MONTICELLO - Students in the Monticello school district will have to wait a year to have a new roof over their heads.
The Monticello school board Tuesday night voted to delay the first phase of roof repair and replacement at the school building until the summer of 2009, to allow adequate time for engineering and to obtain favorable bids from contractors.
Work to the roof was one of the major projects included in the need for a referendum in the district, which passed April 1.
The referendum will allow the district to exceed state-imposed revenue caps by up to $305,000 for the 2008-2009 school year; $390,000 for the 2009-2010 school year; and by $430,000 each year from the 2010-2011 through 2013-2014 school years.
At its April meeting, the board considered results of a roof assessment from Tom Gernetzke of Facilities Engineering.
"He reported that hurrying to pull together a roofing project for this summer would be difficult, more expensive and not likely to be completed before the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year," Ballin said.
Ballin said other projects targeted for the next two years of the referendum include new textbooks, technology upgrades, replacement of aging heating and ventilation units, two school buses and a new van.
The board is working on prioritizing the district's needs in order to come up with estimated funds needed for the next two years.
The board will consider the referendum project list at its May 7 meeting. Carol Wirth of RBC Capital Markets, advisor for the April referendum, will lay out a proposal for financing the project.
At its June 4 meeting, the board could call a resolution to financially approve the project list.
In other action, the board:
• Reorganized, appointing Kenneth Christen as president, Travis Zimmerman as vice president, Randall Smith as clerk and Tim Bruns as treasurer.
The Monticello school board Tuesday night voted to delay the first phase of roof repair and replacement at the school building until the summer of 2009, to allow adequate time for engineering and to obtain favorable bids from contractors.
Work to the roof was one of the major projects included in the need for a referendum in the district, which passed April 1.
The referendum will allow the district to exceed state-imposed revenue caps by up to $305,000 for the 2008-2009 school year; $390,000 for the 2009-2010 school year; and by $430,000 each year from the 2010-2011 through 2013-2014 school years.
At its April meeting, the board considered results of a roof assessment from Tom Gernetzke of Facilities Engineering.
"He reported that hurrying to pull together a roofing project for this summer would be difficult, more expensive and not likely to be completed before the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year," Ballin said.
Ballin said other projects targeted for the next two years of the referendum include new textbooks, technology upgrades, replacement of aging heating and ventilation units, two school buses and a new van.
The board is working on prioritizing the district's needs in order to come up with estimated funds needed for the next two years.
The board will consider the referendum project list at its May 7 meeting. Carol Wirth of RBC Capital Markets, advisor for the April referendum, will lay out a proposal for financing the project.
At its June 4 meeting, the board could call a resolution to financially approve the project list.
In other action, the board:
• Reorganized, appointing Kenneth Christen as president, Travis Zimmerman as vice president, Randall Smith as clerk and Tim Bruns as treasurer.