CLINTON – Architect firms Cordogan Clark and BLDD remain in the running to vie for the bid to build the new elementary school in Clinton.

“All four firms put in their due diligence, and now the time has come for our board to make a decision,” Superintendent Jeff Holmes said at the Clinton Unit 15 School board meeting, held on Tuesday.

At last month’s meeting, four architect firms, Cordogan Clark, BLDD, Destefano Partners and Studio GC, delivered presentations discussing their plans to get the bid approved and what they would do if selected to oversee construction of the new school.

Holmes’ recommendation that the board vote on the architectural firm to move forward with at Tuesday’s meeting was met with opposition from board member Thomas Pruser, who pointed out that only six members of the board were present due to the absence of John Blythe. Pruser and board president Buck Carter were the dissenting votes in a 4-2 decision by the board to go ahead with the voting.

Despite the decision, the vote by the board was not conclusive. Cardogan Clark and BLDD each received three votes, while the DeStefano Parnters and Studio GC were both eliminated from the running with no votes.

Board members Pruser, Carter and Nancy Stokowski voted for Cordogan Clark, while Rod Wertz, David Glenn and Terry England sided with BLDD.

The final decision on which firm will be selected should come next month with an odd number of members on hand.

The district’s education fund currently stands at $5.3 million after the movement of $1.2 million from education, to the operation maintenance fund, to the capital fund was approved unanimously by the board Tuesday. Rick Imig said that the state requires that kind of movement if a district needs more funds in the capital fund at the cost of the education fund, but $135,000 is still set aside for worker compensation.

The board also approved the movement of $100,000 from working cash to the Health Life Safety funds as well as the same amount from working cash to tort. The amount the state still owes the school district is currently at $954,000.

New skylights at the high school are now set to be installed with the board approving a low bid from Top Quality Roof in the amount of $18,335 to work on the project. As part of the construction update, the duct work replacement at the school will be completed by August 13 at a cost of $384,300 from the Hanson Robinson company.