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Board approves contracts, bids and amendments in business‑agenda vote; key items listed
Summary
At a single business meeting the board approved a series of contract awards, bid acceptances and amendments tied to capital projects and special‑education services; details and vote outcomes are listed.
The Tacoma School District Board approved a slate of business‑agenda items including contracts, interlocal agreements, bid acceptances and amendments during the meeting. Most items passed by voice vote; one resolution passed by roll call 5‑0.
Votes at a glance (items presented under business matters):
- Contract TSD-25-038 with Overlake Medical Center for special‑education services for the 2024–25 school year — approved (agenda item 14.1).
- Interlocal agreement TSD-25-060 with Northporte School District to provide state assessments to eligible students residing in Tacoma boundaries — approved (14.2).
- Bid acceptance: Pullman SST Inc. for Stadium High School exterior restoration project — approved; agenda listed amount $1,025,299 excluding sales tax (14.3). Board discussion noted some exploratory work had already taken place and that Stadium High School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Bid acceptance: Construct Inc. for exterior upgrades at the School of the Arts (SOTA) Pacific building — approved; agenda listed amount $446,000 excluding sales tax (14.4).
- Bid acceptance: Puget Sound Construction for technology and cafeteria upgrades at Foss High School — approved; agenda listed amount $310,510 excluding sales tax (14.5). Staff said the technology work includes relocating the district technology department to Foss and separate cafeteria upgrades bundled for pricing.
- Contract amendment TSD-24-248, Amendment 1, with Washington Patriot Construction for multi‑facility theater lighting upgrades — approved (14.6). Agenda and staff remarks included a guaranteed maximum price figure in the contract amendment; the meeting record contained several figures while staff said the board would rely on the official agenda item if numbers differed.
- Approval to negotiate and award design‑build alternative method contract with ATS Automation for the Clean Building Phase 2 multi‑facilities project, not to exceed $8,000,000 (agenda item 14.7) — approved.
- Approval to negotiate and award progressive design‑build contract with B and B Builders for the Central Kitchen Project — approved (14.8). (See separate coverage for the board’s central‑kitchen discussion.)
Other business:
- Resolution 21‑58: Acceptance of contract completion and acceptance of contract with Neely Construction Company for Ninth and Broadway ground‑floor tenant improvements — adopted by roll call vote, President Schrodinger, Vice President McCollary, Director Leon, Director Baumbrite and Director Keating voted aye; resolution passed 5‑0 (agenda item 15.1).
Consent agenda: The consent agenda was approved with one abstention (item details on the consent agenda were not read aloud during the meeting record).
