Kenyon-Wanamingo board approves $5.65M in ventilation project bids

The Kenyon-Wanamingo School District Board of Education (ISD 2172) voted 6-0 on Nov. 10, 2025, to approve contractor bids for the 2026 Ventilation Improvement Project, the board minutes show. Board member Erica Aronson moved “Motion to approve the bids as recommended from SiteLogiq,” and Chair Tonya Craig seconded; Marilyn Syverson was recorded absent.

The minutes list base contractor bids totaling $5,554,478.00 from multiple firms: WEB Construction Co., Inc. (Mankato) for WP-1 General ($953,943.00); Chappell Central, Inc. (Willmar) for WP-2 Mechanical ($2,965,000.00); Dynamic Electric (Faribault) for WP-3 Electrical ($928,000.00); Winona Heating & Ventilation Co. (Winona) for WP-4 Controls ($665,000.00) and WP-5 TAB ($33,500.00); and American Engineering Testing (Rochester) for WP-6 Special Inspections ($9,035.00). The board recorded Alternate #1, “Copper in lieu of Aluminum Wire,” at $95,000 as recommended, yielding a base-with-alternates total of $5,649,478.00.

The minutes also itemize related budget and cost lines: pre-purchased equipment $1,564,574; builders risk insurance $66,750; an asbestos abatement budget of $1,073,297; a proposed contingency listed as 10%; a SiteLogiq cost line of $2,476,839.75; and a cited “Bond Base” of $13,209,812.00. The record does not specify final funding sources or a construction schedule. The meeting adjourned at 6:18 p.m., and the minutes were signed by Debb Paquin, School Board Clerk.