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Board approves capital outlay contract with deduct change order; consent agenda, surplus sales and personnel items pass
Summary
Trustees approved a single capital outlay bid with a planned deduct change order to bring the project under the $100,000 cap, declared two 2017 plow trucks surplus for sale, and approved consent agenda and personnel action items; donations for student programs were also accepted.
The Massena Central School District board approved a capital outlay contract recommendation and several routine actions during the meeting, including surplus declarations and personnel approvals.
Administration told trustees a single bid for the 2025–26 capital outlay project arrived at $101,100, over the district’s $100,000 cap. On the architect’s advice the administration recommended awarding the contract to Northern Tier Contracting and then executing a deduct change order to remove masonry reconstruction and cleaning around the high‑school sign so the project falls within the statutory cap while retaining key elements such as a vestibule security window and a larger exterior Massena High School sign. The administrator described the deduct change‑order approach as a commonly used method where single bids slightly exceed the cap.
The chair called for a motion to approve the capital outlay letter of recommendation; the motion was moved and seconded and the chair announced the motion carried. No roll‑call tallies were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The board also approved the disposal of surplus items and specifically disclosed plans to sell two 2017 plow trucks through Auctions International (operations staff reported modest resale figures for recently replaced vehicles and recommended direct auction to try to maximize proceeds). Personnel action items listed as numbers 1–29 and later 30–34 were recommended by administration and approved after motions; the chair canvassed the board and stated those motions carried.
Donation approvals were announced as well, including funds and in‑kind items to support winter clothing distribution, a fourth‑grade ski day, and snack programs funded by local AMVETS posts and the Adirondack Foundation. At the meeting’s close trustees moved into a short executive session to discuss personnel matters; the chair stated no action was expected after executive session.
Actions recorded at the meeting were routine approvals and no contested roll‑call votes or recorded dissents appeared in the transcript.
