The Pella School Board is moving forward with Estes Construction and Neumann Monson Architects to the bidding process for the Lincoln Elementary construction plans. The base estimate shown at Thursday’s meeting was just under $14,000,000, or nearly $1 million dollars above their originally planned budget. Business Manager Roger DeWaard says they have an overall budget of $40,000,000 for all of the building projects, so any additional money spent on Lincoln Elementary would impact future plans at the high school. They plan on reviewing bids near the end of August after the plans are finalized this month. We’ll have more details about the project on Let’s Talk Pella Tuesday.