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Peoria Unified to cut outsourced custodial scope and add 35 night custodians in budget-neutral change
Summary
District facilities staff told the governing board May 8 that beginning July 1 the district will reduce the square footage handled by its custodial contractor and use those dollars to hire 35 full‑time night lead custodians; landscaping contracts will be reorganized into crews and certain herbicide work will remain outsourced.
Peoria Unified’s facilities staff on May 8 told the district’s Governing Board that the district plans to reduce the footprint handled by its custodial contractor and use the savings to hire full‑time night custodians for elementary and support sites.
Facilities presenter Mr. Merlino said the district will reduce the square footage covered by CCS by about 1,600,000 square feet, cutting CCS’s contract by $1,749,549 and using that funding to add 35 full‑time lead night custodian positions (one per elementary school and one per support site). “This will be a budget neutral change,” Merlino said. New hires would start July 1, he added.
The board was given details about scope differences between a “partial” and a “full” custodial contract: added vacuuming frequency for carpeted traffic lanes, more regular dusting of furniture and fixtures, and…
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