Richland-Bean Blossom board approves routine consent items, several contracts and personnel moves
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At its Jan. 20 regular meeting the Richland-Bean Blossom C S C board approved the consent agenda including payroll and voucher claims, new ECA positions, a rooftop/boiler bid advertisement, an insurance renewal, and appointments including creation and filling of a network security administrator role.
The Richland-Bean Blossom C S C board on Jan. 20 approved a package of routine business items including minutes, the treasurer’s report and prepaid claims, several personnel appointments and contract actions.
The board accepted treasurer-reported wage and voucher totals for December 2025 and approved the consent agenda by voice vote. The treasurer presented gross wage and voucher figures and a verbally stated grand total of $7,555,551.18.
Among individual approvals, the board:
- Approved creation of a network security administrator position and the subsequent appointment of Ashley Davis to that role with an initial salary of $60,736.39, a $7,000 increase from his prior pay level, as recommended by administration.
- Approved an addendum with Policy Analytics for a study of a proposed municipal merger (see separate item) at a cost of $5,000.
- Authorized renewal of the school corporation’s liability insurance with Scribe for $439,541.78 for 2026, a stated increase attributed in the meeting to adding coverage for the EECC building and the field house.
- Authorized advertisement of bids for roof replacements and mechanical work (pre-bid meeting Feb. 9; bid opening Feb. 17) following consultant presentations on scope and a projected construction budget of about $3.6 million.
- Approved adjustments to extracurricular assignment (ECA) positions tied to the 2025–26 collective bargaining schedule; administration said the current ECA cost for 2024–25 was $22,450 and requested roughly $14,875 more for 2025–26 with plans to offset some of that in future years.
- Approved a renewal of the food purchasing cooperative (CLIQ) agreement for 2026–27 and the creation of a paid culinary internship position.
Votes on listed motions were carried by voice vote; motions were moved and seconded as recorded in the meeting minutes. Where specific roll-call tallies or named movers were not recorded verbally, actions are described here per the board’s recorded outcomes.
The meeting concluded after reports from the assistant superintendent and superintendent and comments from the teachers’ association and board members.