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Chartiers Valley board OKs bank switch, accepts grant and approves paving change orders in 8–1 vote
Summary
At its Aug. 12 meeting, the Chartiers Valley Board approved multiple finance items — including accepting a Grable Foundation grant, retaining First National Bank as the district depository and approving Hilltop Paving change orders totaling $22,995 that passed 8–YES, 1–NO.
The Chartiers Valley Board of School Directors approved a package of budget and finance measures at its Aug. 12 workshop meeting, including acceptance of a Grable Foundation grant, a change in the district’s primary depository and a set of paving change orders that drew the meeting’s lone recorded dissent.
The board voted to accept the 2025–2026 grant award for the Western PA Learning 2026 Alliance — Grable Foundation; the motion was moved and seconded and passed by voice vote. The board also approved July 2025 payments from the 2024–2025 budget totaling $541,204.94 and July 2025 payments from the 2025–2026 budget totaling $3,254,848.73, both by voice vote.
Business Manager Joan Wehner informed the board the district will transition its banking services from PNC Bank to First National Bank. The board moved to retain First National Bank as the primary depository and approved that motion by voice vote.
One finance item drew a recorded split: the board approved change orders from Hilltop Paving totaling $22,995. The motion to approve those change orders was moved by Mr. Jeff Choura and seconded by Mrs. Kate Drury; the minutes show the motion passed with eight yes votes and one no vote.
The board also approved an agreement to retain grant writer Andrew Fee, a quarterly-publication arrangement with IN Community Magazine, Inc. at $400 per page per issue, and the appointment of Campbell Durrant, PC to serve as outside counsel pursuant to board policy. Each of those motions passed by voice vote as recorded in the minutes.
The board’s finance approvals were handled under routine motion practice; several measures passed unanimously by voice vote. The minutes show no public comment was offered on these agenda items.
The board’s next regular meeting is scheduled for Aug. 26, 2025.
