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Board signs off on $1.72M property-insurance renewal and multiple committee recommendations
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Summary
The board approved a finance committee package including a $1,723,314 renewal for property insurance ($55 million limits per occurrence), contract renewals, kitchen equipment purchases from lowest bidders, and several change orders funded in part by FEMA.
The Terrebonne Parish School Board approved a package of committee recommendations from the Finance, Insurance & Section 16 Lands and Buildings committees on April 14, including a property-insurance renewal with USI Insurance Services Inc. and several procurement and change-order items.
The finance committee recommended renewing property insurance with limits of $55,000,000 per occurrence, $20,000,000 sublimits for named storms, and a $1,723,314 annual premium. Committee members discussed effective dates and why property renewals are staggered outside hurricane season. The renewal was moved and seconded and carried without recorded objections.
Separately, the Buildings, Food Service & Transportation Committee recommended a three-year extension of the district's automated fuels and dispensing contract with FleetCor Technologies Operating Company LLC (DBA Fuelman) from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029 under the same terms, which the board approved.
The board also approved acceptance of kitchen equipment bids (amounts included in committee materials) to be paid from the Child Nutrition Fund, a $5,888 Change Order #1 for asbestos abatement at the former Lou Cash Middle School to be funded by FEMA and disaster recovery funds, and a Change Order #1 for South Terrebonne Middle School covering an 8-inch water line and a new fire hydrant totaling $49,656.79 (mostly FEMA reimbursement). The board approved reclassifying level 1 and level 2 plumbers to the chiller mechanic salary scale effective April 15, 2026 to support retention and in-house workforce capacity.
Board members praised the move to keep some renewals outside hurricane season and emphasized worker retention and fiscal prudence. "We're getting the opportunity for our employees to become trained, certified and do these jobs that we've had to hire out to do previously," one member said. No formal roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript; motions were adopted by unanimous consent or 'hearing none.'
Next steps: staff will finalize contract renewals, proceed with bid awards for kitchen equipment and report on implementation in committee updates.
