By Greg Denecker
Bluffton schools superintendent
It has been a very busy summer for permanent improvement projects in our district. In each summer's district newsletter and in The Bluffton Icon, we outline the revenue that was brought in from this 1/2% permanent improvement income tax and the projects (along with the cost of each project) completed with these tax dollars.

Below is the revenue chart of the combined monies brought in by the tax. Below that is the list of expenditures and projects completed thanks to this fund.

Balance from Jan. 09 to Aug. 09

Carried forward $206,356.47

October 2009 payment $108,135.90
January 2010 payment $103,106.11
April 2010 payment $136,257.15
July 2010 payment $233,903.33
PI Funds Sept. 09-Aug.10 $787,758.96

Projects Sept. 09-Aug. 10 Expenditures

Streetscape project around HS $12,669.00
New doors and door repairs $8,864.10
New Air Conditioner HS $111,073.00
Flooring $13,563.00
Plumbing maintenance and updates $16,516.77
Science rooms HS project $8,802.53
1933 HS locker rooms repair and remodel $93,655.33
Restroom maintenance and updates $13,896.03
Harmon Field Lights $162,400.00
Electrical maintenance and updates $15,069.94
HVAC system maintenance and updates $27,270.84
K-1 wing air conditioning $51,482.00
Concrete Stadium repair Harmon Field $121,955.00
1956 section 4 elementary rooms
repair and remodel $32,581.97
Harmon area repairs and updates-concrete, architect, engineer, fencing, top soil, etc. $44,607.21
Kitchen repairs and updates $6,768.24
Paving and sealing parking lots/playground $34,894.00
Glass repair $553.49
Total $776,622.45

We thank you for the support of the passage of the three year renewal of the permanent improvement income tax in May of this year. Bluffton Schools will continue to use these funds to update our facilities as promised, and we appreciate the community's support of our district's efforts to maintain and improve facilities.

If you would like to see these improvements in person, please come to our school Open House on Sep. 13, or call me to set up a convenient time to view these updates first-hand.