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Board to consider painting, mechanical and easement contracts; consent agenda set with one item removed
Summary
Superintendent’s cabinet recommended multiple maintenance and procurement items — painting contracts, an emergency kitchen water-heater replacement, a Georgia Power easement and the five-year facilities plan — and the board placed most on the next meeting’s consent agenda while removing one item for separate review.
The Rockdale County superintendent’s cabinet presented a package of facilities and procurement action items that the board agreed to place on the next regular meeting’s consent agenda, with one item removed for separate consideration.
Chief Operations Officer Jack Salette summarized bid recommendations from the district’s February 4, 2025, competitive process: A and D Painting, Inc., as the recommended contractor for Sims Elementary repainting for $70,000 and for Rockdale Career Academy repainting for $155,000; DC Colors Inc. as the low bidder for Hightower Trail Elementary repainting for $42,000. Salette also presented an emergency purchase recommendation to replace a kitchen water heater at Rockdale Career Academy for $89,689.70 under the district’s emergency purchasing policy (cited in the presentation as policy DJE/RVC 1 and 2), describing a major leak and the need to avoid instructional disruption.
Georgia Power Company presented (through the administration) a line-easement request affecting the central office property at 960 Pine Street NE (tax parcel C260010002) to convert overhead distribution to underground service adjacent to a funded project next door; the district’s legal and superintendent approval were listed as contingencies. Finally, Salette said the superintendent will recommend approval of the required five-year local facilities plan and associated tax-resolution documents the state requires; that plan updates additions, renovations and other capital projects and must be filed with the Georgia Department of Education by the statutory deadline.
Board action on agenda placement: Board member Heather Duncan moved to place the superintendent’s action items on the next regular session consent agenda; Akita Palmer seconded the motion. Board member Justin Kenny asked that item 2 be removed from the consent agenda and taken up separately; the board agreed. The consent agenda as revised (items 1 and 3–9) was placed on the upcoming meeting’s consent calendar for a recorded vote next week.
Why it matters: These are capital and maintenance projects that the district uses to keep buildings on a multi-year maintenance cycle. The emergency purchase notice flagged a near-term risk to food service operations if the water heater failed, and the Georgia Power easement affects central-office utilities at no anticipated cost to the district.
What’s next: The listed items (except the removed item 2) will be voted on at the board’s next regular meeting. Item 2 will be discussed separately per the board’s request; the administration indicated those details will be available at the next meeting.
