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Ludington Area Schools board approves $679,802.27 bond payment, OKs $41,500 electric bus charger purchase and names investigator for grievance
Summary
At its Oct. 20 meeting the Ludington Area Schools Board of Education authorized Certificate for Payment #66 for $679,802.27, approved a $41,500 quote for electric bus charging equipment, approved routine consent items including hires, and named a board member to investigate an LEA grievance about the ELL Interventionist position.
The Ludington Area Schools Board of Education on Oct. 20, 2025, in Peterson Auditorium approved a certificate for payment on the district bond project and authorized payment of $679,802.27, and separately approved purchase of electric bus charging equipment for $41,500.
Board President Dr. Bret Autrey called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the board handled routine business before taking the financial votes. A consent agenda that included ratification of bill payments dated Oct. 20, 2025, minutes from the Sept. 15 meeting, and several hiring approvals was adopted by motion of board member Steve Carlson, seconded by Secretary Michael W. Nagle; the board recorded a 7-0 vote in favor.
On a motion by board member Stephanie Reed, seconded by Sarah Lowman, the board authorized Certificate for Payment #66 and to pay $679,802.27 as presented. The vote was recorded as Ayes: Autrey, Reed, Carlson, Nagle, Lowman, Neushwander, Winczewski; Nays: none.
Separately, the board approved a $41,500 quote from Hoekstra Transportation to purchase electric bus charging equipment after a motion by Mike Nagle, seconded by Mike Winczewski; the board voted unanimously to approve the purchase.
The board also addressed a grievance filed by the Ludington Education Association (LEA) concerning the ELL Interventionist position. The board voted, on a motion by Alan Neushwander seconded by Stephanie Reed, to appoint board member Mike Winczewski to assist with investigation of the grievance; that motion passed unanimously.
Later in the meeting the board moved into a closed session at 7:28 p.m. for the purpose of collective bargaining strategy under Michigan statute MCL 15.268(c); the board returned to open session at 8:51 p.m. The meeting was adjourned at 8:56 p.m. following a unanimous vote.
The minutes list the names of twenty public commenters during the public comment period but record that no board action resulted from public comment. Hiring approvals recorded on the consent agenda included Wilson Gunsell (LHS aide), Jean Vogt (bus driver), Erin Gutowski (LES robotics coach) and Samuel LaDuke (middle school boys basketball coach).
