Bremen CHSD 228 board approves February bills, bids, furniture and an overnight softball trip

The Bremen CHSD 228 Board of Education approved its consent agenda at the February regular meeting, voting to accept February bills and payroll, award construction bids for a Timney Park High School domestic water replacement project, authorize a furniture purchase for the district's new administrative center, and approve an overnight field trip request for Oak Forest High School softball.

Doctor McConner presented Item 5.1, the February bills and related addendum to payroll and CVS bills, which the board moved and approved by roll call. The facilities office recommended accepting base bids and alternates for the Timney Park domestic water replacement project; administration said proper legal notice was issued and bidders were interviewed on equipment, manpower and timelines. The board approved the bid recommendations. The administration also recommended purchasing furniture from Frank Cooney Company through the Omni Partners Purchasing Cooperative for the new administration building; trustees voted to approve that purchase after administration said the cooperative satisfied procurement standards.

Doctor Williams presented Item 5.2, the overnight field trip request for Oak Forest softball, noting the request had been considered at the Committee of the Whole and was recommended for full board approval; the motion passed on a roll-call vote. No board member recorded a roll-call 'No' on the items presented in the consent slate.

The meeting proceeded to personnel and other business after the votes. The board later voted to adjourn into closed session to discuss pending litigation under 5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11).

The board did not provide dollar figures for the bids or the furniture purchase in the public remarks included in the record.