Taylorville School Board members held a meeting earlier this month to discuss a handful of topics. Those topics ranged from changes in the time students would be released from school to upcoming projects. A major focal point of the meeting was Taylorville High School’s new performing arts center.

Taylorville has been planning this project carefully for several years and now motions are made to move forward with the project.

A spokesperson from O’Shea Construction explained the reason for the delay, stating that the school board must decide on the budget, and that the company is on standby for the board to tell them they have the green light to start the design phase.

O’Shea, has 4 quotes for the projected budget. After a discussion, and some concerns , the school board unanimously approved a budget of $8,475,568. This budget allows the building of a 10,500 square foot structure with 350 fixed seats for the new performing arts facility.

There were however some concerns brought up from Board Member Dr. Ronald Mizer on approving this projected budget plan.  His concerns were that this would set the project budget and design plans in stone permanetly.

Dr. Mizer is now happy with the plan since he understands that the approved budget plan is subject to change

The school board still has the ability to change certain aspects of the design plans as needed such as adding more seats or square footage if they chose too.

The approval of this motion now allows O’Shea Construction to begin drawing up designs. Stay up to date on this and other breaking news at Taylorville Daily News.com and by tuning in to 96.1 WTIM. Your Only Local News Radio

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