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Votes at a glance: Bridgewater-Raynham School Committee actions — Jan. 22, 2025
Summary
The committee approved consent items, extended public comment, approved fee increases for base/summer programs, declared IT surplus, authorized a five-year lease for two Bobcats, approved school choice for Grade 9 and approved payroll warrants. All recorded motions passed unanimously.
The Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School Committee recorded and approved several procedural and operational motions on Jan. 22, 2025. Most votes were recorded as unanimous in the public meeting. The actions below are taken directly from the meeting record and are accompanied by brief notes and where available the motion authors or seconder cited in the transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda adopted (motion moved by Miss Davin Pope; seconded by Mister Damarino). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
- Motion to extend and waive the 12-minute public-comment limit to 24 minutes (moved and seconded on the floor; second recorded as Missus King). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
- Three fee adjustments for the district's BASE program (moved by Miss Gayle): 1) increase Bates Summer Camp full-day fee from $35 to $38 per day beginning July 1, 2025; 2) increase BASE vacation full-day fee from $35 to $38 per day beginning July 2025; 3) increase BASE afternoon early-release fee from $27 to $30 per day beginning July 2025. Seconds recorded in the transcript (summer: second by Mister Loach; vacation: second by Miss Delosch; early-release: second recorded). Outcomes: all approved (unanimous).
- IT surplus declaration (surplus list: 32 network switches, 20 iPad second generations, 25 computers, 2 servers, 45 Chromebooks, 80 access points). Motion presented by the business office/IT and adopted (unanimous).
- Authorization for the superintendent to enter into a 60-month lease for two Bobcats (replacement equipment) totaling $120,167.94 (moved by Miss Gayle; seconded by Mister Lowe). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
- Motion to approve payroll warrants dated Dec. 12, Dec. 26 and Jan. 9, 2025. Outcome: approved (unanimous).
- Motion to offer school choice at Grade 9 only (moved by Mister Lubitsch; seconded by Miss Martelli). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
- Motion to accept the superintendent's FY26 preliminary budget as the school committee budget and refer it to the budget subcommittee for further review (mover not named on the record; seconded by Missus Damarino). Outcome: approved (unanimous).
Notes and context
- Several of these items were discussed in the budget subcommittee; fee increases were presented with financial reasoning focused on reducing deficits in the BASE summer program and aligning vacation/early-release rates with summer rates.
- The Bobcat lease was approved as a five-year lease; the superintendent said funds are already budgeted in facilities operations and that local vendor responsiveness influenced the procurement choice.
- The IT surplus declaration will allow the district to recycle and dispose of end-of-life equipment; the vendor Upcycle was mentioned as a no-cost recycling option to the district.
- The recorded votes in the transcript were announced as unanimous; the transcript does not list individual recorded roll-call vote tallies by member name for most motions.
