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Board approves stadium lighting, chiller rental, painting and fleet leases in May 4 vote
Summary
At its May 4 meeting, the Scranton School District board approved multiple operations votes including stadium lighting upgrades, a chiller rental, interior painting at South Scranton Intermediate, and several fleet and door-restoration purchases; roll-call votes carried the measures.
The Scranton School District board approved a package of operations contracts during its May 4 meeting, voting by roll call to move multiple items from the work session to the voting agenda and adopting the measures.
Key approvals included:
- Scranton High School lighting controls: Awarded to Anthracite Electric LLC, $72,994 (CoStars contract 008-E25-1537). The board approved the lighting-controls contract by roll call.
- Memorial Stadium LED lighting upgrade: Awarded to Musco Sports Lighting, financial impact $513,264 (CoStars contract 014-E22-240); board approved the award.
- Chiller rental for Plaza: Approved provider Scranton Electric Heating & Cooling Services for an eight-month rental and mobilization cost totaling $87,256; board approved the motion by roll call.
- South Scranton Intermediate interior painting: Board approved a painting contract with an estimated financial impact of $150,000; members asked about paint quality and scope for gym/auditorium areas.
- Fleet modifications: Board approved a 60-month lease to replace a lost vehicle and two foreman vehicles (monthly lease rates noted in the agenda). Board also approved enterprise fleet modifications after staff agreed to provide a cost-analysis of leasing versus purchasing.
- Door restoration at West Grant High School: The board approved a cooperative-purchase approach to restore approximately 234 interior doors at an estimated $2,043 per door (estimated total $490,230), pending final solicitor review.
Several motions were added to the voting agenda during the meeting (including a cooperative purchase for Scranton High parking-lot seal coating, added as agenda item E9), and passed by the board in roll-call votes. Board members asked questions about procurement process, contract terms and paint quality; staff committed to follow-up where needed.
Provenance: Actions and roll-call votes are recorded during the operations agenda and subsequent voting segments.

