Mid County Board approves mowing contract and budget resolutions, OKs professional services amendment
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Summary
At a regular meeting, the Mid County Board of Education approved a mowing contract for 2026–27, adopted budget resolutions addressing special-education reallocations and insurance recoveries, and approved an amendment to a professional services (architect) agreement. Two votes were recorded as 9–0.
The Mid County Board of Education voted to approve a set of routine operational items at its meeting, including a contract for grounds maintenance, adoption of budget resolutions and an amendment to a professional services agreement.
On the first substantive item, the board approved a bid for mowing services for the 2026–27 school year. During discussion a board member noted that John Michael has been mowing Big Sandy School for two years and that the current bid represents less than a 3% increase from a bid two years earlier; the contract includes a clause allowing an additional year if the contractor does not raise prices. The motion to award the mowing services passed by voice vote with nine members recorded in favor.
The board then moved to adopt the budget resolutions included in the meeting packet. During discussion, a board member said funds were reallocated within special education to instructional supplies and to salaries and wages, and noted an insurance recovery related to hail damage. The superintendent reported that roughly $8,000 from a health grant identified in the packet has already been spent. The board approved the budget resolutions by a recorded count of nine yes votes.
Separately, the board approved an amendment to a longstanding AIA professional services agreement that updates hourly rates for architects and clarifies scope language for upcoming elementary school proposals. The amendment was moved, seconded and approved in voice vote as presented.
No dissenting votes were recorded in the transcript excerpt for the mowing contract or the budget resolutions; the transcript records the two tallies as nine yes votes for those items. The approvals were procedural and did not change the board—s broader policy or strategic direction within the portion of the meeting captured in the transcript.
Next steps noted in the meeting packet include continued facility planning work, additional review of elementary school design proposals and budget work during the upcoming retreat.