Millinocket school board authorizes multiple payroll and AP warrants

The Millinocket Public Schools board voted to authorize the superintendent to direct the town treasurer to pay multiple payroll and accounts‑payable warrants covering payroll dates in December 2024 and January 2025.

In a motion introduced during the meeting, a board member identified in the transcript as Kevin moved to authorize listed payroll warrants including PR 25‑12‑2 ($447,129), PR 25‑13 ($139,200), and a series of AP warrants and student account disbursements for dates through Jan. 16, 2025. The motion listed individual warrant identifiers and the amounts associated with each warrant and student account line. The board discussed and approved the motion.

Why it matters: these warrants release operating payroll and vendor payments that fund day‑to‑day instruction, staff pay and student activity accounts. Approvals are regular board actions that finalize payments already authorized in payroll/finance workflows.

Details: The motion as read into the record named multiple warrant IDs and dollar amounts for both payroll and accounts‑payable cycles across December 2024 and January 2025; the motion also referenced student account transfers and specific AP lines. The board did not provide a consolidated single total in the public record during discussion; the warrant identifiers and the amounts attached to each identifier were read into the record and entered into the minutes.

The board recorded assent after discussion; no roll‑call vote with individual member tallies was read into the public transcript during the motion's approval. The board proceeded to other agenda items once the warrants motion was approved.