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Votes at a glance: Hempfield Area SD board approves minutes, budget items, personnel, trips and contracts
Summary
The board unanimously approved routine and fiscal items on Jan. 27 including minutes, the Comprehensive Plan, grouped personnel actions, supplemental contracts, finance items (Act 1 resolution, IDEA funds acceptance), auditor extension, vendor contracts, and student travel and fundraiser approvals.
At its Jan. 27 meeting the Hempfield Area School District Board of Directors approved a series of routine and fiscal motions across multiple committees.
The board approved the Dec. 8, 2025 and Jan. 19, 2026 meeting minutes; adopted the Comprehensive Plan presented in March 2025; and approved grouped personnel items including leaves of absence, resignations and retirements, new employment, transfers and other personnel items. The board also authorized supplemental contracts and supplemental pay arrangements for extracurricular positions.
Finance items approved included the Monthly Financial Reports; two five‑year real estate tax exemptions (per Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs rulings) for Arthur O. Martz and Ronald C. Rossey; the Act 1 Resolution for the 2026–2027 fiscal year; authorization to advertise and seek bids for 2026–27 school supplies; an extension of the Quadient postage meter lease (two meters at $509.07 per month; $30,544.20 total over 60 months); naming Barksdale Group as the district’s school photographer for 7/1/26–6/30/29; extension of auditing services with Zelenkofske Axelrod LLC at $60,835 per fiscal year for three fiscal years; acceptance and expenditure of $935,777.74 in IDEA Section 611 Special Education federal funds passed through Westmoreland Intermediate Unit #7; hiring Josh Daly with Gallagher to coordinate the district’s Workers’ Compensation insurance; and authorization to solicit bids for network switches using PEPPM Mini-Bid and E-Rate funding.
Policy and extracurricular approvals included placing policies on 30-day review (first and second readings), updated administrative regulations, approval for a Literature & Cultural Experience Club trip to England and Ireland (coordinates through Education First; dates TBD; costs by fundraising), approval for the high school competitive cheer team to travel to Orlando for a national competition (Feb. 3–9, 2026) with booster-funded costs, and multiple fundraisers as presented.
All items summarized here were recorded as approved in the meeting minutes; specific dollar amounts and contract details are recorded in the agenda where provided. The board adjourned at 7:44 PM.
