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School board approves maintenance projects, access-control purchase and multiple transportation policies
Summary
Sweetwater County School District #2 trustees approved several RFPs for boiler, lighting and HVAC work, authorized district-wide access-control replacement (A and M Advanced Network Management, ~$286,183) under a TIPS contract, and approved multiple transportation and bus-safety policy updates tied to federal CDL-testing rules.
The Sweetwater County School District #2 board approved a package of facilities and procurement items and advanced several transportation and safety policies during its regular meeting.
Facilities staff recommended, and trustees approved, moving forward with a Jackson building boiler/burner replacement (combustion and control service, $70,005.80) and replacement of auxiliary gym lighting with a local vendor. The board also authorized RFPs for a Mercer condition-evaluation study of transportation and maintenance facilities and for design work on Lincoln Middle School air handler and air-conditioning improvements.
JR (facilities) asked the board to replace the district's 14-year-old access-control system under TIPS contract number 220105 with A and M Advanced Network Management for a not-to-exceed $286,182.75 major-maintenance purchase; trustees approved the request. The contract includes a 10-year licensing/support period and will let the district provide granular, revocable digital access instead of issuing physical keys.
On policy matters, the board approved a slate of transportation-related new and revised policies, including walkers/riders qualifications, routing and scheduling rules, bus-driver training and CDL drug-and-alcohol testing aligned with the Omnibus Transportation Employment Testing Act of 1991, and updates to parking/traffic controls and student-transportation objectives. Finance and facilities staff said many capital decisions will be revisited as the district models the implications of the recently passed school finance recalibration.
