Mount Vernon board adopts amended 2025 bus-replacement plan after public hearing

Mount Vernon Community School Corporation held a public hearing and adopted an amended 2025 bus-replacement plan, approving purchases that the administration said include a Thomas bus and two Chevy Express units. The board voted 5-0 to approve the resolution.

The hearing and vote matter because Indiana law requires school corporations to post plans and submit adopted changes to the Department of Local Government Finance before adding or removing buses from their fleet. The corporation’s presentation said the resolution will be forwarded to state officials once the board signs it.

Greg Elkins, identified at the meeting as the corporation’s chief financial officer, told the board that notice of the public hearing was posted “as legally required on 03/10/2025, at 11:32 a.m.” He summarized the purchases the corporation plans to record in its rolling five‑year inventory: “the corporation will be making a purchase for a 1 20 20 Thomas bus, sale price of $55,000; a 2013 and 2014 Chevy Express buses, total sale price of $17,000 — all from Curlin bus supplier,” and said the inventory will be submitted to the state per the cited statute.

After the presentation there were no public comments. A board member moved to approve the amended plan “as presented,” the motion received a second, and the board recorded the vote as unanimous. The CFO noted the corporation is required to keep a rolling five‑year bus inventory and to file the adopting resolution with the Department of Local Government Finance under the Indiana code provisions cited during the presentation.

Next steps: the signed board resolution will be submitted to the Department of Local Government Finance as required by the statutes referenced during the hearing; the administration will complete the inventory submission and proceed with the outlined purchases.