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Votes at a glance: Board approves classroom furniture, repairs, demolitions, parking work and multiple policy updates
Summary
At the meeting the board approved a set of consent and action items including a $1.139 million classroom furniture purchase for three elementary schools, masonry and demolition contracts, a parking-lot replacement and a package of policy updates; the board also accepted the consent agenda and approved several committee referrals.
The Davenport Community School District board approved multiple agenda items by unanimous voice vote during the meeting. The board handled the consent agenda and then voted separately on large purchases and contracts.
Key votes and outcomes:
- Consent agenda: Motion to accept the consent agenda as written (mover: Director Hayes). Motion carried by voice vote; no individual roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
- Classroom furniture replacement (Item 10.01): Motion to approve School Specialty LLC to provide classroom furniture replacement at Garfield, Jackson and McKinley for $1,139,451.85 (mover: Director Beck). Motion carried.
- McKinley tuckpointing repair (Item 10.02): Motion to award tuckpointing repair at McKinley Elementary to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder, State Masonry Inc. (mover: Director Beck). Motion carried.
- Demolition of houses (Item 10.03): Motion to award demolition of four houses on East 30th Street and one house on 50 Third Street to the lowest responsible, responsive bidder, M Conn Contractors, in the amount of $119,850 (mover: Director Hayes). Motion carried. Board discussion included a public description of the properties' locations near Brady Street Stadium and North High School.
- Harrison parking-lot replacement (Item 10.04): Motion to approve Taylor Ridge Paving for the Harrison parking-lot replacement in the amount of $57,640 (mover: Director Hayes). Motion carried.
- Board policies (Item 10.05): Motion to approve a set of policy revisions (policy numbers read on the record). Motion to approve policies carried (mover: Director Beck). The transcript lists the policy codes included in the motion; the board did not discuss substantive policy changes at length and said the changes reflect legislative updates.
- Adjournment: Motion to adjourn was made and seconded; meeting adjourned.
Details and context: The motions were moved and seconded on the record; votes were taken by voice with the chair calling for ayes and nays and the minutes record the motions as carried. No roll-call vote tallies with individual yes/no names were recorded in the transcript for these motions.
