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Bid, resolution primed for upcoming U-46 votes

By Seth Hancock
  The Board of Education in School District U-46 will be voting on a $52,600 bid for pest control as well as a resolution for disposal of surplus property at its next meeting on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023.
  The items were presented at the Dec. 12 meeting.
  The pest control bid is with Able Pest Control, the lowest of three bidders. It will be paid for from the operations and maintenance fund if approved.
  The proposal states it’s “to establish a primary agreement” in order to “schedule pest control services as part of the district’s comprehensive Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program.”
  “The IPM program is a process of achieving long-term, environmentally sound pest suppression and prevention using a wide variety of technological and management practices that align with Board Policy,” the proposal adds. “Additionally, providing pest control services will comply with State regulatory guidelines.”
  It includes pest prevention and use of pesticides when necessary, as found through monitoring. District staff oversees daily pest control management and monitors for infestations.
  “Once pest infestations are identified, the district relies on a partnership with a pest control vendor in support of the IPM program,” the proposal states. “The services offered by this vendor include monthly kitchen inspections, and same day or next day service for stinging insects, such as wasps or hornets, general insects, such as ants and cockroaches, commensal rodents, bed bugs, lice, and ticks by its state-licensed employees.”
  The resolution to be voted on allows for “vehicles to be removed from service and sold to a company ‘as is’ or to a junking company,” the proposal states. Included are 13 plant operations vehicles from between 1996 and 2006.
  Sue Kerr, the board’s president, asked if used vehicles are ever donated to the district’s automotive programs.
  “We definitely use our grounds and maintenance vehicles very hard,” said Patricia Waldau, director of plant operations. “So, I don’t know that there’s much that could be left for them.”
  Waldau said the district estimates to receive $400 to $500 per vehicle.