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Board approves consent agenda, accepts audit draft, authorizes bond sale and waives certain grievance hearings
Summary
In a single meeting the board approved the consent agenda, accepted the district audit (with a note that federal compliance supplements will be filed later), authorized sale of an additional bond series, and waived level-3 individual grievance hearings tied to a pending OEA case; all motions passed unanimously.
The Okemos Board of Education took several formal actions during the meeting: it approved the consent agenda (minutes and September financial statements), accepted the district audit as submitted while noting a pending federal compliance supplement, authorized the sale of the third series of the 2022 voter-approved bonds, and agreed to waive level-3 individual grievance hearings for matters related to a pending Okemos Education Association grievance.
Consent agenda: Trustee Phelps moved, and the board approved items 1 through 5, which included minutes from previous meetings and acknowledgement of the September financial statement and payment of bills. The voice vote carried 7''0.
Audit acceptance: Trustees approved accepting the audit report from Manor Kosterason, PC for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 after an executive director explained that federal compliance guidance (a compliance supplement) is still pending and will be submitted in a second report when available; trustees asked that the final federal-related submission be returned to the board when completed.
Bond sale resolution: The board adopted a resolution delegating and authorizing issuance and sale of the third series of the Okemos Public Schools 2022 bonds approved by voters. The board conducted a roll-call vote and recorded unanimous support, 7–0.
Grievance hearings: The board moved to waive level-3 hearings for individual bargaining-unit grievances alleging violations of Article 3 of the collective bargaining agreement (and the related June letter of agreement), noting the OEA's pending grievance hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025; the motion passed 7''0.
These motions were largely procedural and passed unanimously; trustees said they expected to see the final federal audit materials once available and directed staff to return with those documents.
