By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
The Hays USD 489 school board approved the purchase of a new wheelchair-accessible school bus on Monday.
The low bid was from Kansas Truck for $149,000.
The purchase is part of the school district's five-year transportation plan.
Boardroom video equipment
The board did not approve a proposal to purchase $80,938 worth of new video equipment for the district boardroom. The equipment would have been moved to Wilson School when the district vacates Rockwell Administration Center at the completion of the bond projects.
School board members said they would like to revisit the purchase when the administration moves into Wilson in a couple of years.
Copier agreement
The district approved a five-year copier lease agreement contract with SumnerOne.
Scoring tables
The board approved a bid from BSN Sports for three scorer's tables for the new Hays High School main and auxiliary gyms for $63,947.
Board elections
The board voted to move its annual election of board president and vice president to January, better aligning it with the election of board members, which now takes place in November.
The board will have elections for board officers in July as planned, but those officers will serve shortened terms.
Curt Vajnar is the current president, and Jayme Goetz is the current vice president.
At the Monday meeting, Meagan Zampieri Lillpop, Vajnar and Ken Brooks said they would be interested in serving in either position. Goetz said she would serve another term as vice president if elected.
The board also approved year-end transfers and agreed to allow the district to dispose of obsolete property from Lincoln and Hays High schools through a community garage sale. The sale date has not yet been set.