The Board of Education voted on a series of financial and administrative items on Sept. 30. Highlights: the district’s independent external audit received a clean (unmodified) opinion and the board voted to accept the audit; the board approved a set of routine consent and administrative items including extra classroom activity fund reports, federal IDEA flow-through agreements, corrected tax bills, a bid award for an environmentally friendly ice melt, an internship agreement with Binghamton University, a $500 memorial scholarship, donations, and co‑curricular club formations.

Votes and key details reported at the meeting (all motions passed by roll call unless noted):

- Accept independent audit report — Motion: Peter (mover); Second: Kim. Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0. Auditor: Jill Tice, Weston Company. Audit highlights: unmodified/clean opinion; total assets just under $184,000,000; capital assets net of depreciation about $135,000,000; liabilities just over $307,000,000 with OPEB liability about $217,000,000; general fund revenue about $128,000,000 and expenditures about $122,000,000; federal grant spending just over $4,000,000; extra-classroom funds balance about $313,000.

- Approve extra classroom activity funds reports (quarterly and annual) — Motion: Meredith (mover); Second: Tara (as recorded). Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Approve federal IDEA flow-through funds agreements — Motion: Katie (mover); Second: Nina. Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Approve corrected tax rolls for clerical errors — Motion: Peter (mover); Second: Kim. Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Award bid for environmentally friendly ice melt to Site 1 Landscape — Motion: Kim (mover); Second: Rebecca. Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Approve internship agreement with Binghamton University (multi-year, reviewed by counsel) — Motion: Mary/clerical record (mover unclear in transcript); Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Approve Christine Rose Cochran memorial scholarship ($500 annually to a girls soccer senior) — Motion recorded; Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Accept donations (refrigerator to FMS science; volleyball uniforms; calculators and other items) — Motion recorded; Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Approve co‑curricular clubs (Guilderland High School French Club; Farnsworth Middle School French Club; Farnsworth Middle School Zelda clan) — Motion recorded; Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

- Approve motion to hold a special board meeting to set board goals — Motion: Meredith (mover); Second: Tara. Outcome: approved. Tally: Yes 8, No 0, Abstain 0.

Several items were presented by the superintendent and business office with no substantive controversy at the meeting. The board discussed placing tennis-court reconstruction on a future capital project list but did not vote on capital funding for courts.

Full minutes and the audit report were noted to be posted on the district’s website and published in local notice as required.