What was said

School Committee, June 29, 2023

the recording · 0:27 long, about 2,903 words spoken · captions carried this meeting moderately well

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The town published an agenda for this meeting. No minutes have been published; the recording is the only record, and what follows is a guide to it.

The short version

  1. ▶ 12:11The School Committee voted 4-0 by roll call, as heard, to accept the carryover of open purchase orders into the next fiscal year.
  2. ▶ 15:49The committee voted 4-0 by roll call, as heard, to release the class of 2023 funds to the two class officers.
  3. ▶ 18:01The committee voted 4-0 by roll call, as heard, to accept a donation of office furniture from the greater Worcester Community Foundation.
  4. ▶ 24:16The chair will circulate dates for an August meeting to review protocols and last year's goals.
  5. ▶ 26:26The committee agreed to ask the municipal building committee chair whether to meet over the summer about Turkey Hill's future use.

Why it matters — our reading

  • Carried-over purchase orders are bills for this year, such as June utilities, that are paid from the budget after the year closes, so they bear on how much the school budget has left.
  • The Turkey Hill discussion is an early step on a town building's future use, and it has no decision yet.

Watch next

  • The chair's dates for an August School Committee meeting on protocols and last year's goals.
  • The reply from the municipal building committee chair on a summer meeting about Turkey Hill.

executive sessionfacilitiesgrantstown departmentstransfersturkey hill

Present: Dr Burnham (chair); Mr Leighton (member); Mr beardmore (member); Mrs ashimbo (member); Ms Wazowski / Mrs brazowski (member); Laura (member); Mr Cassidy (business manager); Jesse Walker (presenter). Names are the caption model’s hearing and may be wrong.

Votes

  1. ▶ 12:11Accept the carryover of open purchase orderspassed 4-0 by roll call (as heard)
  2. ▶ 15:49Release the class of 2023 funds under the care and custody of the two class officerspassed 4-0 by roll call (as heard)
  3. ▶ 18:01Accept the donation of office furniture from the greater Worcester Community Foundationpassed 4-0 by roll call (as heard)

And 2 procedural: approve regular session minutes of may 24th and june 7th 2023 (▶ 2:51); enter executive session for non-union negotiations strategy and adjourn at its conclusion (▶ 27:06).

The money

  1. ▶ 5:06Carryover of open purchase orders

    The business manager explained that open POs are carried into the next fiscal year awaiting final invoices such as June utility bills. Total was mentioned as around the figure heard.

    as heard:172

  2. ▶ 6:30Grant-funded purchases

    Purchases were made under a late DESE grant and a Department of Public Health grant for nursing supplies.

  3. ▶ 6:50Vehicle under capital funds

    A vehicle requisition is on the list though it is town capital money and may fall off the list.

    as heard:58 000

  4. ▶ 11:26Solar energy broker fee encumbrance

    A member asked why an encumbrance exists for the solar energy vendor; the answer was a final invoice is pending for a fee to find buyers.

    as heard:11 000

  5. ▶ 14:21Class of 2023 account balance

    The class has a remaining balance, verified, requested to be released for future class events.

    as heard:4 644.36

  6. ▶ 19:22Finance Committee report: town projects

    Report of guard rail repair bids, Page Street culvert, street light bids and abatements funded from ARPA.

    as heard:eighty thousand dollarseighty six thousand dollars112 00082 000one million 351 1471.5 million

Settled without a vote

  • ▶ 26:26The chair or a member will ask the municipal building committee chair whether to meet over the summer about Turkey Hill's future use.
  • ▶ 24:16The chair will circulate dates for an August meeting to review protocols and last year's goals.

Where the time went

Minutes of recording by subject, from the topic spans below. A topic with two subjects counts toward both.

The whole meeting, in order

  1. ▶ 0:04Call to order, public comment, chair's reportinformational · 2:26 long
  2. ▶ 2:30Approval of minutesvoted · 2:05 long
  3. ▶ 4:35Carryover of open purchase ordersvoted · 8:20 long · budget, grants
  4. ▶ 12:55Class of 2023 request for fundsvoted · 3:45 long · high school
  5. ▶ 16:40Furniture donationvoted · 1:41 long · facilities
  6. ▶ 18:21Committee reports (Finance Committee)informational · 5:33 long · town departments
  7. ▶ 23:54Future topics, Turkey Hill forumno resolution · 2:52 long · turkey hill, facilities
  8. ▶ 26:46Executive session on non-union negotiationsvoted · 0:54 long · executive session

What the captions could not carry

  • Exact total of carried-over purchase orders (caption shows 172)
  • Roll call during minutes vote was interrupted by a member joining
  • Finance committee report is partly garbled
  • Executive session roll call: Mr beardmore's answer garbled

These are ours, and they are not the record

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