June 29, 2020 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Special Meeting

Rationale:  Information concerning the Open Meeting Law, Chapter 84, Article 14 of Nebraska State Statutes, is attached to this agenda and posted in the meeting room at a visibly accessible. 

Mrs. Kari Loseke, Board President, will call the Board of Education Regular meeting to order.

Rationale:  The Board Secretary will conduct roll call attendance. 

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Dr. Randall Gilson will lead the Board in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Rationale:  Discuss, consider and take all necessary action with regard to the Agreement between Blair Community Schools District and DR Anderson Constructors of Omaha, Nebraska for the position of Construction Manager at Risk for the proposed construction of (1) Blair High School Administrative Office and secure school entry renovations, (2) Industrial Technology Center renovations, and (3) as a possible alternative, restroom, concession. and ticket booth facility to be located at Krantz Field all located on the Blair High School campus in Blair, Nebraska (The Project). 

Rationale:  Sealed Proposals were opened at the Administration Office, BLAIR COMMUNITY SCHOOLS, 1100 Deerfield Blvd, Blair, NE  68008, at 10:00 A.M. local time on June 26, 2020, for the Blair High School Kitchen Retrofit project.

The District received 2 sealed bids - Mechanical Systems for $246,340 and Grunwald Mechanical Contractors & Engineers for $285,950. Due to lead time for equipment issues, both companies said the project could not be completed by September 4, 2020 as stated as a specification in the request for proposal.

If one of the proposals is accepted by the Board of Education, the District would have to further discuss the most appropriate project start date based on procurement of the long lead time items and the school district's operations.

A motion may be brought at the June 29, 2020 Board of Education meeting to accept the proposal in an amount not to exceed of $246,340.00 from Mechanical Systems, Inc. for the purchase and installation of the Kitchen Retrofit project at Blair High School using a combination of Building Fund resources and the remaining bond proceeds as the project constitutes an infrastructure improvement as approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016 bond election.

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Sealed bids were opened at the Administration Office on Friday, June 12, 2020 at 10:00am. Cubby’s submitted the only bid for unleaded gasoline and diesel and Fairway Oil Co., submitted the only bid for propane.