Norwin board asks administration to draft change-order policy for stadium project, approves routine agenda additions

At the Norwin Board of Education meeting President Bill Fojelic told trustees he had asked administration to prepare a policy for handling change orders on upcoming projects, singling out the district’s stadium project as likely to generate many change orders.

Fojelic said the stadium project could produce "several change orders, maybe for the 100 or more," and asked administration to return to the board with a proposal that specifies what dollar amounts or types of change orders administrators such as the superintendent or designated staff could approve without requiring board approval; he said the proposal will be presented at next week’s meeting.

Trustees also moved to add multiple grouped items to the legislative meeting agenda: education items 2–12, policy items 1–12 (including a reference to Policy 11, affirmed annually), finance items 1–4 (including an Act 1 resolution intended to ensure the budget will not exceed the Act 1 index), personnel items 1–5 (to be handled in executive session), facilities and support services items 1–3, and four athletics and activities items. Most of those motions were seconded and recorded in the transcript; explicit roll-call tallies were not recorded.

Before adjourning, the board again checked for registered public commenters; none were registered. President Fojelic moved to adjourn, a second was recorded and the meeting ended on a voice vote of 'Aye.'