Frankfort Independent board approves purchase orders, flags recurring custodial and Amazon entries

The Frankfort Independent School Board approved the listed purchase orders and the consent agenda after a brief review of several reimbursement and expense items.

Board leadership noted a $2,500 grant application submitted by Mr. Roupert with Kimmy (the district's workers-compensation provider) covered safety shoes for cafeteria, maintenance, transportation and custodial employees; the district has received reimbursement for that purchase. The board also discussed a planned vendor change for district cell phones: Mr. Jones recommended switching to T‑Mobile, which the board said will roughly halve monthly cellphone costs. The board identified a yearly hosting fee of $2,846 for Tyler Technologies (the Munis finance platform) and routine inspection/service charges (Capital Technologies, $150). One Amazon line-item in the transcript was garbled and the amount is not specified in the record.

Members raised concerns about frequent large custodial orders and asked staff to pull purchase histories to ensure the district is not over-ordering. The board recorded a motion and second to approve the orders; the Chair called for vocal affirmation and announced the orders were approved. The consent agenda likewise passed on a vocal vote. The board did not record individual roll-call tallies in the transcript. The board encouraged members to raise any remaining questions about school-activity fund reports with Dr. Saturday outside the meeting.

Next steps: staff will review recurring custodial purchasing and provide any requested back-up documentation to the board.