Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting 9/23/26

The Buildings and Grounds Committee meeting for Stream Palisades on September 23, 2026, covered several facilities and recreation projects. For the community-supported pirate ship, members supported beginning work using the pole-barn property as a staging area. The structure is planned as temporary and will be safety-inspected; the group is seeking donated or discounted materials. An earlier planning figure of about $80,000 was discussed, but current costs were not yet finalized. For a baseball-field backstop and fencing, the lowest refreshed quote was $15,358 from Triborough Fencing, a vendor that has completed other district fencing work. The project is expected to use the operating budget, and members discussed placing it on an upcoming agenda; no contract award was recorded.

Facilities updates included wastewater treatment plant change order No. 5, which had already been approved, with a credit expected at closeout; the emergency generator remains delayed, with a reported lead time of about a year and a half. A Palms Auditorium change order for modifying the upper-tier seating area was expected to go to the October 19 fiscal meeting for consideration. Palms HVAC controls work was about 90% complete; phase one was described as approximately $480,000, down from an earlier $800,000 figure, with completion funding planned for next year’s capital budget. The committee also discussed pending grant decisions for a high-school roof replacement and Springfield Elementary HVAC work, and a request to the township for crosswalk lighting on Churchill Road. No additional procurement approvals were recorded in the transcript.