AAPS OKs Copier Purchase

The Ann Arbor Public school board has voted to approve a purchase of 103 Lexmark copiers at a cost of $360,000, funded through the technology bond. It has been verified with the district’s bond counsel that this would be an allowable expense for the bond. The approval came at the board’s March 13, 2013 meeting.

The purchase represents a one-time savings of approximately $25,000 over the lease option. Because the lease was a budgeted expense in the general fund for the next three fiscal years, a savings of approximately $130,000 annually will be realized in the general fund. The savings from the copiers will most likely be used to offset the costs of a software upgrade, which cannot be funded through the technology bond.

The board was initially briefed on the purchase at its Feb. 27, 2013 meeting.

This brief was filed from the board room of the Ann Arbor District Library in downtown Ann Arbor at Fifth and William. A more detailed report of the meeting will follow.