Facilities Committee
School District of The City of East Lansing Ingham and Clinton Counties, Michigan
509 Burcham Drive
East Lansing, Michigan
Telephone: (517) 333-7424
Notice of Facilities Committee Meeting of the East Lansing Board of Education
Please take notice that there will be a Facilities Committee meeting of the Board of Education of the School District of the City of East Lansing, Counties of Ingham and Clinton, State of Michigan.
Date of Meeting
- September 22, 2025 - Agenda
Time of Meetings
- 11:30 am
Place of Meeting
East Lansing High School HUB
509 Burcham Dr
East Lansing MI 48823
COMMITTEE MINUTES ARE LOCATED IN THE SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE AND ON THE ELPS WEBPAGE: | Office of the Superintendent 501 Burcham Dr East Lansing MI 48823 www.elps.us/our-district/board-of-education. |
Date of Posting
- September 19, 2025
Tali Faris-Hylen
Secretary, Board of Education of the School
District of the City of East Lansing
Upon request to the Office of the Superintendent, the District shall make reasonable accommodation for a person with disabilities to be able to participate in this meeting.
Facilities Committee Meeting Agenda - September 22, 2025
Facilities Committee Meeting Agenda
September 22, 2025 11:30 am
- Call to Order
- Roll Call
- Approval of Agenda
- Approval of Meeting Minutes, June 16, 2025
- Public Comment
- Agenda Items:
- Facilities Updates (Billy)
- Summer actions and recap
- Future actions
- Athletic/Event Updates (Nikki)
- MMS sports and city vs. school hosting (update)
- Fall track and tennis court hours
Track is 7 am – 5 pm M-F summer - Tennis courts are open - They have not really been locking them on night and weekends (does this all remain the same?)
- Summer actions and recap
- Fall sports
Facilities Committee Meeting Minutes - September 22, 2025
Facilities Committee Meeting Minutes
September 22, 2025 11:30 am
I. Call to Order - 11:34 am
II. Roll Call
- Elizabeth Lyons
- Chris Martin
- Nikki Norris
- Billy Hastings
- Tali Faris-Hylen
III. Approval of Agenda
- Chris - motion
- Liz - 2nd
IV. Approval of Meeting Minutes, June 16, 2025
- Chris - motion
- Liz - 2nd
V. Public Comment
VI. Agenda Items:
1. Facilities Updates (Billy)
- Summer actions and recap
- Summer maintenance and cleaning
- Hot water tank at high school and are going to do this week of Thanksgiving or Christmas (because they have to be without hot water) In the meantime, they purchased everything that will be affected by tariffs onsite and stored. Has already went up 27%. Saved about $30K.
- Shot put area is complete and will allow for 20 throwers compared to two places previously. Now have top notch field event area to match the track!
- Memorial trees were moved this summer to the shot put area this summer and also provide shade for spectators watching.
- Working on specs for MMS roof to put out for bid.
- A couple years ago they replaced boiler tubes at HS (Boiler 1). Boiler2 is needing replacement and working on bids now. These replacements are about 20 year fixes.
- Filter First program – they installed 11 new bottle fillers at HS and 8 at the middle school. Elementary schools met standards already.
- In line filters on ice machine for athletics and in kitchen.
- Applying for 2nd round of Filter First grant they will apply for as well.
- Showers at high school updated with rebuild kits so are all working now.
- ELHS auditorium rigging system was tested and tested well. Might need to replace a curtain.
- Entrance at high school on time should be completed by Fall 2026.
- Admin building - on schedule
- Health clinic - opening September 29
- b. Future actions
2. Athletic/Event Updates (Nikki)
- MMS sports and city vs. school hosting (update)
- Transitioning Melvin White into his role
- Nikki’s office scheduling officials, transportation this year- but will transition to Melvin next year
- Fall track and tennis court hours
- Track is 7 am – 1 pm M-F Fall
- Tennis courts are open and Billy is starting on a maintenance program for the courts.
- They have not really been locking them on night and weekends
- Summer actions and recap
- Researching vans for smaller sports/activities so we don’t have to rent a van each timed.
- Fall sports-Two other high schools coming to EL courts to play (because they are so nice)
- going to patch a couple spots on track
- continuing to invest in all of our spaces, yearly check-ins and investments where needed
Meeting adjourned - 12:37