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Board approves consent agenda, personnel actions and multiple invoices; sets annual vote for May 20, 2025
Summary
The board approved minutes, accepted resignations, approved appointments (some after executive session), accepted invoices and contracts, set the annual vote for 05/20/2025, adjusted substitute pay to $15.50/hour, and entered executive session for appointments and personnel; votes were recorded by voice and carried.
The Honeoye Central School District Board moved through a substantive consent agenda and approved a series of routine motions, invoices and personnel actions.
Key motions and outcomes (voice votes unless otherwise noted):
- Approval of minutes for the January board meeting, the 02/04/2025 special board meeting, and CSE minutes: approved by voice vote; motion carried.
- Acceptance of resignations (recommended by the superintendent): Rachel Sherman (modified softball coach, effective 02/12/2025) and Melanie Braun (major musical producer, effective 02/12/2025): motion moved and seconded; voice vote carried.
- Appointments: the board approved elementary literacy-club teachers in open session and deferred several secondary extracurricular-advisor appointments to executive session for discussion; after executive session the board approved individual secondary extracurricular advisors including Whitney Cornish (major musical producer), Peyton Clark (major musical choreographer) and Nicole Martin (costume designer).
- Invoices and contracts: the board approved SWBR invoice 0002419801 for an emergency project and additional SWBR invoices (0002408402 and 0002408404) related to capital improvement work; it also approved interdistrict contracts with neighboring districts listed on the agenda.
- Annual vote/election: upon superintendent recommendation, the board set the annual vote and election for Tuesday, May 20, 2025, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the auditorium foyer of the district.
- Substitute pay rate: the board approved an increase in the substitute teacher-assistant rate to $15.50 per hour, effective 01/01/2025.
- Obsolete equipment: the board declared a Yamaha power amplifier from the physical-education department obsolete and authorized disposal.
- Conference attendance: the board approved Jim Sykes and Jermaine Morgan to attend the four-county school board spring education conference (conference date listed on the agenda).
- Capital improvement project invoices: the board approved additional invoices for the capital project as listed on the agenda.
- Executive session: the board entered executive session to discuss appointments, contract negotiations and personnel matters leading to the employment of a future employee; after executive session the meeting reconvened and certain appointments were approved individually.
All motions referenced were taken from the published agenda and made on the record during the meeting; when recorded, votes were taken by voice and the chair announced "carried." No roll-call tallies with member-by-name votes were provided in the transcript.
