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NPSD School Board - Virtual Facilities and Operations 7-28-25

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2025-07-29
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001Okay, our webinar is live and our YouTube feed is also live. Miss McMerry, the meeting is yours. >> Okay. Thank you, Mr. Gilmore. I'd like to welcome everyone to the July 28th Facilities and Operations Committee meeting and we'll start with our pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag >> to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Okay. All right. So, first up on the agenda will be approval of the meeting minutes from our June 30th meeting. May I please have a motion? Amendment. >> Second. All right. Mrs. Stall and Mrs. Ramage. Any comments or questions. Okay. Hearing none. All in favor, please say I. I. >> I. >> All right. There are no

002opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. So, Mr. Slaughter, I will turn it over to you for the action items for work session or action. Thank you. >> Thank you, Director McMerry. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome to the July facilities and operations meeting. U the first item we have on items recommended for work session action meeting is the approval of the 2025 concrete bids. Mr. Linsky, do you have that up? Sorry about that. We are recommending the approval of Drumheller Construction uh in the amount as the lowest bidder in the amount of $54,677 for work at York Avenue and Walton Farm sidewalk replacement. >> Okay, thank you. May I please have a motion? The >> moved. Second. >> Okay, thank you. Any comments or questions? Okay, hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >>

003I. >> There are no opposed. So motion passes. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Casa has joined. Thank you. >> Uh the second item we have on the items recommended for work session is the recommend to seek board approval of the rejection of the job source contracting bid due to no contractors submitting bids. Uh this was due to the workload in the summertime. I did reach out to several contractors that had interested in bidding and uh they indicated they were too busy but would be willing to bid in the future. So we're recommending rejection of the bids. >> Okay. I please have a motion to approve. >> So moved. >> There a second. Okay. Um any comments or questions? M Mr. Slaughter um only because I've uh have heard this and you explained it to me before.

004If you could just explain to the community the purpose of this particular um uh process and and what you're you're looking to do in the future to help us I would say be less reactive. Thank you. So, job source contracting is the uh you know public bid of uh hourly rates for a variety of services. Uh, of course, because of the multi-prime um uh laws in Pennsylvania, it's all related to the general contractor prime. So we took hourly wages for carpenters, for concrete finishers, for roofers, for laborers, for cabinet makers, and also a line item for miscellaneous pieces of equipment like a skid steer with an operator, a backhoe with an operator, uh large wheel loader with an operator, and snowplow vehicles. And this would be utilized in case we have a a a large

005snowfall that would happen and we wouldn't be able to handle it with our staff. This allows us to place the phone call to bring the contractor in. It's been publicly bid that follows all the legal avenues and and uh be able to perform that without declaring an emergency. The uh other item would be if we had miscellaneous projects throughout the school district or capital plan projects that we would do either in-house or uh if we didn't have the manpower to outsource it, we could apply this contract or have them come in and do the work for us under this bid. >> Thanks, Mr. Seller. I actually was incorrect when I said it's less reactive so much as the work still might be a reactive response but it's proactive in terms of being able to respond

006to it more timely and move forward with it. So we we'll it'll be completed as you wish. So I I think it's a great great concept. So thank you to you and to Mr. Ryan. >> Any other com. Oh Mrs. Stole. >> Yes. Sorry. So I just want to be clear in my mind. Is this kind of like a miscellaneous jack of all trades kind of job contractor? Like is that what I >> Yes. But but it it it follows the laws of the multi-prime. So we can't ask them to also bid electrical work or HVAC work or or plumbing work. It's only the general trades uh portion of it that we're bidding out. We could bring on electricians in HVAC, but we would have to put in a bid for each of those trades

007in order to follow the multi-prime law. Okay. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I've never heard of this before. Is this something that we do? >> Yeah. >> This is We haven't done it. >> Yeah. Nobody No, no one has done it at North Penn before. We went round about it at in my previous life at Central Bucks. Never really put it out there, but we talked about it a lot. So, I thought it was beneficial to do here because uh you know, we have a limited staff here. So just in case there's an emergency, a lot of times we have submitted emergencies to the state and they've been rejected. So this kind of takes that equation out out of play. Uh applying to the state for an emergency. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Yeah,

