Hearing on Repair Work

The Springs School District is proposing using $100,000 from a reserve fund to complete some building repair work and will hold the necessary public hearing during Monday’s school board meeting at 7 p.m. in the school library.

The district would use the money for repairing windows and light fixtures, replacing some doors and alarm panels, and upgrading the school’s boiler. Carl Fraser, the district’s interim business administrator, called these items “very critical to health and safety.” School officials included them in the 2016-17 school budget and planned on using this $100,000 as revenue during their budget development process to take care of the cost, so there would be no burden on taxpayers.

“If there was no offsetting revenue source, the $100,000 would have resulted in a tax levy increase which would have exceeded the tax cap,” Mr. Fraser said in an email.

If the board approves the use of the money, there will be $587,588 left in the reserve.