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Board approves budget to build district maintenance, mechanic and bus facility
Summary
The board approved the final budget for a new district maintenance/mechanic shop, storage and bus facility and authorized notice to proceed to contractor Hogan and Associates, with staff saying the project should take about a year and most spending will occur in the next fiscal year.
The Ogden City School District on a voice vote approved the final budget and authorization to notify the contractor to proceed on a new district maintenance/mechanic shop, storage and bus facility.
Ken Crawford presented the project breakdown to the board, separating soft costs (architectural fees, testing, plan review, permits and utility connections) from hard construction costs and noting an additional construction-management fee previously approved and paid to BDK. Crawford told the board the contractor — Hogan and Associates — is ready to mobilize and that the work should take about a year from start to finish. "If they get a shovel in the ground in July, that's when we'll get into the construction budget," a district official said.
Board members asked whether the capital budget can absorb the expense. Zane, the district business administrator, said most of the work will be expended in the next fiscal year and some will carry into FY28 and that the district has about $18 million in the capital account versus roughly $16 million in projected project costs; he warned the project will significantly draw down the capital fund. Ken said discussions with Ogden City could yield value-engineering savings — specifically on a storm drain tie-in — that might reduce hard costs by roughly $800,000 if the city agrees to transfer ownership or right-of-way of the storm drain line.
The board moved and approved the budget and authorization to proceed; the meeting transcript records three affirmative voice responses at the vote. Ken said monthly pay applications will be reviewed by BDK and the district and that typical monthly disbursements on a project of this scale might average around $1 million per month during peak construction.
The board did not record a line-by-line roll call in the excerpt; staff said they will present updates to the board as the project progresses and will return any value-engineering outcomes that affect the district’s financial exposure.
