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Board approves Southeast Outdoors for Hill City Elementary playground project
Summary
The Pickens County School Board voted March 12 to approve Southeast Outdoors as contractor for the Hill City Elementary playground (RFP 2026-003). The playground was removed from the main remodel and will proceed as a separate contract; vote tally was not specified in the transcript.
The Pickens County School Board approved Southeast Outdoors as the contractor for the Hill City Elementary playground project (RFP 2026-003) during its March 12, 2026, regular meeting.
Board members moved and seconded the motion to award the contract; Chief Financial Officer Amy Smith seconded the motion as recorded in the meeting. The board then voted in favor by voice vote; the transcript records the motion carried but does not record a roll-call tally.
Assistant Superintendent for Operations Chris Parker told the board the playground had been removed from the larger Hill City remodel to reduce costs and would be handled as a separate procurement and vote. Parker said the district sometimes performs portions of work in-house where feasible and that separating the playground reduced the overall remodel cost when managed outside the construction manager contract.
The contract approval was taken after routine personnel and financial items were approved on the consent portion of the agenda. The transcript does not specify the contract amount, the winning bidder’s proposal price, the mover of the motion, or a recorded roll-call vote.
Next steps noted in the meeting record: the board will oversee project implementation under the district’s procurement rules and the playground work will proceed under the awarded contract. Any additional approvals related to construction manager guarantees or change orders were not discussed during the vote recorded in the transcript.
