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Franklin County school board approves consent agenda, personnel hires, insurance and maintenance contracts
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting the Franklin County Community School Corporation board voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda, multiple personnel and extracurricular appointments, accept a small grant, award mowing and landscaping contracts and approve recommended insurance carriers for 2025.
The Franklin County Community School Corporation board voted unanimously on several routine and business items during its regular meeting on Feb. 10, approving the consent agenda, personnel contracts, extracurricular appointments, a small grant, insurance renewals and landscape/mowing bids.
Board members approved the full consent agenda at the start of the meeting after a motion by School board member Mr. Simonson and a second by School board member Katie. The action was recorded as approved, 7-0. The consent agenda covered routine minutes and administrative items listed in the meeting packet.
On personnel, the board approved multiple new hires for classroom and support positions, including paraprofessionals and cafeteria staff, and a long list of extracurricular coaching and sponsor appointments for middle and high school teams and activities. The personnel motions were moved and seconded during the meeting and passed by unanimous voice or show-of-hands votes, 7-0.
The board accepted a $275 grant from the Franklin County Community Foundation to provide lunch to volunteers for an Employability Skills Day event; the motion to accept the grant passed 7-0. Two in-kind donations—576 hygiene kits from Owens Corning and roofing shingles from Full & Hoag Roofing Supply for the high school Introduction to Construction classes—were acknowledged as information items.
Superintendent Dustin Gering and the board accepted the superintendent’s recommendation, developed with insurance broker Kenter Frank’s, to retain EMC as the property liability carrier and IPEP for workers’ compensation for a total annual premium of $205,637. The packet noted this represented a roughly 22% increase in total insurance premiums from a year ago; the board approved the recommendation, 7-0.
The board authorized advertising and receiving bids for the corporation’s printing and copying services, with a bid deadline of March 17. It also awarded lawn-mowing and related landscape maintenance contracts for the 2025 season to Precision Cuts (Mount Carmel Campus), Hammond Property Maintenance (Laurel Elementary Campus), Grass Master Services LLC (Brookville Campus) and Green for lawn care/spraying; the mowing/landscape awards passed 7-0.
Other items on the agenda were informational only and will return to the board later where noted. The board adjourned and set its next regular meeting for 6 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2025, at the Administration Building.
