The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met in a work session at 11:30 am by teleconference on Wednesday, November 23rd, 2022 at the Aberdeen School District office at 268 S 4th W Aberdeen, Idaho.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
Chairman Todd Lowder opened the meeting at 11:38 a.m. Present were Sherrie Mauroner, Amy Burusco, Brian Rowlan and Elaine Blik. A quorum was established. Others present were Business Manager David Burke and Superintendent Jane Ward.
PURPOSE OF MEETING AND BUSINESS CONDUCTED
The meeting was advertised to discuss the purchase of a projector for the auditorium.
Chairman Todd Lowder requested discussion and a vote from each Trustee on approving the proposal from Wayne Millett with the Arts Council that was discussed at the November 16th regular Board meeting. Mr. Millett received a bid from Neurilink for $28,777.07 in purchasing a new projector for the auditorium and the costs would be shared equally between the school district and the arts council. Half of the funds would need to be available as a down payment by December 1st before the bid expired and the balance would be due in the spring. Additional costs would be incurred to set up and install the projector once received. Neurilink has a lens for the projector on hold for Mr. Millett pending the approval of the bid. Only four lenses for this projector are available nationwide and new lenses will not be available until at least April of 2023. With rising costs and high demands, the bid provided to Mr. Millett from Neurilink is only good until December 1st, 2022 and costs could not be determined if another quote was required at a later date.
The Board will wait until the spring to include this expense in the annual budget process that is completed for fiscal year 2023-2024.
Both Superintendent Ward and Business Manager David Burke would prefer to see this purchase go through our regular budget process in the spring when more time can be spent on costs and possibly other bids for a new projector to consider.
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made by Trustee Mauroner and seconded by Trustee Rowlan to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 12:00 p.m.