Board OKs $198,460.96 playground installation at Another Fort Elementary

The Harrison County Board of Education voted June 3 to award Davis Athletics LLC a contract worth $198,460.96 to furnish and install a pre-K and kindergarten playground at Another Fort Elementary, using a TIPS cooperative purchasing cooperative contract.

Board members moved and seconded the recommendation as presented by the superintendent. The motion was approved after a roll-call-style vote in which members responded "aye" and no opposition was reported; the board announced "motion carries." The procurement will use the TIPS cooperative purchasing contract identified in the board materials.

The board discussed the award for a single agenda item and then moved on to other business. The agenda described the work as supplying and installing playground equipment sized and designed for pre-K and kindergarten students. The record provided a single total contract amount; line-item breakdowns and installation schedule were not read into the record during the meeting.

Next procedural steps noted in the meeting: the board accepted the contract award at the meeting, and staff will proceed with procurement under the cooperative contract. The board did not set or announce a construction start date at the meeting.

Questions or conditions about funding source, warranty terms or project timeline were not raised in the on-record discussion. Those details are available in the procurement files and contract documents referenced in the board packet.