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Hennessey board approves consent agenda including $2.515 million lease renewal and service agreements
Summary
At its July 14 meeting the Hennessey Public Schools Board unanimously approved the consent agenda, which included a $2,515,000 lease renewal with Farmers & Merchants Bank, vendor contracts for 2025–26, purchase orders and surplus equipment, and an agreement for a school resource officer.
At its July 14, 2025 regular meeting the Hennessey Public Schools Board approved a broad consent agenda that included financial summaries, purchase orders and several contracts and agreements for the 2025–2026 school year.
Vice President Dakota Semrad moved to approve the consent agenda; Member Luke Lough seconded the motion, and it passed 4–0 with James Matousek absent. The consent agenda covered minutes from the June 9 meeting; the district financial summary and activity fund balances as of June 30, 2025; encumbrances and purchase order ranges for the 2024–25 and 2025–26 fiscal years; and fundraiser approvals.
Among the higher-profile items approved was a resolution for a lease renewal (resolution #10767300) with Farmers & Merchants Bank, Crescent, Oklahoma, dated June 27, 2018, for $2,515,000. The board also approved the district capacity report for 2025–26, declared surplus copiers and a 2012 Freightliner bus (VIN 4UZABRDU2CCBA2297), and accepted a contract with Renee Curry for student information services.
The board approved interagency and vendor agreements that will take effect in the 2025–26 school year, including a Local Education Agency agreement with Big Five Community Services, Inc. (Head Start); a School–Work Study contract with the Department of Rehabilitation Services; renewal of ParentSquare for website and notification services; and a natural gas supply agreement with Clearwater Enterprises, L.L.C. The consent agenda also recorded encumbrances for the Child Nutrition fund and general fund PO ranges as listed on the agenda.
The motion to approve the consent agenda was recorded as: mover — Vice President Dakota Semrad; second — Member Luke Lough; vote — Semrad yes, Lough yes, Charmasson yes, Painter yes; Matousek absent. No separate discussion or roll-call objections to the individual consent items were recorded in the minutes.
The meeting record shows routine procedural approvals; the board took these actions in a single bundled vote and did not separate any consent items for individual debate.
