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Three Rivers Community Schools board approves administrative designations, adopts consent agenda and tables PAWs Clinic MOU
Summary
At its July 13 meeting the Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education unanimously approved multiple administrative designations and appointments, adopted a consent agenda that included $2,001,731.72 in accounts payable and tabled consideration of an MOU for the PAWs Clinic until a Beacon Health representative can present.
President Erin Nowak called the Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education meeting to order at 6:01 PM on Monday, July 13, 2026. The board unanimously approved several administrative designations, retained outside counsel and auditors, adopted the consent agenda and tabled consideration of an MOU related to the PAWs Clinic.
The board voted 4-0 (Members Linda Baker, Ross Daniels, Elizabeth Ogreen and President Erin Nowak; Members Amanda Allen, Julia Awe and Melissa Patch were recorded as absent) to approve the agenda, designate depositories and banks for district investments, and to name the Director of Electronic Finance & Business as the Electronic Transfer Officer. Individual motions were made and seconded as follows: approval of the agenda (motion by Member Linda Baker, support Ross Daniels); designation of depositories (motion by Member Ross Daniels, support Elizabeth Ogreen); designation of banks for investments (motion by Member Linda Baker, support Ross Daniels); and designation of the Electronic Transfer Officer (motion by Member Ross Daniels, support Linda Baker). All passed unanimously.
The board also approved several administrative appointments by unanimous vote. The board voted to retain Thrun Law Firm P.C. to handle personnel, legal negotiations and contractual matters (motion by Member Baker, support by Member Daniels), and to appoint Gabridge & Company to perform the district’s 2025–26 annual audit (motion by Member Daniels, support by Member Baker). The Executive Assistant to the Superintendent and Board of Education was designated to post public notices of board meetings and to serve as recording secretary (motions by Member Daniels, support by Member Baker); both motions passed 4-0.
The board adopted the consent agenda unanimously. The minutes list the consent items as: approval of the June 15, 2026 budget hearing and regular meeting minutes; approval of the June 2026 payroll change register; approval of the June 1–30, 2026 accounts payable check register totaling $2,001,731.72; and approval of bond invoice payments totaling $290,102.39. The board’s recorded vote on consent items was 4-0, with three members absent.
On an MOU regarding deeded access for the PAWs Clinic, Superintendent Nikki Nash provided background and the board asked for additional information. Member Ross Daniels moved, with support from Member Linda Baker, to table approval of the MOU until August so a Beacon Health representative could present and answer outstanding questions; the motion passed unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 6:51 PM following a unanimous motion to close. The minutes are signed "Respectfully Submitted" by Melissa Patch, Secretary Board of Education, and Lorie Camino, Recording Secretary; the minutes also record Patch as absent from the meeting.
