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Board approves software and kitchen equipment purchases, travel and personnel items
Summary
Harrison County Schools board approved a $140,817.67 software purchase, food-service equipment bids totaling $150,205.07 funded by child nutrition grants, out-of-state travel requests, personnel matters and the superintendent's disciplinary recommendation during its March 4 meeting.
The Harrison County Schools Board of Education voted on March 4 to approve a $140,817.67 software purchase from Advantage Technologies and to award child nutrition equipment purchases to Hooten Equipment Company totaling $150,205.07, the board said during a voice vote. The board also approved out-of-state travel requests, consent items, personnel matters and the superintendent's recommendation in a student disciplinary matter.
Board members approved the software purchase for $140,817.67 through the stated purchasing cooperative; the motion was made and approved by voice vote. The agenda noted that total purchases issued this year to the vendor approximate $171,000. No roll-call vote or named tally was recorded in the meeting minutes for the item.
The board approved equipment purchases recommended to be issued to Hooten Equipment Company for child nutrition use at multiple schools. The equipment list and awarded bid amounts presented at the meeting were: a gas induction steamer for West Milford Elementary ($29,085); Simpson Elementary heated holding cabinet ($4,120); gas tilt skillet ($29,467.32); South Harrison High School gas tilt skillet ($27,000); Robert C. Byrd High School dishwasher ($59,620.75); and other listed items for a total of $150,205.07. The superintendent and staff indicated the purchases are funded through child nutrition operating grants.
Board members also approved out-of-state travel and leave requests, including band and music festival trips (examples discussed included travel to Kennywood and Washington, D.C.). During discussion a board member asked that future travel forms include the expected number of chaperones where possible; multiple members expressed concern that some trips listed many students with few specified chaperones.
Consent agenda items and personnel matters were approved by voice vote. The superintendent's recommendation on a student disciplinary matter was approved; board members moved to accept the recommendation and approved it by voice vote. The meeting concluded after routine board comments and an adjournment motion.
All final motions in the meeting were decided by voice vote and recorded as "motion carries"; the meeting transcript does not list individual roll-call votes or named tallies for these items.
Votes at a glance
- Consent items: approved (voice vote; specifics not itemized in the transcript). - Out-of-state travel requests: approved (voice vote). Discussion raised concerns about chaperone counts for some trips. - Advantage Technologies software purchase: approved (voice vote); amount $140,817.67; purchasing cooperative noted; vendor-year-to-date purchases approximated $171,000. - Hooten Equipment Company child nutrition purchases: approved (voice vote); total $150,205.07; funded with child nutrition operating grants. - Personnel matters: approved (voice vote). - Superintendent's student disciplinary recommendation: approved (voice vote).
No recorded roll-call tallies or individual member votes were provided in the meeting transcript.
