MONADNOCK REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Board
Meeting Minutes
October
17, 2005
Monadnock Regional Jr. Sr.
High School, Swanzey, NH
Present: Colline
Dreyfuss, Karen Cota, Richard Thackston, Jonathan Kenyon, Gene White, Bruce
Tatro, Charles Johnson and Alan Gross. Absent:
James Carnie, Bruce McCulley, Robin Marra, Jason Hill, Jeff Friedman, Tim Aho and John Morin.
Also present:
D. Hodgdon, Dir. of Curriculum and L. Biron, Business Manager. Principals: B. Tatro.
R.
Thackston called the meeting to order at 7:15
PM. The delay of the meeting was due to the Board not having a
quorum. The reason for the meeting was to open the bids, have discussion, and
vote on the new septic system. C. Dreyfuss opened the bid from Lawrence
Excavating and the bid from SUR. L. Biron commented that the bids had been
received on time and remained sealed. R. Thackston read the bid from Lawrence
Excavating in the amount of $216,500.00 and the bid for SUR in the amount of
$167,359.00. Both contractors say that they would have most of the work done by
November 25, 2005
and the whole job complete by December
1, 2005. MOTION: C.
Dreyfuss MOVED to accept SUR’s bid
in the amount of $167,359.00 for the MRMS/HS new septic system. SECOND: J. Kenyon. DISCUSSION: K. Cota asked what happens if the contractor does not
finish on December 1, 2005.
R. Thackston said that the signed bid states that it will cost the contractor
$200.00 a day after December
1, 2005. C. Johnson said that he was disappointed in the process.
He commented that Lawrence
was at a disadvantage because his bid was made public. K. Cota regretted the
events leading to the reopening of the bidding process, especially given the
efforts of the Facilities Committee, but believed that it was appropriate,
according to school board policy, to go through the process again. Charles
Lawrence from Lawrence
excavating asked about the installer’s number on the SUR bid and emphasized his
own credentials. Because of the question about the installer’s number, R.
Thackston recommended tabling the discussion on the motion until the next Board
Meeting on October 18, 2005.
MOTION: C. Johnson. MOVED to table this issue time specific
until the next Board Meeting, which is October 18, 2005, under “Old Business.” SECOND: A. Gross. VOTE: 7.972/0/0/7.028. Motion
passes. C. Lawrence commented on the chronology of events for Lawrence
Excavating - the awarding of the original bid, the effort to reduce the cost of
the project to accommodate the district, and the company’s turning down other
jobs to focus on the Monadnock project. He expressed his disappointment. C. Dreyfuss explained the issue with the
school board policy in this case. R. Thackston asked if there was anything else
that was relevant to this meeting. MOTION:
C. Dreyfuss MOVED to adjourn at 7:32 PM. SECOND: J. Kenyon. VOTE: 7.972/0/0/7.028.
Motion passes.
Respectfully
submitted,
Laura
L. Aivaliotis
MRSD
Recording Secretary