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Renovation of CWC would require ALL local funds, greater taxes Superintendent Treece says that while renovating CWC would cost slightly less than building a new school, it would have to be done with all local funds, requiring greater local taxes. And the system would be left with an old school. About: Joe Hare says with right answers from Board he would vote Yes Response to Mr. Joe Hare's Questions by Adair County School Superintendent Darrell Treece Thank you for your concern and being willing to keep an open mind. In conjunction with the reply that I made yesterday to Marsha Allen's concerns, I will try to address the questions that you have. I came to Adair County in 2003 so I cannot speak to anything that happened prior to that. It is my understanding that prior to demolition the old high school was determined by the state to be structurally sound and a state grant was given to Adair County to renovate the school. With the 4-year facility plan that each district in the state has to complete, it was determined by the committees in both 2003 and 2007 that CWC needs to be replaced. The state has agreed with that and there are no state funds for renovation nor will they allow us to use local funds even if they were available to do major renovations, only maintenance. I do know that thousands of dollars have been spent in the last few years on roof, heating and cooling, lighting and electrical repairs and maintenance. The figures from the 2003 facility plan show that $7,507,028.90 would be required to completely update and modernize the building to today's standards and codes. The 2007 plan projected $9,360,000 for a new, much larger facility. In terms of local taxes required to do the full renovation with local money, I can give you the following figures: To bond $7,507,000 would require $564,436 of additional local taxes per year. To raise that amount would require 9.1 cents per $100 of assessed value based on the current county-wide property assessment.As far as change orders are concerned on construction projects, all of the Board and I would love to not have any. It is very frustrating. However, there are things that occur that, regardless of who is at fault, require decisions to be made as to their validity and their effect on the project. Recognizing this, the state requires that a contingency of 15% of the total project be included in the bond sale to meet needed changes. We certainly work to keep those changes to a minimum. The bottom line is that we have an almost 50-year old facility that would require 3/4 of the cost of a new facility to upgrade.We feel that in the long run it best serves the students and citizens of Adair County to build a new facility. The 5.6 cent local tax allows us to do that. Again, thank you for the opportunity to answer questions. Darrell Treece, Superintendent This story was posted on 2009-12-04 09:53:53
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