A number of maintenance expenditures were approved during the July 12 meeting of the Webster Parish School Board.
The Consolidated District #3 Maintenance Fund will be used to pay an invoice from Mechanical Cooling Services in the amount of $6,340 for repairing damage (which was caused by lightning) to the chiller at Lakeside Jr/Sr High School.
North Webster Upper Elementary School was authorized to purchase office furniture costing $1,410.46 from BMS using the Cotton Valley Maintenance Fund.
Homeland Safety will be paid $4,875 for installing a door intercom, remote locking system, and keypad for the front door of Doyline High School out of the Doyline Maintenance Fund.
Minden High School will be paying invoices and getting some upgrades using the District #6 ½ Cent Sales Tax Fund. Invoices that will be paid include one from Johnson Controls in the amount of $3,129.42 for repairing two leaking dielectric unions on the HVAC system and one from Fitzgerald Contractors in the amount of $2,495.96 for unplugging the sewer system and installing cleanouts. Diversifire will be upgrading an unrepairable Bogen Intercom and Phone System with the Bogen Nyquist Intercom and Phone System for $133,550. Camus Electric will be installing 46 dimmable LED light kits in the auditorium for $18,826.
North Webster Jr High School will be using $870 from the Sarepta Maintenance Fund to have Ad Signs build and install a sign for the Zolon Stiles Stadium.
Browning Elementary School will be paying Sexton Tree Service $9,780 out of the Springhill Maintenance Fund to remove seven problematic trees. Board Member Margaret Edems expressed her sadness to see the trees go, but said that it was unfortunately necessary. Browning Elementary will also be able to pay a change order for alterations at the school in the amount of $4,948.33. The funding source for this will either be the Springhill Maintenance Fund or the ESSER Fund, depending on the balance of the ESSER Fund.
Using the Springhill Maintenance Fund, North Webster High School will be paying an invoice in the amount of $4,369.47 from Homeland Safety Systems for repairing damage to an outside utility pole that was hit by a big truck. They have been unable to identify who owned or was driving that truck. North Webster High School will also be paying Putman Enterprises $4,004.10 for cleaning 8,898 square feet of carpeting at the school, using the same fund.
The Webster Parish School Board continually seeks to keep the campuses in Webster Parish well maintained. Anyone is welcome to observe the school board in action during their regular meetings. The next school board meeting will be held on August 7 at 6 PM at the school board office.