During its meeting this week, several bids were considered by the Marshall School Board.

Unofficial minutes from the meeting say Assistant Superintendent Dr. Terry Lorenz announced one bid was received from Integrated Facility Services in the amount of $98,329 for Control Valves for 64 Fan Coil Units.

One bid was received from Integrated Facility Services in the amount of $87,375 for a Cooler/Freezer/HVAC Monitoring Building Automation System.

The board voted to accept each of those bids.

Bids were received from Smith Paper Company – $16,300; Michco – $17,690.12; and Hillyard – $16,793.72 for two floor scrubbers. The board accepted the bid from Hillyard.

Erates Category 2 (80 percent/20 percent split) – One bid received for the Fire Wall Server from CTS in the amount of $38,417.89. Seventy-two Wireless Access Points – bids were received: CTS – $78,434.14 and Provision – $30,554 (parts only). The board unanimously accepted the bid from CTS for the Fire Wall Server and 72 Wireless Access Points for a total of 116,852.03.

Mileage Reimbursement was discussed. The district currently pays 45 cents/mile for travel. Federal reimbursement is 58.5 cents. Superintendent Dr. Carol Maher suggested 59 cents.

A motion was made to set the rate at 50 cents, but the motion died because of the lack of a second. The board tabled making a decision until its March 28 special board meeting when more info will be available.