District facilities staff presented a proposal to replace obsolete building-automation controllers and an aging drive used to operate campus controls at multiple sites. Director Powers explained the district currently operates a mix of older Siemens equipment and some newer controllers; several of the Siemens controllers are obsolete and no longer supported.

The administration recommended awarding work to UHL because its proposed overlay and controllers would bring the four sites onto a BACnet-compatible platform that improves communication across systems and reduces long-term integration costs. A notional project cost cited in the discussion was $269,000; staff said the work would be funded from the district's Long-Term Facilities Maintenance (LTFM) program.

Why it matters: obsolete controllers can fail unpredictably and lead to degraded temperature and indoor-air-quality control; the administration said the current drive cannot be upgraded and is failing. Board members asked about life-cycle replacement planning and whether moving to a common overlay reduces future vendor risk. The facilities lead said adopting BACnet-compatible controllers improves interoperability and reduces future replacement cost spikes.

Next steps: administration offered to provide a clean contract copy and any supporting Siemens and UHL estimates at the next board packet; no contract award vote was shown in the study-session record.