May 24, 2022

USD 308 board approves appraising Avenue A school

Posted May 24, 2022 3:03 PM

NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education agreed to get a commercial appraisal regarding the potential disposition of Avenue A School, as the Boys and Girls Club has expressed interest in buying the property.

"What do we owe on that building?" asked Superintendent Mike Folks. "I've included our bonded indebtedness and I've got to give Sheila Meggers credit for being able to extrapolate or disseminate what part of the bond issue in 2006 went towards that building. Because, when we pay a bond payment, it's not broken out by building."

That amount is $980,000, but that's going to go down.

"Our bonds are to be paid off in 2027," Folks said. "As Sheila pointed out to me today, we'll make a payment and that $980,000 is going to go down a big chunk in one year, because we're only five years away from having that completely paid off."

The commercial appraiser Folks spoke with said they can't get to the work until November and said they could probably do it for $4000, so Folks is going to see if anyone else can do it sooner, but the board approved a not to exceed amount of $4000 for the work and it will be resubmitted if a different vendor can do it and it costs more than that.

Board members Lance Patterson and Laura Corey left the room for the vote, due to their roles related to Boys and Girls Club. The vote was 5-0 among the other members present. The building currently houses the alternative school and is used by the Boys and Girls Club.