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WILSON: School district designing small capital project
WILSON — The Wilson School District could be having some work done in its facilities.
The district is in the preliminary stages of designing a small capital project that will focus on repair work or updating certain items in some of its buildings.
At a meeting Tuesday, the board accepted a proposal from Harrington Sandberg Architecture and Engineering of Jamestown to manage the proposed project. The firm would also perform some construction manager duties, such as figuring out the cost of the project, conducting the bidding process and providing supervision of the work. As a result, the district would not have to hire a construction manager.
Superintendent Michael Wendt said the project is based on the results of a periodic building condition survey.
“There are some necessary items that need updating,” he said.
A project cost hasn’t been determined yet, but the district will cover 8.25 percent of the construction costs. Business Administrator Joseph Tette told Board of Education members the percentage was under budget, as the district originally planned the fee to be about 8.5 percent.
The work will be some maintaining and some fix up. There will be no additions built or expansion work, school officials said.
“The reason behind it is basically the same as your home,” Board President Timothy Kropp said. “Even when economic times are bad, you still have to maintain your home. We have some remedial repairs that have to be made — roof leaks, we have things like that.”
In 2008, Wilson completed a $8 million capital improvement project which included work done on the main entrances of its three schools. The middle/high school’s library and media center were renovated and expanded as well.
In other district news, Wendt will be setting up a meeting for the board with the Niagara County Health Department to discuss Wilson being used as a site for an H1N1 vaccine clinic. Currently, Wilson has not scheduled a clinic as some local school districts have, but Wendt said school facilities were made available to the department during non-school hours, if needed. Letters with information concerning H1N1 were sent home in October but Wendt said the district did not receive any requests from residents to hold a clinic.
Contact reporter Joe Olenick at 439-9222, ext. 6241.
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