The Wessington Springs School District Board of Education convened during a special meeting last Thursday, March 3 to approve Resolution #2022-2 which authorizes the issuance of capital outlay certificates of the Wessington Springs School District in the amount of $1.5 million to complete the funding package needed to construct an auxiliary gymnasium/rec center. The board unanimously voted to approve the resolution.
After extending the rec center/auxiliary gymnasium bid deadline earlier this year to allow more time for parties interested in the project to submit a bid, the board announced at its regular February meeting that two bids had been received: one from C Eagle Construction and the second from First Dakota Enterprises. C Eagle came in as the low bidder with a $4,999,000 and $5,270,000 option.
In a special meeting held February 17, the school board voted 5-1 to award the $5.27 million bid to C Eagle Construction.
In addition to $1.5 million in capital outlay certificates, project funding includes $3 million currently in capital outlay funds already collected from taxpayers in the school’s account, $581,000 in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding from the federal government and $600,000 in funds raised by Build Springs.