MONROE - The Monroe school board unanimously approved bids for the clock tower restoration and Monroe Middle School partial roof projects at a school board meeting April 23.
B&B Quality Building Restoration of Wisconsin, Fitchburg, submitted the $157,000 bid approved and recommended by the finance committee for the clock tower restoration, and McDermaid Roofing and Insulation Co. of Rockford, Illinois, submitted the chosen $60,800 bid for a section of new roof at the middle school.
The two projects were targeted as part of the district's three-year referendum voters approved in November 2016. As a result, the school district's budget increased $1.5 million per year for operating costs, as well as $460,000 each year for maintenance and safety projects.
Monroe Business Administrator Ron Olson said the two projects will be completed this summer. After the two projects are complete, the district has about $130,000 left from the referendum money, Olson said.
In other action, the school board:
• Took the oath of office for school board members elected April 3 including incumbents Amy Bazley and Mary Burger and new member Teresa Keehn. The board also approved the election of officers and the reorganization of the board. Dan Bartholf was voted school board president. Bazley was voted vice president. Rich Deprez was voted treasurer, Nikki Matley, clerk, and Berger, deputy clerk.
• Approved the professional staff hiring of Savannah Bettin as a music teacher at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School.
• Approved the professional staff hiring of Kathryn McIlvanie as a seventh-grade English Language Arts teacher at Monroe Middle School.
• Hired Sharon Newcomer as a food service employee at Parkside Elementary School.
• Approved the support staff retirement of Leann Lindemann as an aide at Abraham Lincoln.
• Appointed Bazley as the board's liaison to the Excellence in Education committee.
• Appointed Bartholf as the board's Cooperative Educational Service Agency 2 representative.
• Voted unanimously to purchase server infrastructure, a Dell EMC VxRail solution for $108,755 and a switch from Cisco, as recommended by the finance committee. The district is paying for the purchase with funds from the district's technology budget.
• Voted unanimously to purchase a snowblower/sweeper for $33,900 from Sloan Implement of Monroe. The district is purchasing the snowblower with money from its long-term maintenance budget.
B&B Quality Building Restoration of Wisconsin, Fitchburg, submitted the $157,000 bid approved and recommended by the finance committee for the clock tower restoration, and McDermaid Roofing and Insulation Co. of Rockford, Illinois, submitted the chosen $60,800 bid for a section of new roof at the middle school.
The two projects were targeted as part of the district's three-year referendum voters approved in November 2016. As a result, the school district's budget increased $1.5 million per year for operating costs, as well as $460,000 each year for maintenance and safety projects.
Monroe Business Administrator Ron Olson said the two projects will be completed this summer. After the two projects are complete, the district has about $130,000 left from the referendum money, Olson said.
In other action, the school board:
• Took the oath of office for school board members elected April 3 including incumbents Amy Bazley and Mary Burger and new member Teresa Keehn. The board also approved the election of officers and the reorganization of the board. Dan Bartholf was voted school board president. Bazley was voted vice president. Rich Deprez was voted treasurer, Nikki Matley, clerk, and Berger, deputy clerk.
• Approved the professional staff hiring of Savannah Bettin as a music teacher at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School.
• Approved the professional staff hiring of Kathryn McIlvanie as a seventh-grade English Language Arts teacher at Monroe Middle School.
• Hired Sharon Newcomer as a food service employee at Parkside Elementary School.
• Approved the support staff retirement of Leann Lindemann as an aide at Abraham Lincoln.
• Appointed Bazley as the board's liaison to the Excellence in Education committee.
• Appointed Bartholf as the board's Cooperative Educational Service Agency 2 representative.
• Voted unanimously to purchase server infrastructure, a Dell EMC VxRail solution for $108,755 and a switch from Cisco, as recommended by the finance committee. The district is paying for the purchase with funds from the district's technology budget.
• Voted unanimously to purchase a snowblower/sweeper for $33,900 from Sloan Implement of Monroe. The district is purchasing the snowblower with money from its long-term maintenance budget.