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Hammond board approves consent agenda, vending contract and financial adviser
Summary
The board approved minutes, a consent agenda that included contracts and payroll items, a vending contract for Burns Hicks Elementary and an agreement with Senator Dalton Municipal Advisors to provide financial consulting during the CFO search; the consent agenda passed with one abstention.
At the Jan. 21 School City of Hammond meeting trustees approved a series of routine and new-business items.
Minutes and consent agenda: Trustees approved executive-session and regular meeting minutes for Dec. 17, 2024, then moved to approve the consent agenda (items a'h). Trustee Evangeline read the accounts payable register: claims listed on the register totaled $22,725,775.12; payroll amounts were presented as $5,101,617.83 for a specified period. The consent agenda passed; the chair noted one abstention.
Healthy Choice Vending contract: The board approved a contract between Healthy Choice Vending and Burns Hicks Elementary School as presented; the motion was moved and seconded and carried.
Financial advisory agreement: Trustees approved an agreement with Senator Dalton Municipal Advisors to provide financial consulting services while the district searches for a new chief financial officer. The superintendent and business office said the firm had worked with the district previously and was recommended.
What the record shows: The votes were made by motion and voice; the minutes record the motions and chair proclamations that "ayes have it." The record does not show roll-call tallies with member-by-member votes for these items in the transcript excerpt.
Provenance: Items and votes recorded in meeting segments (minutes and accounts payable: SEG 659'SEG 752; Healthy Choice Vending contract: SEG 753'SEG 778; Dalton agreement: SEG 781'SEG 808).
