School Board Town Meetings

RCL Notes of September 12, 2016 School Board Meeting

Document for Civic News:  RyeSchoolBoardNotes091216revBfinal

  1. One of the two Junior High boilers is leaking and no longer usable, a fact discovered in July or August.  It may be necessary to sole source the new boiler procurement to ensure heat by November 1 because of problems getting an engineering firm that will write a specification.  The board voted to expend up to $100,000 from the Buildings and Grounds Expendable Trust for a replacement boiler.  More Detail
  2. School Board member Kevin Brandon decried the lack of planning on school facilities issues and referred to the $300,000 spent on Town Hall as an “egregious example of waste of taxpayer money with no true overarching plan.” More Detail
  3. Another set of Elementary School water tests have come back.  Copper levels are barely within the acceptable range after replacing several fountains with units with filters.  The problem is likely in the pipes.  The Board voted to spend another $4000 on filtered fountains.  More Detail
  4. The various dates for budget meetings for the 2017-2018 budget were noted, and the 2017 Deliberative Session was scheduled for Wednesday, February 8, 2017 (snow date February 9).  More Detail