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Monday, August 27, 2018
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New $16.9 million primary school set Howe ISD proposes tax rate of $1.55 to start construction after Labor Day Howe ISD's tax rate will see an increase in property values which million bond in November of 2017 for a primary school campus to house pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first grade, and second grade. The campus will have a student area of 750 students with a classroom area of 400 students which is roughly the size of the current elementary school.
Von Gallagher of Gallagher Construction gave a report to the Howe ISD Board of Trustees last Monday night. He indicated that construction would begin after Labor Day. He also made mention that the bid came in for total construction at an estimated cost of $16.9 million. Included in that is a contingency amount of $400,000 for unexpected expenses and a total construction cost of $14.3 million. Beyond those costs are architectural fees, temporary water and power, advertising to make the project legal, building permit and inspection fees, energy inspection, storm shelter certification, etc. The voters of Howe passed a $17
"We try to do this as a total budget so that budget has construction bids, design fees, testing lab, a budget for furniture, fixtures and equipment, owners contingency, upgrades for fire flow if need be, said Gallagher to the board. "We've tried to have a key to the front door budget for you to review based on what the written original bond budget was."
increase of fifteen cents per $100 valuation if the tax rate is approved by the school board. The difference is due to the bond that was passed back in November 2017 to offset the cost for a new primary school. The proposed Maintenance and Operations tax is $1.17 and the proposed I&S (interested and sinking (bond)) rate is $0.38 for a total rate of $1.55.
allowed for a slightly lower I&S rate. "This rate does produce a little bit of an overage, but if you'll remember, the way our bond payment is structured, we had to make a payment out of our I&S account so this would cover that," Superintendent Kevin Wilson told the board.
This year sets the floor on the The amount is slightly less than amount of state funding the district initially proposed in May due to the receives for buildings.
Not all of the subcontractors were chosen as the low-bidders as some of the bidders might have been higher, but Gallagher gave a recommendation to others based on a variance of factors. JDS Contractors of Grapevine won the bid for the concrete work as the foundation and paving contractor.
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