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Board approves consent agenda and $1.3 million elementary furniture purchase
Summary
The Shawnee Mission Board approved consent items and unanimously approved year‑one elementary furniture purchases totaling up to $1.3 million (plus 5% contingency) to refresh four elementary schools, and recessed into executive session for negotiations.
The Shawnee Mission Public Schools Board of Education approved multiple consent items and a capital furniture purchase during the meeting and voted to recess into executive session to discuss negotiations.
At roughly 6:00 p.m., the board adopted the meeting agenda (motion moved and seconded; vote recorded as 7–0). The board approved minutes for items 1.4–1.9 on a single motion (vote 7–0). A consent package of items 5.1–5.11 was approved by motion (vote 7–0).
Action item 6.1: the board approved the purchase of new furnishings for year one of an elementary furniture refresh project from vendor Freedom Interiors in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000 with a 5% contingency to cover unforeseen circumstances. District staff said funding will come from capital funds and that furniture will be allocated across four schools: Blue Jacket Flint, Prairie, Mill Creek and Overland Park Elementary. The recommendation stated the expenditure aligns with strategic plan strategy 6.2.4. The motion for the furniture purchase passed unanimously, 7–0 (mover: Henry; second: Ausley, per the motion record in the transcript).
Other motions: the board moved and approved recessing into executive session to discuss employer‑employee negotiations, naming participants to attend; the motion carried 7–0. The chair announced the board would reconvene at a stated time but did not return to open session before adjournment.
Board discussion during the furniture item included a question about disposition of replaced furniture; staff stated vendors were asked to remove replaced furniture and that buildings within the district could request excess items. The board recorded no amendments to the furniture motion and no roll‑call vote names were provided beyond the unanimous tallys recorded on the public record.
Votes at a glance
- Adoption of agenda: Motions moved and seconded; outcome: approved, 7–0. - Approval of minutes (items 1.4–1.9): approved, 7–0. - Consent agenda (items 5.1–5.11): approved, 7–0. - Action 6.1 — Elementary furniture purchase from Freedom Interiors: amount not to exceed $1,300,000 plus 5% contingency; funding: capital funds; schools: Blue Jacket Flint, Prairie, Mill Creek, Overland Park Elementary; outcome: approved, 7–0; mover recorded as Henry; second recorded as Ausley. - Motion to recess into executive session for negotiations (item 8.1): approved, 7–0.
The board meeting record shows unanimous support for the presented consent items and the furniture purchase; staff indicated furniture removal and redistribution procedures would follow state statute and vendor agreements.
