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Scott County Board approves $29.15 million Oxford Elementary construction bid and dozens of routine contracts and personnel actions
Summary
The Scott County Board of Education approved a $29,154,000 general contractor bid from Griggs Enterprises for Oxford Elementary, accepted revised BG-1 paperwork for the project, and passed a series of routine contracts, renewals and personnel actions by voice vote.
The Scott County Board of Education awarded the general-contractor bid for Oxford Elementary to Griggs Enterprises for $29,154,000, accepting the base bid plus alternatives 1 and 2, and approved a revised BG-1 for the project. The board approved the measures by voice vote.
Board members also approved a large set of routine operational and personnel items, including the consent agenda, creation and abolition of select positions, multiple vendor renewals and service contracts, memoranda of understanding with community partners, and approvals of standard annual bids.
Key actions recorded during the meeting included:
- Approve award of general-contractor bid to Griggs Enterprises for Oxford Elementary ($29,154,000), including alternatives 1 and 2; motion carried by voice vote.
- Approve revised BG-1 for Oxford Elementary; motion carried.
- Approve consent agenda items A–J; motion carried.
- Approve abolishment of one guidance counselor position at Elkhorn Crossing School and creation of one assistant principal position at Elkhorn Crossing; motions carried.
- Approve creation of one district-wide speech-language pathologist position and 11 temporary summer maintenance/technology positions for 2025; motions carried.
- Approve Section 7 funding for the 2025–26 school year; motion carried.
- Approve School Resource Officer agreement between Scott County Fiscal Court and Scott County Board of Education; motion carried.
- Approve memoranda of understanding with JAG Kentucky and Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bluegrass; motions carried.
- Award pest-management services to Terminix; approve sanitation-service request for proposals; renew diesel and gasoline bid; award audit services to Barnes Denning and Company; renew fidelity-bond coverage for treasurer and director of accounting; and several other annual bid renewals and contract awards; motions carried.
Board members made most votes by voice; the minutes record repeated "All in favor? Aye. Those opposed? Motion carries." The meeting transcript does not record numerical roll-call tallies for these motions.
Ending: The board did not hold extended debate on these items at the public meeting; most were routine approvals following staff recommendations. The Oxford Elementary construction award was the only major capital item discussed in detail during the consent and construction segments of the meeting.
