The New Haven School District Finance & Operations Committee voted Jan. 8 to send a package of items to the full Board of Education with a recommendation to approve them.

The motion covered one information abstract, two memoranda of understanding (MOUs), three vendor agreements, one contract amendment, two construction change orders and ten purchase orders. Committee Chair Mister Wilcox moved approval and the motion was seconded; Doctor Yarbrough and President Rivera voted in favor. The motion carried.

Votes at a glance
- Abstract: Title IV-A Student Support and Academic Enrichment grant (information item) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- MOUs: New Haven Counts (tutoring/data-sharing) and MobileServe LLC (community service tracking) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve; committee asked that legal counsel confirm data privacy/FERPA details for New Haven Counts before final execution.
- Agreements: Custom Insight (climate surveys), Lifeline Cares (on-call nursing for field trips), United Illuminating (LED retrofit reimbursement at three schools) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- Amendment: Increase to legal services contract with Shipman & Goodwin by $150,000 — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- Change orders: Tyson Prepared Foods (additional food costs) and JTM (food-service related work) — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.
- Purchase orders and time extensions: Ten items ranging from flooring and playground work to mechanical and security projects — forwarded to full board with recommendation to approve.

Committee members said the package represents routine operational business scheduled for the full board. Several members asked for follow-up items to be available before the full board meeting: copies of an MOU attachment misfiled in one agenda packet, energy-usage tracking for the LED retrofit agreement, and documentation clarifying Lifeline Cares selection and scope.

The committee’s affirmative recommendation does not itself approve contracts; it forwards the items for consideration and final vote by the full Board of Education at its next meeting.

The committee recording shows the motion being made and the subsequent roll call vote; the full board will now consider the recommended approvals at its next scheduled session.