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Votes at a glance: board approves procurement, personnel and election-worker resolution
Summary
At the June 3 meeting the Fredonia board approved multiple motions by voice vote, including procurement bids for trash and fuel, a transportation contract, appointment of a special-education teacher, and alignment with board-of-elections inspectors for the June 17 revote.
The Fredonia Central School District Board on June 3 approved several routine but consequential actions by voice vote.
Key approved items:
- Award trash-removal contract (single bidder Cassello) for the 2024-25 year; board recorded that the bid came in under budget.
- Award gasoline/diesel fuel bid for 2025-26 (standard transportation fuel bid, lower than last year).
- Approve a transportation contract after required rebid following two 31-day emergency contracts; administrators said the viable responsive bidder was higher-priced than prior emergency arrangements but necessary to maintain service.
- Appoint Kayla Hagen to a probationary special-education teaching position; administrators said this fills an existing vacancy, not a new position, and noted potential savings from returning some students from out-of-district placements.
- Pass a resolution to allow board-of-elections inspectors to run the budget election on June 17 for cost and logistical reasons.
Most motions were made from the floor and approved by voice vote with no detailed roll-call recorded in the public transcript. Where administrators commented, they described revenue offsets (interest income and Medicaid aid) that have kept year-to-date revenue ahead of budget and explained the procurement context for the transportation contract.
