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Pennsbury finance committee proposes tech purchases, settles several tax‑appeals and a large food‑service bid
Summary
At the Jan. 22 meeting the finance committee recommended purchases (interactive TVs, Mac devices), software renewal, emergent repair and awarded a food-service equipment bid; it also presented stipulations to settle multiple tax appeals with revised assessed values for listed parcels.
The Pennsbury School Board received a finance committee report Jan. 22 that recommended a series of purchases and settlements for board approval, including classroom technology, IT renewals and the award of a large food‑service equipment bid.
Mister Waldorf summarized items the committee forwarded to the full board: purchase of 48 Promethean interactive TVs and Chromeboxes for Penwood Middle and William Penn (cost not to exceed $139,154.40); renewal of the RapidIdentity lifecycle management system (cost not to exceed $30,951.05); purchase of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops (cost not to exceed $16,846); procurement of Apple Mac minis and accessories (cost not to exceed $24,313.80); and an emergent repair to a municipal water intake system at Edgewood Elementary (cost not to exceed $5,383.20).
The committee also moved to award a food‑service equipment bid to Singer Equipment Company in the amount of $382,401, and presented stipulations to settle tax appeals that will increase assessed values for several parcels (examples cited: Royal Manor apartment LP, Village Penbrook 2 LLC and others) across multiple tax years.
Missus Polsky also read two deduct change orders (items 6a and 6b) that return funds to the district: $79,465.35 (Land Tech Group Inc.) and $21,478.43 (Burrow Electric Contractors). Those were presented as favorable adjustments to project allowances.
The finance items were listed on the consent agenda for board action; individual items were available for discussion under the business portion of the meeting.
What’s next: These items appeared on the board’s consent agenda for approval; the board proceeded with standard consent procedures during the meeting.
