Votes at a glance: Mahomet-Seymour board action on Feb. 18, 2025

The Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 Board of Education recorded the following formal actions during its Feb. 18 meeting. All items below show the motion outcome as recorded in the public minutes and roll-call votes taken at the meeting.

Approved (consent and routine items) - Motion: Approve the meeting agenda as presented. Outcome: Approved by voice/roll call. - Motion: Approve the consent agenda including minutes (Jan. 21 open/closed; Feb. 3 special meeting open/closed), bills, creditors report, personnel changes, overnight/out-of-state trips, and creation of an archery club activity account at MSHS. Outcome: Approved (roll call).

Donations approved - Motion: Accept donations as presented (details below). Outcome: Approved (roll call). - Mahomet-Seymour Girls Basketball Association: $750 to Lincoln Trail for gym use thank-you - Anonymous donation: $500 to mom’s pantry - Pamela Kurtz and Archer Daniels Midland Company (matching on behalf of the Hibbs family): $1,000 to mom’s pantry - $2,000 to high school mom’s pantry - $2,000 to Lincoln Trail mom’s pantry (total donations this month reported as $6,250)

Facilities, contracts and purchases - Motion: Adopt resolution providing for issuance and sale of $4,800,000 general obligation school bonds, Series 2025, to Webster Bank for health, life and safety projects; levy to be filed. Outcome: Approved (roll call). - Motion: Approve low bid and award contract for Lincoln Trail roof (labor bid reported as $102,110) and authorize use of OMNIA materials procurement for estimated materials cost of $318,626; includes $20,000 contingency. Outcome: Approved (roll call). - Motion: Approve purchase/quote for replacement Chromebooks (district technology refresh). Outcome: Approved (roll call). - Motion: Approve risk management plan (tort fund purchases and related insurance/legal allocation). Outcome: Approved (roll call).

Agreements and personnel - Motion: Approve Illinois cash farm lease agreement with Doug Schroeder (annual cash rent; one abstention recorded). Outcome: Approved (roll call; one abstention by Lamb recorded in minutes). - Motion: Approve memorandum of agreement with Schnucks Markets Inc. (Savoy) for work-based learning placements. Outcome: Approved (roll call). - Motion: Approve addition of girls flag football as a sport at Mahomet-Seymour High School. Outcome: Approved (roll call). - Motion: Approve lease agreement for two portable classrooms at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High (36-month lease). Outcome: Approved (roll call). - Motion: Approve posting/hiring of an additional Compass teacher at Mahomet-Seymour Junior High. Outcome: Approved (roll call).

Other business - First reading: Policy revision (recording of IEP meetings) — presented for first reading; no action taken. Outcome: First reading, return for action at subsequent meeting. - Closed session: Board voted to enter closed session for the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees. Outcome: Approved to enter closed session.

Notes and sources: Motions typically recorded as “so moved” with a second; most roll-call votes were unanimous except for the cash farm lease, which recorded one abstention. The minutes and roll-call sequence in the public transcript provide specific yes/abstain votes for each item.