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Votes at a glance: board approves consent agenda, appointments, construction manager and several purchases (all motions carried unanimously)

January 10, 2025 | Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, School Boards, Michigan


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Votes at a glance: board approves consent agenda, appointments, construction manager and several purchases (all motions carried unanimously)
The Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Board of Education approved a series of routine and project motions during the meeting; all motions recorded on the transcript carried unanimously 7–0.

Key approvals and formal actions recorded in the meeting included:

- Consent agenda (approval of minutes, personnel recommendations, financial reports, disbursements and other routine items). The board approved the consent agenda as presented. The consent package included disbursements totaling $22,711,648 and a list of personnel actions (new hires, retirements and leaves).

- Administrative appointment: The board approved the appointment of Patricia Karban as principal of Dublin Elementary School. The administration said Karban has more than 25 years of experience and a master’s degree in educational leadership; the appointment was moved and approved unanimously. The administration stated the appointment includes overlap time with the outgoing principal and quoted an effective start of “Monday the 13th.”

- Construction management services for the district’s 2024 bond program: The board approved continuing construction management work with Auk Construction, not to exceed $17,371,170 for the 2024 bond program; the motion passed unanimously.

- Textbook purchase: The board approved purchase of the high‑school anatomy and physiology textbook Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology (Pearson, 2022) and online teacher/student materials from the general fund at a reported amount of $21,700.

- Bid award: The board approved an acoustic insulation installation package for elementary gyms at Keith, Loon Lake and Oakley Park elementary schools and awarded the contract to Stoney Creek Services for $89,640 to be funded from 2019 bond proceeds.

- Special Olympics waiver: The board approved a facility‑use fee waiver for the Walled Lake Special Olympics team for the 2024–25 basketball season, totaling $1,224, to allow continued twice‑weekly practices.

- Head Start policy committee: The board approved the 2024–25 Head Start policy committee code of operations, as required by federal Head Start performance standards; the policy committee had approved the code at its December meeting.

Other routine approvals on the agenda included bid and purchase authorizations and authorization for board members to attend county board association events. Every motion that went to a vote on the record passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition; the meeting transcript records the outcome as unanimous (7–0) for the motions shown.

Each action is documented in the meeting transcript at the points noted below; the board chair called for “Aye” and then announced “Motion carries” with a 7–0 record for the recorded votes.

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