{"id":11039,"date":"2017-05-31T00:26:02","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T04:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=11039"},"modified":"2017-05-31T00:29:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T04:29:38","slug":"brick-boe-to-award-no-bid-contract-for-referendum-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2017\/05\/brick-boe-to-award-no-bid-contract-for-referendum-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick BOE to Award ‘No Bid’ Contract for Referendum Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brick Township Board of Education\/Schools (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The Brick Township Board of Education is expected to vote Thursday to hire an architectural firm that will be tasked with developing a referendum for voters.<\/p>\n

The board is set to award the contract to Netta Architects<\/a>, its firm of record, with no competitive bidding, according to a meeting agenda released Tuesday. The firm would be paid $25,000 for their services, and the contract would last from June 1, 2017 until \u00a0June 30, 2018.<\/p>\n

In this year\u2019s school budget, the board set aside $25,000 for the referendum to be drawn up. Officials said\u00a0they would likely ask taxpayers for $12 million, which would amount to\u00a0an approximately equal tax impact since payments on a previous referendum passed in 1996 is expiring. If approved, a $12 million plan would equal about $500,000 in spending per year.<\/p>\n

Earlier this spring, Brick officials laid out more than $12.5 million in repairs<\/a> that are needed district-wide. In a previous report from Shorebeat, it was reported that the $12.5 million in\u00a0repairs\u00a0would range from a $1,496,000 roof replacement for the Warren H. Wolf Elementary School (formerly the Primary Learning Center), to $1,297,637 for new baseball and softball fields at Brick Memorial High School, to $1,558,000 to replace a track at Brick Township High School.<\/p>\n

Some of the biggest ticket items the district believes it must purchase come in the form of\u00a0larger, capital projects, such as $1,500,000 for new security vestibules district-wide, another $1,500,000 for a second floor air conditioning system at Lake Riviera Middle School, and $750,000 for a central heating boiler covering multiple buildings. In all, the list of proposed projects adds up to $12,566,946.<\/p>\n

The board is scheduled to meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Brick Memorial High School.<\/p>\n

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If a $12 Million Brick School Referendum Was on the Ballot, How Would You Vote?<\/strong><\/p>