By JAMES BELL
Hays Post
The Hays USD 489 Board of Education is set to review a technology purchase and review new bids for the Hays Middle School heating and air conditioning systems at 6:30 p.m. Monday in the Toepfer Board Room in the Rockwell Administration Center, 323 W. 12th, during the first work session of 2016.
The technology purchase being considered will be used to update aging technology for business staff, Westside staff and transportation staff and is expected to have a total price of $41,211.
The purchase will include 28 Dell laptops at $823.93 each and 17 LVO TS TC M83 desktop computers at $646.17 each. The additional cost will cover specific peripherals and upgrades to those systems.
The board will vote on the purchase at next week’s regular meeting.
RELATED: The board also will discuss a proposed bond issue for facilities upgrades.
Along with the technology purchase, the board will discuss HVAC bids for Hays Middle School.
A second round of bids were opened on Jan. 7 after the Board rejected the sole bid on Dec. 21.
The earlier bid was $493,000 higher than the budgeted amount of $1.3 million to replace the buildings HVAC systems. Those systems are 20 years past their expected lifespan.
The board will vote on the recommend bid from the administration at next week’s meeting as well.
A full agenda for the work-session can be found here.