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Rockport outlines $350,000-plus capital asks including phased ventilation and alarm upgrades
Summary
At its Oct. 13 meeting the Rockport district presented capital improvement priorities: a phased unit-ventilator replacement (phase 1 a little over $250,000), an elementary fire alarm control panel replacement (~$40,000), exterior lighting (~$10,000), blind replacements, a multipurpose utility vehicle, and a multiyear interior door project; total asks (excluding the door project) were described as just over $350,000.
The Rockport School Committee reviewed its capital improvement requests on Oct. 13, with the leadership team presenting a prioritized list of facilities needs and estimated costs that will move to the town’s capital improvement planning committee and then to spring town meeting.
The largest single near-term ask is a phased replacement of unit ventilators at the elementary school. The presenter described phase 1 as "a little over $250,000" for one section (the request will be rolled out in multiple phases covering additional wings in subsequent years). The committee stressed this is a multi-year, multi-phase project: phase 1 covers one section, with phase 2 and phase 3 planned in future years.
Other near-term requests included replacing an outdated elementary fire alarm control panel (parts are no longer available; the presenter estimated about $40,000 and relocation work), improved outdoor campus lighting (an estimate "just over $10,000" that meets the capital threshold), continuing window-blind replacements across non-classroom areas, and purchasing a multipurpose utility vehicle (with plow and sander attachments) to give in-house staff more capacity for snow, ice and grounds work.
Committee members also discussed a longer-term interior-door replacement project at the middle-high school, where preliminary figures cited per-door replacement estimates ranging from about $25,000 to $40,000. The presenters noted that some quotes lacked the level of detail required for immediate inclusion, and that the town administrator asks committees to include a 10% buffer on quotes to account for price changes. The presenters said the total district ask submitted to capital (excluding the large door project) is just over $350,000 and that, if approved, funds would likely be available starting July 1 under the normal town appropriation schedule.
The committee did not vote to approve spending at the meeting; the capital requests will proceed through the capital improvement planning process and then to town meeting for final approval.
