Hazel Park board approves financial authorizations, contracts and administrative designations

The Hazel Park Board of Education on Jan. 6 approved multiple business-organization and finance items, including designation of outside counsel, bank-account signers, persons authorized for investments and wire transfers, official newspapers for district publications, insurance carriers and auditors.

On motions brought under the business and organizational section of the agenda, trustees approved a slate of law firms to serve as district legal counsel; the board accepted the addition of two firms discussed during the meeting. Trustees also authorized establishment of bank accounts and named authorized signers, and approved the list of persons permitted to make investments and wire transfers in district accounts.

The board approved naming C&G Newspapers (CNG) and Open Press as the district’s official newspapers for public notices and authorized the summer and winter tax collection procedures used with municipal partners. Trustees designated the executive assistant to the superintendent, Jamie Buco, as the person responsible for implementing Open Meetings Act public-notice requirements.

The board approved designation of property-liability and workers’-compensation insurance carriers and authorized UHY LLP as the district’s auditor for the current year;…