Board approves $902,000 auditorium bid and sale of vacant lot for $15,000
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The Council Bluffs Board of Education awarded a base bid for the Thomas Jefferson High School auditorium project to Prairie Construction for $902,000 and approved sale of a vacant lot near the district warehouse to BJA Investments LLC for $15,000; both motions passed on roll call.
The Council Bluffs Community School District Board of Education approved two business items at the close of a ceremony meeting at the Iowa Western Community College Fine Arts Center.
The board voted to award the base bid for the Thomas Jefferson High School auditorium project to Prairie Construction for $902,000. A board member moved approval of the Prairie Construction bid; the motion carried on roll call with all board members present voting yes.
The board also approved sale of a vacant lot near the district warehouse to BJA Investments LLC for $15,000 and “other good and valuable consideration,” with conveyance by deed without warranty, as described during an earlier public hearing. Julie Foster presented the public hearing and the board then voted to approve the sale; the motion carried on roll call with all board members present voting yes.
Roll call votes were recorded for each action. For the Thomas Jefferson auditorium bid, the roll call recorded the following votes: Mister Tripp — yes; Dr. Ozello — yes; Mister Cozier — yes; Mrs. Greiner — yes; Miss Myers — yes; Mister Peters — yes; Miss Hardiman — yes. The motion carried.
For the sale of district property, the roll call recorded the following votes: Mister Peters — yes; Mister Cozier — yes; Mister Tripp — yes; Miss Myers — yes; Miss Hardiman — yes; Dr. Ozello — yes; Mrs. Greiner — yes. The motion carried.
The board did not specify funding sources or budget amendments for the auditorium project in the meeting discussion. The property was described in the public hearing by Julie Foster as legally: "Everett's Ad 2 53 And 2 Thirds E X W 5 L T 6, B L K 37, Council Bluffs, Iowa." Presenters said the district had no plans for the lot’s use and noted that selling the parcel would return it to the tax rolls and allow the buyer, which already owns adjacent lots, to develop the site.
Minutes and the meeting agenda were approved earlier in the session. No public comments were recorded on these two items during the meeting.
