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Board approves $20,000 bid to replace failed backflow preventer; work expected before school

Gurdon School District Board of Directors · July 27, 2026
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Summary

Staff recommended and the board approved Bonner Plumbing's $20,000 bid to replace a failed backflow preventer on the district waterline; a second bid was $35,680. The district expects replacement to occur within weeks, before students return.

Board members reviewed two bids to replace a backflow preventer that failed the pressure test on the district27s waterline. The low bid, from Bonner Plumbing, was $20,000; a second bid from Tim Bell Plumbing was $35,680. The board approved the recommended Bonner bid by voice vote.

A board member said the replacement is important to prevent water contamination and that staff plans to complete the work within the next couple of weeks and before school resumes. "The bid that we had from Bonner Plumbing was for 20,000," a board member stated while presenting the recommendation. Staff said the timeline aims to finish the work before students return to campus.