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Scotia-Glenville board approves audits, contracts and fiscal projection amid staffing and documentation questions
Summary
The board approved the 2025–26 risk assessment and Medicaid audit corrective actions, renewed an internal auditing agreement, awarded multiple contracts for consulting and legal services, and accepted the third fiscal projection showing an improved fund balance; some trustees abstained citing missing proposal documents.
At its May meeting the Scotia-Glenville Central School District board approved a series of governance, auditing and contracting items and accepted a refreshed fiscal projection for 2025–26.
The audit committee reported a mostly favorable risk assessment for 2025–26 and recommended approval of corrective action plans; trustees moved and approved acceptance of the district’s risk assessment and corrective action plans. The board also accepted the 2025–26 Medicaid audit and its corrective action plan; auditors noted four low–to–moderate observations tied in part to personnel changes and recommended a follow-up audit once staffing stabilizes.
The board approved an intermunicipal agreement with Questar for internal auditing services despite a discussed 10% fee increase. Trustees moved to award several professional services contracts: HMBB Consultants LLC for child nutrition consulting; Gervin and Fazo PC for general legal services; Honeywell Law Firm PLLC for employment and collective-bargaining counsel; and Barclay Damon LLC for bond counsel. Members noted they had not seen some proposal materials in the portal before voting and several trustees recorded abstentions on those contract votes.
The board accepted a motion to award a financial advisory services contract (listed in the motion as "Physical Adviserss and Marketing Incorporated") and approved the third fiscal projection for 2025–26. District finance staff summarized that the fiscal position improved from the second projection — specialty drug costs stabilized and fund balance rose to about 2.2% with an approximate $1.1 million increase in surplus compared with the prior projection.
Other approved actions included appointing the 2026–27 committees on special education and preschool special education, accepting several gifts and donations (including $9,150 from the Scotia Rotary for an outdoor learning pavilion and $785 from Ronald McDonald House Charities for an elementary site), and routine budget and staffing motions. Board members said they would provide follow-up documentation for trustees who requested missed proposal materials.
