The Muhlenberg County Board of Education elected Stephanie Rager as board chair and Logan Porter as vice chair, approved routine financial reports and payments, and set its 2025 regular meeting schedule at the board’s January 2025 meeting.

The board took the nominations and approved both leadership positions by voice vote after nominations were made; no recorded roll-call tally was given and no opposition was heard on the floor. Stephanie Rager was nominated for chair and elected by voice; Logan Porter was nominated and elected vice chair.

The board heard the treasurer’s report for the period ending Dec. 31, 2024. Treasurer Mr. Blessing reported a beginning balance of $29,855,000 and monthly receipts of $13,335,666, noting year-to-date variances from the prior year and describing revenue and expenditure categories. He said federal receipts were down $312,000 and state receipts up $22,000, with property tax receipts up about $5,870,000; he also cited bonding receipts of roughly $4.2 million. Total accounts payable was reported as $2,253,000 and payroll for the month was $3,309,000. The board voted to approve the treasurer’s report.

The board approved payment of approximately $1.3 million in bills and salaries for the period, the majority charged to the general fund and debt service. District staff highlighted several large payments, including bond payments handled through Old National Wealth Management (approximately $473,000), county tax collection fees (approximately $273,000), network hardware purchases from ConvergeOne (about $110,000) and contracting for the Millfield Field House (about $82,000).

Board members approved the district’s proposed monthly meeting dates for 2025 and set the start time at 5:30 p.m.; the schedule is described in meeting packets and was adopted by voice vote. The motion cited KRS 61.82 during the discussion of public meeting scheduling.

The board also approved the Comprehensive District Improvement Plan and the individual schools’ comprehensive plans. The superintendent’s staff said the plans have been updated to reflect current accountability-model data and had been submitted through the state eProve (EPIMS/eProve) platform to the Kentucky Department of Education.

Under the consent agenda, the board approved the minutes of the prior meeting, a shortened-school-day waiver for a student referenced in the packet as “student number 2024 2253” and a facilities-use agreement. Each consent item was included in the packet; the board approved the consent agenda by motion and voice vote.

A final motion to adjourn passed by voice vote.

Votes at a glance
- Election of board chair: Stephanie Rager — approved by voice vote; no opposition heard (nomination recorded on the floor).
- Election of vice chair: Logan Porter — approved by voice vote; no opposition heard (nomination recorded on the floor).
- Approval of agenda: motion by Mr. Johar; approved by voice vote.
- Treasurer’s report (period ending 12/31/2024): motion by Logan Porter; second by Mr. Gilmore; approved by voice vote.
- Payment of bills and salaries (~$1.3M): motion by Mr. Johar; second by Miss Johnson; approved by voice vote.
- Approve 2025 regular meeting dates (third Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.): motion moved on the floor; approved by voice vote (KRS 61.82 referenced).
- Approval of Comprehensive District Improvement Plan / school CIP submissions: motion and second on floor; approved by voice vote.
- Consent agenda (minutes; shortened-school-day waiver "student number 2024 2253"; facilities-use agreement): motion by Mr. Dovar; second by Ms. Schatz; approved by voice vote.

All votes reported in the meeting were voice votes; no roll-call tallies with member-by-member recorded votes were provided in the transcript.