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Votes at a glance: Northville board adopts agenda, approves consent items, hires social worker, awards phone contract; moves to closed session
Summary
The Northville Public Schools Board adopted the agenda and approved several consent and contract motions at its Aug. 11 meeting; administrators also presented hiring and procurement actions and the board convened a closed session on negotiations.
The Northville Public Schools Board took several routine and formal actions during its Aug. 11 meeting. All motions listed below carried as recorded at the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Agenda adoption (Motion 9): The board adopted the meeting agenda as presented. Motion moved by Dr. Campbell Voigtel and supported by Ms. Meyer; outcome approved by voice vote.
- Consent agenda (Motion 10): The board accepted the consent agenda, which included minutes of the July 15, 2025 meeting; middle school science materials totaling $33,474.56; a Committee of the Whole start‑time update; multiple overnight and out‑of‑state field trip requests for fall 2025 through spring 2026 (girls golf, varsity hockey, Northville Rowing national championship trips, AP Environmental Science trip, boys volleyball tournament, Northfield Singers festival); and bill warrants totaling $4,696,678.41. Motion presented by Dr. Campbell Voigtel and supported by Ms. Stewart; outcome approved by voice vote.
- Probationary ancillary contract: Mara Kelly (social worker/elementary behavior specialist) (Motion 11). The board approved awarding a probationary NEA ancillary contract to Mara Kelly for the 2025‑26 school year as presented. Motion brought by Ms. Meyer and supported by Dr. Kimbo Votel (as recorded); outcome approved by voice vote. Administrators said Kelly holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from Wayne State University and most recently served as a school social worker.
- Districtwide VoIP phone system contract (Motion 12): The board authorized administration to award a contract to IniComp TSG not to exceed $749,444.47 for a districtwide VoIP phone system, with a seven‑year warranty and back‑end software upgrades. Administrators said the project is funded from the 2023 bond funds. Motion moved by Ms. Stewart and supported by Ms. Meyer; outcome approved by voice vote.
- Closed session (Motion 13): The board voted to convene a closed session under the Open Meetings Act (Public Act 267) Section 8(c) for negotiations. Board members recorded “yes” in a roll‑call vote and the board recessed into closed session; no substantive public action followed the closed session during the meeting record.
The meeting record shows motions carried by the usual voice votes when tallies were not read aloud; the closed session roll call recorded affirmative votes from present members prior to recess.
