Harrison County Board approves grants, contracts and school purchases
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Summary
At its Feb. 17 meeting the Harrison County Board of Education approved a $120,000 cybersecurity grant (with a $30,000 cash match), awarded playground and engineering contracts, and authorized purchases including band uniforms; all motions passed by voice vote.
Harrison County Board of Education members approved a series of grants, contracts and purchases at their Feb. 17 meeting, including acceptance of a state/local cybersecurity grant and multiple procurement actions.
The board voted to accept a state and local cybersecurity grant of $120,000 with a required $30,000 cash match, authorizing the superintendent to sign related documents. The superintendent said the award totals $150,000 with a $30,000 cost share and asked staff to correct a spelling error in the agenda text before final paperwork.
Other approvals included a recommendation to award Davis Athletics $220,710.39 to furnish and install pre-K through fifth-grade playground equipment at Simpson Elementary through the TIPS cooperative purchasing contract; approval to hire McKinley and Associates for architectural and civil engineering services for a career-technical SBAE project; and a change order No. 1 for secure school entrances totaling $34,715.15, which adjusted that project’s total to $469,934.85.
The board also authorized using $18,000 from contingency funds toward an estimated $36,000 cost for South Harrison High School band uniforms and approved a memorandum of understanding with the City of Bridgeport for the Sims Playground Project, noting a $5,400 business-tax waiver as a city donation.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: approved by voice vote (motion carried; no roll-call recorded). - Out-of-state student travel requests (Washington, D.C.): approved by voice vote. - South Harrison band uniforms: $18,000 from contingency funds approved by voice vote. - Simpson Elementary playground (Davis Athletics): contract approved, $220,710.39, approved by voice vote. - MOU with City of Bridgeport (Sims Playground Project): approved by voice vote; city waiving $5,400 business tax as donation. - McKinley and Associates (architectural/civil engineering): firm approved by voice vote. - State/local cybersecurity grant: acceptance approved ($120,000 grant with $30,000 cash match); board authorized superintendent to sign documents. - Change order No. 1 for safe school entrances: approved ($34,715.15), new total $469,934.85. - Personnel agenda: approved by voice vote.
Most motions were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote; no recorded roll-call tallies were provided in meeting minutes. When the presiding officer called for the vote the customary "All those in favor, say aye" was used and the clerk recorded the motions as carried.
What's next: The superintendent was authorized to sign grant documents and related contracts; policy updates and any program changes discussed will return to the board for review at a future meeting.