School board approves HVAC bid for Mary Lynch

The Kimball Board of Education approved a bid for the new HVAC system at Mary Lynch Elementary School during its regularly scheduled meeting held Monday.

After considering five bids from area providers, the board approved a $94,000 bid from Best Plumbing & Heating of Sidney.

“All five of them were reasonable and we had one that was surprisingly low, so we interviewed that contractor,” said Ben Schmitt of Specialized Engineering Solutions in Omaha, who the board hired to assist with the process.

Best underbid its competition by a significant margin, so Schmitt did some additional checkin...