Fiscal & Plant Committee approves prior minutes and two months of financial statements; hears budget and maintenance reports

The Chaplin, Hampton, Scotland and Regional District Eleven Board of Education Fiscal & Plant Committee approved the Aug. 26, 2025 meeting minutes and unanimously approved the August and September 2025 financial statements during its Oct. 21 meeting, which convened at 6:17 p.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m.

Michael Smardon, committee member, moved to approve the Aug. 26 minutes; Ellen Gillon seconded. The motion is recorded in the minutes as passing unanimously. Ellen Gillon moved to approve the August 2025 financial statements, with Camden Kammer seconding; that motion is also recorded as unanimously passed. Camden Kammer then moved to approve the September 2025 financial statements, with Gillon seconding; the minutes record that motion as unanimously passed as well. The minutes do not include a roll-call vote; they record each motion as “unanimously passed.”

Superintendent Andrew Skarzynski presented the FY 24-25 budget forecast in Jobina Miller’s absence, according to the minutes; the document does not include detailed figures from the presentation. The committee reviewed and received the maintenance report; the minutes record receipt but do not list follow-up actions or specific maintenance items.

Chair Stacy Foster called the meeting to order at 6:17 p.m. and adjourned it at 6:44 p.m. The minutes are signed “Respectfully submitted, Cassie Haddad.”

Note on attendance: the minutes list Chair Stacy Foster, Camden Kammer, Ellen Gillon and Superintendent Andrew Skarzynski as present. The mover of the Aug. 26 minutes approval is recorded as Michael Smardon; the minutes do not list him among the members present in the attendance line.