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Votes at a glance: USD 383 board adopts consent agenda and approves vehicle and paper bids
Summary
At its Feb. 19 meeting the Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 board approved the consent agenda and acted on three procurement motions: a Cisco equipment purchase, a vehicle replacement and a paper-supplies contract. The board also approved placing an executive session on the agenda and later convened into executive session for negotiations.
The Manhattan-Ogden USD 383 Board of Education took several formal actions during its Feb. 19 meeting.
Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, which included minutes from the Feb. 19 meeting packet, January financial reports, personnel actions (including the announced resignation of Anita Van Neville, speech-language pathologist, effective end of 2024-25), and acceptance of donations and grants totaling $18,552.29. The motion to approve the consent agenda was made by Carla and seconded by Jamie; the board voted 7-0 to adopt the consent agenda.
Cisco equipment (agenda item 9.1): The board voted 7-0 to give final approval for the purchase of Cisco equipment from K12 ITC Menlo of Kansas City, Missouri. The motion was moved by Katie and seconded by Greg; the amount listed in the agenda packet and read into the record was $100,099,779.
Vehicle replacement (agenda item 9.2): The board approved purchase of a 2024 Ford Expedition from Galvin Ford of Clay Center for $58,670. The motion was moved by Kurt and seconded by Jamie. After questions from board members about timing and cost, the vote passed 6-1 (one board member recorded a no vote).
Paper supplies (agenda item 9.3): The board approved the low bid for paper supplies from C.P.G. (Cayuga Falls, Ohio) for $26,400. The motion was moved by Jamie and seconded by Carla; the vote passed 7-0.
Executive sessions: Earlier in the meeting the board voted to add an executive session for student matters to the end of the meeting; that agenda change was moved by Katie, seconded by Carla, and approved 7-0. At the end of the public meeting the board moved into executive session to discuss employer-employee negotiations under the Kansas Open Meetings Act; the motion included a named return time and noted that Eric Reed and Nathan Downs would join the board; a second was recorded during the meeting and the board recessed into executive session as announced.
All items listed above were recorded in the meeting minutes and the board indicated no additional public action on those items during the open session.
