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Mason Consolidated Board approves 2025–26 tax rate, hires and multiple facility and food-service purchases
Summary
The Mason Consolidated Schools Board of Education on Aug. 6 approved the 2025–26 tax rate, rehired a middle-school English teacher, approved a special-education hire pending checks, and voted to buy kitchen and facilities equipment and contract athletic trainer services. All motions passed 5-0.
The Mason Consolidated Schools Board of Education met Aug. 6 and approved a package of budgetary and personnel items, including adoption of the 2025–2026 tax rate and several equipment purchases and contracts.
Board President Otting called the meeting to order at 6:03 p.m., and motions on the night's major items passed unanimously, recorded as "motion carried 5-0." The board approved the recommended 2025–2026 tax rate (minutes record adoption; the numerical rate was not specified in the minutes). The board also approved rehiring Kelsey Cole as middle-school English at Step 11 MA with salary $69,203 and approved hiring Traci Fackelman for middle-school special education at Step 10 BA pending favorable criminal-history, reference and background checks.
In facilities and equipment decisions, trustees accepted a Monroe Plumbing and Heating Company quote of $65,050 for the Filter First Fixture Replacement and Installation Project and later accepted a quote for weightroom RTU replacement (motion carried 5-0). The board approved purchasing an elementary Hobart model dishwasher from TriMark SS Kemp for $41,251 and a True Manufacturing three-door refrigerator from HPS for $7,728.38, both to be paid from the food-service excess fund balance. Trustees also authorized a contract with ATI Holdings, LLC for athletic trainer services.
The board recorded approvals as motions moved and seconded (examples: "Motion by Grodi, Supported by Nehrig" for the filter-first quote; "Motion by Waller, Supported by England" for the dishwasher purchase) and consistently recorded unanimous 5-0 outcomes. The minutes note that several items were added to the agenda before approval, including the Kelsey Cole rehiring recommendation and the weightroom RTU quote.
The board adjourned at 6:40 p.m. and listed the next regular meeting as Sept. 3, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. in the Mason Senior High School Library.
