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Board approves up-to-$25,207 purchase of metal detector for Edison
Summary
The board voted to approve purchase of a metal detector for Edison at a cost not to exceed $25,207, citing broken equipment and the need to have a unit available for summer. Trustees discussed using reserves to cover part of the cost.
The Hazel Park Board of Education approved a motion May 11 to purchase a metal detector for Edison at a cost not to exceed $25,207. The motion was moved and seconded at the meeting and passed on a roll-call vote.
Board discussion said the detector at Edison had been damaged — "broken by a student," staff said — and trustees stressed the need to replace equipment now so it will be available during the summer and the 2025–26 school-year center-program operations. Staff said $20,000 was initially planned in the center fund but that the full cost would be about $25,207; trustees indicated the district could use reserves to cover approximately $5,000 of the purchase to expedite replacement.
"We need to order it now in order to get it to this year's summer weather," a staff member said during the discussion, arguing for timely purchase. The motion—moved by Nate and supported by April as recorded in the meeting—was then placed to a roll-call vote and carried.
Staff said the units could be shared among buildings (high school and junior high) and that training and operational logistics would follow. The board approved the expenditure at the Committee-of-the-Whole discussion meeting and will formalize any contract paperwork at the business meeting if required.
