The Ballston Spa Central School District Board of Education on June 25 approved a package of policy resolutions, professional-service agreements and participation in the NYSMEC energy consortium during its regular meeting.

The board voted to adopt resolution 554 concerning the ex officio student member policy and passed additional policy resolutions including 555 (public access to district records), 556 (code of conduct) and 557 (artificial intelligence). The board also approved resolutions establishing a capital fund reserve (558) and two NYSMEC contracts to purchase electricity (559) and natural gas (560). A consent agenda covering resolutions 572 through 594, which included multiple personnel actions and agreements, passed as a block.

The action matters were presented with minimal debate. The audit committee, which met earlier the same day, delivered an internal-audit summary on the payroll process; the committee described the report as a “clean report with just 1 exception” that has a corrective-action plan in progress. “It was a clean report with just 1 exception for incomplete paperwork that was corrected,” the audit committee presenter summarized during committee reports.

Policy committee members announced two new district policies required to comply with state changes: Policy 5685, Maximum Temperature for School Buildings and Indoor Facilities, and Policy 7316, Student Use of Personal Technology. Both policies were placed on a 28-day read beginning July 2.

Board members moved and seconded the resolutions in sequence; in most cases the indicated motions passed without roll-call votes recorded in the meeting transcript. The meeting record shows at least one abstention recorded with the statement, “I abstain due to absence,” and multiple unnamed abstentions were logged on several consent items; no roll-call vote tallies were included in the transcript.

Board members asked one clarification question about resolution 576, which rescinds an earlier appointment approved on Aug. 7; a board member walked through the wording to confirm the motion’s intent to rescind the prior appointment.

Staff summarized the board’s long-term electricity and gas procurement program through NYSMEC, describing NYSMEC as “a consortium of school districts in New York State, approximately 350,” and noting the district has used the consortium for decades to secure discounts for energy purchases.

The superintendent had no report. The board set its next meeting for a reorganization session on July 2, followed by the regular business meeting.