District advances multiple bond-funded construction contracts including $10M HVAC replacement, roofing work and a new elementary school bid under budget

Facilities staff briefed the finance committee on several bond-funded facility projects and related design work.

For Lee's Summit North, staff described a comprehensive HVAC, intercom and fire-alarm replacement that includes converting central electric heat to gas for projected energy savings; staff said the combined equipment and installation cost is just over $10 million and that the project is budgeted in the bond maintenance/repair portion. "This is not just a simple rooftop unit replacement. It is a very involved system replacement," facilities staff said.

Staff also presented an on-call building-envelope and masonry-inspection contract to ensure critical installation phases are inspected, and described a roofing contract (over $10 million) to keep roofs on a 25-year lifecycle. The roofing presenter explained material and labor dynamics can produce significant swings in bid pricing and confirmed the vendor has worked with the district before.

Prairie View Elementary will receive improvements addressing long-failing operable walls and aging casework; staff said the work will replace folding and accordion panels with partial drywall and sliding glass walls to improve functionality. For a new elementary school, staff said preconstruction and design estimates centered around $37 million and that the selected construction bid arrived roughly $4.3 million under budget; staff also flagged approximately $1 million in city-required public-infrastructure work (turn lanes/traffic control) associated with that site.

The committee asked routine clarification questions but took no formal votes; staff said further contract documents and scheduled construction will follow established bond-project procurement and oversight.