West Clermont board approves consent agenda, sets 2026 insurance rates and fixes custodial pay error
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The West Clermont Local school board approved a consent agenda that included personnel hires, acceptance of donations, a 10.8% increase in health insurance premiums for 2026 with employer/employee cost-sharing rules, and a memorandum of understanding correcting a clerical omission that restored a custodial pay increase for middle and high school custodians.
The West Clermont Local school board voted on Sept. 8 to approve its consent agenda, establishing personnel placements and procedural items and setting benefits and budget-related approvals for the 2025–26 year.
Romano reviewed items on the consent agenda, which included acceptance of resignations, recommended hires (including seven paraprofessionals and a cafe worker), authorization for the superintendent and treasurer to negotiate and execute listed contracts, and a list of 23 donations from community organizations and individuals. He asked the board to approve purpose and budget statements for the 2025–26 school year.
On health benefits, Romano told the board the district is part of a 10-district consortium (referred to in the transcript as "SWUSH") that sets premiums based on projected claims. The board was asked to approve insurance premium rates effective Jan. 1, 2026. Health insurance premiums (both PPO and high-deductible plans) were presented as increasing 10.8 percent. Romano said the district and employees share the increase: the employer bears 84% and employees 16% on the first 10 percentage points; any increase above 10% is split 50/50, making the district/employee split for the 0.8 percentage point above 10% a 50/50 division.
Josh presented a memorandum of understanding to revise appendices C2 and D1 of the HOPE collective-bargaining agreement to correct a clerical error that had omitted the agreed hourly increase for middle- and high-school custodians. The MOU was moved, seconded and approved by roll call.
A motion to approve the full consent agenda (items 7.01 through 7.12) was made and seconded; roll call votes recorded board members voting in the affirmative and the consent agenda passed.
The board did not identify dollar values tied to the donated items in the meeting record, and the transcript records the insurance-rate percentages and sharing formula but does not include schedule-level dollar-change examples or the full MOU text. The district's insurance committee composition (three WCEA members, three HOPE members and three administrators) was described in the presentation.