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Committees advance multiple contracts, purchases and grants to full board; finance committee adopts Act 1 index resolution
Summary
Finance, operations, education and policy committees advanced a series of routine approvals to the full board agenda, including budget resolution to stay within the 5.1% Act 1 index, vendor quotes, program pilots, and several donations and grants.
At Jan. 14 committee meetings, Coatesville Area School District committees advanced a large set of routine agenda items to the full board for action at the end-of-month meeting, and the Finance Committee approved a required Act 1 index resolution to keep any tax increase within the district’s adjusted 5.1% index.
Finance committee: Members approved advancing the financial statements and bills-payable list, and passed a resolution to set the 2025–26 budget process to remain within the adjusted Act 1 index of 5.1%. The finance director told the committee this procedural resolution does not itself set a tax increase but preserves the district’s options. The committee also advanced a resolution relating to a 2024–25 “Ready to Learn Block” grant tax-equity supplement and several low-cost vendor quotes (Burke1 Act 80 services; parchment surcharge receipt; Dynas Inc. graduation sound system).
Operations committee: Members advanced vendor quotes and emergency repairs to the full board, including generator repairs at the administrative building, boiler/VFD controller replacement at North Brandywine, glycol actuator valve repair at the senior high gym locker room, a dry-system valve replacement at Rainbow Elementary, and maintenance and camera purchases. The committee also recommended accepting a construction bid for Scott Middle School renovation (BSS Contractors LLC, $2,842,305.95) and a change order for water-line relocation work at Reesville Elementary.
Education and other approvals: The Education Committee moved the Navigate360 PBIS Rewards pilot for three schools (Scott Middle School, North Brandywine Middle School and the intermediate school, January–June 2025) to the full board; the pilot will be paid from CSI funds at no additional district cost. The committee also advanced multiple vendor quotes and contracts related to curriculum materials, behavioral supports and partner memoranda of understanding, including EPS Learning (Spire digital materials), Compass Mark MOU, Maxim Healthcare Services educational institution agreement, and several consumable and curriculum renewals.
Donations and community items: Committees advanced several donations, including a Black Student Union care closet donation and an in-kind shelving donation from Closet Works (materials and labor valued at $6,995.85), a Thanksgiving turkey donation valued at $1,265 from Giant of Thorndale, and a Marcus Theatre donation to an elementary PBIS program valued at $1,260.
Why it matters: Most items were routine procurement, maintenance or program pilot approvals that committees recommended to the full board. The Act 1 resolution is a statutorily required step in the budget timeline and informs how the district advances the 2025–26 budget without requiring a preliminary tax increase ballot question.
Next steps: The full board will consider and vote on these items at the end-of-month meeting. Emergency repairs noted by the operations committee were advanced because vendors did not provide timely alternate bids or because the work was described as urgent.
