EPSOM SCHOOL BOARD
MINUTES OF MEETING
PRESENT: Barbara Doughty, Bill Yeaton, Tracey Miner, Dave Goulet, Dave Dziura, Richard Dougherty
1. Call to Order
School Board Chair, Barbara Doughty, called the meeting was
called to order at
2. Pledge of Allegiance
Bill Yeaton led the board in the Pledge of Allegiance.
3. Immediate Business
A. Citizens’/Staff Comments
There were no citizen/staff comments.
B. 2006/07 ECS Fuel Oil Bids
Dave Dziura distributed a summary of bids received for heating fuel oil for the school’s 2006/07 academic year. Also included in the summary was an analysis of a projected price/gallon the district budget would cover assuming a fuel usage rate equal to the 2004/05 school year. Bids received included the state bid at $2.525/gallon, Fuller Oil bid at $2.450/gallon and Flynn Oil bid at $2.469/gallon.
Mr. Dziura explained the reason for calling the evening’s meeting on short notice is that the state had informed the SAU of their bid late Tuesday morning and the District needed to respond no later than Wednesday, May 3 in order to be included in the bid. However, as it turned out, the state bid represented the highest of the bids received. Mr. Dziura also explained that Board member Gordon Ellis had obtained the Fuller Oil bid, and that when he reported that bid to the SAU business administrator, he had indicated that he would be recommending that the District wait a month because he believed that the oil price would be dropping over the next month.
Board members discussed what to do with the bids in hand. Bill Yeaton suggested that nothing, other than the opportunity to participate in the state bid, was likely to change in the one week until the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting for the month of May. Other Board members were in agreement with this and the SAU was directed to include the topic of oil bids on that meeting’s agenda.
4. Adjournment
Upon hearing no call for further board discussion or action on
issues, Barbara Doughty adjourned
the meeting at
The Board’s next scheduled business meeting is