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Board approves agenda, minutes, financial reports, personnel items and audit; multiple routine actions pass
Summary
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Central York School Board approved the agenda and minutes, accepted the treasurer’s report, approved multiple personnel and program items, accepted the 2023–24 audit and approved an MOU on life insurance and tax collector compensation rates; motions passed by voice vote with no opposition recorded.
The Central York School District Board of School Directors voted on routine business and personnel items at its Jan. 27 action meeting. All motioned items on the agenda were approved with no recorded opposition in the meeting’s voice votes.
Key outcomes (votes recorded by motion and voice vote at the meeting):
- Approval of the Jan. 27, 2025 meeting agenda (motion moved and seconded; voice vote — motion passed).
- Acceptance of minutes for the reorganization meeting (Dec. 3, 2024), the planning meeting (Dec. 3, 2024), the board policy committee meeting (Dec. 16, 2024) and the regular meeting (Dec. 16, 2024) (motions moved and seconded; voice votes — motions passed).
- Approval of the treasurer’s report and financial reports for December 2024 (motion moved and seconded; voice vote — motion passed). At the meeting, a presenter identified as Director McMillan reported beginning general-fund cash of $55,978,278, revenues/expenditures noted at $10,645,397 for the period, and an ending December cash balance of $50,768,860. The treasurer also referenced a December general-fund payment of $271,480 for cyber and noted utilities and inflation pressures.
- Approval of field-trip requests (including a high-school math competition request to Millersville dated for Feb. 26, 2025) and district field-trip slate (motions moved and seconded; voice votes — motions passed). The math-competition trip will return to the Feb. 24 agenda for action (presented as informational tonight).
- Approval of the 2025–2026 high school course-selection guide and approval of a named foreign-exchange student for 2025–26 (motions moved and seconded; voice votes — motions passed).
- Approval of nonathletic and athletic co-curricular appointments (motions moved and seconded; voice votes — motions passed).
- Approval of conferences and workshops for January 2025; retirements (notably Lori Wiltshire and Jim Martini), personnel transfers and leaves of absence (motions moved and seconded; voice votes — motions passed). Board members offered public thanks to retiring staff members.
- Acceptance of the 2023–24 audit report prepared by Koch, Kochenour, Ernest, Smizer & Berg Company (motion moved and seconded; voice vote — motion passed).
- Approval of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the district and the Central York Education Association regarding life insurance coverage levels as presented (motion moved and seconded; voice vote — motion passed).
- Approval of tax-collector compensation rates for Manchester Township, Springettsbury Township and North York Borough for the 2026–29 term as presented (motion moved and seconded; voice vote — motion passed).
- Approval of facility rental requests as presented (motion moved and seconded; voice vote — motion passed).
All motions presented at the meeting were moved, seconded and approved by voice vote with no recorded opposition. The meeting transcript records the board president calling for “All those in favor? Any opposed? Motion passes” on each item that moved forward.
Several informational reports also accompanied the agenda items, including a presentation from the York County School of Technology and committee reports (policy, finance, curriculum). The board received public recognition from students (school-board recognition month) and heard student reports and athletics updates.
Votes at a glance (short list)
- Agenda (approved) - Minutes (Dec. 3 and Dec. 16, 2024) (approved) - Treasurer’s report (Dec. 2024) (approved) - Field trips (including Millersville math competition, returned for Feb. 24 action) (approved) - High school course-selection guide (approved) - Foreign-exchange student (approved) - Co-curricular appointments (approved) - Conferences and workshops (approved) - Retirements/transfers/leaves (approved) - 2023–24 audit (accepted) - MOU — life insurance (approved) - Tax collector compensation rates (approved) - Facility rentals (approved)
The meeting record does not show roll-call vote counts by member for any item; when board members were asked for objections, none were voiced and the chair declared each motion passed.
