SEPTEMBER SPECIAL BOARD MINUTES
OF THE RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
Special Board (Tuesday, September 17, 2024)
Generated by Nikki Lucas on Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Members present
Stephen Chapman, Steve Berry, Wilton Barrios, Sandra Franklin, George Johnson, Wally Fall, Linda Burgess, Willard McCall, Mark Dryden
Meeting called to order at 5:00 PM
Meeting Location: The Rapides Parish School Board Meeting Room, 619 Sixth Street, Alexandria, LA
Standing Items
Procedural: 1. Call to Order
Procedural: 2. Invocation, Pledge
Procedural: 3. Roll Call
New Business
Action: 4.Motion to engage Yeager, Watson & Associates, LLC as the architectural design team for the District 52 Bond Project for Pre-Election Services at a maximum flat fee not to exceed $60,000 (credited back as deduction to fee earned when bond passes) and Post-Election Services at ½ of 1% below the State of Louisiana Fee Schedule based on final construction contract amounts and authorize the board president to sign any documentation in connection therewith – Mr. Steve Berry
Resolution:To engage Yeager, Watson & Associates, LLC as the architectural design team for the District 52 Bond Project for Pre-Election Services at a maximum flat fee not to exceed $60,000 (credited back as deduction to fee earned when bond passes) and Post-Election Services at ½ of 1% below the State of Louisiana Fee Schedule based on final construction contract amounts and authorize the board president to sign any documentation in connection therewith
Motion by Steve Berry, second by Mark Dryden.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Aye: Stephen Chapman, Steve Berry, Wilton Barrios, Sandra Franklin, George Johnson, Wally Fall, Linda Burgess, Willard McCall, Mark Dryden
Action: 5.Motion to approve Change Order #1 for the “New Pavilion structure at Tioga Elementary School” (Re: RPSB Bid #23-60 and WO #201114) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and DSW Construction, LLC increasing the contract time by sixty-six (66) days with no cost, therefore the contract sum remains at $147,092.00 and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith – Mr. Roy F. Rachal
Resolution: to approve Change Order #1 for the “New Pavilion structure at Tioga Elementary School” (Re: RPSB Bid #23-60 and WO #201114) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and DSW Construction, LLC increasing the contract time by sixty-six (66) days with no cost, therefore the contract sum remains at $147,092.00 and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith
Motion by Willard McCall, second by George Johnson.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Aye: Stephen Chapman, Steve Berry, Wilton Barrios, Sandra Franklin, George Johnson, Wally Fall, Linda Burgess, Willard McCall, Mark Dryden
Action: 6. Motion to approve Change Order #2 for the “Softball Field House at Northwood High School” (Re: RPSB Bid #23-63, WO #201979, and PO #24001858) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and Southern Craftsman Construction increasing the contract time by Seventy-Six (76) days, therefore changing the date of Substantial Completion to August 30, 2024 and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith – Mr. Roy F. Rachal
Defer to Full Board at the October 1, 2024 Board meeting
Motion by Willard McCall, second by Steve Berry.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Aye: Stephen Chapman, Steve Berry, Wilton Barrios, Sandra Franklin, George Johnson, Wally Fall, Linda Burgess, Willard McCall, Mark Dryden
Action: 7. Motion to approve Change Order #1 for the “Renovations at Carter C. Raymond Junior High School” (Re: RPSB Bid #57-24-00 and PO #24004457) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and Skip Converse, Inc. increasing the original contract sum by Twenty Eight Thousand, Six Hundred, Forty-Eight Dollars ($28,648.00), therefore changing the current contract sum from $545,200.00 to $573,848.00, along with increasing the contract time by Thirty (30) days and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith – Mr. Roy F. Rachal
Resolution: to approve Change Order #1 for the “Renovations at Carter C. Raymond Junior High School” (Re: RPSB Bid #57-24-00 and PO #24004457) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and Skip Converse, Inc. increasing the original contract sum by Twenty Eight Thousand, Six Hundred, Forty-Eight Dollars ($28,648.00), therefore changing the current contract sum from $545,200.00 to $573,848.00, along with increasing the contract time by Thirty (30) days and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith
Motion by Willard McCall, second by Linda Burgess.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Aye: Steve Berry, Wilton Barrios, Sandra Franklin, George Johnson, Wally Fall, Linda Burgess, Willard McCall, Mark Dryden
Nay: Stephen Chapman
Action: 8.Motion to approve Change Order #1 for the “Greenhouse Replacement at Tioga High School” (Re: RPSB Bid #11-24-06, WO #220840, and PO #24004704) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and Southern Craftsman Construction, LLC increasing the original contract sum by Three Thousand, One Hundred Dollars ($3,100.00) , therefore changing the current contract sum from $343,835.00 to $346,935.00, with no change to the contract time and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith – Mr. Roy F. Rachal
Resolution: to approve Change Order #1 for the “Greenhouse Replacement at Tioga High School” (Re: RPSB Bid #11-24-06, WO #220840, and PO #24004704) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and Southern Craftsman Construction, LLC increasing the original contract sum by Three Thousand, One Hundred Dollars ($3,100.00) , therefore changing the current contract sum from $343,835.00 to $346,935.00, with no change to the contract time and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith
Motion by Willard McCall, second by Linda Burgess.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Aye: Stephen Chapman, Steve Berry, Wilton Barrios, Sandra Franklin, George Johnson, Wally Fall, Linda Burgess, Willard McCall, Mark Dryden
Action: 9. Motion to approve Change Order #3 for the “Interior Renovations at Tioga Elementary School” (Re: RPSB Bid #11-24-07 and WO #209065) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and Southern Craftsman Construction, LLC increasing the contract sum by three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) therefore changing the original contract sum from $197,085.00 to $200,085.00 with no change in contract time and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith – Mr. Roy F. Rachal
Resolution: to approve Change Order #3 for the “Interior Renovations at Tioga Elementary School” (Re: RPSB Bid #11-24-07 and WO #209065) contract between the Rapides Parish School Board and Southern Craftsman Construction, LLC increasing the contract sum by three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) therefore changing the original contract sum from $197,085.00 to $200,085.00 with no change in contract time and authorize the Board President to sign any documentation in connection therewith
Motion by Willard McCall, second by Linda Burgess.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Aye: Stephen Chapman, Steve Berry, Wilton Barrios, Sandra Franklin, George Johnson, Wally Fall, Linda Burgess, Willard McCall, Mark Dryden
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/s/Dr. Stephen Chapman
President
ATTEST:
/s/Jeff Powell
Secretary
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