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Board approves consent agenda including transportation, contracts and leases; one abstention
Summary
The Forest Hills Board approved the meeting consent agenda covering HR appointments, transportation resolutions, contracts and renewals and a lease with 7 Hills Church; the motion passed with four yes votes and one abstention.
The Forest Hills Local School District Board voted to approve its consent agenda on Aug. 17, encompassing items 8.1 through 11.1, which included personnel appointments, transportation resolutions, contract renewals and a lease extension with 7 Hills Church.
A motion to approve the consent agenda was moved and seconded during the meeting; the roll call vote was: Mr. Bell — Yes; Dr. Simmons — Yes; Mrs. Jonas — Yes; Dr. Strickler — Abstain (declared to avoid an appearance of conflict because a supplemental contract included a named individual); Mr. Webb — Yes. The board chair recorded the motion as approved.
Items listed in the consent agenda and discussed earlier in the meeting included: the HR report with certified, classified and supplemental appointments; transportation authorizations (including a resolution declaring transportation to certain nonpublic schools impractical and delegation to the superintendent or designee to alter stops); a two‑year agreement with the YMCA for before/after school programming; a lease agreement increase for 7 Hills Church (rent raised to $4,000, described as a roughly 25% increase); renewals of annual service contracts for student placements and related services; and approval of event and facility contracts such as an agreement with ASM Global for graduation ceremonies.
Board members flagged one abstention. Dr. Strickler said he missed that a named individual, Toby Biederman, appeared in the supplemental contracts and abstained to avoid a conflict. The motion passed with four affirmative votes and one abstention; no votes against were recorded.
The approved consent agenda gives administrators delegated authority to make routine operational adjustments enumerated in the items (for example, transportation routing and stop changes under the superintendent or designee), and routine contract renewals will proceed per the terms presented in the agenda exhibits.
