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Board approves $77.1 million capital project phase, multiple AIA contracts, personnel and financial items; routine motions carry
Summary
The Lancaster Central School District Board of Education approved a set of motions including a $77,100,000 capital project phase 6 bid award, multiple AIA construction contracts, financial and personnel motions, and a settlement agreement (index no. 812502-2021). Most motions carried without recorded dissent in the transcript.
At the meeting, the Lancaster Central School District Board of Education approved or recorded motions on routine personnel, education, financial and construction items. The transcript records each motion as moved, seconded and carried; no recorded votes against any motion appear in the meeting transcript excerpts provided.
Major items approved - Bid award for capital project Phase 6: the board approved a bid award described in the agenda as for "77,100,000.0 capital project phase 6." The motion carried with no recorded opposition.
- Lumped approvals of AIA contracts (items 12.4 through 12.11): the board approved multiple AIA contracts in a single motion. The contractors named in the transcript were: LGR Construction Corporation; Rochester's Davis Fetch Corporation; Heritage Contract Flooring LLC; MLP Plumbing and Mechanical Inc. (two entries); Godwin Electric Corporation; Northeast Diversification Inc.; Louis Del Prince and Sons Inc. The motion carried with no recorded opposition.
- Construction change order (item 12.12): approved; motion carried.
- RIC1 Risk Operation Center (item 12.13): approved; motion carried.
- Lancaster Association of Substitute Teachers memorandum of agreement (item 12.14): approved; motion carried.
- Settlement agreement (item 12.15): the board approved a settlement agreement identified in the transcript as "Index number 812502-2021." The motion carried with no recorded opposition.
Other routine approvals - Approval of regular-session minutes from 12/09/2024: motion carried. - Personnel changes (item 11.1): motion carried (transcript does not list specific personnel changes in the excerpt). - Committee on Special Education and Committee on Preschool Special Education motions: approved. - Financial items motion (item 12.1): approved. - Policy first reading (item 12.2): a wellness policy item described in the transcript as "policy first reading. $56.61 for wellness" was presented for information; the transcript notes it is for information and will be voted on in subsequent meetings.
How the board recorded votes: The transcript records motions being made, seconded and the chair calling for "All those in favor?" followed by "Motion carries" or "So moved"; the transcript excerpt does not include roll-call vote tallies or individual yes/no votes. The record in the transcript indicates unanimous or unopposed passage for the items listed; where specific vote tallies or individual member votes were not recorded in the excerpt, the article reports the motion outcome as recorded in the transcript.
Appointment and personnel note: the transcript includes an introduction of Sarah Whitmire as the district's new director of secondary education; the speaker noted she will begin work the following Monday after the meeting. The transcript does not show a separate roll-call vote for that appointment in the excerpt provided.
Meeting schedule: the board announced a budget work session on 01/27/2025 at 6:30 p.m. at William Street School and a regular session scheduled for 02/10/2025 at the same location.
