The Pleasant Valley School Board accepted a $3.1 million bid for replacement of heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment throughout the district at its meeting Aug. 10.

Myco Mechanical Inc. in Telford was awarded the contract for $3,074,000, plus $64,000 for exterior stairs at the middle school. The total amount is $3,138,000. The project will be paid from federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds.

There were two other companies that submitted bids for the project. One was JBM Mechanical Inc. with a bid of $3.4 million, and Trefz Mechanical Inc. with a bid of $3.2 million.

The school board did not have any questions and did not make any comment about the contracts being approved last week.

However, William Gasper, now retired as the director of operations, discussed the boilers at the elementary and middle schools, at a workshop in spring. The work includes replacing six boilers in the middle school boiler room and three boilers in the elementary school boiler room. The boilers at the middle school run on propane and the ones at the elementary school run on propane and oil. A completion date of August 2024 is anticipated. “It should be a real good, efficient system once it’s all done,” he said.

The school board also approved the following contracts.

• Edpuzzle - Interactive Learning program, renewal from Aug. 1 to July 24, 2024, $9,725. To be paid with Title IV funds.

• Christmas City Studio and ID Badger LLC - district employee badge software and application cost is $2 per employee per year.

• Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21 - PowerSchool21 for PowerSchool integration and support, $13,000.

• Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf - student transportation contract, term is for the 2023-2024 school year. Cost is $8,500.

• Bruce George Paving and Excavating - Extension for snow removal for the elementary, intermediate and Polk schools. The term is from July 1 to June 30, 2026. The cost is $130 per truck, $150 per loader, $150 per dozer, $150 per 8-foot snowblower, and $150 per trucking of snow.