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Mishawaka board approves consent agenda, contractor agreements and fund transfer plan
Summary
The board approved routine consent items including $7,864,417.97 in bills/warrants/payroll, a one-year agreement with Transpo, donations, overnight trips, a two-year cooperative agreement with Vogue School of Cosmetology, amendment #10 with St. Joseph Health System, a speech pathology services contract with Mishawaka Speech Lab, and accepted a plan explaining excess education-operations transfers driven by circuit breaker losses.
At the June 10 meeting the School City of Mishawaka board approved its consent agenda and several business items required by the district's operations calendar.
The consent agenda included approval of minutes (May 13, 2026) and payment of bills, warrants and payroll totaling $7,864,417.97. The board also approved a 2026–27 one-year agreement with Transpo, accepted listed donations, approved overnight field trips, and authorized a two-year cooperative agreement with Vogue School of Cosmetology. The board accepted Amendment #10 with St. Joseph Health System for school nursing services.
In business and operations the EL department presented a contractor agreement with Mishawaka Speech Lab to provide speech-language pathology services (therapy, evaluations, case management, IEP work) when district staff are insufficient; the contract rate cited in the meeting was $110 per hour. The board approved the agreement.
Mrs. DuToy said the district submitted a plan to state authorities explaining it exceeded the recommended 15% education-operations fund transfer for calendar year 2025, attributing the excess largely to circuit breaker credit losses. In the transcript Mrs. DuToy cited large dollar figures for circuit breaker losses affecting the certified tax levy and said the district will continue cost-containment and creative funding efforts; the board accepted the submitted plan.
Separately, in the superintendent's report the board approved a resolution permitting formal notice to NEOLA to discontinue policy advisory services and said the district will preserve policies while moving to a different, more fiscally responsible advisory vendor.
Motions for the consent agenda and contractor agreements carried by voice vote; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
