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After inspection, board hears lower-cost downdraft option to meet new fire marshal kitchen rules
Summary
A recent state fire marshal inspection required kitchen changes; staff proposed a downdraft system and new cooktops that staff say meet code at far lower cost than an earlier $200,000 overhead-vent plan; a motion to purchase new ranges was made but no recorded vote appears in the transcript.
Staff told trustees a state fire marshal inspection identified changes needed in home-ec and life-skills kitchen areas and that the district initially estimated a roughly $200,000 project to add overhead exhaust hoods with associated fire controls. Craig and facilities staff recommended an alternate downdraft system that routes exhaust through the building basement and requires new cooktops and targeted wall core work — a solution staff said the fire marshal approved and that will materially lower cost.
Doug described the plan and cost components: district quotes for appliances were about $16,000 for the ranges, with installation and incidental work priced at approximately $5,000. "So the cost, the 16,000, that's just for the appliances themselves," a board member asked; staff confirmed the installation estimate separately. A motion to approve the purchase of the ranges was made during discussion; however, the transcript does not record the subsequent vote result for that specific motion, so the outcome is not specified in the minutes included in the transcript.
