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Nooksack Valley School Board awards turf-field contract to Tarkett/FieldTurf, accepts custodian’s resignation
Summary
On Dec. 3, 2025 the Nooksack Valley School Board voted 5-0 to award a turf-field contract to Tarkett/FieldTurf — a bid the superintendent said was about $200,000 lower than the competitor’s — and accepted the resignation of district custodial/grounds employee Keith Klein.
The Nooksack Valley School Board voted unanimously Dec. 3, 2025, to award a turf-field contract to Tarkett/FieldTurf and accepted the resignation of Keith Klein, a district custodial/grounds employee.
Superintendent and secretary Matt Galley presented bid packets from Tarkett/FieldTurf and Coast to Coast/AstroTurf and provided a side-by-side cost and scoring comparison. Galley told the board that both companies were qualified but that Tarkett/FieldTurf’s bid was approximately $200,000 lower, which he described as the decisive factor. He recommended awarding the contract to Tarkett/FieldTurf.
Director Tanya Silves moved to approve the bid and award the contract to Tarkett/FieldTurf; Director Halli Kimball seconded. The motion carried 5-0.
Earlier in the meeting the board accepted the resignation of Keith Klein, listed in the record as Custodial/Grounds, district wide. Director Steve Jones moved to accept the resignation and Director Tanya Silves seconded. That motion also carried 5-0.
The meeting record shows the session was called to order at 3:30 p.m. and recessed at 3:32 p.m. for an executive session on a personnel matter under RCW 42.30.110; the executive session ended at 3:38 p.m. The board later reviewed Policy 2020P and mandatory changes to the model procedure in a brief question-and-answer period and took no action on the policy item. The meeting adjourned at 4:14 p.m.
Note on attendance: the posted attendance list on the meeting record lists Ty Elmendorf as “Chairman, Absent,” while the meeting text also records the meeting as called to order by Chairman Ty Elmendorf. The transcript contains this inconsistency in the attendance/call-to-order lines; the board record does not reconcile the two statements.
