Capital improvements are coming to Stanley-Boyd.
Acting at the Monday, April 28 board meeting, the Stanley-Boyd School Board approved three new air conditioners, the new units coming as a change in HVAC this December calls for new coolant use. The new units to cost a combined $329,545 from Complete Control are in the district’s capital improvement plan for coming years and will be paid with funds from Fund 46 Capital Improvement as well as the Fund 10 General Fund. The high school installation will see two new Trane 410A condensers installed on the roof for $149,545 while the elementary will receive a new Trane condenser for an estimated $180,000.
Exclusions on the twin bids from Complete Control include after hours or overtime involved, lift rental, general contracting work of any kind if needed, and AHU condensate drain pan modifications, again if needed.
“First of all, moisture problems are a bad thing and if we can rectify it that’s good,” board member Chad Verbeten said of his thoughts on the new air conditioners. This and the old unit’s coming replacement settled the deal.
Bids were also sought and received from Bartingale but were not complete for the project in mind. Motion to approve the bids from Complete Control for high school and elementary air conditioning was made by Verbeten and seconded by member Toni Seidl.
Also in changes but to school positions, the Oriolettes dance coach position is being eliminated. The change comes as Oriolettes has been largely replaced in recent years by participation in other dance programs. The district has utilized Relevé Dance Company in halftime performances at basketball games, offering an alternative to Oriolettes. Oriolettes used to be a Title IX requirement to equalize boys and girls sports, but with the addition of girls wrestling this is no longer an issue.
Also in changes to school positions, the Stanley-Boyd Athletic Association (SBAA) Advisor program is to be absorbed by the Athletic Department. The program once relied heavily student involvement, but as student athletes have become more busy the involvement has suffered. Changes being proposed now are for those positions which are harder to retroactively pay, the state budget still out at Madison.
Last but not least from April school board, the board undertook to discuss Patty’s Park, a land parcel the school owns on the Yellow River along County S, past the intersection with County D and south of the bridge across the river. The land parcel numbered 23005-3014-00000000 on county GIS includes a small campground near the Yellow River and was meant to be used for nature education but has seen problems with vandalism and other issues.
“Whenever we put signs up they get torn down,” district superintendent Jeff Koenig said of the area. Since acquiring Patty’s Park the school has bought land closer to the school building, making the ownership of land in Colburn township unecessary. The land at Patty’s Park nonetheless requires a public hearing to dispose of, with speculation that a sale would involve incorporating the land into the Chippewa County Forest.
“I think we need to see what the deed actually says,” board member Chad Verbeten said after board discussion.
No decisions were made related to Patty’s Park.