Votes at a glance: consent items, GMPs, bond refunding, meeting dates, personnel contract and superintendent rating
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Summary
At its Dec. 15 meeting the Caledonia board approved the consent agenda, multiple guaranteed maximum price amendments, a bond refunding resolution, meeting dates, a Filter First purchase, the administrator group contract, and accepted the superintendent's 2025 evaluation with an 'effective' rating.
The Caledonia Community Schools Board took a number of formal votes at its Dec. 15 regular meeting. Key outcomes are summarized below.
- Consent agenda: Approved (motion by Speaker 5; seconded by Speaker 6). Roll call recorded affirmative responses from Barbara Garcia, Permit?, Collins, Cohen, Morris, and Nichols in the initial roll call recorded in the transcript. The consent agenda included minutes, payables and a personnel report.
- Duncan Lake Middle School renovation (GMP): Approved (motion by Speaker 5; seconded by Speaker 3). The motion listed trade contract awards with a total construction cost of $4,442,030 and an overall project cost of $5,813,477. Roll call votes recorded Clement, Collins, Coleman, Nichols, Barbara Garcia and Morris voting yes.
- Calplex GMP amendment (Rockford Construction): Approved (motion by Speaker 5; seconded by Speaker 6) establishing a total project maximum cost of $5,898,561. Roll call votes recorded Cone, Barbara Garcia, Nichols, Collins, Clement and Morris voting yes.
- Bond refunding (2016 series A and 2014): Approved (motion by Speaker 5; seconded by Speaker 4). Roll call votes recorded Nichols, Barbara Garcia, Clement, Collins, Owen and Morris voting yes.
- Board meeting dates: Approved (motion by Speaker 5; seconded by Speaker 7) scheduling Jan. 12, 2026 and Feb. 9, 2026. Roll call recorded Kone, Nichols, Barbara Garcia, Clement, Collins and Morris voting yes.
- Filter First purchase of hydration stations ($90,526.09): Approved (motion by Speaker 5; seconded by Speaker 7). Roll call recorded Robert Garcia, Nichols, Collins, Clement, Owen and Morris voting yes.
- Administrator group contract: Approved (motion by Speaker 5). Roll call recorded Collins, Clement, Owen, Barbara Garcia, Nichols and Morris voting yes.
- Superintendent evaluation: Approved (motion by Speaker 5), accepting the 2025 evaluation with a final rating described in the meeting as "effective." Roll call during adjournment sequence recorded Barbara Garcia, Ahmed, Collins, Cohn, Nichols and Morris voting yes.
All votes referenced above reflect the roll-call responses captured in the meeting transcript. Where the transcript named trustees in a roll call, their responses are listed verbatim as recorded.
