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Votes at a glance: Pelham board procedural motions, treasurer’s report, Westchester-Putnam ballot slate, transportation appeal and donations approved
Summary
The Pelham board approved a series of routine motions and items at its May 7 meeting, including procedural motions to convene the budget hearing, acceptance of the treasurer’s report, approval of the Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association ballot slate, denial of one transportation appeal and acceptance of several donations.
The Pelham Union Free School District Board of Education took several formal votes during its May 7, 2025 meeting. The actions below are drawn from the meeting record.
- Motion to recess the business meeting and convene the budget hearing: moved, seconded and approved.
- Motion to adjourn the budget hearing and reconvene the business meeting: moved, seconded and approved.
- Motion to accept the treasurer’s report for the period ending March 31, 2025: moved, seconded and approved.
- Motion to approve the Westchester-Putnam School Boards Association annual meeting ballots (budget and board slate): moved and approved; the meeting record shows one abstention on the board vote.
- Motion to approve the consent agenda items covering routine personnel and administrative recommendations (items 6.6–6.12): moved, seconded and approved.
- Motion to deny transportation appeal 20242025‑01 (appeal received May 1, 2025): moved, seconded and approved; record shows an abstention on that item.
- Motion to accept donations: the board approved multiple donations including $1,000 toward the Dr. Aravinda Guha scholarship fund, $759.20 from Friends of Pelham Sports to cover fan-bus expenses for a girls basketball event, and $4,000 from Regeneron related to student recognitions in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. The motions were moved, seconded and approved.
The board called for and recorded votes procedurally at several points; in many cases the meeting transcript records only “so moved,” “second,” and board members saying “aye.” Where the transcript shows an abstention, the article notes it as recorded but does not attribute the abstention to a named individual when the record did not clearly identify the voter by name.
