Gates Chili board unanimously approves settlement with Agree Stores LLC and three MOAs with teachers' association

The Gates Chili Central School District Board of Education voted unanimously to approve a settlement resolution with Agree Stores LLC and three memoranda of agreement (MOAs) with the Gates Chili Teachers Association during its meeting.

Board President Coffey called for motions on multiple consent and action items. The board approved the consensus agenda and subsequent consent items C through G; the record shows unanimous votes on both motions. The meeting minutes show the motion to approve the consensus agenda was called with Miss Littlewood and Miss Serbanowski identified during the motion, and the vote was recorded as unanimous.

On action items the board approved a resolution authorizing settlement with Agree Stores LLC. The board then approved an MOA between Gates Chili Central School District and the Gates Chili Teachers Association concerning teaching assistants hired prior to October 2024, followed by an MOA addressing teaching-assistant reimbursement for coursework. Each motion was called, moved and seconded in turn and each vote was recorded as unanimous.

The meeting transcript does not state financial terms for the settlement or the MOAs. The motions and outcomes listed in the meeting record were: approval of the consensus agenda (vote: unanimous); approval of consensus items C through G (vote: unanimous); approval of the resolution to authorize the settlement with Agree Stores LLC (vote: unanimous); approval of the MOA regarding teaching assistants hired prior to October 2024 (vote: unanimous); and approval of the MOA regarding teaching-assistant reimbursement for courses (vote: unanimous.

No public questions or extended debate were recorded on these items in the transcript excerpt; board members gave no recorded dissent. The transcript records routine adjournment thereafter with a unanimous vote to end the meeting.