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Fraser Board adopts MISD budget resolution, awards café renovation and approves $14.72M in bills
Summary
At its May 5 meeting the Fraser Board of Education adopted a resolution supporting the Macomb Intermediate School District general operating budget for 2025–26, awarded a Fra Cafe renovation contract for $235,238.64, approved district bills totaling $14,719,805.66 and voted to enter closed session under the Open Meetings Act.
The Fraser Board of Education on May 5 adopted a resolution supporting the Macomb Intermediate School District (MISD) General Operating Budget for 2025–2026, awarded a cafeteria renovation contract and approved district financial transactions totaling $14,719,805.66.
Trustee Todd Koch moved, supported by Trustee Rebecca Jensen, to adopt the resolution in support of the MISD general operating budget. The motion carried unanimously. Later, Trustee Koch moved, supported by Abigail Wasil, to award Bid Pack #6A — the Fra Cafe renovation — to Mid Thumb Contracting Group, LLC for $235,238.64; that motion also carried unanimously.
In a separate motion, Trustee Todd Koch moved, supported by Katie Moco, to authorize payment of the district’s bills across funds: General Fund $4,186,231.59; Food Service $264,082.51; School Activity Fund $23,476.54; Debt Retirement Funds $8,374,902.20; Capital Projects Fund $1,871,112.82; total $14,719,805.66. Minutes record the motion as carried (Ayes: All). The approval of bills was handled as a formal financial transaction and is recorded in the minutes as approved.
Personnel and operations items on the agenda included a motion to rescind a leave of absence for Lisa Short, an English teacher at Fraser High School; that motion, moved by Trustee Abigail Wasil and supported by Katie Moco, carried unanimously. Operations & Maintenance Director Jim Birko reported preparatory summer cleaning and said paving of the Fraser High School parking lot is scheduled to begin the week of June 9.
The board approved a motion to move into closed session at the end of the meeting pursuant to the Open Meetings Act, Section 8c (negotiations) and Section 8h (written legal opinion). The roll call on that motion recorded Ayes: T. Burrows, T. Koch, S. Wallace, R. Jensen, A. Wasil, K. Moco; Nays: None. The meeting adjourned at 10:18 p.m. The May 5 minutes were subsequently approved at the May 19, 2025 regular meeting and filed in the permanent minute book.
