DeSoto County school board approves construction and service contracts, budgets and personnel items; rejects scoreboard bid

The DeSoto County School District Board of Education approved a series of construction and service contracts, certified monthly financial statements, and approved personnel recommendations during its meeting; the board also voted to reject bids for a football scoreboard because the quotes exceeded the project budget.

Board members voted to accept the lowest and best bids and to authorize corresponding contracts for several capital projects. Actions included accepting the lowest-and-best bid from Murphy and Son for the Lewisburg High School building addition (11 bids were received) and approving a contractual agreement with the same firm for that project; accepting the lowest-and-best bid and approving contract authorization for Copperhead Electrical for the district lighting replacement project (5 bids received); accepting the lowest-and-best bid from Murphy [/Murphy and Simpson] for a Lewisburg High School parking lot expansion (9 bids received) and approving a contract; and accepting the lowest-and-best bid from…