Peck Community Schools board elects officers, names vendors and adopts 2026 schedule

The Peck Community Schools Board of Education reorganized and adopted routine annual designations during its Jan. 15, 2026 meeting in the school library. Superintendent Bill Kerr called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.

The board elected Shane Welch president and Tim Lentner vice president. Renee Alfaro was elected secretary and Stephanie MacMillan treasurer; all officer elections were moved, supported and recorded as unanimous among the six members present (Alfaro, Collins, Kosal, Lentner, MacMillan and Welch). Margaret Schreiner was listed as absent.

The board also approved administrative and financial designations for the 2026 calendar year. It designated Tri County Bank as the district's main depository and authorized Bill Kerr and Shelley Bullis as check signatories. Shelley Bullis was designated Electronic Transfer Officer (ETO). The board appointed Anderson, Tuckey, Bernhard and Doran, P.C. as auditors; Set-Seg as the insurance carrier for building, fleet and liability; Thrun Law Firm as legal counsel; and PFI as financial advisor. Jeff Kosal was appointed as the district representative to the Sanilac County Association of School Boards.

Board members voted to compensate members $25 for each regular, special and committee meeting in 2026 and set regular board meetings for the third Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. The board approved committee assignments as listed in the meeting materials and designated the Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent to assume secretary or treasurer responsibilities in the absence of those officers.

The board reviewed and approved minutes from the Dec. 18, 2025 meeting and voted to pay bills and accept the financial report as presented. All motions recorded in the reorganizational business were marked unanimous among those present.

The next regular meeting was set for Feb. 19, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. The meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.