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Ames school board approves construction change orders, vehicle purchase and district gifts; votes unanimous
Summary
The Ames Community School District board approved multiple construction change orders, accepted final work on the AIM Center Phase 2, approved district gifts and authorized the purchase of two SUVs from Ames Ford. All recorded motions passed 5-0.
The Ames Community School District Board approved a package of construction and procurement actions and accepted donations during its meeting.
The board voted unanimously to accept final completion for bid package 01-1 for phase 2 of the AIM Center renovation; to approve change order No. 3 for bid package No. 2 for the elementary playground project; to approve change order No. 2 for the Ames High School track and bleacher improvements project; and to approve a bid of $104,617 from Ames Ford to purchase two Ford Expeditions. The board also approved the consent agenda and accepted gifts to the district, all by recorded voice votes of 5-0.
Moved and seconded motions were recorded in the meeting minutes. The agenda was approved after a motion by Board Member DeWerdt and a second by Board Member Becker. The consent agenda and several individual motions were moved and seconded by board members as noted in the official record and each passed by the board with no recorded dissent.
Gifts accepted included 19 anonymous donors contributing a combined $1,400 in cash to the district’s Lunch Hero program and a $500 cash donation attributed in the materials to the Ames Women’s Club. Board materials and the superintendent’s report list additional smaller donations consisting of students’ leftover lunch balances, with amounts in the packet ranging from $83.77 down to $0.17.
The board recorded the following formal actions in the meeting record (motions quoted as in the board packet/transcript):
- "I move the board approve the consent agenda as presented." — Moved by DeWerdt; seconded by Smith; outcome: approved 5-0.
- "I move the board approve the gifts as presented." — Moved by (motion recorded in packet/transcript); seconded; outcome: approved 5-0. Gifts included 19 anonymous donors ($1,400), $500 from the Ames Women’s Club, and multiple student lunch-balance donations (individual amounts presented in materials).
- "I move the board to approve the final acceptance and completion of work for bid package 01-1 for phase 2 of the AIM Center renovation project." — Moved by DeWerdt; seconded by Rodriguez; outcome: approved 5-0.
- "I move the board approve change order number 3 to bid package number 2 for the elementary playground project as presented." — Moved by Becker; seconded; outcome: approved 5-0.
- "I move the board to approve change order number 2 to the high school track and bleacher improvements project as presented." — Moved by DeWerdt; seconded by Smith; outcome: approved 5-0.
- "I move the board approve the bid of $104,617 from Ames Ford for the purchase of 2 new Ford Expeditions as presented." — Moved by Smith; seconded by Rodriguez; outcome: approved 5-0.
The meeting record shows the board conducted routine procedural business in addition to the above votes. No motions failed or were tabled during the session.
The board adjourned at 5:48 p.m.
