Next steps in Chelsea High School Master Plan discussed, city approves funding for videoboard

from 280 Living June 2023

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By LEAH INGRAM EAGLE

Chelsea Mayor Tony Picklesimer in May discussed several parts of a master plan for Chelsea High School with the City Council and said he plans to request a meeting with the Shelby County Board of Education to discuss paying for the projects.

The city is willing to pay:

► Seventy percent of the total cost of a competition gym and multipurpose facility, with a maximum of $13 million

► Up to $2.5 million for a locker room expansion

► Up to $2 million for stadium seating and a press box (The bid came in at $1.6 million for seating, leaving $400,000 for concrete, electrical work and other items.)

► Up to $180,000 for a hitting facility for the Lady Hornets softball team (the bid came in at $174,000)

► $318,789 for a Daktronics video board

Picklesimer said he had received some emails that were not in favor of the city paying $318,789 for the board, but he said he received many more emails urging the council to approve it, and the council voted to do so.

“When you go out and raise $100,000 of your own money, it speaks volumes to us as a council,” Picklesimer said. The city of Chelsea is asking the Shelby County Board of

Education to pay for design and architect fees.

Shane Buchanan, husband of the volleyball booster club president, gave a presentation to the council during its work session about the team and its accomplishments and asked the council for funds to purchase an additional four sets of jerseys totaling $6,681.

In other business, the City Council:

► Approved a request from David Brogdon of Tall Timbers to rezone 40 acres off Shelby County 11 from a rural residential district to a planned mixed-use district.