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Board approves Crescent City contingency change; members ask staff to review sales-tax and labor charges
Summary
Trustees approved a contingency change request for the Crescent City PK6 construction package that includes added labor to install exterior blue LED strobe lights; board members asked staff to investigate whether sales tax was charged appropriately and whether any credits are due.
The Putnam County School Board approved a contingency change request (G4) for the Crescent City PK6 construction package that included installation of blue exterior emergency strobe lights, while asking staff to investigate the invoice’s labor lines and sales-tax treatment.
Why it mattered: The change adds safety features to the new building but raised questions from trustees about a large labor line item and why both materials and labor were taxed, producing roughly $3,100 in sales tax on the $47,000 invoice.
Bill Elliott, senior…
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