COAL CITY — The District 1 board, when it met this week, awarded contracts for custodial supplies and site work at the Coal City Middle School
Bids for both items were opened Friday, May 8.
The board accepted the lowest bid for individual items of custodial supplies from five vendors. Seven companies responded to the district's request, including Ecolab Inc., HP Products, Pyramid School Products, RicMar, Tri-K, Unipak Corp., and ZB Supply Company.
Jason Smith, the district's director of business services, said the bidding process for custodial supplies works in such a way that the district can choose the lowest-bidder for each individual item. That, in turn, provides an advantage to the district, in that it can pick from multiple bidders.
"This is a process we have utilized for a number of years," Smith said.
In addition, the board accepted the lowest responsible bid for site work at the middle school. "D" Construction was the winning bidder, with a base amount of $5,236.
Bugg said the project involves making additional improvements to a storage shed, which was constructed before the 2008-09 school year.
"There were a couple things we weren't able to get done before school started," Bugg said. "One of them is we needed a concrete ramp to allow us to get things in and out easier. Plus, we had some drainage issues that we had to fix, so we're going to put some tiling around there."
New board
The District 1 board had a couple of fresh faces Monday, during its regular meeting.
At its reorganization meeting Monday, May 4, the board seated new board members Jeff Emerson and Quint Harmon. Emerson was elected to a four-year seat, while Harmon was appointed to fill the board's open seat. Harmon's spot is for a two-year term.
Shawn Hamilton, Mary Gill and Armand Bianchi, all incumbents, were also seated for their new terms.
Hamilton was re-elected as the board president, and Curtis Grove retains his position as board vice president. Gill remains as the board's secretary.
Other business
• Learned from Superintendent Dr. Kent Bugg that the district received a perfect score on its District Financial Profile.
• Accepted the following students as recipients of scholarships for 2009: (Ruth Kaplan Scholarship - $1,200 each) Julia Hancock, Caitlin Hankovcak, Kristi Korilko, Kelsey Mikula, Sydney Sherman, Aubrey St. Cin, Allison Vigna; (Fred W. Anderson Scholarship - $1,500) Brittany Hastings; (Ed Rashke Scholarship - $500) Justin Anderson; (Freeman Trotter Scholarship - $500) Dan Marlin.
• Authorized the superintendent to employ groundskeepers, for up to 2,000 hours of summer grounds maintenance, and summer custodians, to work up to 1,450 hours, at a rate of $8 per hour during summer months.
• Tabled action on approving restructured summer hours for the district office.
• Approved sponsoring Devon Bernard, Andrea Bippus and Michelle Christensen for $250 each to attend the Grundy Area Vocational Center National Leadership Conference in Nashville.
• Approved the placement of student teacher Erik Frederiksen with Steve Lenig at the high school, during the fall semester of 2009.
• Accepted the donation of 24 books from Mike Dahlberg of Books Are Fun. The donation will be utilized at the Early Childhood Center.
• Accepted the donation of small tools and supplies from Retco Alloy, Inc., to the industrial arts program at the high school.
• Approved the rental of two rooms at the Early Childhood Center, at a cost of $200 per room, to the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative for the purpose of conducting summer school programs. The summer school program will be held June 8 to July 2.
• Tabled action on approving a contract for photography services for 2009-10.
• Approved the new job description for the Central Office Secretary for Finance. The job description was revised from the bookkeeper position and renamed.
In action as result of closed session, the board:
• Approved the re-employment of the educational support staff for the 2009-10 school year.
• Approved the employment of Kathleen Walker as a half-time physical education teacher at the Intermediate School for the 2009-10 school year.
• Approved the employment of Andrea Smith as special education teacher at the Middle School for the 2009-10 school year.
• Accepted the resignation of Monica Perone as special education teacher at the Middle School.
• Adopted the resolution: "Re: Janice Salerno Authorizing Notice of Nonrenewal," and waived the reading of the resolution.
• Approved the extracurricular assignment of Jen Munsterman as the seventh-grad ASAP Aide.
• Approved the unpaid leave for Rich Monbrum from April 23 through May 21, 2009.
The board will meet for its regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 15.