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5 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN

JOSHUA SMITH, SUPERINTENDENT

JOSEPH MARTINO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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SCOPE OF FACILITIES AND CAPITAL PLANNING

  • 9 buildings
  • Totaling 694,823 square feet of space
  • Buildings range from 21,000 to 237,000

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Definitions:

Operating Capital: Line item in the operating budget, approved annually through referendum and accessed primarily to repair or replace equipment that fails.

Capital Reserve: Non-reoccurring account that lives outside of the operating budget. It can roll over year to year and is limited to annual deposits of up to 2% of the overall budget. This account acts as a reserve account for large unexpected costs and can be used to fund larger projects that require multiyear planning.

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CAPITAL PLANNING

  • All timelines are being used for planning purposes only.
  • Priority is giving to safety and core mechanicals.
  • Funding will need to be allocated based on overall district budget demands.
  • All costs are estimates.
  • This document for long term planning and will be updated yearly.

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HISTORY OF �NON BOND RELATED PROJECTS

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District wide

    • Phone system upgrade
    • Card Access System

Pomperpaug High School

    • Energy upgrades and LED lighting
    • Boiler and tile repairs
    • Elevator upgrade
    • Flooring

Long Meadow Elementary School

    • Solar
    • 4 portable classrooms
    • Fire Pump replacement
    • Fire Panel upgrade

Gainfield Elementary School

    • Conversion to Natural gas
    • Flooring

Pomperaug Elementary Schools

    • HVAC upgrades
    • Flooring

Rochambeau Middle School

    • Flooring Replacements
    • Camera upgrades

Middlebury Elementary School

    • Kindergarten wing interior wall redesign
    • Parking lot repaving and lighting upgrades
    • HVAC replacement

Mary I. Johnson

    • Flat Roof Replacement
    • Boiler Reparis

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FUNDING

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Current Year allocated funding

Operating Fund Capital $475,000

Capital Reserve $1,245,870

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OPERATING CAPITAL CURRENT ACTUALS

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R-22 REFRIGERANT

  • R22 refrigerant is a chemical that is used in almost all of roof top HVAC unit. On January 1, 2020, the U.S. EPA banned the production because of its particularly harmful impact on the ozone layer when released into the air.
  • R22 is getting hard to source and is currently $70-$140 dollar per lb. One unit at PHS required $3,500 just for the refrigerant.

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LONG MEADOW ELEMENTARY

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MIDDLEBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL�

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�ROCHAMBEAU MIDDLE SCHOOL

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MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

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PICTURE OF HIGH SCHOOL ROOF

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Main HVAC units circled in red are not original to the high school. They were replaced in the late 1990s. We believe the replacement cost would be 1-1.5 million per unit

The build also has 6 smaller HVAC units that are original to the building. Cost estimate $750,000 per unit for replacement.

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POMPERPAUG HIGH SCHOOL

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CENTRAL OFFICE

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REPAIR BOND YEAR TO DATE

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PHS and MMS Bonded Projects

Initial Budget Estimates

Initial BOE Approved Projects

Completed Projects Costs

Completed Project Savings

Recommend Projects to bid pending approval (09/2024)

Pomperaug High School

PHS HVAC Replacement**

$2,000,000.00

$1,795,000.00

In Process

-

$ 550,000.00

Pool*

$1,000,000.00

$4,616,143.00

In Process

-

.

Bleachers

$175,000.00

$110,000.00

$110,000.00

-

Storage Building for Equipment

$300,000.00

$281,413.00

$268,913.00

$12,500.00

Tennis Courts

$1,400,000.00

$749,000.00

$746,800.00

$2,200.00

Auditorium***

$500,000.00

$534,000.00

$533,451.00

$549.00

$ 230,000.00

Culinary room

$175,000.00

$556,000.00

$554,396.00

$1,604.00

Fire Panel Replacement

$300,000.00

$ -

$ -

$ -

$ 175,000.00

Parking Lot Paving

$500,000.00

$ -

$ -

$ -

Deferred

$6,350,000.00

$8,641,556.00

$2,213,560.00

$16,853.00

$ 955,000.00

Memorial Middle School

Library Media Center Upgrades

$200,000.00

$216,000.00

$201,834.00

$14,166.00

Fire Panel Replacement

$150,000.00

$ 56,137.00

In Process

Tennis Courts

$75,000.00

$ -

$ -

$75,000.00

Boiler upgrades for Natural Gas

$400,000.00

$ -

$ -

Deferred

$825,000.00

$272,137.00

$201,834.00

$14,166.00

$75,000.00

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REPAIR BOND YEAR TO DATE

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RMS, MES, LMES and Security Bonded Projects

