The Suffolk City School Board took the following formal actions at its Oct. 23, 2025 meeting. Counts and motions are recorded as read from the meeting minutes.

• Agenda amendment (new business): Board approved adding two informational/action items under New Business—capital improvement plan for the Suffolk Administration Office (SAO) and an item on the forensic-audit RFP. Vote: unanimous (motion passed).

• Unfinished business: Ordinances 1 through 8 — Approved as a group. Vote: unanimous (motion passed).

• Unfinished business: Ordinance 25/26-40 — Approved as presented and referred to Policy Review Committee for additional language (see related governance article). Vote: 5–2 (Jenkins and Riddick opposed).

• Unfinished business: Ordinance 25/26-41 — Motion to return the item to the Policy Review Committee for further deliberation. Vote: 6–1 (Dr. Brittingham opposed).

• New business: Bills and payroll for September 2025 — Approved. Recorded votes included yes from Fields, Jenkins, Riddick, McGee, and Chair Howell; Brittingham and Slingluff recorded no votes on that item. Motion passed.

• New business: Citizen Advisory Committee membership updates — Motion to adopt recommended changes approved (unanimous vote).

• New business: Motion directing the superintendent to prepare a consolidated administrative staffing and facility-utilization report ahead of the Dec. 3 joint meeting with city council — Approved unanimously.

• New business: Forensic-audit RFP vendor-question handling — A motion was proposed to route questions through the Finance Committee; no formal board adoption occurred. Instead, the chair and vice chair arranged to meet procurement staff to finalize answers before the RFP posting deadline.

For complete roll-call detail on any item, see the meeting minutes or the related article in this package.