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Votes at a glance: Agawam School Committee approves minutes, warrants, MSBA statement of interest and roof repair resolution
Summary
The School Committee approved meeting minutes, a series of warrants, suspended rules to act on an MSBA statement of interest for roof repairs, authorized filing the statement of interest, and approved a roof-repair resolution; all recorded roll-call votes were unanimous (7–0).
At its March 3 meeting, the Agawam School Committee recorded several routine approvals and two timely actions related to capital needs. All recorded roll-call votes in the meeting were unanimous.
Minutes and warrants - The committee approved the regular meeting minutes for Feb. 11, 2025. Motion: "Is there a motion to approve?" Moved by Mrs. Reed; seconded by Mr. Christopher. Roll call: Mrs. Reed — yes; Miss McDougall — yes; Mrs. Rua — yes; Mr. Christopher — yes; Mrs. DeMario — yes; Mr. Perry — yes; Mayor Johnson — yes. Outcome: approved (7–0). - The committee approved a slate of payroll and vendor warrants (listed on the meeting agenda). Moved by Mrs. Rua; seconded by Mr. Perry. Roll call: Mrs. Reed — yes; Miss McDougall — yes; Mrs. Rua — yes; Mr. Christopher — yes; Mrs. DeMario — yes; Mr. Perry — yes; Mayor Johnson — yes. Outcome: approved (7–0). The warrant list read into the record included S.W. 25-8125-305 ($96,215.51), 25-813? (amounts read aloud) and a sequence of warrants through S.W. 25-322 ($71,741.69) as read by the chair; the full warrant table was included in the meeting record.
MassSchool Building Authority (MSBA) accelerated repair Statement of Interest - The committee voted to suspend the rules to act on SCR 25-05 (authorization to prepare a Statement of Interest for the MassSchool Building Authority accelerated repair program). Motion to suspend rules: moved by Mrs. Reed; seconded by Miss McDougall. Roll call: unanimous (7–0). - The committee then voted to approve SCR 25-05, authorizing district staff to prepare and file a Statement of Interest seeking MSBA assistance for roof repairs at elementary schools. Motion: moved by Mrs. Rua; seconded by Mr. Perry. Roll call: Mrs. Reed — yes; Miss McDougall — yes; Mrs. Rua — yes; Mr. Christopher — yes; Mrs. DeMario — yes; Mr. Perry — yes; Mayor Johnson — yes. Outcome: approved (7–0). The presenters said the district hopes to seek MSBA support to replace flat and membrane roof sections dating to 1997 at Clark, Granger, Phelps and Cappelli schools.
Other procedural votes - The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn moved by Miss McDougall and seconded by Mr. Perry. Roll call: unanimous (7–0). Outcome: meeting adjourned.
The meeting transcript contains the roll-call tallies above; amounts for the full warrant list were read into the record and are recorded in the meeting minutes.
