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Gray County board hears $1.3 million for US 27 road project; motion to award RBS architect recorded
Summary
Board members were told the state allocated $1.3 million for a school road project off US 27, funds will be available July 1, and a motion was made and seconded to award RBS the architect contract for design work; the transcript does not record the final vote tally or outcome.
A staff member told the Gray County Board of Education on April 28 that state leaders had allocated another $1,300,000 for a road project along US 27 and that the funds would be available to the district on July 1.
"They allocated another 1,300,000 to the school district for the road project. That'd be available for us to draw down, July 1," the staff member said during the meeting, noting the district completed a request for proposals and added an agenda addendum to hire an architect to begin planning work.
The staff member said the district has worked with an architect firm selection process and recommended awarding the road-design work to RBS, the only firm that submitted a proposal for the job. He described next steps as core drilling to check rock depth and finishing plans and documents for submission.
Later in the meeting a motion and second were recorded for agenda item 5(b): "we award RBS Architect for bid for the road project." The transcript records the motion and second but does not include a recorded vote tally or the final outcome of the motion.
The staff member also said Judge Green’s office and others advocated for the project and that the district intends to begin planning work this summer once the architect contract is in place.
What happens next: the architect will finalize plans and perform required site investigation work; the transcript indicates funding will be available July 1 but does not show formal contract execution or a board vote result in the provided record.
