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Waddell board adopts FY26 appropriations, approves personnel contracts, grants and routine business
Summary
At its meeting the Waddell Board of Education approved FY26 permanent appropriations, insurance renewals, multiple personnel contracts and routine grants and transfers; the board also authorized administrative transfers and recessed to executive session.
The Waddell Board of Education approved a package of fiscal and personnel actions at its meeting, including permanent appropriations for fiscal year 2026, insurance renewals, supplemental and substitute contracts, several personnel hires and a recurring $4,000 grant from the University of Cincinnati.
Treasurer (speaker 3) presented the financial overview, reporting a near-$950,000 general fund deficit while noting year-to-date surpluses in other funds and recent one-time expenditures, including resource officer costs. The board approved the financial statements and moved to adopt FY26 permanent appropriations to allow operations to begin while final grant awards are awaited in the fall.
The board approved several personnel and contract items on individual motions and roll-call votes: increases in instructional aide hours for 2025–26, a stipend for custodian coordinator Jason Hood, a one-year limited custodial contract for Jasmine Watts (effective July 1, 2025), extended days for the 2024–25 year, substitute and supplemental contract lists for 2024–25 and 2025–26, and hiring of listed substitutes. The board also approved participation in a regional schools council purchasing bid for passenger buses and authorized a $25,000 fund transfer as presented.
Other approvals included insurance renewals for liability, fleet and cyber coverages (treasurer estimated about a 7.5% increase), acceptance of a donation from the American Red Cross for scholarship purposes, approval to dispose of listed fixed assets, and enrollment in the Shady Hill High School Council retrospective workers' compensation program. The board then approved a motion to recess into executive session for a listed lawful purpose.
Votes at a glance (selected items): - FY26 permanent appropriations: approved (motion carried on roll call). - Insurance renewals (liability, fleet, cyber): approved. - University of Cincinnati grant (~$4,000): approved. - CEP application (separate agenda item covered in meeting): approved (see separate article). - Personnel contracts (custodial contract for Jasmine Watts; stipend for Jason Hood; substitute/supplemental lists): approved. - $25,000 transfer: approved.
The board recorded roll-call votes for each motion; minutes will include the official tallies and the meeting recessed into executive session following the approvals.