008I think it's really um really helpful and I'm really glad you suggested it so and you're putting it in place. All righty. Any other comments or questions? All righty. Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. I >> any opposed hearing? None. Motion passes. Thank you, Mr. Slaughter. >> Certainly. The next item we have is uh is a request to recommend to the board approval to advertise the rebid of the job source contracting due to no biders submitting on the original bid. Um so we're hoping to get that out in September. And again, I had followed up with a lot of vendors and gotten positive feedback that if we moved it outside of the summer slam uh of work uh that they would be willing to provide a bid for this. >> Great. All

009right. May I please have a motion? >> Moved. Is there a second? >> Second. >> Mrs. Ramage. All right. Any comments or questions? All righty. Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. I. >> No opposed. Motion passes. Thank you. Okay, the now we're going to move on to the informationational items. Oh, sorry. Um, the first item up is the project update from CHA. Mr. Lynch, if you would proceed with that. >> Good evening. Thank you, Mr. Slaughter. Thanks, Dan, for having that up for uh July. I understand uh I got some help from Mr. Gilmer this evening. So, uh, on the update. So, let's jump right into it. Um, upcoming and recent events, uh, on our land development submission for the high school project. We've got preliminary approval from the planning commission, the

010board of supervisors. A final set of plans has been submitted to the township. We've got a township engineer review letter that was received on the 18th. The design team is uh, responding to those issues. Not many surprises there. And we're back in front of the planning commission for final approval on August 4th, followed by a meeting with the board of supervisors for their final approval. So hopefully that h happens at the end of August uh based on the timeline that we have. Uh we've continued to coordinate with North Penn Water. Um, our documents to transmit the existing water lines to the district have been completed and the first work on the meter pits is about to be underway. So, uh, we are excited to get that work done before the start of school. On the

011NPDS permit front, um, our phases have been submitted. Phase one was approved and then the larger permit has gone through its review. We got a review letter on the 16th of July that the design team is responding to and we're still hoping for a permit in hand by midepptember. >> Mr. Lynch, before you go off that slide, what was the scope of the questions um that were asked? Were they complicated, easy, concerning? >> Which letter, Miss McMerry? >> The technical review. So technical review, you know, as you as you know, there is a myriad of questions and they relate to uh first cleaning up the drawings. Second, uh our discussion with respect to crosswalks on Sumntown and Snyder Road. Also, uh all of the work that we're doing with Montgomery County Roads and Bridges on

012the work on Sumntown. So, it's a a long list. nothing that I don't think that we can work uh through. Mr. Slaughter's certainly been helpful in talking with the township as has TNM. So, I think at this point it's a matter of cleanup and it'll come down to some of the last items perhaps those crosswalks being a couple of those items and it it also includes things like the escrow that we have to post, the financial security and things of that nature which are usually negotiated as final approval comes. >> Okay. All right. Thanks. I just wanted to check in. Thank you. >> Great. If we go to the next one. Thank you. PENDOT permit. We're seeking uh input from Montgomery County roads and bridges on the subnet town widening that pertains to the land

013development. Um as far as the deferral of curbs and sidewalk. Um we've completed the study for pedestrian crossings at Sumntown. Um, we've made a suggestion to the township to consider aligning that crosswalk with a future uh development that's been in discussion. Snyder Road also has flashing school signals in addition to the crosswalk. And those uh requirements for the flashing signals is probably going to generate a meeting with PennDOT to reduce the requirements that PennDOT has for uh signalization. So, uh we still have some work to do there. Nothing that would stand in the way of phase 2. proceeding. Um, and as you know, the AM radio tower demolition is uh complete and we actually received a credit on that contract in amount just over $3,300 on the contract. Okay, phase one, as you know, is

014underway. We're having regular construction meetings and shop drawings and procurement is underway. Um, from a standpoint of procurement and shop drawings, there doesn't seem to be something that's standing in the way or impeding schedule. Uh, field work is started in all areas as some of the board members know from their tour in the in the past week. On the transportation building, we're waiting for final pricing resulting from the last design uh items that were sent from Shrader Group to the Gordian contractor. Uh I understand that we should have something this week as far as preliminary pricing. So hopefully that will go handinand glove with the work that we do after receiving bids for phase two later this week. And on phase two, as we know, bids are due at the end of this week, 2:00

015on Thursday. We'll read them and uh everybody's got fingers and toes crossed for that. The last addendum uh will be issued probably tomorrow for a couple of minor items and then the design work for phase three is ongoing. There's been an auditorium another auditorium meeting scheduled um and work on that front so we could commence probably com uh concurrently with the end of phase two. So a lot going on in phase one. We're on schedule uh for the construction uh work. Everything is really underway at this point in the natiatorum in Cape Cod and on the site. Our fuel tank removal process is ongoing. We're scheduled to hopefully place the the pad for that propane tank on or about August 1st, followed by relocation the week of the 11th. Um and everything is ongoing across

