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trols will be replaced by mure efficient modem digital thermostat controls. And simply planting several $Lli^ maple trees to provide shade to the county's school administrative offices located on the aptly-named Schoolhouse Road. not tar from Washington along route dll. certamiy would not appear to raise questions.
But the independent review of the proposed budget suggests reason tor questioning the soundness of the plans involving even those maple trees. The plan calls for planting four $129 Autumn Blaze Maples, each up to T foet tall, for $516. ft also estimates the costs of 60 hours of labor at $60-per hour to build a trellis to provide much-needed shade along the buildings south side, which presently bakes in the sun. The trellis adds another $3,600. bringing the project's total to $4,116. But is that really the total prqject cost? There is no estimate for what the trellis would cost. There is no indication of any cost of labor associated with planting the trees. An elementary rule of any sound construction budget would seem to require that the foil costs of materials and labor should be included — even in a rough draft, and especially not m a plan that has been approved without serious
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