{"id":89955,"date":"2025-09-24T08:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=89955"},"modified":"2025-09-24T08:32:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:32:02","slug":"usd-489-board-approves-change-order-asbestos-abatement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=89955","title":{"rendered":"USD 489 Board approves change order, asbestos abatement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By ALICIA FEYERHERM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USD 489 Board of Education met for its regular meeting on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nabholz Project Manager Dylan Weddle presented a change order for the new high school. The $88,347 change order included concession receptacles, polished concrete revisions, addition of gates at the football field, power revisions for the new scoreboard and striping for the parking lot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superintendent Ron Wilson explained that the new scoreboard requires more power than the old board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe first day of school was when we tried to turn on the scoreboard and it didn\u2019t turn on because we didn\u2019t have the right power,\u201d Wilson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The majority of the change order items have already been completed according to Weddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo we\u2019re approving something that\u2019s already been done,\u201d Board Member Allen Park said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weddle said there wasn\u2019t time to schedule a board meeting and finalize pricing as the items needed to be completed quickly.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt would have delayed the scope being completed and the majority of these items could not be completed after school had started,\u201d Weddle said. \u201cSo we were up against the clock of school starting there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson agreed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis all happened within basically a week of school starting,\u201d Wilson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Weddle, the current process has Wilson as the owner representative who makes those types of decisions. The board decides where those changes are funded from and what gets funded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you want to change that process, that\u2019s up to you, but that\u2019s not my decision to make,\u201d Weddle said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over half of the items were owner-requested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNone of them are anything that we just made up and decided needed to happen,\u201d Weddle said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wilson made sure the board was also aware of all the positives of the new facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes I don\u2019t think there\u2019s enough appreciation for the work that has gotten done because we\u2019ve had several really cool events, that people have, and I can tell you about 3,000 people were all in awe of that place,\u201d Wilson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Park said it is an awesome facility, but that these requests still should have been approved in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re approving something that\u2019s already been done,\u201d Park said. \u201cWe should\u2019ve done it back when we knew about it. And if you (Wilson) knew about it, you should\u2019ve let us know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board member Ken Brooks asked what would have been done differently had the board known in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing,\u201d he said. \u201cThis had to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The change order passed 5-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also reviewed a bid from ACM Removal LLS to complete floor tile removal and asbestos-containing mastic for $69,480 for Hays Middle School (formerly Hays High School). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The glue underneath the tiles contains non-friable asbestos-containing mastic. Therefore, the asbestos is not a danger until the tile is removed, which will occur during the bond remodeling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Chris Hipp said $80,000 was budgeted for the title removal and abatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Park said the building was built too recently to have asbestos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cWe\u2019ve had several companies look at it, so I\u2019m going to trust that they know what they\u2019re looking at,\u201d Wilson said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The bid was approved 6-1, with Park voting against. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board Member Ruth Ruder questioned Park and his voting decisions after his second \u201cno\u201d vote of the meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAre you just voting \u2018no\u2019 to suffice the public because you\u2019re not spending money?\u201d Ruder said. \u201cEvery week we come here and we get \u2018no\u2019 votes on things that should not be voted \u2018no\u2019 on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Park responded, saying he is not voting against the asbestos removal, but voting against the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny building built after a certain date should not have any asbestos in it,\u201d Park said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former Hays High School building was completed in 1982.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The board also approved a marketing contract with Pizza Hut for static signage and digital advertising in the Gold gym. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next Board of Education meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. on October 13 at the Rockwell Administration Building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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