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Votes at a glance: St. John the Baptist Parish School Board actions, Feb. 8, 2024
Summary
A quick reference list of motions the board voted on Feb. 8, 2024, including approval of minutes, contract policy revisions, a multi-item personnel package, procurement decisions, and the Volkert renegotiation to set aside $15 million for Hurricane Ida-related costs.
The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board recorded the following formal actions on Feb. 8, 2024. Vote tallies are included as read into the record.
• Approval of minutes (Jan. 11; Jan. 18; Jan. 29–30 retreat): Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).
• Waiver to modify DJEG (Contracts Policy and Procedures): Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).
• Approval of revisions to Policy DJEG: Motion carried (9 yeas, 1 nay – Burl; 1 absent – DeFrancesch).
• Series of job description approvals (multiple items including COO, CAO, directors and supervisors): Motions carried (roll-call tallies varied; several recorded abstentions by Burl on specific items; most passed with a majority or unanimously as recorded).
• Approval: Declare surplus vehicles and authorize auction process: Motion carried (11 yeas).
• Approval: Proceed with HVAC upgrades as pre-approved in ESSER grant: Motion carried (11 yeas).
• Approval: Service agreement with TransformED Group, LLC: Motion carried (11 yeas).
• Approval: Renegotiate Volkert contract to set aside $15,000,000 for Hurricane Ida-related costs: Motion carried (9 yeas, 1 nay – Burl; 1 absent – Vicknair).
• Approval: Proceed with district-wide HVAC assessments (old business): Motion carried (11 yeas).
• Award contract for concrete repairs at LaPlace Elementary and East St. John Prep to lowest responsive quote (Luster Group — LES $47,000; ESP $57,000): Motion carried (11 yeas).
• Award Property Insurance contract to LA Insurance Service with adjusted premium of $4,189,249.25: Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).
• Approval: Advertise to receive bids for bus parts; general maintenance supplies; award/incentive items and T-shirts: Motions carried (tallies recorded on minutes; one nay recorded on bus parts advertising).
• Approval: Organizational chart recommended by Lean Frog: Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).
• Motion for adjournment: Motion carried (11 yeas); meeting adjourned at 9:11 p.m.
These summaries reflect the roll-call outcomes as recorded in the meeting minutes. Where the transcript records abstentions or objections, the item summary above notes them; if the transcript did not record an individual vote by name for a motion, the roll-call tallies provided in the minutes are reported.
