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Board approves consent items including roof bid, pest control contract, cooperative softball and course-fee increases
Summary
The board approved consent action items 11.2–11.8 by roll call (seven ayes), awarding a McLernan Elementary roof bid to Design Roofing, renewing pest control with AAA Pest, authorizing a three-school softball coop, approving course fee increases for 2025–26, and contracting Soliant Health for two short-term speech positions.
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Springfield School District 186 Board of Education approved consent action items 11.2 through 11.8 by roll call (seven ayes).
Key items approved tonight included:
• 11.4 — Roof replacement at McLernan Elementary School: the board accepted the lowest qualified bid, reported by staff as just over $1,000,000; staff named the apparent low bidder as Design Roofing.
• 11.5 — Pest-control services: the board approved a three-year contract for routine building pest control; staff said the lowest bid was $780 per month (same vendor as prior year, AAA Pest), and that the company will perform scheduled checks and return for follow-up treatments where needed.
• 11.6 — Cooperative high-school softball: because of low athlete numbers, three high schools will form a co-op team for the season; the team will use a combination of fields including Lawless Field and Eisenhower Park for games and practices.
• 11.7 — Course fees for 2025–26: the board approved increases to course fees for the next school year (most art classes +$15 per class; art history and photography +$10; AP Art Studio unchanged; family and consumer sciences and textiles +$2 per class; culinary +$10; no changes to music or science fees were reported). Staff said fees had not been increased since 2011.
• 11.8 — Agreement with Soliant Health: the board authorized an agreement with Soliant Health to provide two speech/language positions to cover vacancies and medical leaves in the coming semester.
The motion and second for the consent package were made on the record; a roll-call vote recorded seven ayes. The board packet contains the full resolutions and vendor contracts for those who want detailed line-item information.
