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Board accepts lowest bid for H. L. Bourgeois gym renovation; budget increase unclear on record
Summary
The board approved Thompson Construction Company as the lowest responsive bidder for the competition gymnasium renovation at H. L. Bourgeois High School, including two alternates for PA system and scoreboards; the exact budget increase was inconsistent in the meeting record and not fully clarified on the record.
The Terrebonne Parish School Board approved accepting the lowest responsive bid for the competition gymnasium renovation at H. L. Bourgeois High School from Thompson Construction Company LLC and authorized a project budget increase, though the transcript contains inconsistent statements about the amount of that increase.
The staff recommendation presented said the board should approve Thompson Construction Company, LLC, in the amount of $338,000, accept alternate No. 1 for $9,800 to replace the existing PA system and alternate No. 2 for $18,800 to replace existing scoreboards, and reject alternate No. 3 priced at $158,800 to replace the floor system (the plan is to refurbish the existing floor rather than fully replace it). The recommendation also stated funds would be derived from the building fund and that the superintendent or board president should be authorized to sign documents pending attorney review.
Architect Chad Abel, identified as representing AQ Studios on the project, said the team compared costs and decided to refinish rather than replace the floor. A public commenter and former Bourgeois player told the board he preferred refurbishing the existing floor, calling it "one of the best playing surfaces we have in the district." Abel confirmed the plan to refinish.
When financial totals were read into the record, the transcript contains contradictory or garbled amounts. At one point the presenter said to "increase the budget by $563,000 and establish a total project budget in the amount of $395,493," a pair of figures that do not align arithmetically. Later a board member sought clarification and said, "just to make sure on record, it's, increased the budget by $70,493 I think you said 493,000." The transcript does not resolve which figure is correct; the board nonetheless voted to approve the bid and the project budget as stated on the agenda, pending attorney review.
The motion was moved by Roger Dale DeHart and seconded by Matthew Ford; no roll-call vote tally was read into the record and the motion was announced as passing.
