Votes at a glance: Westlake board approves year-end finance package, personnel and policy items June 27

This summary lists formal board actions recorded during the Westlake City Schools Board of Education meeting on June 27, 2025.

1) Approval — Treasurer’s recommendations (agenda items 5a–5l): Approved by roll call. The package included establishing a 070 capital improvement fund and moving $10,000,000 into it; authorization to award a Dover Intermediate School interior vestibule contract not to exceed $275,000; purchase of two replacement buses; property/fleet insurance renewal (approx. +10%); transportation "deemed impractical" notices carried forward; step-and-wage increases for exempt/administrative staff; year-end appropriations; and temporary appropriations for the next fiscal year. Outcome: approved (tally recorded: yes 5, no 0).

2) Approval — Superintendent’s recommendations 6a (gifts/donations): Board approved donations including $5,000 from Gary DeLillo to the Chad DeLillo scholarship, $5,000 from Mr./Mrs. John Luxe to the Gavin d Luxe Memorial Scholarship, and other gifts and booster donations (detailed list in the district resolution). Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

3) Approval — Superintendent’s recommendations 6b and 6c (certified employment/administration hires): Board approved new certified hires and administrators, including new teachers and administrators introduced at the meeting. Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

4) Approval — Superintendent’s recommendations 6d through 6bb (personnel, contracts, special education, textbooks and amendments): Board approved multiple personnel actions, contract authorizations (including Project Link and Bowling Green State University memorandum), special-education summer staffing and extended school-year provisions, and adoption of business and fine-arts textbooks and materials. Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

5) Approval — Board items 9a–9c (contractual language changes in superintendent/treasurer/administrative contracts related to benefit changes): Board approved changes to contracts and handbook language to address potential changes in state law about allowable benefits. Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

6) Motion to adjourn to executive session (appointment, dismissal, discipline, compensation of employees or officials): Approved; board entered executive session at 10:24 a.m. Outcome: approved (unanimous recorded vote).

Notes: The minutes and agenda were approved earlier in the meeting by voice/roll call. Individual resolutions and contract amounts (where listed in agenda packets) serve as the official record for each action.