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Murphysboro board approves consent agenda, budget items, calendar, procurement cards and other routine business
Summary
The Murphysboro CUSD 186 board approved the consent agenda, March bills (with one line excluded), a lease‑purchase financing arrangement, the 2025–26 school calendar, and a series of routine items including IHSA renewal, concussion team roster updates, and a resolution authorizing Mastercard procurement cards.
At its meeting the Murphysboro CUSD 186 Board of Education approved a series of routine agenda items by motion and voice vote.
Key approvals recorded in the meeting:
- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, which included the District 186 regular board meeting minutes dated Feb. 24, 2025; Tri‑County minutes (Feb. 12 and March 2025); and applications and reports. A subsequent roll call approved the consent agenda as presented.
- District bills for March: The board approved March bills after excluding a single line item that was to be covered later in the agenda.
- Lease‑purchase financing: The board approved a financing arrangement with Murphysboro Bank & Trust for a lease‑purchase agreement at a 4.75 percent rate.
- 2025–26 school calendar: The board approved the 2025–26 school calendar. The approved calendar sets teacher return for Aug. 11, student start on Aug. 13, and schedules a parent‑teacher/open house on the evening of Aug. 11 to combine freshman and sixth‑grade orientations with K–12 drop‑off windows.
- Reimbursement: The board approved reimbursement to Troy Brown for sound work at the MHS musical; one board member recorded an abstention on that vote.
- Concussion team roster: The board approved updates to the concussion team required under HSA policy; the list read into the record included: Cody Hillmeyer, Andrea Geis, Ashley Ellis, Brett Sutton, Zach Cara Nelson, Jeremy Marshall, Derek Beard and Britney Lockhart.
- Calendar amendment (2024–25): The board amended the 2024–25 calendar to reflect that no additional emergency days were expected to be used.
- IHSA membership renewal (2025–26): The board approved renewal of IHSA membership; the administration said there is no charge for the renewal.
- Tuition‑free students: The board approved the presented list of tuition‑free students as described in the agenda packet.
- Consolidated district plan: The board approved the district’s consolidated plan required for grant approvals this year.
- Procurement card resolution: The board approved a resolution to authorize district‑issued procurement cards (Mastercard) for department heads and selected building staff to reduce employee reimbursements when American Express is not accepted. Administrators said cards would be managed by building principals and by the business office; staff were reminded to retain receipts and follow district procedures.
- Personnel approvals and hires: After a brief closed session, the board approved personnel recommendations including Brook Ward as a speech‑language pathologist at McElveen (certified), John A. Logan (general hire), an internal transfer of Michelle Asa from Crothers special‑education self‑contained to Crothers reading specialist, and Andrea Latham as a volunteer MHS track coach. (Names and exact roles are as read in the personnel section of the meeting packet.)
Most motions were approved by voice vote with the board saying “aye” and the chair announcing the motion carried. Specific roll‑call yes votes were recorded for some motions; the transcript records board assent for each listed item.
