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Lamar County board approves bids, policy changes and land actions; sets rental rate at 5%
Summary
At the Jan. 14 meeting the district authorized advertising E-rate bids for UPS replacement, accepted a $212,000 bid for Oak Grove High volleyball floor, approved policy DKB and new policy JNB, set residential and commercial rental rates at 5%, approved lease assignment (No. 921), and cleared acreage for the Summerall School site.
The Lamar County School District board on Jan. 14 approved several administrative and capital items: it authorized advertising for bids on an E-rate project to replace uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), accepted a $212,000 bid from Coderway Construction to replace the volleyball floor at Oak Grove High School, approved a change to policy DKB and a new policy JNB, set residential and commercial rental rates at 5 percent, approved assignment of lease number 921, and authorized clearing roughly 40 acres for the new Summerall School site with an additional approximately 13-acre portion behind the elementary school.
Votes at a glance
- Authorize advertisement for bids: E-rate UPS replacement — Motion and second recorded; vote: unanimous "Aye"; outcome: approved. - Accept bid from Coderway Construction for Oak Grove High volleyball floor — Bid amount: $212,000; vote: unanimous "Aye"; outcome: approved. - Approve change to policy DKB — Motion and second recorded; vote: unanimous "Aye"; outcome: approved. - Approve new policy JNB — Motion and second recorded; vote: unanimous "Aye"; outcome: approved. - Set rental rates at 5% for residential and commercial leases — Motion and second recorded; vote: not unanimous per meeting record (one dissent recorded as "None" in roll call); outcome: approved. - Approve assignment of lease No. 921 (from Thomas Mitchell and Thomas Thompson) — Motion and second recorded; vote: unanimous "Aye"; outcome: approved. - Approve clearing/land action for new Summerall School site — Area cited ~40 acres to be clearcut plus ~13 acres behind the elementary school as described in attachments; vote: unanimous "Aye"; outcome: approved.
Board members discussed the need for UPS backup to prevent district-wide system outages if power is lost and confirmed the urgency of replacing the Oak Grove High volleyball floor. The board attorney presented the rental-rate recommendation and staff confirmed keeping rates at 5 percent for residential and commercial categories. The lease assignment and land-clearing items were presented with attachments; the board voted to approve the recommendations with no additional conditions recorded in the minutes.
No outside funding sources or timelines for the projects were specified on the record during this meeting. The record shows motions and votes for each item; individual movers and seconders were not consistently named in the transcript excerpts available.
