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Board approves purchasing agenda and budget amendment 1 for general, special revenue and debt-retirement funds
Summary
The Grand Rapids Public Schools Board voted to approve the purchasing agenda, adopt Budget Amendment 1 for the general fund, special revenue fund and debt retirement fund, and approved the consent agenda; motions were adopted by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tallies in the transcript.
At the March 3 meeting the Grand Rapids Public Schools Board of Education approved several action items including the purchasing agenda, Budget Amendment 1 across multiple funds, and the consent agenda.
Board President Davis asked for a motion to approve the purchasing agenda; a motion and a second were made and the board adopted the purchasing agenda by voice vote. The transcript records the chair saying, “All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, purchasing agenda moves forward.”
The board then considered adoption of Budget Amendment 1 for the general fund, the special revenue fund and the debt retirement fund. Each motion was moved and seconded and adopted by voice vote; the meeting record contains the chair saying, for example, “All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, adoption of budget amendment 1 general fund moves forward.” No individual vote tallies or roll-call results were recorded in the public transcript.
The board also approved a first reading related to committee presentations ("By law 11 80, committees presentation of first reading") and later approved the consent agenda; those items were adopted by voice vote according to the transcript. The minutes do not record individual trustees’ “aye” or “no” votes in the spoken record provided.
What passed at the meeting (as recorded)
- Purchasing agenda — approved by voice vote - Adoption of Budget Amendment 1 — general fund — approved by voice vote - Adoption of Budget Amendment 1 — special revenue fund — approved by voice vote - Adoption of Budget Amendment 1 — debt retirement fund — approved by voice vote - Consent agenda — approved by voice vote
The transcript does not include the dollar amounts amended in each budget amendment during the public discussion; the board’s finance committee report referenced general fund balances, special revenue balances and debt-retirement items that informed the motions. The district indicated the finance committee would address details under action items and that Ms. Cribbs had provided a purchasing breakdown to trustees prior to the vote.
