Board approves procedural items, bus purchase proposition and capital outlay resolution; all recorded votes unanimous

The Fairport Central School District Board of Education recorded votes on a series of routine and procedural items during its March 18 meeting. The motions listed below were moved, seconded and adopted by recorded voice vote; the transcript records unanimous approval on each listed vote (6–0) unless noted otherwise.

Votes at a glance

1) Approval: Form of notice of annual meeting, budget vote and election (motion to approve the form of the notice and authorize the district clerk to publish). Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0).

2) Proposition to be submitted to voters on May 20, 2025: authorizing use of bus‑purchase reserve and district funds to acquire buses (ballot language prepared; motion to submit proposition to voters). Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0). The board clarified the item covered the purchase of a diesel large bus and that the proposition language would appear on the May ballot.

3) Resolution: Proposed capital outlay project at Northside Elementary School (pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act). Outcome: Adopted (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0).

4) Governance: Adoption of the Audit & Finance Committee charter as attached. Outcome: Adopted (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0).

5) Authorization: Board approved a resolution authorizing RIC‑1 Operation Center to negotiate data‑privacy agreements with vendors and contractors on the district’s behalf. Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0).

6) Program approvals: Field trips, policy second readings, donations and grant acceptances, and multiple personnel actions (instructional, non‑instructional and athletic staff actions) were approved as part of the consent calendar. Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0 for each item listed on the consent calendar).

7) Policy retirement: The board approved retiring policy 8131 after staff recommended folding Title IX coverage into the district’s equal‑opportunity policy. Outcome: Approved (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0).

8) Executive session: The board voted to enter executive session to discuss negotiations with a bargaining unit; the superintendent and business staff were invited to remain. Outcome: Motion carried (voice vote recorded as "Aye," 6–0); board reconvened briefly to adjourn.

Votes and tallies

The meeting transcript records voice votes as "Aye" with a 6–0 tally for the motions listed above. The audio/transcript does not show detailed named roll‑call votes; it records the board as adopting each motion unanimously. Specific movers or seconders were not consistently named on the record; where speaker text explicitly identified a mover or seconder, the board minutes will carry the formal attribution. The board clerk was authorized to publish legally required notices and ballot language for the May 20 vote.

Provenance (key transcript locations): the notice-of‑vote motion appears near the end of the regular business agenda at approximately 7880–7909 seconds in the transcript; the bus proposition motion and vote are recorded immediately afterward; the capital outlay resolution is recorded at ~7950 seconds; consent calendar items and the executive session motion occur in the final portion of the recorded business agenda preceding the board’s recess for executive session.

The board did not take votes on the draft 2025‑26 budget itself at this meeting; the budget presentation was a first draft and the board scheduled additional workshops and a public hearing before the May 20 vote.