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Carmel Central board adopts 'compliments and complaints' agenda item, approves CTA liaisons and budget realignments
Summary
The board adopted a revision to Policy 2303 to add a standing agenda item for 'compliments and complaints,' approved 18 elementary CTA liaisons (about $27,000) funded from preserved budget lines, and authorized a $355,360 budget transfer to reclassify a BOCES laptop lease as instructional; emergency response plans were also approved.
At its Sept. 9 meeting the Carmel Central School District Board of Education adopted several administrative and budget actions the superintendent recommended.
The board waived a second reading and adopted a revision to Policy 2303 (board meeting procedures) to add an agenda item for "compliments and complaints" to follow superintendent reports. President Orser said the change is internal board procedure and appropriate for immediate adoption.
Separately, the board approved a supplementary memorandum of agreement with the Carmel Teachers Association establishing 18 elementary liaison positions for 2024–25 at roughly $1,500 per position (about $27,000). Trustees confirmed the cost will be drawn from $55,000–$56,000 the board preserved during earlier reductions to cover essential positions and programs.
On the budget front the board authorized intra-fund transfers totaling $355,360 in the 2024–25 general fund to realign coding for a BOCES laptop lease (BOCES coded the lease as instructional, the district had originally coded it non-instructional). The superintendent said the transfer is budget-neutral and does not change total year spending; it realigns line-item codes so district accounting matches BOCES classification.
The board also approved building-level emergency response plans for the district's five buildings for 2024–25.
All measures passed on voice votes.
