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Henry Hudson board approves $2.4M in bills, multiple contracts and large masonry change orders
Summary
At its July 16 meeting the board approved bills and claims totalling $2,402,435.30, transportation bids, a bus lease, painting quotes, two Madina Restoration change orders totaling about $114,109, and authorized submission of an NJDOE water-infrastructure grant application.
The Henry Hudson Regional PK-12 Board of Education approved a series of business and facility items on July 16, including bills and claims of $2,402,435.30 and multiple vendor contracts and change orders.
Business Administrator Janet Sherlock presented the financial items. The board approved a 26-passenger bus lease from Keyport Auto Body Shop, Inc. for extended school-year runs at $175 per day for July 7–Aug. 7, 2025, and accepted transportation bids for 2025–26 routes with per-diem and total contract costs documented in the meeting packet.
The board approved quotes from GCP, Inc. to patch and paint classrooms at Highlands Elementary ($11,187.75) and Atlantic Highlands Elementary ($20,166.00), charged to the Preschool Education Aid account. The board also approved two change orders from Madina Restoration, Inc. for Project 25-9035 (masonry repairs): Change Order #2 for additional labor to cut bricks to fit window headers at Atlantic Highlands Elementary School for $15,819.78, and Change Order #1 for additional waterproofing membrane and end-dam work for $98,288.96; both were paid from contingency or repairs-and-maintenance funds as described in the packet.
The board authorized submission of an NJDOE Water Infrastructure Improvement Grant (Round 2) and affirmed the district has local funds available should project costs exceed the grant and that a sustainability plan for filtration is in place.
Why it matters: the approved change orders and contracts involve six-figure and five-figure expenditures that affect the district’s capital and repairs budgets. The board also adopted a resolution to raise the statutory bid threshold to $39,000 following state guidance, which changes procurement procedures for the coming fiscal year.
What’s next: work on the masonry repairs and painting is to proceed; the district will submit the NJDOE grant application and continue to monitor budget impacts. Procurement thresholds and awarded transportation contracts will guide vendor engagement for the 2025–26 school year.
