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School Board reviews bids for track renovation project


The Mobridge-Pollock School Board Monday, Jan. 11, reviewed two submitted bids for the renovation of the track at Tiger Stadium and decided to hold a special meeting before choosing a contractor for the job.
MP Superintendent Tim Frederick told the board that Fischer Tracks , Inc., located in Iowa, and Mid-American Golf and Landscape located in Missouri, submitted similar bids, with several exceptions.
The Fischer bid was $648,042 with $172,803 in alternative additions to the project. The Mid-Amercan bid was $671,191 for the basic project and $455,586 in alternative costs.
The asphalt mat includes very similar products, but the biggest difference in the bids involved the drainage process around the track.
With the Mid-American bid, soil samples will be needed before the company commits to a drainage process. The Fischer bid utilizes a French drainage system (a trench filled with gravel or rock or containing a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area) that would not require soil testing. Frederick told the board Fischer said this system would work as the soil in that area is sandy.
The six-inch post tension concrete (a method of strengthening concrete with high-strength steel strands or bars) method used in the base of the track would be a once-in-a-lifetime system. The asphalt mat would need to be replaced but the addition of the drainage system and building up of the area around the track to keep moisture away from the mat, would extend its life.
The board decided to hold a special meeting at a later date with representatives of the businesses that submitted bids in order to get answers to any questions or to clarify the submitted bids before accepting a bid.
The funding for the track renovation would come from both the 2020-21 and the 2021-22 budgets.
The project is set to happen starting in the spring (April).

COVID-19 report
Frederick told the board there was a spike in close contacts by staff and students during the holiday break but that trend has slowed down since the students returned to school.
He said the policy changes have helped as he feels parents are able to keep students in quarantine for seven days more easily than in the 14-day period. Students are now able to return to school after seven days if they are experiencing no symptoms and wear a mask in the school at all time.
The report shows there were two positive cases in the MPHS this week and none in the other schools.

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