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Sto‑Rox board approves consent agenda, authorizes grant application and budget transfers
Summary
The Sto‑Rox School District Board unanimously approved agenda items including RFPs for capital work tied to a DCED facilities grant application, consolidated restricted capital funds and several line‑item transfers totaling multimillion dollars.
The Sto‑Rox School District Board of Directors unanimously approved its consent agenda and several financial motions during a February agenda‑review and voting meeting.
At the meeting the board voted 7–0 to approve agenda items A1 through F6, which included ratification of the monthly payables list, deputization of the McKees Rocks borough tax collector and authorizing a financial services agreement with the Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU). Business manager Scott Reed told the board the district intends to submit an application for the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Public School Facilities Improvement Grant; the district may apply for up to $5 million and plans to focus the request on the junior–senior high school.
The board also approved retroactive release of requests for proposals connected to the anticipated grant. The RFPs cover plumbing repairs, selective boiler component upgrades, replacement of classroom unit ventilators, building lighting and exterior doors, selected roof and gutter repairs, and replacement of auditorium and stage rigging. Reed said the district expects to submit its grant application by March 13, 2026.
Reed described line‑item consolidations and transfers intended to clean up fiscal-year accounts and ensure sufficient funds in active spending lines. Notable moves the board discussed: transferring $5,800,000 into the restricted capital reserve (fund 33) and transferring $386,920.92 from capital projects fund 39 into fund 33 to consolidate restricted capital funds. Reed and board members said the transfers are part of an ongoing reconciliation and effort to align district accounting codes with state reporting.
Board members asked clarifying questions about two unlabeled revenue account codes (listed in the packet as 75‑30 and 75‑90). Reed said he will investigate the coding and reconcile how the state reports those funds during the year‑end close.
The board also approved participations and agreements including the PA gasoline and diesel consortium with the AIU, a transportation software subscription, and a five‑year internship/clinical agreement with Robert Morris University.
The motion to approve the listed items passed on a roll call with Directors Roberts, Cooper, Culver, Dona, Ozowski, Hunter Ryu and Myers all voting yes. The board then approved personnel items and hires by the same 7–0 tally; those hires were introduced earlier in the meeting.
