Warren City Board approves October financials and co‑curricular budget; bus purchase and personnel items presented

At its meeting at the Harding High School Student Recreation and Wellness Center, the Warren City Board of Education took up multiple consent and action items including the October 2025 board financial statement, the 2025–26 co‑curricular budget and several personnel and purchasing resolutions.

The board considered a resolution to approve the October 2025 financial statement and short‑term investments as presented in Exhibit A (pages 30–31). The motion was seconded and board members on the record responded affirmatively during the roll-call‑style acknowledgement; the presiding speaker announced the motion carried.

The board next considered the recommended 2025–26 co‑curricular budget and purpose statements, which included mention of a donation from the Kiwanis Club to Harding High School. That resolution was moved, seconded and recorded for consideration; members provided affirmative responses when asked.

Several other recommended resolutions were presented during the meeting: the purchase of one 78‑passenger conventional school bus (estimated cost discussed), a tuition reimbursement resolution, and personnel recommendations including two certified retirements (page 16) and one classified retirement (page 21). The bus purchase and personnel items were presented and seconded; the transcript records discussion and presentation but does not clearly record final vote tallies or formal outcomes for some of those items within the provided segment.

Policy notes: Speaker 2 summarized proposed administrative guideline revisions to Policy 75 (use of district premises), noting that the guidelines would exclude certain buildings from rentals and would limit rentals to avoid conflicts of interest, such as rentals to competing candidates. The board indicated the business office will revise the fee structure tied to those guidelines.

Votes at a glance: - October 2025 financial statement and short‑term investments — motion carried (affirmative responses recorded) (SEG 327–349). - 2025–26 co‑curricular budget and purpose statements — motion recorded and affirmative responses noted (SEG 350–366). - Purchase of one 78‑passenger conventional school bus — recommended and discussed; outcome not specified in provided transcript segments (SEG 400–416). - Tuition reimbursement resolution — presented, moved and seconded; outcome not specified in provided transcript segments (SEG 417–424). - Personnel recommendations (including retirements) — presented; outcome not specified in provided transcript segments (SEG 424–433).

Clarifying details from the meeting: the transcript references a monetary donation from the Kiwanis Club to Harding High School but the amount is garbled in the record and is listed here as "not specified"; the fleet discussion cited a multi‑year rotation target for buses but did not include precise replacement schedules or budgets in the provided segments.

What happens next: items without recorded final tallies in the provided transcript should be verified against the board's official minutes or the district business office for formal outcomes and dollar amounts.