Grand Island - All Grand Island Public Schools buildings will soon have upgraded wired networking after the school board approved a nearly $2 million bid Thursday night. “This includes six facilities,” said Dan Petsch, director of buildings and grounds.

The buildings include Gates, Howard, Knickrehm, Lincoln and Wasmer elementary schools, as well as the Kneale Administration Building. “We go in and do a total upgrade for the wiring that will support security cameras, phone system, as well as our infrastructure for our APs,” Petsch said, referring to access points. Hamilton Information Systems submitted the lower of two bids for $1,948,778.

“Hamilton was actually the contractor that did the work for us this last summer,” Petsch said. Money for the project will come from the Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund. All seven board members present voted in favor of the bill. Lisa Albers was absent, and the board accepted the resignation of Josh Sikes at Thursday’s meeting.

The board also approved a $248,500 bid from Mechanical Sales for a cooling tower replacement at Grand Island Senior High. A cooling tower removes waste heat from a building.

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