Board approves routine finance, personnel and capital items; transfer to capital reserve moves forward
April 26, 2025 | Delaware Valley SD, School Districts, Pennsylvania
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The Delaware Valley School District Board of Directors approved a series of routine administrative, financial and capital items during its meeting.
Key actions the board approved included acceptance of the treasurer's report; payment of bills from the general, cafeteria, internal service, debt service and capital reserve funds; personnel actions (resignations, appointments and status changes); and authorization for two student speech-language pathology internships with the University of Scranton for fall 2025.
The board approved the DBSD pump station and force main replacement project bid and accepted a joint purchasing board paper supply bid for 2025–26 through the Northampton/Monroe/Pike County Joint Purchasing Board. The board also approved a transfer of unassigned general fund balance to the capital reserve fund in the amount reported in the packet as $537,050.88 (the transcript also recorded a second figure as "1066127¢", which was not clarified during the meeting).
Other approvals included:
- Acceptance of minutes from the March 20, 2025 regular meeting (approved) and a special meeting held April 16, 2025 (approved with three abstentions from members not present on that date).
- Approval of additional volunteers per the attached list (approved).
- Waiver of rental fees for Delaware Valley High School gymnasium / multipurpose room and concession for a jiu-jitsu tournament benefitting Pike Autism Support Services for events on 05/02/2025 and 05/03/2025 (motion carried; one board member abstained because of a private financial interest identified to the board).
- Approval to request an advisory opinion from the State Ethics Commission related to a real estate matter on Route 739 (motion carried; two abstentions were recorded).
Board policy updates listed as items 1 through 16 were approved after a review that staff said adjusted nomenclature around tobacco and vaping language.
All votes were taken on the record; where counts were recorded in the meeting transcript, the minutes show single-member opposition twice and isolated abstentions as noted above. No multi-item omnibus votes combined separate ordinances or resolutions; routine items were handled individually or in grouped consent motions as shown in the board packet.
Key actions the board approved included acceptance of the treasurer's report; payment of bills from the general, cafeteria, internal service, debt service and capital reserve funds; personnel actions (resignations, appointments and status changes); and authorization for two student speech-language pathology internships with the University of Scranton for fall 2025.
The board approved the DBSD pump station and force main replacement project bid and accepted a joint purchasing board paper supply bid for 2025–26 through the Northampton/Monroe/Pike County Joint Purchasing Board. The board also approved a transfer of unassigned general fund balance to the capital reserve fund in the amount reported in the packet as $537,050.88 (the transcript also recorded a second figure as "1066127¢", which was not clarified during the meeting).
Other approvals included:
- Acceptance of minutes from the March 20, 2025 regular meeting (approved) and a special meeting held April 16, 2025 (approved with three abstentions from members not present on that date).
- Approval of additional volunteers per the attached list (approved).
- Waiver of rental fees for Delaware Valley High School gymnasium / multipurpose room and concession for a jiu-jitsu tournament benefitting Pike Autism Support Services for events on 05/02/2025 and 05/03/2025 (motion carried; one board member abstained because of a private financial interest identified to the board).
- Approval to request an advisory opinion from the State Ethics Commission related to a real estate matter on Route 739 (motion carried; two abstentions were recorded).
Board policy updates listed as items 1 through 16 were approved after a review that staff said adjusted nomenclature around tobacco and vaping language.
All votes were taken on the record; where counts were recorded in the meeting transcript, the minutes show single-member opposition twice and isolated abstentions as noted above. No multi-item omnibus votes combined separate ordinances or resolutions; routine items were handled individually or in grouped consent motions as shown in the board packet.
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