding updates and safety features such as snow guards.
Alderman detailed several summer maintenance projects: new carpet in the music room, replacement of failed components on a walk-in cooler and freezer, in-house restriping of a high-school parking lot (which he said saved the district roughly the cost quoted by an outside contractor), and targeted plumbing and roof repairs. He said the district installed an alarm on the walk-in cooler after a compressor failure earlier in the summer that caused food loss.
Board members pressed Alderman on remaining major capital needs. He said multiple roofs are nearing the end of their useful life and that the high-school chiller installed with an earlier addition was undersized and is running under stress; several control sensors are failing and some systems still run on unsupported software. Alderman gave a broad cost range for a chiller replacement of about $500,000 to $1,000,000 and said staff will seek three bids and attempt to include the project in next year's budget. The district has placed $500,000 into a new capital reserve fund and plans to add another $500,000 next year to help cover large, districtwide infrastructure replacements.
The presentation also noted a recent state FCA/ADA assessment and an inventory-style facilities report that staff said was less diagnostic than hoped; the district will seek more detailed cost and condition data tied to long-range facilities planning.
Next steps: staff will prepare building-level cost information and secure competitive bids where appropriate; the board and staff said the new forecasting tools and the capital reserve will guide budgeting and any bond planning.
