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Board approves organizational designations, auditors and consent agenda; meeting time moved to 6 p.m.
Summary
At the organizational meeting trustees approved designated depositories, authorized superintendent/CFO signatories, set 2025 meeting dates (amending start time to 6 p.m.), approved Yo and Yo as auditors for FY24-25, and passed the consent agenda including December expenditures of $1,670,268.70.
The Madison District Public Schools Board of Education completed its routine organizational business on Jan. 6, approving a series of administrative designations and routine motions.
Under bylaw references (154a-f), trustees designated Fifth Third Bank, PFM (spelling in transcript abbreviated), and Huntington National Bank as official depositories. The board also designated the superintendent and/or the chief financial officer as authorized signatories for vendor payments, explained staff.
Trustees approved the 2025 meeting calendar and amended the start time for regular meetings to 6:00 p.m. The board approved regular study-session dates and designated the director of business and finance to assume treasurer responsibilities for certain duties and the superintendent to assume duties of the secretary where specified by bylaw.
The board approved Yo and Yo as the district uditors for fiscal year 2024-25. Some trustees expressed concern about repeatedly using the same auditing firm and requested annual requests for proposals; the majority voted to retain Yo and Yo for the upcoming audit.
The consent agenda was approved by roll call, including December 2024 expenditures totaling $1,670,268.70 and a personnel report dated Jan. 6, 2025. The board also authorized Clark Hill (and discussed adding a secondary firm listed in transcript as TRU/Trun) to provide legal services.
All organizational items were adopted by roll call as recorded in the meeting transcript.
