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Votes at a glance: SD U-46 Board approves consent agenda, bills, fees, insurance and select curriculum items
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting the SD U-46 Board approved the consent agenda, a list of bills, school fees for 2025–26, a high-school introduction to instrumental music curriculum and multiple insurance and contract items; roll-call votes were recorded for each motion.
The SD U-46 Board of Education recorded multiple formal actions during its Feb. 24 meeting. The following summarizes motions the board approved, with vote records as provided in the meeting minutes.
- Consent agenda approved (motion carried). Roll call recorded: Miss Kerr—Yes; Miss Martin—Yes; Miss Schwartz—Yes; Miss Thomas—Yes; President Owens—Yes. The consent agenda included personnel actions, minutes, and multiple construction, inspection and testing proposals (including Kimball Middle School and new Elgin Middle School third-party inspections and material testing), vehicle purchases and an occupancy permit for Clinton Elementary mobile classroom.
- List of bills. Administration recommended approval of the bills (presentation listed $25,778,189.48). During the motion the amount was stated as $25,770,189.48. The board approved the bills by roll call: Miss Kerr—Yes; Miss Martin—Yes; Miss Schwartz—Yes; Miss Thomas—Yes; President Owens—Yes. (Transcript contains two different amounts cited by administration and the motion; the difference is noted here for clarity.)
- School fees for 2025–26 approved (motion carried). Roll call: Miss Kerr—Yes; Miss Martin—Yes; Miss Schwartz—Yes; Miss Thomas—Yes; President Owens—Yes. Administration noted that student meals will remain free in 2025–26 and that student-insurance information will be posted to the district website.
- High School introduction to instrumental music curriculum approved. Motion to adopt instrumental-music curriculum and resources with an estimated cost of $17,850 per year starting in 2026–27 passed by roll call: Miss Kerr—Yes; Miss Martin—Yes; Miss Schwartz—Yes; Miss Thomas—Yes; President Owens—Yes.
- Resolutions authorizing individuals to act on behalf of the district’s 403(b) and 457(b) plans approved (motions carried by roll call).
- Builders-risk insurance (Chubb Insurance Company) approved in the amount of $425,761; board authorized district administration to execute related documents (motion carried by roll call).
- Owner’s controlled insurance program (Alliant Insurance Services) approved: Program 1 $2,601,759 and Program 2 $529,580; board authorized district administration to execute related documents (motion carried by roll call).
- Change orders approving deductive adjustments to fire-alarm projects were approved: Creekside Elementary (minus $45,000), Heritage Elementary (minus $30,000) and Horizon Elementary (minus $40,000) — each motion presented and carried.
- Bid-package approvals and construction contracts for Kimball Middle School and new Elgin Middle School were presented and recommended; the board approved related procurement items during the work session by recorded motion in support of administration’s recommendations (detailed contract lists and amounts appear in the meeting proposals and were discussed during the work session).
Nut graf: The items approved ranged from routine consent agenda business to multi-million-dollar insurance programs and construction contracts; roll-call votes were recorded for each motion and are summarized above. Where the transcript shows inconsistent numeric figures (notably the listed bills amount), this summary preserves both cited figures rather than alter them.
Ending: Several curriculum proposals (notably the district high-school math-resource recommendation and the Larkin VPAA strand proposals) were presented for discussion; district staff said some curriculum items will return at future meetings for final board action.
