The Hamilton City Schools Board of Education recorded multiple formal votes during the work session. Below are the motions announced and the roll-call outcomes as recorded in the meeting transcript.

Approval of meeting agenda
A motion to approve the board agenda passed by roll call. Roll call in the transcript recorded: Mister Davidson: Yes; Doctor Copas: Yes; Missus Matthews: Yes; Mister Sprague: Yes; Missus Baker: Yes. Outcome: approved.

Approval of minutes
A motion to approve minutes passed by roll call. Recorded votes included a Baker abstention on one minutes vote earlier in the meeting; subsequent roll calls recorded approvals or abstentions as shown in the transcript. Outcome: approved (with one recorded abstention on a minutes item).

Human-resources: Science-of-reading stipends (HR agenda item)
The board approved stipends tied to mandated science-of-reading training (district pays employees and receives state reimbursement, per the superintendent). Roll call recorded: Mister Sprague: Yes; Missus Baker: Yes; Doctor Copas: Yes; Missus Matthews: Yes; Mister Davidson: Abstain. Outcome: approved (4 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain).

Human-resources: Personnel approvals
The board approved the listed personnel actions (including two assistant-principal hires pending introduction). Roll call recorded: Missus Baker: Yes; Mister Davidson: Yes; Doctor Copas: Yes; Missus Matthews: Yes; Mister Sprague: Yes. Outcome: approved (5 yes).

Consent agenda
The consent agenda — which included field trips, a student placement for special education and nursing services, and grants for Hamilton High and Wilson Middle School — was approved by roll call. Recorded votes: Mister Davidson: Yes; Doctor Copas: Yes; Missus Matthews: Yes; Mister Sprague: Yes; Missus Baker: Yes. Outcome: approved.

License agreement (revised)
A revised license agreement that the board had tabled at a previous meeting was brought back with additional language for consideration and approved. Roll call recorded: Missus Baker: Yes; Mister Davidson: Yes; Doctor Copas: Yes; Missus Matthews: Yes; Mister Sprague: Yes. Outcome: approved.

Finance items
The treasurer presented monthly financial reports and a package of finance items for approval, including a confirming purchase order for a Kettering Health sports medicine contract, a resolution certifying tax rates, an updated NJROTC agreement and multiple donations (including a $10,000 donation from a retired teacher for playground equipment, continued AMVETS support for NJROTC and a $1,500 Hamilton Community Foundation award). The finance package was approved by roll call: Missus Matthews: Yes; Mister Sprague: Yes; Missus Baker: Yes; Mister Davidson: Yes; Doctor Copas: Yes. Outcome: approved.

Why it matters: The approvals clear personnel hires, contractual language and routine financial business so the district can proceed with staffing, program agreements and grant/donation acceptance. Recorded roll calls show the board routinely approved items; the transcript records a small number of abstentions but no formal votes against the measures reviewed at the meeting.

Sources: roll-call segments and motion language recorded on the meeting transcript.