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St Clair County Schools board approves special-needs bus, $230,000 floor-cleaning contract and water-line payment
Summary
The St Clair County Schools board unanimously approved a $160,618 special-needs bus purchase and a $93,737.50 payment for an ECTC water-line connection; it also awarded a $230,000 summer floor-cleaning contract with one abstention and entered an executive session on pending litigation.
St Clair County Schools board President Scott Suttle presided over a March 17 meeting at Odenville Middle School where the board approved several procurement and personnel actions, voted to enter an executive session to discuss pending litigation and set its next meeting for April 21, 2026.
The board approved purchasing a special-needs bus through Sourcewell, a national cooperative, using fleet-renewal funds for $160,618.00. Mrs. Nickie Stevens VanPelt moved to approve the purchase and Mr. Bill Morris seconded; the motion was adopted unanimously.
The board also awarded SCC Bid #26-01 for summer floor-cleaning services to the lowest bidder, Perfection Improvements, for $230,000.00. Ms. Allison Gray moved the award and Mrs. VanPelt seconded; the roll-call vote recorded six yes votes and one abstention from Mr. Bill Morris.
In a separate procurement action, the board approved payment of $93,737.50 to the City of Ashville for a water-line bore and connection at the East Central Technical Center (ECTC) to service the new Culinary Center. The board noted three quotes were received and that the project will be funded with proceeds from the district's 2021 bond. Mrs. Cathy Fine moved and Ms. Allison Gray seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.
On personnel matters, the board voted unanimously to approve the listed personnel actions and an amended list of state-allocated, one-time stipends for special-education teachers and speech therapists. CSFO Danielle Pope presented the February financial reports earlier in the meeting.
During the meeting Mr. Qualls presented Bus Driver of the Year recognitions for each community, naming drivers from Ashville, Margaret, Moody, Odenville/Glenwood, Ragland and Springville. No members of the public addressed the board during the public-comment period.
The board voted to move into executive session to discuss pending litigation after Attorney John Rea told the board that the Alabama Open Meetings Act requires an attorney licensed in Alabama to state on the record that the exception applies. "Before going into executive session on these grounds, the Alabama Open Meetings Act requires an oral declaration reflected in the minutes from an attorney licensed to practice law in Alabama that this exception is applicable to the planned discussion, and I make that declaration," Rea said. Board members voted to enter executive session, which was estimated to last approximately 30 minutes; the board reconvened later and then adjourned.
The board approved the meeting agenda and the consent agenda (which included minutes, fixed-asset dispositions, facility-use requests and multiple student travel items) by unanimous votes. The next regular meeting was announced for April 21, 2026, at the Odenville Middle School Auditorium at 6:00 p.m.
