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Mason Public Schools (Ingham) board meeting, date not confirmed yet

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What happened at this meeting

Mason board approves draft 2025⁠-⁠2026 audit and 2025 bond governance procedures 45:10

  • The district's auditor presented the 2025⁠-⁠26 audit and said the firm would issue an unmodified, or clean, opinion on the financial statements. 0:21
  • The board approved the 2025⁠-⁠2026 annual financial audit as presented. 45:10
Item by item (15)
  1. Opening and agenda approval 0:02
    • The meeting was called to order at 7 o'clock and the board took a motion to approve the agenda. 0:02
    • No one signed up for the first public comment period. 0:21
    • The motion to approve the agenda carried. 0:21
  2. Annual audit presentation 0:21
    • The auditor said the audit was a draft because the firm was waiting on a finalized federal compliance supplement, and that the financial portion would be finalized by the November 1 deadline. 2:16
    • The auditor said general fund revenue was $49 million against about $47.8 million in expenditures, taking fund balance from about $13.5 million to $15.2, or about 32% of expenditures. 9:27
    • A speaker asked what fund balance level is considered healthy, and the auditor said 20 to 25 is probably where districts will land for '25-'26. 21:11
  3. Staff engagement survey results 24:29
    • A district staff member said the district uses an employee engagement survey of 116 statements measuring 15 dimensions, tied to the strategic plan focus on recruiting, developing and retaining staff. 24:48
    • The staff member said the share of staff in the top category started at 52.24% and grew in each of the next two years, and that teams would action plan on November 2nd. 27:20
    • Asked about rising response totals, the staff member said the district is getting better participation. 35:11
  4. Curriculum and communications reports 39:12
    • There was no curriculum and instruction report. ~39:12
  5. Consent agenda 39:59
    • The consent agenda included the minutes of the September 10th, 2026 meeting, personnel and financial reports and general fund bills in the amount of $2,350,083.94. 40:05
    • The motion to approve the consent agenda carried. 41:02
  6. Finance and Property committee report 41:02
    • The committee report said tests on land for the bus garage came back positive and closing is expected within the next month or two. 42:08
    • The report said fuel would be delivered to district vehicles for the next couple years at the same or lower price. 42:24
    • In response to a question, speakers said the Harvey roof repair is on the existing, older part of the building. 44:40
  7. Audit and bond governance approvals 45:10
    • The board took motions to approve the 2025⁠-⁠2026 annual financial audit, which was still a draft, and the 2025 bond governance procedures. 45:10
    • Both motions carried. ~45:33
  8. Contracts and purchases 46:11
    • Motions were made to award a technology design services contract to Communications by Design and a fleet fueling service agreement to Tanker Fueling Service. 46:11
    • A speaker said the technology design firm was the same company used for the last bond. 46:23
    • Motions were made to award a Harvey Education Center roof repair contract to Weather Shield Roofing Systems for $52,299.45 from sinking funds and to buy Pro Heaters from J&K Diesel Supply Inc. for $22,170 from general funds. 47:11
    • The motions on the roof repair contract and the heater purchase carried. 47:34
  9. Professional development advisory committee 48:08
    • The Curriculum and Staff committee report said special education parapros were the largest staffing need. 48:08
    • A speaker said the existing professional development committee must add non-teaching staff and parents to comply with pupil accounting rules. 49:51
    • Asked how members would be found, a speaker said principals would be asked to communicate through newsletters and the district would use its normal communication channels to look for members. 51:05
    • The motion to appoint the advisory board carried. 51:45
  10. Staff recognitions 51:49
    • Speakers read notes of thanks for district staff, including a new building secretary and the new principal at Harvey. 53:29
  11. Policy and Community committee report 54:56
    • The committee report covered upcoming trips, gifts and a Channel 10 story on the Mason High School band. 56:02
    • Speakers said Inclusion Week is coming up the week after next. 56:43
  12. Field trips and donation 57:10
    • Motions were made to approve a Youth in Government trip to Lansing on February 18th through 21st, 2027, and an anatomy and physiology trip to Chicago in November of 2026. 57:10
    • Motions were made to approve a girls soccer trip to a National Women's Soccer League game and a middle school robotics trip on December 12th through 13th, 2026, if the team qualifies. 58:01
    • A motion was made to approve a Steel PTO donation in the amount of $3,830. 59:08
    • The motions on the robotics trip and the donation carried. 59:05
  13. Memorials policy second reading 59:50
    • A motion was made to approve Policy 7250.01 on memorials. 59:50
    • A speaker said the new policy is a vast improvement over where the work started a little over a year ago. 1:00:04
    • The motion carried. ~1:00:55
  14. Superintendent report 1:00:55
    • The superintendent said the district had received satisfactory diligence reports from all the testing on a property and was preparing to close on it in the very near future. 1:00:55
    • The superintendent said the district visited 4 recently built facilities and expects the new facility to be finished sometime in the fall of 2028. 1:02:24
  15. Public comment and adjournment 1:05:26
    • No one spoke at the second public comment period, and the meeting adjourned at 8:05. 1:05:26

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Video: posted by the district as “2026-10-08 - Regular School Board Meeting”