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Southeast Island School District board approves facility, broadband and E‑Rate contracts
Summary
At a March 18 special meeting, the Southeast Island School District Board unanimously authorized three contract awards totaling $464,723 (combined) and approved Resolution 2025-04 to establish an agency relationship for USDA telecommunications programs; awards to contractors are contingent where noted.
Board President Tony Lovell convened a special meeting of the Southeast Island School District Board of Education by Zoom on March 18, 2025. The board unanimously approved several procurement actions authorizing the superintendent to finalize contracts and adopted a resolution authorizing an agency relationship for USDA telecommunications programs.
The approvals included three contract awards moved by Board Member Ben Blair and passed by a 5-0 board vote with the student representative voting yea: a $35,695 contract to Newlook Construction to level and stabilize the district's wood storage building; a $293,137 award to Solutionz, Inc. for the USDA Rural Utilities Service — Distance Learning and Telemedicine (RUS‑DLT) Project Connect project, contingent on the availability of RUS‑DLT funding; and a $135,891 award to Daanish Technologies, Inc. for E‑Rate Category 2 equipment, contingent on availability of Act or E‑Rate funding. The board also adopted Resolution 2025-04 authorizing an agency relationship for USDA telecommunications programs.
Why it matters: the wood storage building contract addresses district facilities maintenance, while the RUS‑DLT and E‑Rate awards support the district's broadband and connectivity projects that are intended to expand distance learning and telemedicine capabilities. The RUS‑DLT and E‑Rate contracts are contingent on external funding sources and thus are subject to those agencies' final approvals.
Motion and vote details: the meeting record shows Ben Blair as the mover for the procurement motions; the record does not name who seconded the motions. Each recorded motion states the Student Representative voted "Yea" and the board vote was recorded as Yea: 5, Nay: 0. The minutes list the superintendent as authorized to award and execute the contracts per the board's motions; contingency language was included for the two federal grant- or program-dependent contracts.
Board comments and next steps: following the motions, Mr. Blair and Board President Lovell commented about the wood storage project; no amendments or conditions were recorded. The board adjourned at 11:32 a.m. The minutes were signed by Board Clerk Molly Kimzey on March 29, 2025, and by Board President Tony Lovell on March 31, 2025.
