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Committee forwards $114.6 million Fourth High School contract and three other items to full board
Summary
The committee voted unanimously to forward approvals to the full board for a Millbrook easement, a one‑year farmland license, the $114,572,500 Fourth High School contract award (with alternates), and a $460,600 Orchard View HVAC award.
At its May 4 meeting the Building and Grounds Committee moved to forward four recommended actions to the full Frederick County School Board: a right‑of‑way easement for Rappahannock Electric Cooperative at Millbrook High School’s urban farm container; a one‑year farmland license for 31.071 acres adjacent to Frederick County Middle School at $40 per acre; the contract award recommendation for the Fourth High School; and an Orchard View Elementary HVAC cooling‑tower replacement award.
On the Fourth High School contract, staff reported five bidders and said the apparent low bidder, Dustin Construction Incorporated, submitted a price of $114,572,500 including accepted alternates for 12 additional classrooms and a turf field. Staff noted bids came in approximately $10 million under the division's original hard construction budget; committee members reacted positively. "10 million under and we got everything that we wanted," one committee member said.
Motions to forward the easement, the farmland license agreement, the Fourth High School contract and the Orchard View HVAC contract were each moved, seconded and approved by voice vote. The transcript records unanimous "Aye" responses but does not provide named vote tallies or roll‑call counts for the committee. Where vote totals or individual member yes/no records were not specified in the transcript, the committee recorded the outcomes as approved by voice vote.
Contract award details reported by staff: Dustin Construction — $114,572,500 (Fourth High School, includes alternates); Valley Boiler and Mechanical — $460,600 (Orchard View HVAC). The farmland license was set at $40 per acre for 31.071 acres managed by a local farmer (Mr. Ruble, referenced). The easement with Rappahannock Electric Cooperative was described as the less costly alternative to running power through an existing building and will enable power to the urban farm containers.
The committee forwarded all four items with recommendations for approval; final approval will occur at the full board meeting.
