Board approves routine contracts, policies, budget items and field trip; dozens of motions carry by voice vote

The Lancaster Central School District Board of Education approved a series of routine financial, contract, policy and personnel items by motion and voice vote during its meeting. Most motions were moved and seconded and recorded in the transcript as “motion carries.”

Votes at a glance - Approve minutes (Regular session 03/10/2025) — motion carried (agenda 6.1). - Approve minutes (Budget work session 04/07/2025) — motion carried (6.2). - Appoint Beth Ulbrich as district treasurer, effective 03/31/2025 — motion carried (11.1.0.2). - Appoint Beth Ulbrich as tax collector for PILOT and town clerk/receiver roles for Lancaster, Cheektowaga and Alda (effective 03/31/2025) — motion carried (11.1.0.3). - Appoint Lisa Finara as deputy treasurer effective 04/07/2025; oath administered (11.1.0.4) — motion carried. - Personnel changes (11.1.5) — motion carried. - Committee on Special Education (CSE) actions and Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE) actions — motions carried (11.2.1–11.2.2). - Field trip approval: Montreal, Quebec, Canada (11.2.3) — motion carried. - Textbook first readings (11.2.4 & 11.2.5) — information only. - Financial items (12.1) — motion carried. - Policy adoption 75.30 (child abuse and maltreatment) — motion carried (12.2). - Policy readings/first readings on medication and personal care (7513), disclosure of employee disciplinary records (3311), graduation requirements (7220), advanced coursework (7223), and board nominations/election (1210) — noted as first/second readings per agenda (12.3–12.7). - Contracts: East Aurora UFSD, Orchard Park CSD, Amherst CSD — motions carried (12.8–12.10). - Food service operating reports (12.11) — motion carried. - Surplus equipment and textbooks (12.12–12.13) — motions carried. - AIA contract with FieldTurf USA Inc. (12.14) — motion carried. - Contract with Management Advisory Group (12.15) — motion carried. - Contract for services supporting visually impaired students (12.16) — motion carried. - Contract with Savvy Learning Inc. (12.17) — motion carried. - Amended contracts with special-education providers (12.18) — motion carried. - Erie 1 BOCES budget and board seat (12.19) — motion carried. - Request for proposal award: occupational and physical therapy services (12.20) — motion carried. - New student clubs: Legendary Creations and Crochet Club (12.21) — motion carried. - Election worker appointments (12.24) — motion carried. - Surplus bus (12.25) — motion carried. - Donation acceptance (Kaminski family for the learning garden) — motion carried (12.26). - 2025–26 budget proposal (12.27) — motion carried. - 2025 Property Tax Report Card (12.28) — motion carried.

What was discussed: most items received no extended debate in the public transcript and were presented as motions for approval. The field trip to Montreal was introduced earlier in the meeting and a teacher described curricular and cultural learning objectives for the trip; the board then approved the trip by motion. A district administrator announced the Kaminski family donation to the learning garden and the board accepted it.

How the board voted: motions were carried by voice vote; the public transcript records “All those in favor? Anyone against? Motion carries” for the roll of routine motions. The transcript does not provide roll-call tallies or recorded individual member votes for most items.

Details not specified in the public record: contract dollar amounts, vendor contract terms, individual vote tallies and mover/second identities for many motions were not provided in the transcript and are recorded here as “not specified.”