The superintendent, or his/her designee, may contract for emergency repairs without prior board approval in the following circumstances:
· when board property has been damaged through fire, vandalism, windstorm, hail, earthquake, or other force majeure; or
· when board property has failed or broken down; and, as a result the safety of persons using the facility is in immediate jeopardy; or
· the facilities cannot be used for educational purposes and such use is immediately necessary to carry out the educational program.
The superintendent, or his/her designee, may contract, after requesting at least three informal bids, for emergency repairs in an amount not to exceed $50,000. Emergency repair contracts estimated to exceed $25,000 will be secured by an appropriate performance/payment bond. Any such contract will be submitted for ratification or approval at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board. In an emergency, the superintendent or his/her designee may, if necessary, enter into a time and material contract on a “not to exceed” basis to continue operation of a facility or to avoid additional damages to board property.

Policy adopted: July 24, 2001