The Examiner U-46 News FeedU-46 Board set to vote on $53.7 million in expenses By Seth Hancock
The Board of Education in School District U-46 is set to vote on $53.7 million in expenditure items at its upcoming meeting on Monday, Nov. 6.
The proposals were presented on Oct. 23.
The largest item is $52.4 million, from the capital projects fund if approved, to George Sollitt Construction Company for the additions and renovations to convert Bartlett’s Hawk Hollow from an elementary to middle school.
“The project consists of renovation of the existing 58,000 sq. ft. Hawk Hollow Elementary School, plus a 92,000 sq. ft. new building addition for the middle school program,” the proposal states. “Upon completion, there will be space for 6th-8th grade students. Each grade will have dedicated science labs, grade-level teacher planning spaces, and flex teaching spaces. The addition will include a new library, new gymnasium, auxiliary gym, and cafetorium with a full-service kitchen. Additional classrooms will include Culinary Arts, Music, Band, and Choral rooms.”
Related to projects to be partially funded by new debt approved by voters are two agreements with DLA Architects for architectural services for an addition and renovations at Elgin’s Kimball Middle School and to construct a new middle school in Elgin off Rohrssen Road.
No exact numbers were given, but DLA will be paid 7.85 percent of the cost of work for the Kimball project and 6.5 percent for the new middle school which have respective “conceptual all-in budget” costs of $56 million and $100 million listed in the DLA agreement. That would put the DLA payments at $439,600 and $650,000 for the respective projects.
A $675,829 (education fund) bid with DHE Computer Systems is to replace staff laptops that were distributed during covid lockdowns, a $176,433 (school safety funds) proposal with Alpha Prime Communications is to replace two-way radios and a $119,849 (operations and maintenance fund) with Peters Electric and Technology is to conduct emergency lighting inspections across the district.
Contract renewals with TNT Landscape Construction for snow removal services ($171,465, operations and maintenance fund) and MusicFirst Classroom for secondary music resources ($51,397, education fund) as well as a contract extension with MDQ14Kids for professional development ($19,200, Title I funds) were also presented.
The board will also vote on a contract renewal of a mutual-use of facilities agreement with Judson University.
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