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District school board approves $2,328,000 GeoSurfaces Inc. bid for field improvements
Summary
The district's school board approved a $2,328,000 low bid from GeoSurfaces Inc. (d/b/a Tincata) to fund athletic field improvements, including relocating and expanding a batting-cage slab; the contract will be paid from the district capital projects fund and work was described as beginning immediately.
The district's school board approved a $2,328,000 low bid from GeoSurfaces Inc., doing business as Tincata, to carry out athletic field improvements, the board announced during its May 12 meeting.
A district staff member asked the board to approve the low bid and said the funds for the project would be drawn from the district’s capital projects fund. “We’re just asking for your approval of the low bid submitted by GeoSurfaces Inc., doing business as Tincata in the amount of 2,328,000,” the staff member said.
A motion to approve the award was made by Mister Glenn and seconded by Doctor Neil; the clerk called for a show-of-hands vote and announced, “Ayes have it,” declaring the motion passed. The clerk reported that one of the other submitted bids in the packet had been ruled nonresponsive for missing required paperwork.
After the vote, staff described the project scope in more detail: the contractor will remove the existing batting cage at the high school and relocate it to the middle school, and the slab at the middle school will be expanded to roughly double its current size to accommodate increased participation. “We are removing the existing batting cage … moving it to the middle school,” the staff member said. A meeting participant representing the contractor confirmed the plan to expand the existing slab rather than pour an entirely new one.
Staff said crews planned to begin work promptly, noting that sod removal must occur before earth-moving can start and that the contractor expected to begin that work the same afternoon once staff had confirmed coordination with Coach Oden. Staff also said a local golf course had offered to take the removed sod at no cost.
The board did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript; the clerk reported the approval by voice/show of hands and confirmed the motion had passed. No additional follow-up votes or conditions were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. Work items described in the discussion included slab expansion, fence replacement on both fields, and immediate scheduling of sod removal and site preparation.
