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Board approves consent items, advances capital projects and honors longtime transportation employee
Summary
The Taconic Hills board approved a series of routine consent items (calendar, meal rates, sports partnerships, field trips and donations), amended a construction contract, authorized a MOA on coaching appointments and advanced capital project work on flooring, roofing and the bus garage; the board also approved the retirement of long‑time transportation mechanic Norm Sigler.
At the meeting the Taconic Hills Central School District board approved a suite of consent agenda items and took steps to advance planned capital work at district facilities.
The board approved routine items including the district calendar, payroll schedule, school‑meal rates, renewals for cooperative sports with Hawthorne Valley (boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and golf), a field trip for grades 9–12 to the Berkshire Botanical Garden in Stockbridge, and donations to the fashion‑design and elementary drama programs and agricultural STEM classes. Several course name changes and a textbook adoption were also approved as presented.
In facilities work, Buildings & Grounds staff described a capital project to address turf, roofing and bus‑garage repairs and specifically explained plans to replace aging terazzo (terrazzo) flooring with a full vinyl composite tile (VCT) product after substrate and moisture tests. The district has engaged a project manager and expects to award capital contracts in the spring with construction over the summer; the presentation noted risks including contractor availability, supply‑chain issues and weather.
The board approved an amended resolution to authorize a contract with Columbo Construction (amended amount noted in the agenda as presented) and approved a memorandum of agreement with the faculty association allowing the district to appoint an assistant coach in place of a head coach when needed. The personnel agenda (items B–T) passed and included promotions and administrative reassignments; the meeting formally acknowledged the retirement of Norm Sigler after more than 41 years in transportation, with board members offering tributes.
The board concluded by moving into executive session to discuss the employment history of a particular person.
Votes at a glance (recorded in the meeting): all consent motions listed above were moved and seconded as shown in the agenda and were approved by voice vote. Specific recorded movers/seconders in the transcript include motions moved by Ron, Margaret, Sam, Janine and Molly as indicated in the agenda and voice votes taken by the chair.
