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Votes at a glance: Vestavia Hills board approves financials, officer nominations, contracts and job-description changes
Summary
The board approved several routine and administrative items including April financial statements, consent items, officer nominations, a renovation contract, job-descriptions changes, textbooks and personnel actions. The board also voted to forego compensation for 2025–26 and approved an emergency declaration for Elementary West after flooding.
At its regular meeting, the Vestavia Hills Board of Education approved a slate of routine and administrative measures. Actions taken on the record included approvals of minutes, financial statements, personnel items, books and contracts.
Key votes recorded in the meeting:
- Approval of minutes from the April 28, 2025 meeting — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote.
- Approval of April 30, 2025 financial statements and check register — superintendent recommended approval; motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote.
- Approval of consent items including disposal of property and in-state and out-of-state overnight field trips — approved by voice vote.
- Nomination and election of board officers for the 2025–26 school year: Jay Stewart elected board president; Jonathan Handy elected vice president. Motions were moved and seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Approval of the 2025–26 board meeting calendar — approved by voice vote.
- Vote to forego board compensation for the 2025–26 school year (the board noted state law permits compensation) — motion moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
- Approval of changes to multiple director-level job descriptions (supervision language changed to "superintendent or designee") — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote.
- Approval of job descriptions for student assistance counselor and lead student assistance counselor to increase mental-health support capacity — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote.
- Approval of contract award to CT General Contractors LLC for renovation work at Vestavia Hills Elementary (contract amount stated as $699,621) — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote. Board members noted the contract had been acted on previously in April as a letter of intent; this action formalized the contract.
- Approval of AP Latin and (transcript phrasing: "American Latin and Sound Language") textbooks — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote. (Transcript wording of the textbook item was unclear; the board approved the textbooks as presented.)
- Approval of an emergency declaration for Vestavia Hills Elementary West following flooding — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote. The superintendent said crews had removed water and begun drying; an estimate of repair costs was not available at the meeting.
- Approval of personnel actions as submitted — motion moved and seconded; approved by voice vote.
Where individual mover/second names or roll-call tallies were not recorded in the transcript, votes were taken by voice and recorded as "Aye."
