Tuesday, May 7, 2024
The Gatesville Independent School District Board of Trustees approved several financial items during its May 15 meeting, including approval of a bid for new kitchen equipment, selection of an audit firm, renewal of a bank depository agreement, approval of a bid for entry-resistant film on windows, and setting the dates for upcoming budget workshops and public meetings.
Darrell Frazier said four bids were received for kitchen equipment on GISD campuses, from companies in Texas, New York, West Virginia and Colorado. The bid from Texas received bonus points, but the winning bid was from Douglas Equipment of West Virginia. That bid was for $156,234.
The kitchen equipment purchase will now go to the Texas Education Agency for approval.
The board also approved Lott, Vernon & Company of Temple to audit the district for the current fiscal year.
"They've done a great job, and it takes a while for an auditing firm to learn their clients," Frazier said. "The audit is very detailed and extremely complex, and it is getting more complicated every year (because of added state requirements)."
Because of the increasing complexity, the cost of this year's audit has gone up $5,000, Frazier said.
The board set a tax rate and budget workshop for the month of August on Aug. 15, with a board meeting the following week and a public meeting to discuss and adopt the tax rate planned for Aug. 29.
The board also approved a bid from Sun Safe LLC for entry resistant film to help protect windows of GISD buildings from unauthorized entry. The bid was for $165,792, and was the lowest of three bids by at least $22,000.
