UCF approved $755K for facilities
In a relatively short meeting, Unionville-Chadds Ford School Board directors voted to approve costs associated with several projects at the high school and Pocopson Elementary School.
The board approved a cost proposal of $515,410 to replace two chillers at UHS from Johnson Controls. According to Director Rashi Akki, the plan was originally proposed to be voted upon in 2025, but doing so this year gives the board extra lead time.
“We want to make sure we order them now so we can get them within 12 months so we can get them on time,” she said. Akki added that the cost is a little higher than originally budgeted but doing so now would “make out chillers quite efficient and will reduce costs going forward.”
The other project voted on for Unionville High was for the replacement of a grinder pump servicing UHS as well as Patton Middle School. The cost for that is slightly more than $17,000.
The board also voted to spend $86,293 to restore and recoat the high school’s tennis courts.
Directors also approved a cost proposal of $17,820 for painting and some new carpeting at Pocopson Elementary School, and $118,495 to decommission and demolish the wastewater treatment plant at Pocopson.
Akki said the PES is already connected to a public wastewater system and has been for a year. The 12-month delay in decommissioning the onsite system was at the request of the Department of Environmental Protection.
The votes were unanimous during the board’s April 15 meeting.
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