Columbia Community Unit District No. 4 Board of Education met March 10.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Present: Absent:
Karen Anderson
Tammy Hines
John Long
Greg Meyer (via phone conference)
Scott Middelkamp
Greg O’Connor
Lisa Schumacher
Dr. Victor C. Buehler, Interim Superintendent
Dr. Courtney Castelli, Asst. Superintendent
I. Call to Order/ Roll Call
President Middelkamp called the special meeting to order at 6:31 p.m. in the District Office Board Room.
Visitor(s) Present
James Moss, Ed Weinhoff, Jessica D’Anna, Scott Hardwick
II. Public Comments
There were no public comments.
Discussion was held regarding selecting Trane U.S. Inc. as the District’s qualified energy contractor.
It was the opinion of Lisa Schumacher, Greg Meyer, and Tammy Hines to not go ahead with a performance contractor, but instead have the architect give the district his opinion. They preferred a design/bid/build approach rather than using a performance contractor. It was the opinion of Mrs. Schumacher, Mr. Meyer and Mrs. Hines that the district is moving forward too fast. The work should be done on the most serious building issues and wait for the new superintendent to arrive before moving forward.
After considerable discussion, Lisa Schumacher made the following motion:
Motion to Table Item
Motion was made by Lisa Schumacher and seconded by Tammy Hines that in the interest of the district and taxpayers in making fiscally responsible decisions on long term debt that we table this, form a committee of the Director of Maintenance, District Architect FGM, Superintendent and two board of education members to request proposals that can be competitively bid and not to overspend on performance contracting.
III. Items for Action
a. Consider approving a resolution to select Trane U.S. Inc. as the District’s qualified Energy contractor and procedures for developing and approving a guaranteed Energy savings contract(s).
Further discussion ensued and was the decision of the board to rescind the motion made by Lisa Schumacher. Mrs. Schumacher noted she would like to be more educated before making a huge decision. Karen Anderson suggested discussing the issue with the architect at the next meeting, on March 19th. At that time a decision will have to be made regarding next steps.
Motion to Rescind Prior Motion by Made By Lisa Schumacher
Motion was made by Lisa Schumacher and seconded by Tammy Hines to rescind the prior motion of the following, “In the interest of the district and taxpayers in making fiscally responsible decisions on long term debt that we table this, form a committee of the Director of Maintenance, District Architect FGM, Superintendent and two board of education members to request proposals that can be competitively bid and not to overspend on performance contracting.”
Motion to Approve Stifel Financial as District Bond Underwriter
b. Motion was made by Greg O’Connor and seconded by Lisa Schumacher to approve Stifel Financial to serve as the District’s bond underwriter.
On a roll call vote:
Anderson-Aye, Hines-Aye, Long-Aye, Meyer-Aye, Middelkamp-Aye, O’Connor-Aye, Schumacher-Aye.
The motion carried, 7-Aye, 0-Absent, 0-Nay
IV. Adjourn - 8:39 p.m.
With no further business to come before the Board, it was moved by Karen Anderson and seconded by John Long, to adjourn the meeting.
Upon a voice vote, Motion Carried 7-Aye, 0-Absent, 0-Nay President Middelkamp adjourned the meeting at 8:39 p.m.
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