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Lancaster school board unanimously approves 2025 Freightliner/Thomas bus, consent agenda; moves to executive session on personnel
Summary
The Lancaster Community School District Board of Education on Jan. 8 approved its consent agenda including payables and special-education open-enrollment seats, voted to purchase a 2025 Freightliner/Thomas school bus, and entered executive session under 19.85(1)(c) for administrative reviews. All recorded votes were 7-0-0.
The Lancaster Community School District Board of Education unanimously approved its consent agenda and a request to purchase a 2025 Freightliner/Thomas school bus at its regular meeting on Jan. 8, 2025.
The board adopted the meeting agenda after a roll call that recorded seven members present — Nate Gallagher, Dean Noethe, Chad Olmstead, Gina Rollins, Mike Steffel, Andrew Taylor and Jerry Vesperman — with Tanya Moore and Sara Mumm absent. Gallagher moved to adopt the agenda and Noethe seconded; the motion carried by a voice vote of 7-0-0.
During the consent agenda, the board approved the Dec. 11, 2024 regular minutes; recorded open accounts payable of $58,353.37 and paid accounts payable of $659,668.01; accepted a donation from the Lancaster Lions Club (amount not specified in the minutes); and designated special-education open-enrollment seats for the 2025–26 school year (Cross Categorical: 0 seats; Occupational Therapy: 1 seat; Speech Language Therapy: 2 seats). Jerry Vesperman moved to approve the consent items, seconded by Andrew Taylor; the motion passed by roll-call vote, 7-0-0.
On a separate action item the board approved the purchase of a 2025 Freightliner/Thomas school bus. Nate Gallagher moved to approve the purchase and Gina Rollins seconded; the motion carried with a roll-call vote of 7-0-0.
The agenda then moved to routine reports and items for future agendas as listed in the minutes. The board subsequently voted to enter an executive session under 19.85(1)(c), described in the minutes as "considering employment, promotion, compensation, or performance evaluation data of any public employee," to conduct administrative reviews. The motion to enter executive session was made by Nate Gallagher, seconded by Dean Noethe, and carried by roll-call vote 7-0-0.
The minutes record that the board returned to open session on a motion by Dean Noethe, seconded by Nate Gallagher, and then moved to adjourn (motion by Noethe, seconded by Gallagher). The meeting was adjourned following a voice vote of 7-0-0.
The minutes do not include discussion text, quote attribution, the donation amount from the Lancaster Lions Club, nor details of the administrative reviews discussed in executive session.
