By GARRETT SAGER
Hays Post

At 6:30 p.m. Monday at Rockwell Administration Center, the Hays USD 489 Board of Education will hold a public hearing for alternative construction delivery and the administration will provide an update on the request for proposal for the district’s new HVAC systems.

According to a state statute, which was passed in 2015, the board must hold a public hearing that allows the community to voice concerns, if any, if a school board chooses to work with a construction management at-risk firm.

Board clerk Sarah Wasinger said about half of school districts utilize CMAR firms for bond issues and, this year, USD 489 has decided to go this route for the next bond issue.

The public hearing is open to all community members and will be the first item on the agenda to start Monday’s meeting.

In the last board meeting of the month of October, the board approved the RFP for the total replacement of the Hays High School HVAC system.

Integrated Consulting Engineers Inc. is the firm the board hired to write up the RFP. The idea is to use the RFP on all buildings in the district starting with Hays High.

The administration will provide an update to the board regarding the pre-qualification meeting with interested contractors to the board during the meeting.

The board will also be looking at the KESA surveys and post bond election surveys.

The administration will present the results to the board from the surveys which were completed this fall.

Also on the agenda:

• Head Start update
• Five year technology replacement schedule
• Digital learning plan update
• Construction Management At-Risk revised timetable