Galesburg Reporter

Mercer County School District 404 Board of Education Building and Ground Committee met May 13

Here are the minutes provided by the committee:

Attendance:

-Committee members: Don Yates (6:21), Jason Monson, and Bill Smock

-Other Board Members: Lori Nelson

-Staff: Scott Petrie

-Bray Architects: Jon Mahon, Mark Miller

-Community member: None

Apollo Update

- Waiting for the building to be empty to do the build out in the Cafeteria and Kitchen.

- Waiting on the fire alarm in the classroom addition.

NBE Update

- Looking at the Demo of the 3-story portion the first of July

- The clean up of the Demo will take 3 weeks

- Waiting until the first of July just in case something pushes back the completion of the new building.

MCHS update

- Soil Borings ordered

- Scott to discuss the city vacating the road on the north end of the HS

- Central Planning team will continue to be building and grounds

- Code says that we do not need a storm shelter. We will take the topic to to whole board to find out it anyone strongly opposes us following code and moving forward without one.

- Floor Plan update

- 3 exterior options shown and they would like our feedback on which one we liked or which parts we liked.

Other:

- Summer Projects 2024

◦ Gym Roof

◦ HS floor work locker rooms and Vo tech

◦ Joy Gym Gutters and Downs

◦ NBE asbestos abatement

◦ Apollo kindergarten doors replaced, Curtain wall removed, new carpet.

◦ JH locker room painting

- Troy Riddle came and discussed the Co Op buying group TIPS. We could get pricing for Roof projects without hiring an architect and hopefully save money.

- Troy also discussed a Public Adjuster that we could work with to see if any of our other roofs were damaged in the August 2023 Hailstorm. We had our insurance company, along with a rep from Sterling look at the roofs. Troy believes that we have more of them with damage than they think.

- Vo Tech HVAC 2025

Adjourned at 7:5 Yate moved, Monson seconded, Voice vote passed.

https://www.mercerschools.org/_files/ugd/61ee79_411d66e8d36f4251a97d8e1adb432a96.pdf