Board reviews $15M athletics program, master-plan options and several access-control purchases
The board received a detailed construction update on the auditorium and athletic complex, heard master-plan cost estimates for gym/CTE additions, and heard motions to purchase several campus access-control systems; the transcript lists motions and dollar amounts but does not include recorded vote tallies in the provided excerpt.
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Board members and construction staff reviewed progress on the auditorium and broader athletic complex. Project presenters said the auditoriums' final change order with the contractor is about $8.8 million and that overall athletic-project costs are trending to roughly $15.34 million — about $340,000 over the original $15 million athletic budget when the additional items discussed tonight are included. "If you take that $8.8 million and compare it to the budget, that gives you a total spend of about $9.9 million" but with added items and contingency adjustments it pushes athletic projects slightly over budget, a presenter said.
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