CONSTRUCTION ROUTE FOUND FOR CARP JOB
Equipment will travel through Rubbertown
By Travis Moshier Endeavor News

Construction equipment for the track and bleachers at Coudersport Area Recreation Park will be traveling through north Coudersport (Rubbertown), School Superintendent George Nuffer announced at Monday night's school board work session.

Original plans called for the construction route to go through the Coudersport Consistory parking lot and down Woodlawn Avenue. The 10- ton weight limit and height restriction on the Seventh Street Bridge keep the heavy equipment from using that entrance.

A $10,000 proposal involving use of the property, enhancing the dirt portion of the parking lot and repairing any damages was rejected by the Consistory leaders, Nuffer explained.

The owners wanted lime- stone spread and other repairs that would have cost nearly $40,000, he said. The new construction route takes equipment on Highland Lane, the dirt road that extends from CARP to the intersection of Avenue A and Reese Hollow Road.

Property owners on the road had already agreed to allow the contractor to use the route, Nuffer explained. The road will be widened, have additional drainage work done and in some spots have limestone spread, he said.

The board also heard a presentation on from Siemens Building Technology on setting up a security system at the high school. Siemens - a global company whose projects include airports, hospitals and major corporations - is already installing a security system at the elementary school.

Mike Castles and Steve Keefer of Siemens explained the security systems at both the elementary school and high school could be run using the same program. Cameras would monitor critical areas and video would be recorded using a Digital Video Recording device. Designated employees could access the video feed from their home computers, Castles said.

The proposed system would monitor every hallway and exterior door.

Keefer said surveillance cameras act as a deterrent, making students or other individuals think twice before performing actions on the school grounds.

The second part of the system would involve access cards at entry doors. Staff and faculty would be issued cards. The system would allow either or both schools to be locked down and provide different access levels, limiting the card-holder on which doors he or she would be authorized to open. The system also tracks who scans his or her card and at what door.

Discussion for putting the security system up for bids was tabled until the next board meeting.

Board members also discussed the district's contract with Krise Transportation, bus contractor.

Nuffer, who is retiring in May, also presented the board with an advertisement and a timeline to aid in the search for a new superintendent. He offered to stay on a per diem basis until a replacement was hired, pointing out that this would allow him to continue overseeing the current renovations and additions scheduled to be completed over the summer.

The board will hold its next business meeting on Monday, Feb. 11 at 7 pm in the high school LGI room.