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Show i DocFtl ApppouGS Cent Prospectus I Rip 4 Million Dollar Bond Sale i By ROSELYN KIRK Davis County School Board awarded the contract to -provide fill at the Centerville ; Elementary School site, called for bids on grandstand bleachers at Bountiful High tand balcony bleachers at HVoods Cross High, and :approved the bond prospectus for a 414 million dollar bond Isale. i-i-'THE BOARD awarded the .contract to provide drainage ;and compacted fill at the new ;:Centerville Elementary School site between 5th and .6th East on 4th South to Foss -Lewis and Sons of Bountiful :pn a $87,820 bid. The board had requested that Deputy Superintendent Steven White call for bids on the fill material needed before construction can begin on the 2y4 million dollar school. Van Staverson Construction Con-struction was the second low bidder at $91,769. Seven contractors con-tractors bid on the school. MORRIS HANSEN, school board member, expressed approval that the amount was less than the cost estimated by Architect Richard Stringham who had told the board costs for the fill would probably run between $125,000 and $150,000. Dr. White said the bid was made on the specifications of the architect, who said the land fill must be placed under the footings due to the instability in-stability of the land at the construction site. The 53,000 square foot building will include 23 classrooms. BEFORE approving the bid for the six foot chain link fence at the Glade-Wood property in Bountiful, the board considered three bids which had been requested by Dr. White. United Fence Company was low bidder with a $7,700 bid. The fence will . run along the north side of the-property. the-property. Dr. White said he is hopeful the board can sell the material in the old fence for salvage. IN ASKING the board for permission to advertise for bids for grandstand bleachers at Bountiful High, Dr. White explained that the wooden bleachers, which have been at the site since Bountiful High opened, are disintegrating. A bid estimate, plus concrete or asphalt, would place the cost of the bleachers at about $82,000. The balcony bleachers needed at Woods Cross High School would be inside the gymnasium, Dr. White said. The board advised Dr. White to call for bids on both powered and manually operated bleacher units. The 10 section, 12 row high bleachers would seat 1,560 students. A BID estimate on the manual bleachers was $43,178. The estimate for the powered units was $88,000. Bids will be called for at the next school board meeting on April 5. ' In approving the bond . prospectus, as submitted by ; Ken Newman, bonding agent for Burroughs, Smith and Co., the board reaffirmed that the bonds will be sold at the regular meeting on April 19. MR. NEWMAN estimated that 11 or 12 separate syndicates syn-dicates will be bidding on the bonds. Each syndicate consists con-sists of seven or eight different dealers. After the' bonds are purchased, they will be sold to buyers throughout the country, Mr. Newman said. This bond sale will be the second series of bonds sold from the original 18 million dollar bond issue passed by Davis County residents in May 1975. The additional bond sale will fund construction and remodeling projects in Davis Schools. THE BOND prospectus, as prepared by the bonding agency, will provide information informa-tion on population base, property evaluation and indebtedness in-debtedness in the county, which will be essential to bidders, Mr. Smith said. He is hopeful that the bonds, which will mature in 1988, will bring a 5 percent rate. Burroughs and Smith has been the bonding agent for Davis School District for 18 years. ACTING ON other school needs, the board instructed the school administration to , begin a search for a school site in either North Farming-ton Farming-ton or South Kaysville and approved a new principal at the Syracuse Elementary School. Superintendent Bernell Wrigley said the growth in both areas has made the search necessary. The board asked administrators to look at possible sites in both areas and prepare a map showing possible sites for board approval. ORDITH BOURGEOUS was named principal of Syracuse Elementary School on the recommendation of Superintendent Superin-tendent Wrigley. He has been employed in the district for several years. The board will wait for a recommendation from the superintendent to name a principal at Sunset Elementary School. |
