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Board approves summer facilities contracts, safety funding and routine budget items
Summary
At its March 6 meeting, the Lincolnwood School District 74 Board of Education approved a slate of summer 2025 construction and maintenance contracts, authorized $733,724 in Fire Prevention & Safety funds, approved technology purchases, and voted to pay $775,511.62 in bills.
The Lincolnwood School District 74 Board of Education on March 6 voted unanimously to approve a series of summer 2025 facility contracts and routine fiscal items. Motions passed included contracts for HVAC tunnel piping, corridor flooring, general trades, sitework, playground surfacing, landscaping maintenance and authorization to use Fire Prevention & Safety funds totaling $733,724. The board also approved a staff-and-student technology refresh and targeted STEM-lab purchases, and authorized payment of invoices totaling $775,511.62.
The board approved the $536,800 bid from Oak Brook Mechanical Services, Inc. for the Todd Hall HVAC tunnel piping; a $173,723 bid from Construction Solutions for Rutledge Hall corridor flooring; a $457,723 bid from Construction Solutions for Rutledge Hall and Lincoln Hall general trades; a $372,550 bid from Abbey Paving for sitework; and a $105,210 contract from Landscape Structures for poured-in-place surfacing for the kindergarten playground. The board also approved a $78,888 bid from Contour Landscaping, Inc. for seasonal landscaping maintenance (2025-26, with an option to renew in 2027 and 2028). Each of these motions was moved by Secretary John P. Vranas, seconded as noted in the minutes, and recorded with ayes from all seven trustees.
The board voted to authorize use of Fire Prevention & Safety Funds in the total amount of $733,724 to pay for the Todd Hall HVAC tunnel piping and Lincoln Hall courtyard windows. In addition, the Board approved a district staff-and-student 1:1 technology refresh not to exceed $183,000 and replacement of 8th-grade STEM lab computers not to exceed $14,500. Finally, the Board approved bills payable in the amount of $775,511.62; those invoices were reviewed by Ted Kwon and Jay Oleniczak prior to the vote.
All motions on the consent and action items passed by recorded or voice vote with the following recorded pattern where provided: Ayes —Theodore, Vranas, Foutris, Kwon, Oleniczak, Shah Mandal, Daly; Nays: None. No motions in the public minutes were recorded as failing or tabled.
