Board approves audit, routine tax resolution and a Filter First vendor contract; closed session held

The Saline Area Schools Board of Education approved several routine and action items at its Nov. 11 meeting.

The board approved the meeting agenda by voice vote early in the session. Later the board voted to accept the independent audit as presented by assistant superintendent Miranda Owsley and then adopted the annual summer tax resolution required to continue summer tax collection.

On capital/operations business, the board voted to award a contract to Monroe Heating and Cooling Company for fixture replacements under the district’s Filter First program. District staff said the project responds to requirements in the Clean Drinking Water Access Act of 2023 and that most costs will be covered by the awarded grant, with sinking funds and bond funds to cover any shortfall. The transcript lists a contract amount of "$381,503,181,500 dollars plus a 10% contingency," which is implausible and appears to be a transcription or typographical error; the district did not provide a corrected figure in the meeting record available in the transcript. The board approved the award by voice vote.

The board also voted to enter a closed session to review attorney–client privileged communications pursuant to section 8(h) of the Michigan Open Meetings Act; individual members’ roll‑call responses were recorded as required. The board returned to open session and adjourned the meeting at approximately 7:46 p.m. The next regular meeting was confirmed for Dec. 9, 2025.

Actions recorded in the transcript were voice votes with no recorded roll‑call breakdown for most motions; recorded motion makers and seconders appear in the meeting record but include inconsistent spellings for some names in the transcript (see clarifying notes).