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Board approves bus-maintenance agreement, consulting contracts and routine procurement items
Summary
The board approved several business items July 17 including renewing a bus-maintenance agreement with Fairview Park, compensation for mechanics, sale of one MacBook, web-hosting services, and consulting and benefit-administration contract amendments; staff also explained recurring blanket purchase-order timing issues at fiscal year end.
The Parma City School District Board of Education on July 17 approved a series of business and procurement resolutions covering interdistrict services, consulting contracts and routine housekeeping.
Key actions approved included renewal of an agreement to provide bus maintenance and repairs for Fairview Park City School District and authorization for Parma mechanics to be compensated for maintaining and repairing those buses. The board approved the sale of a single MacBook and an agreement for web-hosting services. The board also approved a contract with K-12 Business Consulting, Inc., an amendment to the administrative-services agreement with Medical Mutual Services LLC and an extension of an engagement to review federal Medicaid reimbursements.
During the finance discussion, a district finance staff member explained a recurring operational issue with blanket purchase orders: state law requires blanket purchase orders be closed at fiscal year end and reopened July 1, but bills sometimes arrive after the prior-year purchase orders are closed, creating the need to reopen or ratify those purchases. The staff member used Columbia Gas as an example of a vendor covered by a blanket purchase order.
Why it matters: these items keep district transportation, benefits, technology and consultant supports in place for operations and the coming school year. The contract approvals were routine motions approved by roll call during the meeting.
Outcome: All listed procurement and contract resolutions were approved by the board during the July 17 meeting.
