# July 6, 2026 Special Board Work Session


**Body:** SaintJosephSchools
**Date:** July 05, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Public Safety, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure, Grants & Funding


The Saint Joseph Schools special board work session on July 6, 2026, included procurement and budget discussions. The board reviewed the completed RFP process and proposed security-services agreement with incumbent vendor Securos. The stated annual cost was $158,884.92, with an estimated increase of about $4,100 for the coming year; the revised terms include a flat monthly rate and require negotiations over future increases to occur in advance. The agreement also strengthens insurance requirements. No contract-award vote is shown in the transcript. Staff reported that a copy-paper bid for the next school year was posted July 1 and would remain open through July 16, with a local-bidder preference of $1,000 or 5%, whichever is greater. The board also discussed a three-year renewal for use of city park facilities, with annual increases of $1,000, and possible additional parking near Benton; use of the land would have no cost, but construction costs were not yet available and city consideration was pending.

Other items included a proposed $25-per-hour curriculum-writing rate, for up to 15 hours per person, funded through professional-development dollars; a private-duty nurse contract for a student, described as having no district cost because Medicaid could be billed; and a school mitigation plan intended to support eligibility for FEMA grants. The board discussed a tax-rate resolution that would shift approximately $100,000 from debt service to operations while keeping the stated overall rate at 4.9163, and requested revisions to a resolution advocating for stronger state support for public education. The transcript records approval of a motion to adjourn to executive session, but does not show votes on the procurement items.

**Source:** SaintJosephSchools