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Midland board approves several facility and equipment purchases and accepts $20,000 in gifts
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Summary
The board approved multiple procurement items — including food service equipment ($256,288), auto tech and welding program equipment (contingent on 61c funding) and floor painting ($102,447) — and accepted three gifts totaling $20,000.
At its Jan. 16 meeting the Midland Public Schools Board of Education approved a series of facility and equipment purchases and accepted community gifts totaling $20,000.
Administration recommended and the board approved a $256,288 purchase order to Stafford Smith Inc. (Bay City) for food-service equipment to be paid from food service funds. The board also approved floor painting work across multiple buildings, awarding Lake Painting Inc. of Midland a $102,447 contract with payment split between capital-improvement and food-service funds depending on location.
Several CTE purchases were advanced contingent on 61c program approval from the Midland ESA: a recommendation to issue a purchase order to Snap-On Industrial (Crystal Lake) for auto tech program workstations totaling $107,668.30, and a recommended award to Purity Cylinder Gases (Wyoming, Mich.) for welding equipment totaling $112,169.82 plus ventilation units for the welding program for $39,816. Administration said the advisory groups recommended the welding ventilation solution and that purchase orders will be held until ESA confirmation.
The board also approved issuing a purchase order to Lloyd’s Door Systems (Midland) for $66,845.40 to replace overhead doors at Midland High and H.H. Dow High after soliciting bids twice and vetting the lone bidder.
On donations, the board accepted three gifts totaling $20,000: $10,000 from the Strosacker Foundation for feminine-hygiene products at the four secondary schools; $5,000 from K Systems to Midland High’s robotics team; and $5,000 from the Sally J. Moss Living Trust to support Young Fives at the Pre-Primary Center. Eleven additional smaller gifts totaling $6,125.50 were noted for the record.
Board members asked clarifying questions about bid solicitation, monitoring of ventilation equipment performance and the ESA review process for 61c-funded programs. All procurement motions passed by voice vote.
The purchases and gifts advance planned upgrades to vocational programs, food-service operations and building maintenance across the district.
