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Board approves quote to replace maintenance van and discusses student fees, playgrounds and donations
Summary
Business Services committee recommended buying a 2025 cargo van from Wheeler's Chevrolet; committee members also reported new playground installations, several donations and began broader discussion about reducing student fees using donated or solar‑project funds.
The Business Services committee recommended purchase of a replacement maintenance cargo van and discussed student fees, playground upgrades and recent donations.
The committee reported it obtained two vehicle quotes to replace a 2008 Chevy Express maintenance van described as heavily rusted: a Wheeler's Chevrolet quote (presented in the meeting as $42,002.44; transcript includes some numeric transcription ambiguity) and a higher Ford quote in the roughly $60,500 range. The committee recommended and the board approved the Wheeler's Chevrolet quote to purchase a 2025 cargo van to be paid from the 2025–26 buildings and grounds budget.
Committee members reported tours of recently installed playgrounds funded in part by Legacy Foundation donations and noted Washington school’s walking path and repaired fence were complete. The committee also received a report on unpaid student fees (the report cited about $8,000 in unpaid fees last year from student supplies, materials and course registrations). Committee members discussed referral of the fees issue to the full board for possible strategies, including using funds from the solar project donations or the Legacy Foundation to reduce or eliminate some student fees so students could access courses they might otherwise forgo.
The committee recorded donations: a $1,000 gift from Rapids Kickers, a $6,000 donation from Solaris for Partners in Education, and a $100 district discretionary donation from Carrie Bailey.
A motion to accept the Business Services committee minutes and to approve the vendor quote was moved and carried.
