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Scranton board approves multiple facility contracts, rejects audit bids and hires audit‑prep contractor
Summary
The board approved a package of procurement and facilities actions on June 1 — including tennis court repairs (~$495,760), paving and repairs (~$59,325 combined), locks and scoreboards — approved special education settlements and personnel items, rejected multi‑year audit bids and hired Butler Agnu at $120/hour for audit preparation.
At its June 1 work session, the Scranton School District board approved a slate of contracts and capital purchases, authorized a contractor to prepare the district for audit work, and rejected bids for a multi‑year audit engagement.
Key outcomes (votes at a glance):
- Special education settlement agreements (case DM‑30007624): approved by roll call.
- McNichols Plaza paving (KI Paving & Construction): award not to exceed $33,900; approved by roll call.
- Friendship House seal coating and asphalt repair (KI Paving & Construction): award not to exceed $25,425; approved by roll call.
- Tennis court repairs (Miller Sports Construction): Scranton High $388,900; West Scranton $16,860; total $495,760; approved by roll call.
- Bathroom partitions, South Intermediate (Third Dimension Specialties): $19,942; approved by roll call.
- Basketball shot clocks and scoreboard software (ScoreVision via BuyBoard): $36,949 pending procurement review; approved by roll call.
- Memorial Stadium sewage pump replacement (Cosgrove's North End Plumbing): not to exceed $21,900; one board member abstained due to a family relationship with the vendor; motion passed.
- Purchase of 150 Medeco mortise cylinder locks for West Grant High: $17,955; approved by roll call.
- South Scranton Intermediate locker removal/repair/painting and window treatments: combined $178,113.88; approved by roll call.
- West Intermediate gym and weight room window replacements: $49,700; approved by roll call.
- Montichello East alternates: net project increase $11,158; approved by roll call (separate from the structural change order reported elsewhere).
- Personnel report: approved; hires contingent on satisfactory background checks and clearances.
- Waste removal and recycling contract with Waste Management: estimated $168,151.36 per year (approval pending solicitor review); approved by roll call.
- Furniture, fixtures and equipment for Montichello East: $325,997.37; approved by roll call (pending solicitor review).
Audit procurement decisions
The board voted to reject all bids for the multi‑year financial and single audit engagement (H20) after members said they were not satisfied with the respondent pool. Separately, the board approved hiring Butler Agnu & Associates for audit preparation and consulting at $120 per hour (H19) to help the district prepare for outstanding audit work.
Board comments and context
Board members emphasized recruitment and retention pressures in staffing and flagged safety and walkability concerns near McNichols Plaza for future grant pursuit. One director noted the district remains behind on the 2024 audit (the audit ideally should have been ready Sept. 30, 2024), which prompted the temporary engagement for audit preparation.
Votes and roll call statements are recorded in the meeting minutes; costs listed are the financial impacts as read into the record by administration.
