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Harlem Consolidated School District 122 approves six-bus purchase, HHS dust-collection contract and multiple service agreements
Summary
The Harlem Consolidated School District Board unanimously approved procurement and service contracts on Jan. 20, including a six-bus purchase totaling $964,110, a $370,917 dust-collection system for Harlem High School and several service agreements funded by IDEA and Title I programs.
The Harlem Consolidated School District Board voted unanimously Jan. 20 to approve a series of procurement and service contracts, including the purchase of six school buses and a dust-collection system for Harlem High School.
The board approved awarding a bus bid to Central States Bus Sales for three Conventional Style buses at $449,370 and three Transit Style front-engine buses at $514,740, for a combined total of $964,110. The motion passed 7–0 (mover: Thompson; second: Carlson).
The board also approved a contract with Miller Engineering Company for a dust-collection system at Harlem High School for $370,917 (motion: McKnight; second: McKinney), and unanimously approved an agreement with AYA Healthcare Inc. to provide nursing services at Loves Park Elementary at $80 per hour for 37.5 hours per week for 20 weeks (total $60,000), to be paid from IDEA Flow Through Part B funds.
Other approved items included a Contracted School Improvement Grant tutor for Rock Cut Elementary at $10,500 (funded by Planning Year Title I-Part A-Section 1003), a Tyler Technologies/Munis reporting services migration for $3,600, and an agreement with Nania Energy Advisors. Each motion was recorded as passed with seven ayes.
Board President Michael Sterling said the board remains committed to "balancing the needs of students, teachers and taxpayers" as it approves facility and service investments. The meeting also included routine approvals of the November 2025 Treasurer's Report and a resolution declaring surplus property.
All votes on the listed action items were recorded by roll call as seven ayes (Sterling, Thompson, McKnight, McKinney, Carlson, Johnson, Meeks). No votes against, abstentions or recusals were recorded in the meeting minutes.
Next steps: vendors will be notified and contracts executed according to the terms approved; specific implementation timelines and delivery dates were not specified in the minutes.