016the entire site. It had a bi-weekly progress uh meeting today. We should see the first schedule update from Penn Builders at the end of July. Um but there were no concerns raised uh today with respect to schedule. Okay. Um I have got several pictures in the update that identify and show what's been happening on the job site. I don't know if you want to replace this with the video that Mr. Gilmer has. Um up to you. We can certainly do that. Uh Dan, do you mind uh popping up the video from Bob >> rather than a still picture update? We have a video update thanks to Mr. Gilmer. >> Just give me a second and I'll switch over here. >> Sorry about that. We pulled that on you last minute. >> No problem. Okay, let's

017do this and share sound. Welcome to the July North Penn High School construction update for phase one of our North Penn High School renovation project. Let's take a look at what's been happening over the past couple weeks and what's coming up next. This week, work continued across multiple areas of the campus. In the Cape Cod area, electricians successfully completed two shutdowns. They're now preparing for a week-long shutdown to relocate the electrical transformer. Evacuation in this area uncovered obsolete chilled water pipes which were removed to make way for new electric lines and transformer vaults. On the third floor of Cape demolition of science room casework, duct work and electrical is complete. Meanwhile, temporary walls are being framed and drywalled in the auditorium. Audon senior cafeteria and library. Code inspections are ongoing and painting is just about

018to begin. Inside the Natiatorum, crews are wrapping up floor and tile removal and have begun installing overhead fans. Paint compatibility testing is complete and sprinkler head revisions will follow. Outside, the electrical contractor continued installing the duck bank for the propane tank relocation. Ballard construction is underway and the district's propane vendor is assisting with layout changes and LNI approvals. Masonry restoration is in progress on Cape Pod's exterior and roof replacement continues over Cape Pod and the main lobby. Elsewhere, excavation continued in Apod for the new water service line and preparations are in place to install the water meter pit next week. Going into next week, expect continued progress in the pool area. Electrical work from basement to ceiling and further hydroponic piping installations. KPOD's HVAC system will be shut down on Friday to allow for valve

019installations. Framing, drywall, and painting of temporary classrooms will continue throughout the building. Finally, site coordination continues across all trades as we move closer to the next milestone. Phase 2 bid site visits occurred this week with bids due at the end of July. This is your update from the North Penn High School. Stay tuned for more progress next week as we build for the future right here at North Penn High School. Awesome. >> Wow. >> Awesome. >> Does Does anyone know how much scaffold is actually been erected in the nuditorium? >> That gentleman was >> Sorry guys, >> I was gonna say the answer is not enough. >> Yeah, it's true. That gentleman the gentleman to answer that question was on vacation this week. So, we expect him back. We'll get that answer for you. I'm

020just so curious. It's just >> it's a lot. >> Thank you, Mr. Gilmer. >> That uh that area is 14 a little over 14,000 square feet. So, there's at least that much >> Wow. >> scaffolding of flat area. So, >> okay. All right. Thank you. >> So, maybe Mr. Linsky, we go back to the end of the photo section. a lot of talent to make this presentation happen. >> Mr. Gilmer just knocks it out of the park every time. >> Dan, it's slide 19, please. >> Oh, boy. >> All right. This is our dashboard on uh that provides an update on phase one. So, um, hard to read, but you should be able to see it on your board docs, uh, document. For each of the sequences of work, I update the percent complete, as

021you can see on, uh, the right hand, uh, column, and then I've got site phases in there. Um, the accounting is there for the pay applications received uh, to date. Um, and the one executed change order for TAMCO, our radio contractor, is listed there. and we're happy to say it's a credit. Um, for the committee and the board's purposes, the the thing I like to draw attention to is the current remaining project contingency, which is now over a million. When we started the project, it was at roughly $800,000. So, a lot of this has to do with uh the success in negotiating permit fees and also refining the scope of soft costs. So, it's nice to see that number go up in the beginning of a project like this. And I think you're familiar with

022the issues that are in progress. It's the propane tank relocation, the coordination on our water lines out back with North Penn Water, which has gone well. The isolation of Kod for both electric and the hydronic uh piping and also making sure that we have the right paint system and doing compatibility testing in the natiatorum. Uh RFIs and submitts continue to go and >> go ahead Miss McMerry. Sorry. What is hydronic piping? >> So hydronic piping is all of the piping that feeds our HVAC units. >> So in Cape Cod we have uh hot and cold water lines that feed the HVAC units. We have acid waste piping going in. We have gas piping going in. And of course we have hot and cold water piping going in. Uh the hydronic is what we are really

