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Mt. Pleasant board hears facilities update, approves contractors for 2025 bond work
Summary
District facilities director presented building‑wide maintenance needs, new management software and a progress update on bond-funded projects; the board approved low‑bid recommendations for five summer 2025 packages and accepted a $2,500 donation for an elementary school.
Josh, the district’s director of facilities and maintenance, told the board the district manages roughly 860,000 square feet across 13 buildings and about 350 acres and that a relatively small facilities staff is responsible for sustaining that portfolio. “We have around 860,000 square feet of building… spread over 13 facilities,” he said, adding that his team’s long tenures help maintain operations.
Josh described a recent technology change that district staff said has sped repairs: the district moved from an older work‑order system to FMX, “which… expedited a ton” by enabling Google single‑sign on and faster work‑request routing. He also summarized contracted services the district uses for custodial (Roman Old Building Services/RBS), landscaping (Green Scene) and building management systems that enable remote temperature diagnostics.
The facilities presentation included photos and a status report on 2024 bond projects. Josh described completed work (auditorium LED lighting, parking lot repairs, locker replacements) and staged air‑conditioning projects at multiple schools; he said the next phase of chillers and food‑service equipment installations will continue into next summer.
Under business items, the board considered staff’s award recommendations for five 2025 bond packages. The district advertised widely and received competitive responses per project (examples cited: 10 bids at the high school, 18 at Gainer Elementary, 23 at Bowels Elementary). Staff recommended proceeding with the lowest responsive bidders after a post‑bid qualification review. The board approved the awards and the superintendent’s motion to proceed.
Board materials listed project award recommendations (presented by staff and summarized here as read to the board): high school roof and oven‑hood work (award recommendation cited as $276,583); Bowels Elementary chiller and related upgrades (award recommendation cited as $2,430,120); other project amounts were reported in the presentation but portions of those numbers in the transcript were garbled or partially recorded. District staff told the board that scope and cost differences reflect previously approved multi‑year work at some sites and upgraded code/ventilation requirements that increase complexity.
In consent actions the board also approved several tentative labor agreements that adjust employee insurance products for 2025 (covering certified and multiple support/transportation/administration groups) and accepted a $2,500 donation to Gainer Elementary.
The board’s next procedural step, as announced in the meeting, is to bring the recommended bond awards back under “new business” for formal approval when the board votes on the agenda item (the award recommendations were placed before the board and approved as presented).
