Brentwood board approves 2025–26 budget, numerous personnel and contract items

The Brentwood Union Free School District Board of Education voted April 23 to adopt a proposed 2025''26 budget and to approve multiple consent and personnel items bundled on the agenda.

Board members approved the budget item read into the record as a proposed 2025''26 budget in the amount stated at the meeting as $688,000,525,221 with a tax levy of $115,501,607; board members said the levy did not exceed the statutory tax levy cap. The board directed the district clerk to include the adopted budget amount and the legal notice in the public notice for the budget vote to be held Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Separately, the board approved a set of consent packages and routine items by voice vote: B1 a through B1 m (consent items), B2 a through B2 u (administrative and business items), and C1 a and C1 b (other board actions). The board also approved certificated and noncertificated personnel action reports contained in the board packet for the April 23 meeting (D1 a and D1 b).

In further action the board considered and affirmed a superintendent''s hearing decision after executive-session deliberation; the motion to affirm was moved and seconded during the meeting and carried. The board also approved an administrative appointment: Steven Davis was appointed coordinator of health, recreation, K''12 physical education and athletics, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029; the motion and second were recorded during the meeting and the appointment carried.

All votes on the consent bundles and the personnel and budget items were taken by voice; the meeting minutes record the motions, the identified movers and seconders, and the chair''s announcement of the outcome, but do not record an individual roll-call tally for each member in the transcript excerpt.

Why this matters: the board''s adoption of the budget sets the figure that will be presented to voters on May 20 and signals the district''s fiscal priorities for the coming school year. The approved personnel and contract items move hiring, interagency agreements and other routine business forward.

Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Be it resolved that B1 a through B1 m be approved. Motion by Hassan Ahmed; second by Eileen Harmon. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried. - Be it resolved that B2 a through B2 u be approved. Motion by Hassan Ahmed; second by Cindy Saffery. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried. - Be it resolved that C1 a and C1 b be approved. Motion by Brandon Garcia; second by Maria Malave. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried. - D1 a (certificated personnel action report) approved. Motion by Brandon Garcia; second by Cindy Saffery. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried. - D1 b (noncertificated personnel action report) approved. Motion by Hassan Ahmed; second by Maria Malave. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried. - D1 d (adopt proposed 2025''26 budget and direct district clerk to file legal notice for May 20 vote). Motion by Aileen Harmon; second by Cindy Saffery. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried. The clerk was directed to include the adopted amount and legal notice in the budget vote materials. - D1 e (affirm superintendent''s determination on a student matter after executive-session review). Motion by Brandon Garcia; second by Maria Malave. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried. - D1 f (appointment of Steven Davis as coordinator, effective 07/01/2025''06/30/2029). Motion by Cindy Saffery; second by Brandon Garcia. Voice vote: chair announced "Aye" and the motion carried.

Meeting scheduling notes recorded in the same agenda: the district will hold a budget hearing and board workshop on May 8, 2025; the budget vote is set for May 20, 2025; the next business meeting is scheduled for May 21, 2025.

Ending: The board closed its business after taking the listed votes and confirming scheduling for the budget hearing and vote.