Votes at a glance: Orange City School District board approves routine contracts, personnel and OCR items

The Orange City School District Board of Education approved multiple consent and personnel items during its April 9 regular meeting.

Key outcomes recorded in the public minutes: - Yearbook printing contract (membership contract item a): approved by roll call (Missus Arnold, Missus Fish, Mr. Bilski, Dr. Boyle, Mr. Lycan — all yes). - Financial consent resolutions a–d (treasurer’s items): approved by roll call. - Operations business services consent resolution a (disposals): approved by roll call. - General personnel (April personnel actions): approved by roll call. - OCR (Orange Community Education and Recreation) consent resolutions a–c (personnel, donations, fiscal summary): approved by roll call. - Superintendent contract addendum: approved by roll call.

Several membership and vendor contracts were presented for review and are scheduled for formal approval at a special meeting or the district retreat later in April. Those items presented for review (vote scheduled later) included: prom venue contract (Windows on the River), an information-security penetration testing contract for the technology department ($24,100), a Kubota equipment purchase ($30,517) for grounds/maintenance, an ABA behavioral services contract ($25,500) for a special-needs student, a robotics competition trip proposal (estimated $500 per student), a Cuyahoga Valley National Park sixth-grade fall camp contract ($30,780) and a design contract for the Pepper Pike Learning Center ($80,122; presenters estimated roughly a $1.0M total project).

Votes recorded in the minutes were unanimous yes among board members present. When a mover or seconder was not verbally recorded in the minutes, the public roll-call votes were entered by the district clerk.