MONTAGUE — The Montague school board approved the purchase of a new school bus from the Holland Bus Company during their meeting on Monday. The bus will cost $23,429. In the past, the district has purchased buses that were coming off of two- or three-year leases, but there “aren’t many of those options out there,” it was noted during discussion. The current spare buses are from 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The board would like to begin replacing their current buses with new ones, and the current buses will replace the spares.
The board also approved a bid from CatchMark Technologies to install new digital scoreboards on the football and soccer fields as part of their new sports complex that is currently being built. Two bids were put out - one for digital scoreboards and the other for fixed digit, which is what Montague has had in recent years. Digital scoreboards, similar to that of a television screen or projector, are more expensive but have become increasingly popular and have more uses. Installation is scheduled to take place Aug. 1.
The Montague Area Childhood Center will receive new resurfacing on their playground. A previous bid supposed to include a specified shredded rubber base, but instead included foam matting, which is why the topic came up a second time. The board approved a new bid and the playground will be resurfaced.