023focused on because there's new hydronic piping to all of the HVAC equipment in Cape Cod and it runs not only uh across like the third floor but it starts on the ground floor and runs up. >> Did we have this existing before you started the project or no? >> Yes, you did. You had uh piping that fed all of the units on all of the floors. One of our challenges is that was very little isolation between floors. So, >> we're having to put in valves for that. >> Glad to hear there's lots of valves. Okay. Thanks. >> Okay. Uh design team is doing a great job and get getting back to the team on uh shop drawings and requests for information. So, it's always good to see open items uh being relatively few in number.

024If we go to the next slide, uh really no safety issues to report on the job site um today. We are in contact with the roofers safety officer who continuously reminds Mun on perimeter flagging that has to be maintained while they're doing work at the perimeter of the building. So that's always a safety challenge and a warning that those folks always get. Um Burrow has also been on site with their safety officer who continues to remind folks about tying off at the opening that we've made for receiving materials on the third floor. So, that's what I've gotten and the contractors continue to give me their toolbox talks on a weekly basis. Upcoming work uh includes the remainder of the roof replacement on Kpod that we'd like to have done with the exception of the metal

025prior to school. Third floor science and classroom renovation continues along with the corridor. The natiatorum ceiling uh paint we're prepping this week. then sprinkler uh acoustic panels, fan work. Uh we expect the scaffold to be in place through the month of August, hopefully departing at the very end of August so we can get get back to the business of doing the pool plaster and the deck tile along with locker room renovations. Our propane tank foundation is underway as you saw, hoping to uh place the the uh slab and relocate the skid by about the 8th of uh August. meter pits and water line. Also, sanitary line in the back will be installed in August. We've got a fiber line to relocate to the stadium from the TV studio and the data center. And we've got

026those two shutdowns, HVAC and electrical of Cape Pod for the valve installation and the relocation of the existing electrical transformer. So, it's a busy month in August. budget update remains remains consistent as we hit in the bids for phase two. The one point I'd like to make is on Kpod and Natiatorum. Uh that contingency has actually increase to 1.1 million. I've got a detailed budget sheet for each uh phase. Uh just didn't want to cloud this with too many numbers. So that's the good news on the budget. Um we're really uh anticipating uh what happens on Thursday so that we can report some sound news there and move ahead with phase two. I think that that is the last slide and I'd be happy to help with any questions. >> Any comments or questions from

027the committee? >> I please go ahead. >> Uh so on page three I wanted to go back to the um pendot signals. He said that we might argue that so that we don't have to have as many signals as Pend Pendot requires. Is that >> Bill can explain PennDOT's uh desire for additional flashers and we have to have a meeting with them in order to hopefully speak to them off of that position. >> And >> so I'm sorry. Go ahead. >> Isn't that a safety issue? like why why do we want to >> so the the the township had requested that we look at um extending the flasher to the edge of the new sports field than where it is right now along Snider Road. However, when the township submitted that to Penn, PennDOT indicated

028that their law is that you can't have a school zone longer than uh just under 800 ft when we already exceed that now. So, this is very similar to NAP. uh they had asked that we put in four flashing signals since it was over their standard footage, but we were able to negotiate with them and indicate to them that it's a it's a straight line of sight unlike NAP. So, it really becomes u more I don't want to say use the word ridiculous, but nonfunctional to have all those flashing lights there. Not to mention it's a financial burden to the district. So, their knee-jerk reaction to the request from the township was to indicate, hey, here's our law. So, we're requesting a meeting with PennDOT, similar to what we did at NAP, and we're going

029to ask them if we can just keep the two flashers since you can see all the way from one side of the zone to the other. >> Okay, that makes you go around that S turn, >> right? Okay. >> Thank you. >> And the existing flashers are operational, so >> it's not like we're adding new. We're using the existing during construction. >> Gotcha. Thank you for that, >> Mrs. Ramage. >> Um, just feeding off of Mrs. Stole's comment, I also believe with the NAP renovation, um, the bureau also kind of split the cost with some of it or helped out, I believe. And so, if there is a compromise, would the township be willing to compromise on some of the costs for some of the installation of those items? I think all of those. Go

030ahead, Bill, if you want. >> I was going to say, sorry. At NAP, what happened was the burrow wrote a letter on our behalf to PennDOT. >> Okay. >> So, we would ask the same thing at that Tammenson Township since it was their request. They write a letter to PennDOT saying that they agree with us that it's a financial burden and an undue uh ask and uh we'll submit that to Pendot as well. I I recall that there was some form of compromise. So, um or partnership. So, thank you for that. Um in our at our last FNO meeting, it was reported that the Natiatorum HVAC system had been ordered. Um I'm just wondering the status on that. So, has it been delivered? Do we have a delivery date? And any delays with that system?

