News in Brief: A State Capitals Roundup
An Ohio appeals court last week overturned a judge's ruling on a
$6.1 million school contract, but supported her overall concerns about
how a state school commission awarded $2 billion in school construction
contracts.
The three-member 10th Ohio District Court of Appeals, in Franklin County, unanimously overturned a May ruling by Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer L. Brunner. She had ruled that Randall A. Fischer, then the executive director of the Ohio School Facilities Commission, had overstepped his authority in approving a construction contract for the 800-student Tri-Village district in western Ohio. Mr. Fischer supported Tri-Village's decision to reject the lowest bidder, Cincinnati-based Monarch Construction Co.
The state appellate court ruled that Tri-Village's decision was not arbitrary, and that "the contract at issue ... does not require a signature" from the school facilities commission,...
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