LEGAL WARNING: Regional School District #4 District Meeting / Public Hearing, Wednesday, 2/21/2024, 7 pm at VRHS

WARNING

DISTRICT MEETING - PUBLIC HEARING REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4

TOWNS OF CHESTER, DEEP RIVER AND ESSEX WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The electors and citizens qualified to vote in town meetings of the Towns of Chester, Deep River and Essex (the “Member Towns”) are hereby warned that a District Meeting of Regional School District No. 4 (the “District”) will be held on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 7:00 P.M. at Valley Regional High School, located at 256 Kelsey Hill Road, Deep River, CT 06417, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the following recommendation of the District Board of Education:

That $5,800,000 be appropriated for the remediation of a mold outbreak, repairs to the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system and dehumidification services at John Winthrop Middle School. The projects shall be referred to herein collectively as the “Projects”. The appropriation may be expended for design, construction, renovation and installation costs, dehumidification services, demolition and abatement services, new insulation and ceiling tiles, repairs to HVAC controls system, engineering and professional fees, materials, equipment, purchase costs, legal fees, financing costs, interest expense on temporary borrowings, and other costs related to the Projects. The appropriation shall include any federal or state grants received for the Projects. The Regional School District No. 4 Board of Education shall be authorized to determine the scope and particulars of the Projects and may reduce or modify the scope of the Projects as desirable, and the entire appropriation may be spent on the Projects as so reduced or modified.

That $5,800,000 of bonds, notes or temporary notes of the District be authorized to finance the appropriation. The amount of the bonds authorized shall be reduced by the amount of any federal or state grants received by the District for the Projects.

That the Chair of the District Board of Education and the District Treasurer, be authorized to make representations and enter into written agreements for the benefit of holders of the bonds or notes to provide secondary market disclosure information.

That the Superintendent of Schools and the Finance Director be authorized to contract with architects, engineers, contractors and others in the name and on behalf of the District with respect to the Projects, to approve design and construction expenditures for the Projects, and to exercise such others powers as are necessary or appropriate to complete the Projects.

That the authorization of the issuance of bonds, notes or temporary notes shall be submitted to a referendum vote by the electors and citizens qualified to vote in town meetings of the Member Towns of the District.

Dated at Deep River, Connecticut this 6th day of February, 2024.