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DeSoto Co. board approves multiple construction and service contracts, personnel items and schedules closed session
Summary
The DeSoto County School District board voted to approve bids and contracts for playground and lighting projects, awarded an RFP for a school lighting project, authorized electrical work and approved personnel items; the board also scheduled a closed session to address student and personnel matters.
The DeSoto County School District board approved a series of bids, contracts and personnel items during its meeting.
The board approved the interactive project bid recommended by staff, accepted Wagner General Contractors' bid for a playground replacement project and authorized a contractual agreement with Wagner General Contractors for that work. The board also approved a bid for a replacement lighting project (phase 1) and later approved entering into a contract with Innovative Solutions for a lighting project at Lewisburg (request for proposal opened Dec. 16 and awarded based on evaluation committee scoring).
The board approved entering into a contractual agreement with Cook Electrical Contract for electrical work and voted to approve a request to pay a vendor for cheerleading services provided to Stone Central Middle School from Dec. 2 through Dec. 19. It approved personnel recommendations presented in the packet, which included leave and additional pay items (details were in packet pages referenced by board staff).
Each motion was called, seconded and approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Approve consent agenda — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Approve interactive project bid — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Approve Wagner General Contractors bid and enter contract for playground replacement project — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Approve replacement lighting project bid (phase 1) — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Enter contractual agreement with Cook Electrical Contract — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Approve RFP award and contractual agreement with Innovative Solutions for Lewisburg lighting project — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Approve payment for vendor services at Stone Central Middle School (Dec. 2–Dec. 19) — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Approve personnel recommendations (pages cited in packet) — approved (voice vote; no opposition recorded). - Consideration of closed (executive) session for student, residency appeal, physical discipline, personnel contract and facilities contract matters; session scheduled Thursday, Jan. 23 at 9 a.m. — motion recorded and scheduling noted.
Board members and staff who presented recommendations included Mister Uskin, Mister Chase, Mister Scates, Mister Austin, Mister Hudson, Mister Musselton and Mister Jones (roles listed in the meeting packet or spoken as presenters; transcript uses honorifics without first names). No roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript; each motion was approved after the chair called for "aye" and recorded "hearing none, that motion passes."
