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Votes at a glance: Romulus board approves budget amendment, Chartwells extension, phone upgrade and other items
Summary
On March 9 the Romulus board approved multiple routine and time-sensitive motions: consent agenda, a one-year Chartwells contract renewal, a Ramos High School HOSA trip, a phased parking-lot work plan, a five-year phone purchase to meet Alyssa—2s Law requirements, and the amended 2025—6 budget.
The Romulus Community Schools Board of Education approved several motions during its March 9, 2026 meeting. Key outcomes:
- Consent agenda: Approved (motion by Rogers, supported by Piles). Items included minutes (02/23/2026), bills for payment of $1,417,335.97 and January 2026 financial statements. Roll call: Rogers, Piles, Kamal, Jackson and Davis—yes.
- Additional meeting on March 23, 2026: Motion by Davis, supported by Piles. Board voted yes by roll call to add a regular meeting on 03/23/2026.
- Food service contract extension: Motion by Davis, supported by Rogers, to renew the district—2s food service agreement with Compass Group USA, Inc., operating through its Chartwells division for one year (standard 4% increase). Approved by roll call (all trustees yes). The administration said the extension preserves continuity and compliance with federal and state child nutrition requirements.
- Ramos High School HOSA competition trip (Traverse City, MI; April 15—18, 2026): Motion by Rogers, supported by Davis, approved. Budget lines cited: CTE 61 and RHS transportation.
- Parking-lot repairs/project phasing: Motion by Jackson, supported by Piles, to proceed with phased parking-lot work paid from sinking fund (district previously considered a larger $23 million bond project but is now piecemealing work across multiple years). Approved by roll call.
- Phone purchase (part 1 of a 5-year lease-to-own): Motion by Rogers, supported by Davis, to purchase phones through REMC pricing from Cisco/CDWG as the first phase of a five-year lease-to-own agreement (service terms to follow). Approved by roll call.
- 2025—6 amended budget: Motion by Davis, supported by Rogers, to adopt the amended general appropriations resolution for fiscal year 2025—6. Approved by roll call (see budget article for details).
All listed motions carried on roll call votes with the trustees recorded as voting yes in the transcript. Where the transcript listed specific mover/second, that is recorded above; vote tallies were captured as unanimous yes responses on the roll calls transcribed that evening.
