Trussville board approves budget, capital plan and roof design work for two schools
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Trussville City Schools approved its budget and capital plan on the consent agenda and authorized owner–architect agreements to begin design work on roofs at Hewitt Trussell Middle School and Cahaba Elementary School.
Trussville City Schools' board of education approved its annual budget and capital plan as part of a consent agenda vote and authorized owner–architect agreements to begin design work for roof replacements at Hewitt Trussell Middle School and Cahaba Elementary School.
The consent agenda — which the board adopted without recorded opposition — included approval of the budget and capital plan, a bid statement allowing use of purchasing cooperatives, owner–architect agreements to begin design for corrective roofing work at Hewitt Trussell Middle School (about 140,000 square feet) and for the gym roof at Cahaba Elementary School, a board member code-of-conduct resolution (Resolution 0915-25-O1), and multiple facility-use and field-trip requests.
Board materials and staff presentations show the district receives a small portion of federal funds (identified in the meeting as roughly 2 percent of the budget). The owner–architect approvals authorize the district to begin design and later return to the board to advertise and award construction contracts.
The board voted to adopt the consent agenda by voice; no formal roll-call tally was provided in the minutes for the motion on the record. Materials presented during the meeting indicated the capital plan and budget will appear on the consent agenda for formal adoption and that subsequent steps on the roofing work will return to the board for bid approval and contract award.
Background materials in the board packet list multiple purchasing cooperatives the district may use for procurement and a multi-page list of field-trip requests; staff noted several pages of field trips (four to five pages) were included in the packet.
The board chair closed the item after the unanimous voice vote and moved on to personnel and new-business items on the agenda.
Looking ahead: the owner–architect agreements begin the design phase; the board must later approve construction bids and contracts before work can start.