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Votes at a glance: South Colonie Board approves minutes, contracts, personnel actions and memoranda of agreement
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the South Colonie Central School District Board of Education approved the Feb. 4 minutes, policy committee recommendations, several personnel actions, health and welfare contracts, a Teamsters memorandum of agreement and a BOCES ROC resolution; each recorded vote was unanimous where recorded.
The South Colonie Central School District Board of Education recorded a series of routine approvals at its Feb. 25 meeting. Items on the consent and action agendas were approved as follows:
- Approval of minutes: The minutes of the regular meeting of Feb. 4, 2025 were approved (motion by Thomas Blakely; seconded by Mr. Mesic). Vote recorded as 9–0 in favor.
- Policy committee recommendations: The board unanimously approved policy revisions presented by the Policy Committee (motion by Christopher Larrabee, committee chair; vote recorded as 9–0).
- Health and welfare contracts: Contracts to provide nursing and health services to private and neighboring‑district schools were approved (motion by Rose Giglielo; seconded by Michael Keane). Vote recorded as 9–0.
- Instruction personnel changes: The board approved instruction personnel changes listed on the attached sheets dated Feb. 25, 2025 (motion by Thomas Blakely; seconded by Mr. Meeseeks). Vote recorded as unanimous where recorded in the minutes.
- Support personnel changes: Support personnel changes listed on the attached sheets dated Feb. 25, 2025 were approved (motion by Brian Casey; seconded by Jennifer Houlihan). Vote recorded as 9–0.
- Teamsters Local 294 memorandum of agreement: The board approved the four‑year memorandum of agreement negotiated with Teamsters Local 294; staff reported the agreement was approved by union representatives and recommended for board approval. Vote recorded as 9–0.
- ROC/BOCES data‑privacy resolution: A resolution authorizing the district to participate in a BOCES‑wide vendor agreement process related to Education Law 2‑d (student data privacy) was approved (motion by Jennifer Houlihan; seconded by Rose Giglielo). Vote recorded as 9–0.
- Adjournment and routine procedural motions: The meeting adjournment motion carried (vote recorded as 9–0).
Notes: The district’s minutes show multiple unanimous motions recorded as “motion carries 9–0.” One roll‑call hand vote during the meeting appears irregular in the transcript, but the board’s formal minutes and subsequent routine approvals indicate the listed personnel and contract motions were adopted and will be reflected in board records. Where motions cited attached sheets, the minutes reference the documents dated 02/25/2025.
