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Board approves $1.09 million fire-alarm upgrade, awards Ryan Electric $750,734 bid
Summary
The Mokena School District 159 board approved a fire-alarm project not to exceed $1,088,083 and awarded the construction bid to Ryan Electric for up to $750,734; the measure passed 6–1 with one trustee opposed.
The Mokena School District 159 Board of Education on Nov. 20 approved a fire-alarm upgrade for MES and MIS with a total project budget not to exceed $1,088,083 and awarded the construction contract to Ryan Electric in an amount not to exceed $750,734. The motion was made by Mrs. Julie Oost and seconded by Mrs. Anna Briscoe; the vote recorded was 6–1, with Mrs. Kelli MacMillan voting "nay."
The motion on the record stated that the board would "approve the total project cost in an amount not to exceed $1,088,083 and award the bid to Ryan Electric in an amount not to exceed $750,734," language read into the minutes when the consent and action items were considered. The project was listed among winter and capital projects presented by Chief School Business Official Dr. Teri Shaw.
Board members did not amend the award on the floor. The minutes record the single dissent but do not include a floor statement from the dissenting trustee explaining the vote. The district has identified the fire-alarm work as an action item for the current maintenance cycle; implementation dates were not specified in the public minutes.
The board's approval moves the project to procurement and execution steps handled by district operations and the awarded contractor. The agenda package included other maintenance items discussed the same evening, but the written minutes do not attach an explicit phased timeline for the fire-alarm installation.
