The Austintown Local School District Board of Education approved a resolution declaring an “urgent necessity” and authorized the district to execute a contract outside statutory competitive bidding procedures to install security cameras at Austintown Fitch High School.

The board voted to adopt the superintendent’s resolution during its regular meeting. The motion — described in the agenda as a resolution "declaring an urgent necessity exists and in order to provide for the security and protection of school property authorizing the execution of a contract outside of statutory competitive bidding procedures for the installation of security cameras at Austintown Fitch High School" — passed on a roll-call vote with board members Missus Smrek, Mister Sherwood, Mister Markham, Missus Mok, and Mister Porter voting yes.

The resolution provides the legal basis for the district to award a contract without the normal competitive-bid process on the ground of urgent necessity for security and protection of school property. The board did not state a contract dollar amount at the meeting record and no vendor name was announced in the transcript.

Board members did not elaborate on technical specifications, timeline for installation, or funding source during the recorded discussion. The transcript shows the measure was presented "upon recommendation of the superintendent" and moved and seconded, followed by the roll-call voting sequence recorded in the minutes.

Next steps implied by the approval are execution of a contract under the cited urgent-necessity resolution and scheduling of installation, but the district did not include further implementation dates or vendor details in the meeting record.