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Board approves routine business, hires deputy treasurer and accepts $50,000 NYSED grant
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Summary
At its Feb. 9 meeting the Menands Union Free School District board approved routine items including minutes, personnel actions, appointment of a deputy treasurer (Joanne Moran), adoption of NYSED nonresident tuition rates, contract authorization for transportation procurement support and acceptance of a $50,000 state community-engagement grant.
The Menands Union Free School District Board of Education approved a series of routine and budget-related actions at its Feb. 9 meeting following the superintendent’s budget workshop.
The board carried motions to approve the minutes from Jan. 12, 2026, and completed a number of ministerial votes required for district operations. On the superintendent’s recommendation the board appointed a district treasurer (the transcript records the motion but contains a garbled appointee name) and appointed Joanne Moran as deputy treasurer for the 2025–26 school year; both appointments carried.
Financial and business items included the board’s adoption of the State Education Department’s nonresident tuition rates (set by Commissioner’s regulation, Part 174), acceptance of donations listed in the packet, authorization of budget transfers (over and under $10,000 as noted in the packet), and approval of contracts recommended by the administration — including a contract to provide transportation-bid/procurement support to the district. The board unanimously accepted a $50,000 apportionment from the New York State Education Department to the district’s general fund to be used for community engagement and appropriated the grant funds.
Personnel actions included approval of mentor assignments under the MAT contract, acceptance of a resignation effective March 2, 2026 (Laurie Hotaling), and a stated plan to negotiate a memorandum of agreement to permit per-diem re-engagement for that role to retain continuity for students. The board also approved CSE/CPSE recommendations and substitute-teacher approvals for the 2025–26 school year.
Administrative updates reported total enrollment at 302 students and described voting-administration changes: the district will contract with a vendor (NTS) to produce voter rolls and handle required state reporting for school elections.
The meeting adjourned the public session and entered executive session for personnel and related confidential matters.
"Be it resolved, the Board of Education hereby accepts the apportionment of grant in aid from the New York State Education Department in the amount of $50,000," a motion on the grant read; the motion passed without objection.
Ending: Most votes were routine approvals; the board will next meet for a Feb. 23 budget workshop to review a rollover budget and updated estimates.
