Millard Public Schools board approves hires, multiple facilities contracts and adopts reimbursement policy
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At its Jan. 20 meeting the Millard Public Schools Board approved new principals, awarded multiple construction and equipment contracts totaling millions, and adopted Policy 8230 on board member reimbursement and insurance; several projects include guaranteed maximum prices for major renovations.
The Millard Public Schools Board of Education on Jan. 20 approved a series of personnel hires, facility contracts and policy changes, including the adoption of Policy 8230 covering board member remuneration, reimbursement and insurance.
The board voted to hire Anthony Gentile as principal of Disney Elementary and Joshua Duncan as principal of Willowdale Elementary. Both hires were moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
In a cluster of facilities decisions, the board awarded a $162,926.69 furniture contract for Millard South High School to METEOR and a $78,426 carpet replacement contract for Neihardt Elementary to Workspace Flooring. The board also approved a guaranteed maximum price (GMP) of $7,819,733 for Anderson Middle School’s secure vestibule and interior renovation and a GMP of $3,599,753 for Millard West High School’s interior renovation (work to be spread over three summers).
Other approved contracts included a $236,471 rooftop-unit replacement at Millard North High School (Iman Plumbing Inc.), a $189,381 pool filtration replacement at Millard South High School (Grunwald Mechanical), a $795,000 controls replacement Phase 1 at Millard West (Johnson Controls), and a $797,855 audio-system replacement at Millard West (Miller Electric). Administration described several bids as coming in substantially under prior estimates after redesigns and phasing work.
“We essentially recommended not to accept any bids, went back, redesigned it,” a project staff member said about the Millard West controls procurement, noting the redesign and phasing produced lower prices. That approach, staff said, saved “many hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
On policy, the board held a second reading and moved to adopt Policy 8230, which allows board members to participate in district insurance plans at their own cost and authorizes reimbursement of necessary expenses when officially on district business. CFO Chad Meisgier told the board that adding board members to the optional coverages would cost the district $0 unless a member elects coverage: “It is exactly $0,” he said.
Votes: motions on hires, contracts and the policy were approved by roll call. (Individual roll-call tallies were read into the record for each item.)
What’s next: Several items that received first readings — including Policy 6020 on the school calendar — will return for final action at the Feb. 2 meeting. The board also reaffirmed its intent to continue stewarding bond funds and recommended site tours to review completed projects.
(For a full list of motions and outcomes, see the meeting minutes and the board’s published agenda.)