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Votes at a glance: executive session, budget calendar, warrants, transfers and field projects approved
Summary
The committee approved a set of procedural and fiscal motions at the meeting, including entering executive session for contract negotiations and approving the FY26 budget calendar, warrants, transfers and a memorandum of understanding for new athletic fields.
The committee recorded several formal actions at the meeting; most votes were taken by voice and were reported as approved. This roundup lists the motions and outcomes as stated on the record.
Executive session - Motion: "to go into executive session under chapter 39 to discuss contract negotiations, and we will be returning." (voice vote). Outcome: approved. - Authority cited: chapter 39 (meeting referenced as legal basis for executive session).
Budget calendar - Motion: approve the fiscal year 2026 budget calendar. Outcome: approved by voice vote.
Warrants and grants (general fund, grants and revolving) - The committee read and approved multiple general fund warrants and grant/revolving warrants. Among figures read into the record were general fund warrants including amounts and several large totals; the meeting record includes two large warrant figures read aloud: $29,838,977.92 and $32,874,826.48 (general fund) and a grants/revolving warrant of $3,379,033.98. Outcome: warrants approved by voice vote.
Transfers and payroll adjustments - Table 1: transfer request moving $1,100,000 from salaries to expenses (general fund). Motion approved. - Table 2: salary transfer of $32,000 within salary budget to cover a secretarial position that moved from half‑time to full‑time. Motion approved. - Table 2a: transfer of $57,000 from classroom teacher line to medical/health services to cover nurse hires above budget. Motion approved.
Other actions - Motion: accept a donation from Home Depot of 400 birdhouse kits. Outcome: accepted. - Motion: approve two student field trips (dates noted March 15–16); destinations read on the record included Stratton, Vt., and Orlando (details in the record). Outcome: approved. - Motion: declare certain equipment and old books surplus (list read into record). Outcome: approved. - Motion: approve a memorandum of understanding for the new fields behind the high school (neighbors’ concerns and use limitations were discussed). Outcome: approved; the superintendent and mayor authorized to sign the agreement.
Votes were generally recorded as voice votes; some individual procedural votes included an abstention (one committee member abstained when the minutes of Jan. 6 were approved). Where specific mover/second names were not recorded in the public portion of the transcript, the record describes votes as passed by voice without a roll‑call tally.
