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Parents, residents press Crestwood board to fix unsafe turf as district moves to award track-and-turf contract
Summary
Residents raised safety concerns about the high-school turf, citing slipping and past injuries, while the board advanced corrected contract language and recommended awarding the turf-and-track work to Keystone Sports Construction under a CoStars procurement; the transcript’s contract dollar amount is unclear.
Parents and residents urged the Crestwood School District board on Feb. 27 to replace a deteriorating athletic turf they described as unsafe, even as the board moved forward with amended contract language and a recommendation to award the track-and-turf project to Keystone Sports Construction.
The most pointed public comment came from Shelley Rogers, who said she has three student athletes at Crestwood and described the field as "in deplorable condition," adding that "athletes are slipping and tripping" and that there were "at least two serious non-contact injuries in football last year." Rogers warned the board that, with knowledge of the field’s condition, a failure to replace it could expose board members to liability if further injuries occur.
The board’s physical-plant lead presented corrections to agenda language on items 4 and 5 and said the recommendation is to "award the contract Keystone Sports Construction for the track and turf project" to be procured under CoStars; three bids were solicited, the presenter said. The explicit dollar figure in the transcript is garbled and is therefore not specified in this report.
Residents also questioned whether the project would address subsurface problems and water runoff that have caused bulging and uneven conditions. When asked whether the underlay would be replaced, a board speaker replied that the work "include[s] the underlay so there shouldn’t be any more problems like underneath," noting that the district prioritized repairing the existing track and returning it to use quickly rather than a longer, more expensive expansion.
The board subsequently approved the physical plant items as part of the consent motions during the voting session later in the meeting. Roll-call votes recorded affirmative votes from Mrs Bibla, Mr Champy, Mrs Chor Zur, Mr Webby, Mrs Campbell, Mr Nardone, Mr Boon and Mr Macker on the committee and physical-plant motions; the transcript records the motions carried. Mr Nardone also recused himself on a specific check (number 7923) during the financial-planning vote.
The next procedural step for the track-and-turf work is the district’s internal contracting and solicitor review; the transcript records that certain sections were marked "pending solicitor review and approval." The board also said the recommended procurement would be bought under CoStars, the cooperative purchasing vehicle referenced in the meeting.
The district did not provide a clear, auditable contract amount in the public record of this meeting; the board’s motion language and minutes should be consulted for the precise award figure and contract terms.
