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Buchanan County School Board approves construction contracts, personnel moves and 5% health-insurance increase
Summary
At a subsequent board session the Buchanan County School Board certified closed-session business and approved multiple construction contracts and testing services, set an athletic spending cap, approved personnel appointments and a $2,500 pay increase, and accepted a 5% rise in group health insurance premiums.
The Buchanan County School Board certified its return from closed session and approved several construction-related and personnel actions following the Southern Gap High School groundbreaking.
Curtis Saleslewicke, Skanska project manager, asked the board to approve change order number 2 for the early site package (a zero-dollar change order) and to award a concrete-subcontract to Procon for concrete slabs; the transcript lists the subcontract amount roughly as $3,000,004.05, which appears garbled in the record. The board approved the motions.
The board also approved a concrete-testing contract (recorded in the transcript at about $164,000) with Foundation Systems as the vendor, to provide the testing services required for the early site package.
On operational and personnel matters the board voted to: cap locally approved athletic department spending at $3,000 (with larger expenditures handled through the superintendent’s office), authorize security at athletic events at a proposed rate of $35 per hour (scheduling to be coordinated with the sheriff’s office), fund an assistant cross-country coach at Council High, appoint Erica Owens as guidance counselor for the new Southern Gap High School (a lateral move), and grant a $2,500 raise to an employee identified as Kelly for additional duties. Recorded roll calls showed at least one dissent or abstention on several personnel/budget items as reflected in the minutes.
Administration reported enrollment at 2,214 (2,331 including pre-K) with average class sizes of about 15.7 in elementary grades and 20.4 in high school. The board also approved minutes from a prior meeting, accepted retirements (including Gaynell Cox effective Oct. 1, 2024), approved second readings of several policies, and adopted the Buchanan County consolidated group health-insurance plan with a stated 5% premium increase to be incorporated into the budget.
Board members set their next regular meeting for Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 5:30 p.m. and subsequently adjourned.
Because several numeric amounts in the transcript appear garbled (notably the concrete subcontract), the formal, published minutes and contract documents should be consulted for exact contract values and vendor names.
