Board approves bills, multiple change orders and special‑education deficit request

The North Scott Community School District board approved a series of routine fiscal and construction items and authorized submission of a special‑education deficit request to the state School Budget Review Committee.

Bills and finance: District staff (identified in the meeting as Jill) presented accounts payable highlights including a West Bend Mutual workers’ compensation payment (quoted at roughly $109,000), a Builder Sales and Service payment of about $69,100 for central office work and a purchase of five junior‑high instruments (~$4,556) to be reimbursed by a grant. The board approved the presented bills by voice vote.

Change orders and construction approvals: Administrators walked the board through change orders tied to the district’s Vision 2025 projects and for multiple individual buildings. Key approvals by voice vote included:

• Lancer Stadium: contractor and electrical adjustments (no net cost to district; Southern Bleacher Company/Crawford Company coordination).

• Junior High: multiple items including greenhouse utility extensions, sidewalk additions, fire‑marshal driven doors and fireproofing work, sound separation improvements and upgraded sound panels and flooring; the board approved itemized change orders and staff confirmed remaining project contingency of roughly $300,000 across projects.

• Alan Shepherd (construction items, not playground fencing): approved four construction change orders (overhead door fit, relocated gym exit light, cable ladder in IDF room, transformer partial startup and outlet changes).

• Regional Innovation Center: approvals for drain lines on unit heaters, fire suppression for kitchen hoods (code‑driven), conduit for future use and mechanical equipment pads; several items were driven by fire‑marshal requirements.

• Neil Armstrong: a list of finish and remediation items (additional outlets, gym floor steel modifications, ductwork, unsuitable soils remediation, ceiling grid/tile, bathroom floor finish changes with credited deducts) were approved.

• Solar projects: the board approved change orders to add conduit for future solar tie‑ins, gate width adjustments and groundcover options at multiple sites (Grissom, Armstrong, transportation and site‑specific arrays). Administration said final implementation will require coordination with local utilities (MidAmerican) and that some sites may be limited by local ordinances.

Special‑education deficit request: Business staff reported special‑education revenues of $5.8 million and expenditures higher for the year, citing a resulting deficit of $653,324. The board approved submitting an allowable growth and supplemental aid request to the SBRC to cover the deficit; staff said the request increases future spending authority and will not change local taxes.

Votes were taken by voice for each motion; roll‑call tallies with individual names were not recorded in the public transcript for these items.