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Board debates using reimbursements to rebuild NES playground; members weigh $200,000 phase against buses and a future well
Summary
The Northumberland County Board discussed using recent reimbursements and a prior $126,000 allocation to restart the NES elementary playground. Staff said a phase-one approach could be covered with roughly $200,000; members cautioned that buses and a future well also need funding and asked for vendor estimates at next week's meeting.
The Northumberland County Board of Supervisors discussed options for funding a long-delayed rebuild of the NES elementary school playground at its April 30 special meeting. County staff told the board that reimbursements identified to date total roughly $322,000 and that the board had previously set aside about $126,000. Staff and school division presenters described three choices: pay for the playground in full with the reimbursements, stage the work across fiscal years, or return the money to other uses.
A school official, Dr. Leslie, described a phased design that would bisect the roughly 9,000-square-foot play area so phase one would cover about 4,500 square feet with poured-in-place (PIP)…
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