Committee forwards grants, contracts and a pension restatement to full board; motion passes

The Grandview School District Finance & Operations Committee moved and approved on Jan. 20 to forward a package of routine and time‑sensitive items to the full board.

Chair moved to send to the full board: one abstract, two amendments, two purchase orders, three change orders, and the paraprofessional money‑purchase pension plan restatement. The motion was seconded and the committee voted in favor. The meeting recorded President Yarbrough, Miss Downer and the Chair as voting yes and the motion passed.

Items included in the packet:

- Title II‑A grant (FY26): staff reported a $1,068,244 award with $1,027,046.93 for public schools; the district uses Title II‑A funds for teacher training and to fund seven literacy coaches.

- Amendment 4.1 (bilingual school psychology): staff recommended extending a contract with Ms. Omparo, a bilingual school psychologist, to cover caseloads amid six vacancies and one medical leave; staff noted time constraints make running a new RFQ impractical for the immediate need.

- Amendment 4.2: a funding‑source/account number change moving funds from carryover to current‑year SIG funding to align accounts.

- Purchase orders: O'Brien and Sons for Edgewood School playground repouring and combined orders for HVAC control upgrades across multiple schools (migration to Tridium controls for improved remote management).

- Change orders: on‑call vendors for food service (Yanes/Shell), pump repairs (Northeast Pumps) and plumbing/planning repairs (Rua Tolo Mechanical) to maintain operational readiness and respond to unanticipated repairs.

- Paraprofessional money‑purchase pension plan restatement: a consolidated, finalized document that combines previously approved changes; staff clarified this is a restatement of prior actions and not a new policy change. One numeric clarification in discussion: the small‑amount distribution threshold was noted as increased from $5,000 to $7,000.

Committee members asked for additional memos or counsel review where appropriate (for example, to confirm outside counsel review of the pension restatement) before full‑board posting. Where staff could not immediately answer procedural or cost breakdown questions (e.g., scaffolding rental vs. labor at Fairhaven), they said they would follow up.

The committee recorded the vote to forward the items; the full board will consider these items at its next meeting.