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Board approves asbestos-removal work, authorizes bond and rainy‑day funding
Summary
Maconaquah School Corporation trustees voted March 18 to award a bond-funded asbestos-removal bid ($186,560) and to approve a separate rainy‑day fund transfer for remaining asbestos work; the transcript contains two different figures for the rainy‑day amount (see body).
Maconaquah School Corporation trustees on March 18 voted to award a contractor the asbestos‑removal work and to appropriate additional funds to finish the project.
The board first approved using $186,560 from existing bond proceeds to pay for a portion of the removal work. Trustees then approved a separate resolution to transfer money from the district’s rainy‑day fund to cover the remainder of the scope. The transcript records two different amounts for the rainy‑day transfer: $152,640 in the presentation and later $150,640 when the presenter summarized the remainder. The district did not reconcile that discrepancy on the record at the meeting.
Officials said the asbestos work was split into two procurement packages because bond money was limited and the remaining scope needed to be funded from another source. A presenter told the board the two lowest bids were still “a couple hundred thousand” higher than estimates and that asbestos-specific services required a separate bid package. Board members questioned why the asbestos removal was not included in the original bond bid; staff said the architectural/engineering scope and asbestos testing required a separate procurement step.
Roll-call votes were taken because bond proceeds were used. The roll call recorded the following votes on the bond-funded award: Dave Shlo — yes; Greg Bington — yes; Rex Bessner — yes; Alan Wilson — absent; Tim White — yes; Andrew Adams — yes; Robert Dane — yes. The rainy‑day fund resolution passed by the same recorded vote pattern.
What this means: work to remove hazardous materials can proceed now that funds are approved, but the district flagged that bids exceeded initial expectations and that project accounting is split across two funding sources. The board did not vote to change the procurement process at the meeting.
Next steps: staff said they will begin contracting with the low bidder under the two‑package approach and will return with implementation details; the board’s roll-call approvals allow procurement to proceed.
