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District working with DPW on drainage fixes after repeated overflows; EPA involvement noted
Summary
Interim Superintendent Hines told the board the district is coordinating with the Department of Public Works on drainage repairs at Elm Street School and Laconia High School following repeated overflow incidents; the Elm Street fix is estimated at about $65,000 and the EPA was said to be involved in field runoff issues.
Interim Superintendent Hines told the Laconia School Board on June 2 that the district is working with the Department of Public Works to correct recurring drainage problems at Elm Street School’s bus loop and a high-school field overflow that has occurred more than once.
Hines said a proposed Elm Street solution — installation of a catch basin paid for with roughly $65,000 in local funding, potentially using impact fees — would address longstanding bus-loop pooling. "They're allowing us to use, well hopefully allowing us to use impact fees to pay for it. So it's around $65,000 to fix the problem," Hines said.
Board members discussed a related overflow from a high-school field that has required additional action; Hines reported that the Environmental Protection Agency has become involved after a repeated overflow. Officials said some pipes in the affected run are only 4 inches and DPW has proposed replacing a segment with a 6-inch pipe, but that negotiations and coordination with DPW and other stakeholders are needed.
The board also reviewed the district's near-term financial position. Hines reported available funds "just under $700,000" before encumbrances for retirement and FICA, and emphasized those obligations will reduce the apparent available balance.
District leaders said they will continue coordinating with DPW on technical scope and cost, and will return with more detailed recommendations; no formal vote of appropriation for the drainage work was taken at the meeting.