031>> Delivery date for the pool pack of the Natiatorium is said to be September 16th. >> Okay. And that's still on target and still on track. >> That was confirmed today in our bi-weekly. >> Okay, perfect. Thank you. >> Any other Is Mr. Kasa still? I'm not I can't I can't see across. Okay, >> I'm here. All good. Thank you. >> Thank you, Mr. Kasa. Mr. Lynch is the regarding that this excessive heat that we've had. Have there been accommodations or changes to the work schedule to support it to help alleviate it? >> So, so it's a great question. Um, nothing has been required to date, Miss McMerry. And the um the folks who would probably uh need something the most are the roofers >> and they have been starting early. And uh when we

032talk about excessive heat in the past uh 7 days, today was probably the hottest day. Last week was actually an excellent work week and um uh Mun was able to make uh production. So they start as early as they can in order to avoid it and it's just a uh necessary evil. Um it goes with the territory of being a a roofing contractor. Aside from that, there really is not um a great deal of work activity that happens outside. They're fortunate that they're in an air conditioned building for the most part. Um so it really has not been um a problem for things like the propane tank site. Um when we get into the waterline work um again, it's not a very strenuous issue. Um but it certainly is something that comes up on the

033safety toolbox talks and keeping folks hydrated and making sure that they know what the signs are for heat stress. be being nosy is or curious is there any type of confined space issue areas within the con the project. >> Uh so ultimately when uh workers are in manholes that's considered confined space so they have to work on that. When the electrician is in an electrical vault it's considered confined space so they know exactly how to handle that. >> Uh in this phase that's really about it. >> Okay. All right. Thank you. All righty. Thank you for the presentation. >> Thank you. >> All right, Mr. Back to you. >> Yeah, no problem. Thank you. If there's no other questions, then we'll move on to the 10-year capital plan update. >> Uh there have been no

034changes to the capital plan. Uh however, we do have a uh uh some updates to some of the items that we're sharing here as the project's underway and getting started. Uh some stuff has been completed, other items have been started. Um so we have finished up with the Gwenor rooftop replacement, the York chiller compressor replacement, lighting software upgrades at both schools have been completed. Uh we're a little further along on the boiler and the HVAC at Penddale and the district wide seaman's upgrade is is uh moving along. We expect to finish that by August. Uh we're awaiting some parts on the remainder of the chiller upgrades. two things that we're going to add to the capital list that just came to our attention that I wanted to just put on here for everyone's uh review

035is uh at the ESC we currently have no way to notify all the staff in the building in the event of an emergency. So, we sought pricing on either an intercom system or a replacement fire alarm with an intercom. Uh we're recommending the installation of an intercom system for $65,000. So, we'll that's our budget estimate for that. We will score that accordingly and have an update for you next week. Um, one other item that we looked at is uh at York Avenue Elementary School, there are some masonry panels on the most recent addition which are on the playground side and uh they need some caulking restoration around there and uh we're going to look at reattaching them as well. Uh they're they're still in place, but they're starting, we feel, to be a little loose.

036So, we would want to uh reattach those to the substrate behind there and then do a full caulking restoration. So, our estimate for that work is $250,000. So, next month, you will see the 10-year plan with all these items updated, completing items moved to the back, and uh these two additional items added to the list for right now. >> Okay. Does anyone have any questions on the 10-year plan? >> Yes, please. >> Go ahead, Mr. Casa. >> Thank you, Chair McMerry. Uh, thank you, Mr. Slaughter. I appreciate um what was mentioned about the ESC. Is that something that's on an expedited timeline or anything that we have to uh that the board may need to consider um in terms of um procurement rules or whatever might be an obstacle? >> Yeah. So, seeing that's a

