School board talks roofing, other issues

MARSHALL - Roofing bids were among a number of action items to be approved at the Marshall Public School board meeting on Monday.

MPS Superintendent Klint Willert and TSP architect Ron Halgerson summarized the bidding process for the board members.

"We worked a process that solicited bids based upon the specs that this board had reviewed, on considering the different products," Willert said. "We went with a thicker millimeter product. We had a number of qualified contractors that put forward a bid."

From 10 plan holders, six submitted bids for the Marshall Middle School roofing project.

"We chose a 90-millimeter system as the base bid," Halgerson said. "It's fully adhered and it's specified as a 30-year warranty. That was one of the primary criteria for this roofing project."

Laraway Roofing, Inc. from New Ulm came in with the lowest base bid ($390,480) and alternate 1 bid ($78,900), which is for the additional roofing areas of 14 and 18.

"Laraway Roofing is a firm I've known for years and years and years," Halgerson said. "They've been in business for 54 years. Their proposal for the base bid, plus the alternate, is for a total of $469,380. There is also a specification that the work is to be completed by August 1."

Before the board approved budget assumptions, MPS Business Director Bruce Lamprecht pointed out that there was a newly-reported increase in the formula for projected per adjusted pupil unit for students.

"There are changes that are occurring almost on a daily basis, with one of those being the new formula," he said. "It's a $25 increase in formula moving forward, from $5806 to $5831. Those assumptions will be incorporated eventually into the budget. It's still a work in progress."

The board also approved the continuation of partnerships with Taher Foods as the food service management and Hoffman and Brobst as the financial adviser for the district.

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School board talks roofing, other issues