Votes at a glance: Tunkhannock board approves audits, contracts, budgets and settlement
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Summary
The Tunkhannock Area School District board approved a slate of routine items including approval of minutes, business and personnel reports (one abstention), bus and van contracts, agreements with postsecondary and service providers, a student settlement, the Luzerne Intermediate Unit budget, the KPN fuel-oil bid and the independent audit for 2024-25.
TUNKHANNOCK, Pa. —2——The Tunkhannock Area School District board unanimously approved a package of routine and recommended items tonight, including the district—s independent audit, several contracts and a student settlement.
Key votes and outcomes
- Minutes: The board approved the Jan. 15 minutes by roll call.
- Business and finance report: Approved by roll call.
- Personnel report: Approved by roll call; Missus Arnold abstained because a family member appeared on the substitute list.
- Bus and van contracts: Approved as presented by roll call.
- Agreements (approved as a lump sum): Early college agreement with Luzerne County Community College; on-site SPARC scholar program agreement with Wilkes University; an agreement with Mira Kay for mobile crisis response and stabilization services; consultation services with the Gregory Center; and a PSBA contract for a compensation analysis.
- Settlement: Board approved a settlement agreement and release for a student referenced by a numeric identifier listed in the agenda.
- Luzerne Intermediate Unit budget (2026-27): Approved as presented.
- Fuel-oil bid (2026-27, KPN): Approved as presented; discussion accompanied the item about administration-building boilers and possible future energy changes.
- Independent audit: The board approved the independent audit by Murphy, Doherty and Company for the 2024-25 school year; the audit will be available on the district website.
Votes were recorded via roll call for most items; where individual votes were recorded on roll calls the transcript lists affirmative votes by board members Mister Burke, Missus Eckert, Mister Farr, Missus Goble, Doctor O'Sheerrick, Mister Franco and Missus Arnold, with two members absent (Doctor Perbola and Mister Greenlee).