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Board approves consent items, contracts and technology purchases; votes to enter closed session
Summary
The board approved the consent agenda (including two new student clubs), accepted $7,435 in donations, approved resurfacing the high school gym floor, authorized a legal counsel transfer, renewed a cash-rent lease, approved a risk-management plan and a BLDD HLS contract, and authorized purchase of 1,000 Chromebooks; motion to enter closed session was approved.
The Mahomet-Seymour CUSD 3 Board of Education voted on several routine and contract items at its June 17 meeting, approving the consent agenda, multiple vendor contracts and a large technology purchase.
Consent items: The board approved the consent agenda, which included open and closed session minutes from Jan. 20 and Feb. 2, bills, the treasurer’s report, personnel changes and the creation of two student groups — the MSHS finance club and the MSHS crochet club. The motion was made and carried by roll call.
Donations: Doctor Lee reported donations totaling $7,435 this month from individuals and organizations including Dustin and Christine Benway, Archer Daniels Midland (two $1,200 gifts), Pam Kurtz, Mark and Trish Andrecki, the bullpen club and the Mahomet Town and Country Women’s Club. The board approved acceptance of donations by roll call.
Facilities and contracts: The board approved a quote from Quality Floor Care to resurface the Mahomet-Seymour High School gym floor; administration and board members discussed the possibility of sponsorship logos as a revenue offset and confirmed scheduling to align the resurfacing with planned bleacher work. The board also approved a resolution authorizing the transfer/continued engagement of special-education counsel (Darcy Kria) after her firm merged into Fagan, Friedman & Fullfrost, and approved a renewal of a cash-rent lease for approximately 40 acres with Doug Schroeder at a market rate.
Risk management and HLS survey: The board approved the district’s annual risk management plan, which allows use of tort dollars for certain safety and salary-related items and will be updated with the district’s safe-havens assessment. The board also approved a contract with BLDD to perform the district-wide Health Life Safety (HLS) survey; administrators said BLDD and the mechanical engineer GHR reduced their price and the quote was lower than a solicited alternative.
Technology purchase: The district approved the purchase of 1,000 replacement Chromebooks. Staff reported that an alternate quote from CDW was about $60,000 cheaper but did not include warranty and parts replacement; the district selected the vendor that included warranty and parts to preserve on-site repair capability through an existing parts closet.
Closed session: The board voted to enter closed session to discuss personnel matters (appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal), individual student matters and collective bargaining. The board indicated no further business was anticipated after the closed session.
Vote notes: All listed motions were approved by roll call at the meeting. Exact individual roll-call names and votes are recorded in the district minutes; the public actions recorded at the meeting were approved by the board during the session.
