Middletown Area SD board approves contracts, Reid Elementary chiller work and routine consent items

The Middletown Area School District board approved multiple consent and operations items, including a contract to replace a chiller compressor at Reid Elementary School and a small security-lock installation at the Operations Building.

Mrs. Moore moved approval of a contract with Azworth to replace the compressor on Chiller Circuit B at Reid Elementary School at a cost of $43,900 using CoStar pricing; the board recorded that the district's insurance will cover the cost except for a $22,500 deductible. The motion passed on a voice vote.

The board also approved a contract with KIT Communications to provide and install an electric strike lock for the secured storage door at the Operations Building at a total cost of $1,124 using capital project funds; that motion also passed.

The board approved multiple consent agenda items across departments: immediate action items 8AA through 8AG (personnel), immediate academic action items 9AA through 9AB, finance consent items AA through AD, and a listing of facility use requests attached to the agenda. Most of those items were moved and seconded as groups with no individual discussion recorded.

During discussion of the Reid chiller item, a board member said the school is operating at 50% chiller capacity because the building has two chillers and the weather had been mild, which reduced immediate impact on building comfort. A second operations item, facility use requests, was approved as listed; no individual user or event details were discussed on the record.

Dr. Hunter noted the district has begun school operations under its schedule shifts, saying the district is "off to a good start" with transitions between four- and five-day weeks.

All listed motions passed on voice votes; the transcript does not include roll-call vote tallies for these items.