037life safety issue, that's probably going to rise to the top as something that we get a bid package together and get it out for. Uh since it is the ESC, we can probably work on that during regular work hours. So I don't see us not being able to complete that in the next four to six months. >> Thank you. And of course due diligence uh Mr. Ran of course uh has been part of the decision-making process. >> Yes, he has. >> Thank you. >> Okay. All righty. And Mr. Slaughter, we do not have a student representative this evening. Correct. >> I did not see Kaden on this evening. No, >> I didn't either. Okay. All righty. >> So, I will turn it back over to you. >> Okie dokie. Thank you. Okay. Mr. Gilmer, is

038there anyone uh that would like to make public comment this evening? >> Yes, we do have one hand raised currently. >> Okay. All righty. I'll go ahead and read the public the information, the guidelines, I'm sorry. Uh, individuals attending this meeting virtually and intending to speak to the committee should be aware that they are being recorded. In order to meet the requirements of Pennsylvania sunshine law, it is necessary to record the names of all citizens who speak to the committee during the meeting. To assure compliance with this requirement, it is essential that those planning to address the committee raise their hand electronically and state their name and municipality. Members of the audience are asked to limit their questions and comments to matters being discussed at tonight's meeting or matters that may come before the facilities

039and operations committee. Members of the audience are asked to limit their questions and comments to three minutes and this is in reference to board policy 903. Okay. Thanks Mr. Gilmer. Please go ahead. >> All righty. So up first is Jason Laneir. Jason, I've enabled your microphone. So, when you're ready to begin, please state your name and municipality for the record and begin your comments, please. >> Uh, Jason Laneir Lansdale. Um, again, I want to talk about the the budgeting of of the high school project and the subsequent other uh capital improvement projects. Uh, I know in the last meeting I mentioned that there was sort of seems like there's this $40 million delta between where option two was was was marked to be at ticketed at 236 236 million and where your current and the

040fact that we aren't having any um uh modular classrooms or we're not buying additional land for the transportation center, it drops it down to about 218. So at 218 then we're actually budgeting to spend about $260 million and that's that that that's a big delta and there hasn't been a lot of definition of what is causing that that additional costing. Um but and and and this is not substant this can be substantiated by listening to the interview that that uh Dr. Ber had uh 920 uh January 9th uh 2024 just before the referendum and he mentioned it being at the topline number. So we're we're spending above that and yet we have only so much money that we can raise projected by uh staying under act one. So, I want to know how is it

041that we're going to be fi financing all of these millions and millions more than we anticipated. And I I'll go on a little further because if I'm reading the the the uh the uh FNO um budget correctly, there's 370. Let me let me actually I'll open up it right here. Uh it's the capital improvement is is listed if I added this up correctly $374 million almost $375 million and with capital one at or the sorry option two at $259 million we're talking a total of $634 million. And I want to know how is it that we're going to be financing this? I know that it's going to be over a number of years, but this seems like we're locking every taxpayer in this this district. We're we're we're definitely signing up for for uh uh

042total um maximum taxes for the next 30 years or so, increases every single year. And the these compound these aren't these aren't just one offers. So, I I think there needs to be more consideration of actually delving into the budget, actually knowing what we're buying into and and maybe saying we don't need the we need the the the nuts and bolts. We don't need the vanity portions of this project at the high school. And I'll leave it there. Thank you, >> Mr. Gilmer. Is there anyone else that like would like to make comment this evening? Uh, we have one other person in there. If you would like to make a comment, we do need you to raise your hand in the interface. We'll give that a few seconds. >> Okay. >> And I'll count it

043down. Here we go. Five, four, three, two, one, and that will conclude public comment for tonight. >> All right. Thank you again, Mr. Gilmer. So, back to our agenda. So, Mr. Slaughter, back to you, though. If you would please. um review the action items. >> Certainly. >> Thank you. The uh first recommended uh action item for uh consideration to seek board approval is for the concrete replacement bid award to Drumheller Construction in the amount of $54,677. The second item 3B is the recommended rejection of the 2025 job source contracting bid award since there were no submitter submitting biders. The third item is the recommendation to seek board approval to advertise the rebid of the job source contracting uh bid due to no biders submitting bids. Those are the three items. >> Thanks very much, Mr.

044Slaughter. All right, we'll move on to the next facilities and operations committee meeting will meeting will be in a virtual format again on Monday, August 26th at 7 p.m. So I'll please ask for a motion to adjurnn. >> So moved. >> Thank you, Mrs. Ramage. Thank you everyone. Have a great uh rest of the week. Stay safe. Thanks, Mr. Gilmer.

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