Rochambeau Middle School

 

 

Lockers

$300,000.00

$ 68,100.00

$68,100.00

$0.00

Fire Panel Replacement

$200,000.00

$ 164,939.00

$154,939.00

$10,000.00

HVAC Replacement****

$300,000.00

$ -

$ -

 

$200,000.00

$800,000.00

$233,039.00

 

$223,039.00

$10,000.00

$200,000.00

Middlebury Elementary School

 

 

Library Media Center Upgrades

$50,000.00

$ 47,000.00

$47,000.00

$ -

Water Line

$500,000.00

$ -

$ -

 

$500,000.00

HVAC Replacement

$250,000.00

$ -

$ -

 

$250,000.00

$750,000.00

$47,000.00

 

$47,000.00

$0.00

$750,000.00

Longmeadow Elementary

 

 

Roof

$1,500,000.00

$ -

 

 

Deferred

Parking Lot Paving

$600,000.00

$ -

 

 

Deferred

$2,100,000.00

$ -

 

$0.00

$0.00

$0.00

.

 

 

Security Projected Moved to General Fund

$400,000.00

$ -

 

 

$400,000.00

 

 

 

 

Total Possible Bonding

$11,225,000.00

$9,193,732.00

 

$2,685,433.00

$41,019.00

$1,980,000.00

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PORTABLE CLASSROOMS

  • The district has 4 buildings with portable classrooms More Than 10 years old. 
    • Gainfield Elementary 4 Classrooms
    • Pomperaug Elementary 4 Classrooms
    • Long Meadows Elementary 6 Classrooms
    • Memorial Middle School 3 Classrooms
    • Middlebury Elementary School 1 Classrooms
  • 18 total classrooms and over 17,000 square feet of space
  • Most were installed in the 1990’s and 4 classrooms at LMES added in 2022.

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PLANNING FOR FUNDING

  • Primary funding sources:
    • Capital budget
    • Capital Reserve
    • Bonding 
    • State Grants: HVAC, Security, School Construction Grants
    • State Security Grant

Takeaways

    • All timelines are being used for planning purposes only. 
    • Funding will need to be allocated based on overall district budget demands 
    • All costs are estimates 
    • This document for long term planning and will be updated yearly.
    • Board of Education approved the study for PES and GES

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Current Repair Bond Schedule

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HYPOTHETICAL BOND SCHEDULE FOR DISCUSSION ONLY

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LONG TERM DEBIT SERVICE

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    • Issue Bond

2028-29

    • Ban

2027-28

    • Construction

2027-28

    • Grow and Repair

2026-27

    • AC Unit
    • Referendum

2025-26

    • Current Year

2024-25

    • Issue Bond: Projected 4.4m
    • $8400,000 repair bond

Total Debt Service: 5.2m

2028-29

    • Ban

2027-28

    • Construction

2027-28

    • Grow and Repair

2026-27

    • Payment
    • Budget

2025-26

    • $1,315,000 payment
    • $1,681,000 budget
    • ^$365,000

2024-25

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HYPOTHETICAL PLAN: OPERATING CAPITAL, CAPITAL RESERVE, AND DEBT SERVICE

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2024-2025

2030

2030+

Operating Capital

$475,000

$1,000,000

Would allow for a projected replacement/ repair cycle and address unexpected failures.

If you budget at $2 a square foot (Industry accounting standards suggest between $2-$4) this number would be $1,389,646

Adjust for inflationary growth.

Capital Reserve

$1,245,870

$3,000,000

This would allow for major project repairs/ replacement and provide “backstop” that would mitigate risk potential.

Adjust for inflationary growth and develop a mechanism that backfills to maintenance levels

Debt Service

$1,681,000

$4,278,438

The high-water mark would be in 2031 ($5,229,450), then begin to recede.

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QUESTIONS?

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