Newburgh City School District details emergency repairs, procurement thresholds and capital timelines

District staff described how the Newburgh City School District handles after-hours facility emergencies, how vendor selection and bidding work, and progress on multiple capital projects, including locker-room renovations and the CTE addition.

The district’s facilities staff told the facilities committee that after-hour calls typically come through alarm companies or local police and are routed to an on-call vendor list so crews can secure school buildings and restore safe conditions. "If it's a plumbing emergency, we have plumbers and electrician in house. If it's something big like a boiler, we have contractors that are on state contract," said Andy, a district staff member. He described calling available vendors and, if needed, notifying the superintendent and school principals so they can respond on site.

The meeting examined how the district chooses vendors and when purchases must go to formal bid. "We do try to use local vendors when we can for small stuff," Andy said, explaining the district favors local businesses for routine supplies and projects but must follow state purchasing rules for larger expenditures. Andy later said the formal bid threshold is $19,999. "It's $19.99. 19 thousand 9 hundred and 90 9 dollars," he said,…