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Votes at a glance: key Nelson County Board actions April 15, 2025
Summary
A summary list of formal motions the board approved during the April 15 meeting, including grant acceptances, staffing allocations, salary schedule, construction change orders, emergency waiver and other routine items.
The Nelson County Board of Education took the following formal actions during its April 15, 2025 meeting. This roundup lists motions taken and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript.
- Consent agenda: Approved (motion moved and seconded; voice vote recorded as "Aye; motion passes"). Items on the consent agenda included bid awards for paving and pest control (lowest bids accepted as presented). (Consent agenda motion passed.)
- Seal of Arts Excellence: Approved (motion moved, seconded, voice vote). The board approved adopting the Seal of Arts Excellence for district diplomas/recognition as presented.
- Grants: Accepted Kentucky comprehensive literacy grant totaling $1,560,000 and an adult-education continuation grant (period and amount recorded in the transcript as "02/1926 through 02/1928" and "about a half a million dollars"); motion passed by voice vote.
- Final SBDM allocations: Approved final school staffing allocations for 2025–26 (motion passed by voice vote).
- Salary schedule and job descriptions: Approved fiscal-year 2026 salary schedule (adds $1,000 across certified schedule and $0.50 hourly for classified); motion passed by voice vote.
- Boston School emergency-day waiver: Authorized district staff to apply for an emergency-day waiver for Boston School for instructional days 04/08/2025 and 04/09/2025 (motion passed by voice vote).
- Construction change orders/time extension: Approved recommended change orders for UP Center and bus maintenance facility, approved reallocation of allowances and a 50-day schedule extension for the bus facility (motion passed by voice vote).
- Youth athletics K–5 policy and stipends: Approved K–5 youth-athletics policy and accompanying stipends (district coordinator stipend $10,000; elementary school participation coordinator $2,500); motion passed by voice vote.
- Calendar adjustments / working-session schedule: Approved calendar adjustments including a May 6 working session and rescheduling to May 20 for a later event; motion passed by voice vote.
- District Finance Corporation: Convened, appointed officers for the Nelson County District Finance Corporation (Tracy Bowling as president; Karen Lee vice president; Amanda Deaton director; Jody Gillian director; David Norman director; Superintendent Wes Bradley as ex officio) and adjourned the DFC meeting; motion passed by voice vote.
Ending: The transcript records voice votes and no roll-call tallies for the motions above. The district will follow up on implementation items and file required paperwork for the Boston waiver and construction change orders.
