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Pennsauken board accepts clean audit, approves major construction payments and safety contracts
Summary
The Pennsauken Township Board of Education accepted the 2024–25 external audit noting no CAFR/AMR findings and approved multiple construction payment applications and contracts including a $892,298.82 payment for PHS addition, fire-alarm upgrades for Fine Elementary, and participation in fleet dashcam cooperative purchasing.
The Pennsauken Township Board of Education accepted the district's external audit for the 2024'25 fiscal year and approved a series of construction payments and vendor contracts at its Feb. 17 business meeting.
The audit performed by Bowman & Company was accepted by resolution; the agenda notes the audit contained no CAFR/AMR findings. The board also approved payment applications for ongoing capital projects, including a $892,298.82 payment application for the Pennsauken High School Magnet School addition to Nacom Companies and a $481,036.92 payment application for the Baldwin Early Childhood Learning Center Pre-K addition to Arthur J. Ogren, Inc. The board approved Payment Application #1 to Kaser Mechanical for $214,940.73 for the Phifer Middle School boiler replacement. The agenda lists remaining balances to finish and retainage for each project.
Separately, the board approved contracts and construction work tied to safety and facilities upgrades. It authorized participation in cooperative purchasing for fleet management and AI dashcams (Sourcewell contract for Motive Technologies) and approved a contract with Siemens Industry, Inc. for a fire alarm voice upgrade at George B. Fine Elementary School not to exceed $109,469.00, and a contract with W. J. Gross, Inc. for related general construction work not to exceed $299,320.00.
The district also authorized award of IFB #2026-008 for transportation parts and supplies to multiple vendors with an aggregate recommended award of $245,976.15, and approved continuing participation in the Garden State Buying Cooperative for Food and Nutrition purchasing.
Business and finance items included acceptance of monthly reconciliations and certifications required under New Jersey regulations and approval of the February 2026 bill list, which the agenda shows totals at $16,832,851.10 across funds and payroll.
The approvals were presented on the consent-style agenda and carried as recommended. The agenda text supplies contract amounts, payment application totals, and bank/account references; where individual vote tallies or separate mover/second are not recorded for each line item, the actions were adopted as part of the board's motion to approve the listed agenda items.
