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Wallkill Valley board approves $60,000 emergency contract to replace faulty pumping-station control panel
Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Wallkill Valley Regional High School Board declared an emergency after the school found a faulty Triplex Control Panel and approved a $60,000 emergency contract with PSI Process to replace it, authorizing the Business Administrator to award the work without public bidding under state law.
Wallkill Valley Regional High School’s board declared an emergency at its Jan. 6 meeting after district staff identified a faulty Triplex Control Panel at the school’s pumping station and voted to authorize an immediate replacement.
The board found that the November 2025 failure created a condition that could endanger the health and safety of students and staff and cited N.J.S.A. 18A:18A-7 to allow contract awards without public advertising for bids. The board authorized Business Administrator and Board Secretary Joseph P. Hurley Jr. to award contracts and required a written report describing the emergency and actions taken to be retained in district records.
The board allocated $60,000 from anticipated 2025–26 surplus to buy and install a new control panel and approved an emergency contract with PSI Process for that amount. The emergency allocation and contract appeared on the Finance committee agenda; the motion to allocate funds and enter the emergency contract was approved by roll call.
Why it matters: the control-panel failure was characterized in the resolution as an immediate risk to building operations and occupant safety, and the board used its emergency-contract authority to expedite repairs rather than wait for a competitive bid process. The board’s action also commits $60,000 of district funds from anticipated surplus to the work.
Next steps: the Business Administrator is required to file a written report describing the nature of the emergency and the actions taken; that report will be kept in the district’s official records. Any additional contracting or change orders would be brought back to the board consistent with board policy and public-meeting requirements.
