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Votes at a glance: Boone County Board approves consent items, calendar changes, job description update and insurance review
Summary
The Boone County Board of Education approved routine and new-business items including the treasurer’s report, school fees, a revised calendar, a director-of-finance job-description update, an employee annuity match, district intercom/safety upgrades and an insurance consultant review.
The Boone County Board of Education completed a series of votes on consent and new-business items during the meeting. Key outcomes:
• Consent agenda (items A through N): Approved, 5–0. The board accepted the treasurer’s report and routine consent items. Treasurer Katie Noonan reported an adjusted cash balance at the start of March of $96,926,524, total receipts of about $9.7 million and expenditures of about $13.5 million, leaving an ending balance of approximately $93,133,235; notable receipts included about $1.4 million in occupational taxes and a $3.1 million debt‑service payment.
• New business A — District school fees, admission fees and meal prices for 2025–26: Approved, 5–0. The superintendent recommended approval as presented; the board adopted the recommended fees and meal prices.
• New business B — Revised 2024–25 school calendar (add four instructional days): Approved, 5–0. Administration said the revision adds four instructional days to avoid falling below required minutes/days and to protect attendance near the end of the year.
• New business C — Job-description update for director of finance: Approved, 5–0. The update will feed into an organizational‑chart review planned for the May meeting.
• New business D — District annuity match provider and 1% match beginning 07/01/2025: Approved, 5–0. The board selected American Fidelity as provider and approved a 1% employer match on base salary beginning July 1; administrators said outreach and enrollment will follow.
• New business E — Districtwide translation, intercom and school-safety improvements: Approved, 5–0. Administration said the package replaces aging intercoms and adds translation and modern safety features, with an average cost cited at about $350,000 per building.
• New business F — Property and casualty insurance consultant recommendation (deep-dive review): Approved, 4–1. The board authorized a consultant to perform a 9–12 month assessment of property and casualty insurance options. One board member said they would vote no, citing concerns about current coverage levels and exit/waiver conditions; the motion still passed.
Votes were recorded orally at the meeting; the chair confirmed each item passed as stated. Where the transcript did not record a named mover or seconder, the board’s decisions were recorded as adopted by voice vote with the numerical tallies shown above.
Propositions and details approved at the meeting will be posted in summary form on the district website and disseminated to staff and families as appropriate.
