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Board approves multiple financial and personnel items, notes large band-equipment donation; postpones levy renewal item
Summary
The New Philadelphia City Board approved routine financial reports, several quotes and contracts, personnel hires and amendments, and accepted an in-kind band booster donation valued at about $73,572.70; the board also tabled (postponed) a resolution to submit a levy renewal (Item P) and voted to enter executive session.
During its regular meeting, the New Philadelphia City Board of Education approved May financial statements, accepted multiple contracts and quotes, confirmed personnel actions and acknowledged a substantial in-kind donation from the band boosters.
The treasurer presented the May financial packet, including a request to approve a Flickinger piping quote of $37,633 to replace secondary chiller pumps at South Elementary, a software quote for $24,947.20, and additional membership and licensing quotes. The board also noted an in-kind donation of band equipment purchased at auction and donated by the band boosters with a stated value of approximately $73,572.70; representatives said the boosters expended roughly $4,800 to acquire and distribute the equipment to the program.
Personnel items approved included resignations effective at the end of the school year, corrected contract entries from prior meetings, the hiring of a new elementary physical-education teacher, a literacy specialist, a speech-language pathologist, multiple classified employees, and several supplemental positions for the upcoming year.
By motion and roll-call vote, the board also approved interagency and transition agreements, a mobile response and stabilization services agreement with a named provider, and changes to athletic fees for the 2026–27 school year, including a $25 five-year Golden Quaker senior citizen pass.
Earlier in the meeting the board considered but tabled Item P — a resolution to submit the question of renewing an existing tax levy to the district electorate — after discussion. A motion to approve the agenda with Item P postponed carried on a roll-call vote recorded during the meeting.
At the meeting’s close the board voted to convene an executive session to consider the employment of a public employee and the purchase of property for public purposes.
The board recorded roll-call votes for motions during the meeting; where votes were called during the transcript, Mr. Rick, Mrs. Shrock, Dr. Bachmann and Mr. Petrulo voted in the affirmative on the mentioned motions.
