Gobles Forward 2.0

SINKING FUND ON BALLOT MAY 3RD

SINKING FUND
ON BALLOT MAY 3RD

In the Spring of 2013, a Long Term Capital Plan Program was launched. The first action undertaken was to have a Professional Services Assessment completed on the District’s Facilities and Technology.  The Gobles Board of Education hired the Professional Services Firm’s, Tower Pinkster (architecture) and Secant (technology), respectively, to perform this service.  The Professional Services Assessment identified approximately twenty million dollars of need. The Gobles Board of Education then authorized moving forward with defining a Long Term Capital Plan Program and the hiring of Professional Services Firm’s, Stauder Barch (finance) and Thrun (legal), respectively, to assist with planning.

In the Fall of 2013, a Community Steering Committee was formed for the purpose of reviewing the Professional Services Assessment and to determine immediate and future next steps. The Community Steering Committee first engaged the Professional Services Firm’s, Tower Pinkster and Secant, with questions for clarification. The group then engaged the Professional Services Firm’s, Stauder Barch and Thrun, on various scenarios with financial and legal impact. 

In the Winter of 2013, the Community Steering Committee presented a Long Term Capital Plan Program Recommendation to the Gobles Board of Education for approval. This recommendation consisted of an initial 2 mill sequential Bond for infrastructure, safety and security, transportation, and technology in the approximate amounts of $4,500,000 in 2014, $1,500,000 in 2019, and $1,500,000 in 2024, a 2 mill  Sinking Fund over 10 years for roofs and other infrastructure projects to be voted on in May of 2016, and in 2024 renewing a 2 mill Sinking Fund over 10 years combined with issuing another Bond. The Gobles Board of Education approved the Community Steering Committee’s Long Term Capital Plan Program Recommendation.

The initial 2 mill sequential Bond (Gobles Forward) was put on the ballot in May of 2014 and was successful (Bond 2014). The 2 mill Sinking Fund over 10 years (Gobles Forward 2.0) will be put on the ballot in May of 2016. Please contact the Superintendent of Schools, Jeff Rehlander, with your questions at 
jrehlander@gobles.org or 269-628-5618.

2013 Facility and Technology Assessment

Below you will find a PDF version of the Facility Assessment Document prepared for Gobles Public Schools by architects and engineers at TowerPinkster, and technology consultants from Secant. It has been saved in sections because it is such a large document.

Facility Assessment Section 1
Facility Assessment Section 2
Facility Assessment Section 3
Facility Assessment Section 4
Technology Assessment

2016 Sinking Fund Information