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Toms River facilities report: LED lighting, switchgear/boilers to be bid; water‑meter cost reduced and playground grant submitted
Summary
Buildings & Grounds staff reported LED pole installations at Silver Bay Elementary, readiness to bid switchgear and boiler summer projects, a negotiated reduction on a previously quoted $65,000 water‑meter connection at High School South, and a playground grant application for Pine Beach Elementary.
At the Buildings & Grounds meeting, staff updated the board on several capital and maintenance projects, including an LED exterior‑lighting upgrade at Silver Bay Elementary, planned summer bids for switchgear replacement and boiler work, a negotiated reduction on a High School South water‑meter connection estimate, and a playground grant submission for Pine Beach Elementary.
Staff said the LED lighting project uses a rebate program and that the district’s teams will perform installation. December work‑order metrics were reported as 485 requests and 532 completed; crews have been reroofing dugouts at High School East. On capital projects, staff said engineers completed paperwork and the district will go out to bid for switchgear replacement at Intermediate North and boilers; if bids come back clean, work would proceed over the summer.
On the water‑meter at High School South, the transcript records an earlier $65,000 estimate that staff said they negotiated down (the discussion records a reduced figure as "12"). Staff also said they submitted a playground grant request for Pine Beach Elementary with assistance from the council and mayor, and they recognized facilities crews for emergency snowstorm response.
