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Board approves consent agenda, calendar, donations and capital contracts
Summary
The Depew Board of Education approved the consent agenda, accepted a donation, approved an instructional calendar, waived facility fees for a youth baseball group, authorized an intermunicipal BOCES arrangement, and awarded multiple capital contracts; all motions carried by voice vote.
The Board of Education approved multiple routine and contract items during its meeting, adopting the consent agenda and approving several specific recommendations from the interim superintendent. All motions were carried by voice vote as presented.
Key actions recorded on the meeting record:
- Approval of the agenda as presented (motion carried by voice vote). - Approval of the consent agenda as presented (motion carried by voice vote). The consent agenda included routine personnel and operational items; the board specifically noted three upcoming teacher retirements with years of service of 31, 29 and 19 years. - Approval of the 2025–26 instructional calendar for the Depew Union Free School District (motion carried by voice vote). - Acceptance of a donation of approximately $3,000 from the Cayuga Heights PTO to purchase a wireless body-pack microphone system for Cayuga Heights musicals (motion carried by voice vote). - Approval to recognize Inferno Baseball’s nonprofit status and to waive associated facility-use fees for designated district facilities (motion carried by voice vote). - Authorization to enter an Article 5 intermunicipal arrangement among four BOCES to improve vendor management and data security/privacy practices (motion carried by voice vote). - Award of capital project contracts and authorization for architects to issue notices to proceed: the board authorized Young and Bright (or Young and Wright—transcript contains two similar architecture firm names) to prepare contract documents and issue a notice to proceed with selected contractors presented during the meeting, and approved awarding a contract to DV Brown as presented (motions carried by voice vote). Specific contract amounts and contractor bid details were not specified in the public motion language on the record. - Appointment of Jeff Bridal as pro tempore clerk so the district clerk could be excused for the executive-session portion of the meeting (motion carried by voice vote).
Each motion was seconded and approved by a voice vote of the board. The transcript records these outcomes as “Aye” with motions carried; the meeting did not record a roll-call tally with member-by-member votes in the public portion of the transcript.
