When the City Council first approved funding to rebuild Washington Elementary School in May 2020, the total appropriation was just under $19.4 million — equaling roughly $3 million in additional costs on top of $16.4 million the city would pay less an expected state reimbursement rate of 67.14 percent on the estimated $38 million project. On Monday, Ken Carney, owner of a local remodeling company who has volunteered to oversee various capital projects in the city including the high school construction project and the disbursement of American Rescue Plan Act funds, told Board of Education members the city would pay closer to $9.5 million. According to a letter sent to West Haven Public Schools on Nov. 9, the state Department of Administrative Services approved an increase in its reimbursement rate due to a revision in the estimated total costs of the construction, which increased from $38.8 million to $41.7 million since the project was approved in 2020.
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