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Board approves updated education-debt requests for capital projects including Maintenance/Tech and HHS construction

Cheatham County Board of Education · July 9, 2026
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Summary

The board accepted an updated Education Debt Request package including a $7,000,000 request for a Maintenance/Tech Building and HHS Construction Building, $1,355,000 for capital outlay items and $300,000 for SHS field lights; packet pages include bid and contingency details totaling approximately $7.03M for two construction bids.

Chairman David Risner presented and the board approved an updated Education Debt Request that included a $7,000,000 request for a Maintenance/Tech Building and Harpeth High School construction building, $1,355,000 for capital outlay items, a safety reduction to $250,000, and $300,000 proposed for SHS field lights in FY27/28. The motion, moved by Risner and seconded by Dale McCarver, passed unanimously.

Packet pages provided further detail on capital projects and bids: a Maintenance/IT Building bid listed at $4,789,500 plus a 15% contingency (total $5,507,925) and an HHS Construction Building bid of $1,323,445 plus contingency (total $1,521,961.75), for combined projected totals near $7,029,887. The packet also listed FY27 capital items (instructional supplies, sound systems, vehicles, maintenance equipment, classroom panels, teacher computers) totaling $1,355,000.