Board accepts clean audit, appoints construction manager and outlines district scheduling review

The Mamaroneck Board of Education on Oct. 8 accepted an independent audit for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, was presented with a strong year-end financial position and approved a construction-management appointment for the district’s capital project.

Mark Callahan, director at O'Connor Davies, told the board the auditors issued “an unmodified opinion,” the highest-level (clean) audit report, and walked through the district’s financial statements. He summarized that state aid and other revenues came in higher than budgeted, interest income exceeded expectations and the district ended the year with a roughly $5.7 million surplus, rising from a beginning fund balance of about $31.2 million to an ending balance near $36.9 million.

Board members then considered a resolution to accept the auditors’ report and management letter. A motion and second were recorded and the board moved forward with the resolution; the transcript records the motion and second but does not provide a roll-call tally in the record.

On capital projects, the board approved a resolution appointing Kaldi Construction Co., Inc. as construction manager for the voter-approved 02/20/2024 capital project. District staff clarified the firm will act as the construction manager — overseeing prime contractors, change orders, and schedule adherence — rather than performing the physical construction itself; all prime contracts will be brought to the board for approval.

Dr. Sampson used the meeting to announce that Mamaroneck had been accepted into the League of Innovative Schools, noting immediate collaboration in areas including a cybersecurity pathway shared with other districts. He also described a district-wide elementary scheduling review with the DM group that will use new scheduling software to create consistent schedules across the four elementary schools, examine room and time utilization and build site teams to sustain scheduling practices beyond individual administrators.

Routine consent items (minutes, personnel actions and agreements) were moved and seconded during the meeting and came forward as part of the agenda; the meeting concluded after the board listed upcoming meeting dates and adjourned.

What the board approved

Votes at a glance (as recorded in meeting transcript) - Resolution to accept the independent auditor’s report and management letter: motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (motion proceeded; no roll-call tally recorded in transcript). - Resolution appointing Kaldi Construction Co., Inc. as construction manager for the 02/20/2024 capital project: motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (voice vote noted). - Consent agenda (minutes, personnel, agreements and special programs): motion made and seconded; outcome: approved (transcript records motion/second and routine progression).

The board discussed next steps for the capital project (prime contracts will return for board approval) and scheduled additional community meetings related to curriculum and strategic framework work.