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FacilitiesSchool year 2025-26

LED lighting retrofit project

IN SHORT

Goal: Energy costs drop by about $105,650 per year.

Status: Not yet due. It will be checked against public reports on September 15, 2027.

The board awarded a $1,961,000 contract to PacificWest Energy Solutions to replace fluorescent lighting with LEDs. The district cited a state law (AB 2208) ending the sale of fluorescent bulbs and projected that the project would lower energy costs.

  1. Brief

  2. Receipt (current stage)

  3. Stamp

01

Brief

What the board was deciding. Budget words explained

Meeting
October 14, 2025, agenda item 18.1
Board Agenda, October 14, 2025 (item 18.1)(opens in a new tab)
Vote
Approved
  • Ayes: 5
  • Noes: 0
  • Abstain: not recorded
  • Absent: not recorded
Signed Board Minutes, October 14, 2025, p. 20(opens in a new tab)
Cost or savings
$1,961,000, funded by the Special Reserve Fund for Capital Projects.
Signed Board Minutes, October 14, 2025, p. 20(opens in a new tab)
Options considered
No alternatives were listed in the documents reviewed.
Who is affected

02

Receipt

What the district said, word for word.

  1. GOAL 01

    “It is projected to yield $105,650 annual energy savings and nearly $3 million in total savings over 20 years.”

    Agenda item 18.1, Background · Signed Board Minutes, October 14, 2025, p. 19(opens in a new tab)

    In plain words
    Energy costs drop by about $105,650 per year.
    Estimated amount
    $105,650/yr
    How it will be checked
    Compare district electricity costs for a full year before the retrofit with 2026-27, the first full year after it. A district energy or utility report would show this most directly.

REVIEW DATE

September 15, 2027()

Receipts default rule: when the district publishes what it actually spent in 2026-27 (its "Unaudited Actuals" report).

The district didn't name a review date, so Receipts uses the date the district reports actual spending for the first full year after the change. How review dates work

03

Timeline

What happened, in order.

  1. Board vote: Approved 5–0

    Source, p. 20(opens in a new tab)

  2. Contractor completes the LED project; final cost $1,961,000

    Source(opens in a new tab)

  3. TODAY

  4. Review due (Receipts default rule) (upcoming)

04

Stamp

How did it turn out? What the stamps mean

Stamps describe what public documents show. They are never a judgment of anyone's work or intentions.

Not yet due.

This receipt comes due on September 15, 2027(). It will be checked against public documents then.

District response

Not yet invited

When the district is invited to review this record, the date will appear here, and any response will be added in the district's own words.

New stamps: the district gets 10 business days to review a stamp before it's published. How district responses work

05

Sources

Every document used on this page.

  1. 1.Board Agenda, October 14, 2025 (item 18.1) (opens in a new tab)
  2. 2.Signed Board Minutes, October 14, 2025 (opens in a new tab) · pages 19, 20
  3. 3.Board Agenda, June 9, 2026 (item 12.1, Notice of Completion) (opens in a new tab)

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