Levy Election Community Meetings at Cascade

Cascade Public Schools Superintendent, Levi Collins, and Business Manager/District Clerk, Karsen Floerchinger, held two public community meetings last week, one on Tuesday at the Cascade Senior/Community Center, and the other on Thursday at the School. The purpose for these meetings was to inform the public of the upcoming Building Reserve Levy Election. A power point presentation explained the need for a Chilled Water System Addition, upgrades to the boiler plant, to the LED lighting, and to the temperature control system, Test, Adjust and Balance, and cabinet heater replacement. They presented the budgetary cost summary for these improvements, as well as the financing sources, and the impact to the taxpayer. Finally, they presented a tentative projected timeline as to when these upgrades could begin. There was animated discussion during Tuesday night's meeting, with Norm Davis summing it up. He said that when he was on the board, the community always passed the school levy. "After all, it was for the students in the community," he said, " for our kids."

TENTATIVE PROJECT TIMELINE:

April 14, 2023: Ballots mailed to voters

May 2, 2023: School Election Day

May 16, 2023: Organizational Board Meeting

- Trustees canvas votes

- Trustees approve Alternative Project Delivery Contract

- Trustees approve INTERCAP Loan

June 2, 2023: Facilities Committee Reviews RFQ Responses

- Evaluation team contacts short list of contractors

- Conduct interviews (if desired)

- Ask qualified design-build teams for pricing proposals

June 2023: Board selects design-build partner

- Final selection announced

- Execute design-build contract and begin design work

Summer-Fall 2023: Begin facility upgrades

*all depends on passage of Building Reserve levy

Building Reserve Voted Levy:

The District will be going to the voters to ask for the passage of a building reserve levy in both the Elementary & High School Districts in the amount of $125K each, for a total of $250K, for a 10 year period. This impact on taxpayers is estimated as shown in the table: