Board approves policies, MOAs, transportation contracts and scoreboard in unanimous votes

The Gates Chili Central School District Board of Education voted unanimously during the meeting to approve several action items, including two district policies, memoranda of agreement with employee groups, transportation contracts and a scoreboard procurement.

Policy approvals: The board voted to waive the second reading and then to approve Policy 1210 and Policy 3311 (first reading waived and then adopted by unanimous vote). The agenda language identified these as routine policy updates from the district’s policy service.

Contracts and memoranda of agreement: The board approved a contract (Bid #208) for scoreboards to TAFS Sports; the motion carried unanimously. The board also approved a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the district and the Gates Chili Transportation Union covering bus drivers (effective July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2027) and an MOA with the Gates Chili Teachers Association on a teacher-leader structure for the 2025-26 school year. Both MOAs passed by unanimous vote.

Transportation procurement: The board approved transportation contracts for the regular school year with Monroe 1 BOCES for two contract years referenced in the agenda (the transcript lists the contracts as Monroe 1 BOCES 2023-24 and Monroe 1 BOCES 2024-25); both motions passed unanimously.

Consensus and procedural votes: The board approved consensus agenda items (items C through I) and other consent motions earlier in the meeting; those motions were recorded as unanimous.

How the board voted: The meeting transcript records each action as unanimous. Where a specific mover and seconder were announced on the record, they are noted below; the transcript did not list a recorded roll-call for each individual member, and individual votes beyond the unanimous tally were not read aloud.

Details of recorded motions and outcomes are listed below.