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Bronxville board narrows capital project, authorizes construction manager and previews May referendum
Summary
The school board authorized a construction manager and discussed trimming the proposed capital project from roughly $36 million toward $25–26 million for bidding; administrators said the district projects a roughly $550,000 operating-year surplus while preparing materials for a May referendum and debt planning.
The Bronxville Union Free School District board authorized a construction-manager contract and reviewed budget projections as it prepares a capital referendum for the May ballot.
Dan (district business office) told the board the preliminary 2026 budget under review totals about $55,200,000 with nearly $6,000,000 in non-property revenue. Using a $500,000 fund-balance appropriation in the draft would lower the estimated tax levy to roughly $48,700,000 — about a 2.38% increase — and Dan said the district currently sits slightly above the projected tax-cap figure (~2.19%) and is awaiting final state inflation factors and TRS rates before final adjustments.
On facilities, the committee reported that a comprehensive priority list of needs initially totaled about $60,000,000 but was reduced through prioritization to roughly $36,000,000; committee work continued to reduce the scope further to roughly $25 million–$26 million for bidding. Eddie, the facilities committee member, said the work will likely span at least two summers and that the district intends the referendum in May so work could begin next summer if voters approve.
The board authorized the appointment of the construction manager and delegated authority to the board president to execute related documents. The meeting transcript references the construction manager with two variant names ("KALG Construction Corp." in committee discussion and "Calgee Construction" in a later motion); during debate board members corrected a typographical cost figure and confirmed a base cost "not to exceed" $724,600 (the transcript contained a $725,600 figure that was discussed and corrected on the record). The board approved the facilities action by voice vote.
Dan also reported one financial action approved by the board to return a $10,275.67 balance of the Meg Connor scholarship fund to the Connor family and close the related district account, per auditor recommendation.
Board members and the finance committee discussed debt-capacity planning and a five-year operating projection to evaluate tax-impact scenarios; the committee expects debt service to begin in 2027-28 under the current schedule. The board scheduled additional budget workshops and will present an adoptable version at a future meeting after community feedback.
