The Examiner U-46 News FeedExpense items passed by District U-46 board vote By Seth Hancock
The Board of Education in School District U-46 voted 6-0, Veronica Noland was absent, to approve $528,131 in expenditure items at its meeting on Monday, Oct. 23.
The largest item is $385,303, from the operations and maintenance fund, with Cunningham Recreation: Playcore to replace playground playsets at five elementary schools (Bartlett, Fox Meadow, Huff, Ronald D. O’Neal, Spring Trail).
The proposal states: “Plant Operations utilizes the Playground Inventory Index to replace playground equipment by tracking the age, type, and condition of the equipment, as well as repairs both required and completed…. While these sites have multiple playsets on property, the playsets requiring replacement are between 22 and 29 years old, far exceeding the 15 to 20-year lifespan of a playground playset. These sets have become obsolete and parts are no longer available to replace certain key components of the structures.”
Two contract renewals with McGraw-Hill were presented, both education fund items.
The largest of the two is $59,661 for a one-year renewal of licenses for the 11th-grade United States history and dual language United States history resource US History and Geography-Modern Times. The other is a one-year license renewal costing $56,538 for the 8th-grade United States history and dual language United States history resource Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States-Early Years.
Additionally, an operations and maintenance fund item costing $26,629 with Peters Electric and Technology was presented. It was for emergency electrical repairs at Bartlett’s Liberty Elementary School that were already completed on Aug. 12.
The proposal stated that “electrical feeds that run underground… failed and an electrical service shutdown was required to replace them.”
“All five electrical mains were replaced at Liberty Elementary School prior to the start of the school year providing uninterrupted electrical service, allowing staff and students to be welcomed back to a fully operational, and a comfortable learning environment,” the proposal stated.
Also approved by a 6-0 vote was $16.9 million in itemized bills.
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