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Taconic Hills board approves tax levy and clears multiple routine contracts and expenditures
Summary
Board moved and approved a tax levy not to exceed $26,506,443 for the 02/2026 school year and voted to accept donations, approve bids, contracts, field trips, curriculum edits and flooring work in a series of routine motions.
At its regular meeting the Taconic Hills Central School District board approved a tax levy and handled multiple routine agenda items including donations, bids and contracts.
Tax levy: The Chair opened new business and asked for a motion to approve the tax levy for the 02/2026 school year in a sum not to exceed $26,506,443. The motion was moved and seconded and the item proceeded through the normal vote process.
Donations and field trips: Trustees accepted donations to district programs, including $50 for the elementary drama club from roving actors, $149.44 from the New York beef industry to purchase beef for a classroom, and $1,000 from NYSOC for employee supplies. The board approved high school drama club field trips to the fall Shakespeare festival and related events.
Bids, contracts and resolutions: The board approved a bid for a Toyota Sienna from Kinderhook Toyota; authorized contracts with the Columbia County Department of Social Services, Advanced Therapy and Columbia Memorial Health; approved an amended summer curriculum; and passed a resolution for terrazzo flooring followed by a separate authorization for emergency terrace work. Trustees also recorded a motion to pursue litigation (motion moved and seconded) and to enter related legal steps.
Personnel and appointments: Trustees moved the personnel agenda (items b through y), recognized Shirley Liddow for long service, and discussed a temporary prorated overlap tied to a contract coordinator position pending a resignation and further conversations among staff.
How they voted: Most routine items were moved, seconded and carried with the board’s standard "all in favor" confirmations as recorded in the meeting. When a motion recorded an explicit mover and seconder (for example, several items show Kevin moved and another member seconded), the board proceeded to a voice vote that was recorded as carried in the transcript.
What’s next: Several items (policy refinements, contract finalizations, SED approvals for proposed childcare expansion) require follow-up by the administration before final implementation or before the next meeting.
