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Pennsauken board approves $12.46M in bills, reserve transfers and awards $14.016M Baldwin Pre‑K contract
Summary
At the June 10 meeting the Pennsauken Board of Education approved a June bill list totaling $12,463,440.62, authorized transfers of current‑year surplus into reserve accounts (capital, maintenance, emergency, each with stated 'not to exceed' amounts), approved major contracts including health‑insurance through SHIF, and awarded a $14,016,000 contract for the Baldwin Pre‑K addition.
The Pennsauken Township Board of Education on June 10 approved the district’s June bill list and a series of budget and contract actions, including transfers of current‑year surplus into designated reserve accounts and a construction award for a Pre‑K addition at Baldwin School.
The Board approved payment of bills for June 2025 totaling $12,463,440.62; the packet lists department subtotals for the general fund, food services, and payroll. Separately, the Board adopted three resolutions allowing transfers of current‑year surplus into reserve accounts “not to exceed” the amounts shown: up to $7,000,000 to Capital Reserve, up to $3,000,000 to Maintenance Reserve, and up to $1,000,000 to Emergency Reserve. The transfer resolutions cite NJSA 18A:21‑2 and NJSA 18A:7G‑13 and note transfers are permitted during June with appropriate certifications.
The Board also approved a large insurance contract awarded as an Extraordinary Unspecifiable Service: membership in the Schools Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) with an estimated amount listed as $19,016,520 for medical insurance for the 2025–26 year. The agenda notes that this award is entered without formal bidding under N.J.S.A. 18A:18A‑5(a)(10).
On capital projects, the Board approved Payment Application #3 for the Pennsauken High School Magnet School Addition to Nacom Companies, Inc., in the amount of $174,023.50 and recorded a balance to finish (plus retainage) of $10,952,266.50. In the meeting addendum, the Board awarded the IFB for the Pre‑K Addition & Alterations to Baldwin School to Arthur J. Ogren, Inc., for a base bid of $14,016,000.00 (alternates and contingency language are noted in the bid award). The agenda states the Baldwin project is scheduled to be completed by Aug. 31, 2026 and that award is contingent upon sufficient funds.
Other procurement and contract approvals included renewals and awards for auditing, engineering, construction‑management and a long list of cooperative bid vendors for supplies and services as listed in the packet; the Board also approved a suite of 2025–26 professional contracts (auditor Bowman & Co., engineer Remington & Vernick, architect LAN Associates, among others).
Procedurally, the slate of agenda items 2–61 and the addendum items 1–41 were approved by motion during the meeting. The meeting record notes no public comment on these items.
Next procedural steps: the Business Administrator/Board Secretary is to certify transfers and execute necessary contractual documents; capital project payments will be processed per vendor payment applications.
