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Roanoke Rapids board approves consent agenda including budget amendments, contracts and personnel actions
Summary
The Roanoke Rapids City Schools board unanimously approved a broad consent agenda March 17 that included budget amendments, several contracts for CTE equipment and an audit, and personnel approvals after a brief closed session on confidential personnel and student‑record matters.
The Roanoke Rapids City Schools Board of Trustees on March 17 unanimously approved a consent agenda that included budget adjustments, contract awards for career‑technical education equipment and the district’s annual audit, and the personnel report after a closed session.
Board members accepted the agenda as presented and then voted to approve the consent agenda. The board’s finance committee recommended two budget amendments: a decrease of $34,840 in the State Public School Fund (amendment #6) and an increase of $122,618 in the restricted local fund (amendment #6) to reflect a reimbursement for the Health Sciences Academy, the committee said.
The board approved a fiscal audit contract not to exceed $37,500 and recommended purchasing CTE simulation and training equipment identified as RealityWorks products for health sciences and family and consumer science instruction (amount in packet recorded as approximately $83,914.23). The committee also recommended purchase of heavy‑equipment simulator conversion kits for CTE at about $74,112.18 and noted an EMSLink financial‑software upgrade that was included in the packet for information. A $4,140 donation to the senior class from Project Graduation was also accepted.
Finance committee members noted an amendment to the contingency fee retainer for the district’s social‑media lawsuit, prompted by the recent death of one of the lead attorneys; the committee said the contingency fee arrangement itself was unchanged. The committee recommended the board use $140,000 in lottery funds to replace the high‑school boiler; that request was included in the consent agenda for board approval and will be handled by facilities staff.
After the open‑session business, the board moved into closed session citing federal and North Carolina statutes to discuss confidential personnel and student‑record matters and to consult with the board’s attorney. Upon return to open session the board approved the personnel report. The meeting adjourned following the vote.
Minutes for the prior meeting were amended to include the consent‑agenda vote as requested by a board member and will be included in the official record.
