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Votes at a glance: Lower Moreland board approves budgets, contracts and personnel items; audit accepted
Summary
At its Dec. 17, 2024 meeting the Lower Moreland Board of School Directors approved a series of personnel actions, contracts, budget items and the audit report. The board also approved the general operating budget in a separate roll-call vote.
The Lower Moreland Board of School Directors approved multiple motions by voice vote or roll call during its Dec. 17, 2024, legislative meeting. The items below summarize each formal action recorded in the meeting minutes and transcript; outcomes reflect the board's recorded votes.
Personnel and staffing - Personnel motions (Item 5A, 2024-25 personnel motions 1A): Motion to approve personnel actions carried (voice vote). - Administrative assistant, board operations job description (Item 5B): Approved (voice vote).
Agreements and vendor contracts - CareBridge Corporation agreement (Item 5C): Approved (voice vote). - Hosted services agreement for Act 168 compliance with Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit (Item 5D): Approved; three-year renewal, $5 per prospective employee, Feb. 2025— Jan. 2028 (voice vote). Authority: Act 168 misconduct and abuse disclosure procedures required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. - MCIU technology support agreement (Item 5E): Approved; interim technical leadership at a flat rate of $5,120 per month (voice vote). Purpose: interim support while the district searches for a new technology director and participation in candidate screening. - Athletic and non-athletic extracurricular contracts and stipends (Items 5F, 5G): Approved, including assistant middle-school coach Tom Mert and other listed stipend appointments (voice votes).
Buildings, finance, capital - Applications for use of buildings and facilities: Approved (voice vote). - Accounts payable checklist and checklists dated 11/26 and 12/10/24 (Item 9A): Approved (voice vote). - Wire transfer list dated 11/30/24: Approved (voice vote). - Financial reports (Item 9C): Approved (voice vote). - Path Pro Services LLC proposal for repairs on the LM tennis courts: Approved; expenditure from capital projects fund (motion carried, voice vote). - Budget transfers for technology equipment leases (Item 9E): Approved (voice vote). - Parksdale Group extension for photography services (Item 9F): Approved (voice vote). - ATI Physical Therapy athletic training services extension (Item 9G): Approved for three years (voice vote). - Change order GC-003 to James D. Marcy, Inc., LMHS Intersection Improvement Project, $9,298.35: Approved (voice vote).
Audit and budget - Audit report prepared by Malley LLP (Item 9H): Approved (voice vote); administration to post the audit to the district website. - General operating budget (Item 12E): Approved by roll-call vote; all nine board members present voted yes. The roll call listed nine yes votes and the motion carried.
Other approvals - District calendars for 2025— 2026 and 2026— 2027 (Item 12A): Approved (voice vote); one date corrected for Diwali and one school-year end date adjusted (administration noted changes before approval). - Out-of-state and overnight trips for various student groups (class of 2026 trip to Six Flags; girls basketball overnight; sixth-grade trip to Ellis Island): Approved (voice votes). - Music department equipment salvage list (Item 12F): Approved (voice vote); items designated as no longer usable. - Policy readings: Second readings of policies (Items 12H—Z, 12AA—CC) were approved as a group except for one policy (item J) sent back to committee and tabled for further review; several policies (DD through HH) were approved on first reading.
Items not carried or tabled - Resolution 2024-25-1 (Act 1 index resolution) was not adopted; the failed motion preserves the board's option to pursue a referendum exception for special education (see separate story). - Policy item J (curriculum review parental access language) was tabled and will return to committee for revision.
How the board recorded votes Most motions were disposed of by voice vote with the chair calling for ayes and nays. Two items required roll call: the Act 1 resolution (which failed 4—0) and the general operating budget (which passed unanimously by roll call; nine yes votes recorded). Where dollar figures were provided in the attachments or discussion, the meeting minutes or administration noted them; expenditures for capital projects (tennis courts, change order) were to come from the capital projects fund.
This summary is based on motions and roll-call statements recorded in the district meeting transcript and the appended materials presented to the board.
