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Gulf County School Board unanimously approves amended agenda, personnel moves, contracts and multiple bid awards
Summary
At its July 1 meeting the Gulf County School Board approved an amended agenda and unanimously passed consent items that included personnel changes and payroll dates, approved several program contracts and awarded multiple vendor bids; no public comments were received. The meeting opened at 8:15 a.m. and adjourned at 8:36 a.m.
The Gulf County School Board met in Port St. Joe on July 1, 2025, and unanimously approved an amended agenda, a slate of consent items that included personnel actions and payroll dates, multiple program contracts and several vendor bid awards.
Chairman Brooke Wooten called the meeting to order at 8:15 a.m. On a motion by board member Matt Terry, seconded by Vice Chairman Ruby Knox, the board approved an amended agenda that added pages 2-2L, 2.01, 6.01A, 6.01B and 7.01 and removed page 6.
The board recorded no public comments during the HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC portion of the meeting. The consent agenda then passed on a motion by board member Equillar Gainer, seconded by Vice Chairman Ruby Knox. That package included approval of the June 3 minutes; budget matters and payment of bills; SY 2024–2025 closeout information; authorization to advertise for TAN loan proposals; and the 2025–2026 payroll dates.
The consent vote also carried several personnel items. The board approved Kelly Shiver's maternity leave letter; approved the transfer of Chevon Johns from WHS to Port St. Joe Gulf Academy effective for the 2025–2026 school year; and approved hires effective Aug. 1, 2025, for the following positions: Susan Bellonis (PSJE teaching position), Anjanette Thomas (PSJE teaching position), Marilyn Dees (PSJH ELA), David Mellies (WHS physical education), and paraprofessionals Katee Earnest and Jordan Davis at WES. The board approved Kristi Lynn Yakkey as a Wewahitchka-area bus driver effective Aug. 7, 2025, and agreed to replace one PSJE kindergarten teaching position with a paraprofessional for SY 2025–2026. The board also acknowledged a change in supervision for itinerant ESE Resource/MTSS site-based staff.
On program matters, Vice Chairman Ruby Knox moved — with Matt Terry seconding — to pull items C, D and E from the program list. The remaining program items passed unanimously and included approval of the 2025–2026 graduation dates; the 2025–2026 School Health Services Agreement; a Physical Therapy contract; Occupational Therapy contracts with Premier Therapy Rehab and Breanna Wood Therapy & Rehab, LLC; an Intergovernmental Cooperative Purchasing Agreement; and a Florida State University affiliation agreement.
In procurement action, on motion by Matt Terry seconded by Equillar Gainer the board unanimously awarded Bid #26-001 (extermination/pest control) to Charlie Pettis Pest Control; Bid #26-002 (janitorial supplies) to Sanitation Products of America (SPA) and Tribe Paper; Bid #26-003 (gas/diesel/oil) to JV Gander Distributors, Inc.; and Bid #26-004 (tire bid) to Southern Tire Mart and Neece Tire & Auto Service.
A Superintendent's report and board member comments were listed on the agenda but no substantive details were recorded in the transcript. Chairman Wooten adjourned the meeting at 8:36 a.m.
Meeting attendance included Superintendent Norton; Attorney Costin; Chairman Brooke Wooten; Vice Chairman Ruby Knox; board members Equillar Gainer and Matt Terry. The District 1 seat remained listed as TBA.
