Votes at a glance: St. John the Baptist Parish School Board actions, Feb. 8, 2024

The St. John the Baptist Parish School Board recorded the following formal actions on Feb. 8, 2024. Vote tallies are included as read into the record.

• Approval of minutes (Jan. 11; Jan. 18; Jan. 29–30 retreat): Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).

• Waiver to modify DJEG (Contracts Policy and Procedures): Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).

• Approval of revisions to Policy DJEG: Motion carried (9 yeas, 1 nay – Burl; 1 absent – DeFrancesch).

• Series of job description approvals (multiple items including COO, CAO, directors and supervisors): Motions carried (roll-call tallies varied; several recorded abstentions by Burl on specific items; most passed with a majority or unanimously as recorded).

• Approval: Declare surplus vehicles and authorize auction process: Motion carried (11 yeas).

• Approval: Proceed with HVAC upgrades as pre-approved in ESSER grant: Motion carried (11 yeas).

• Approval: Service agreement with TransformED Group, LLC: Motion carried (11 yeas).

• Approval: Renegotiate Volkert contract to set aside $15,000,000 for Hurricane Ida-related costs: Motion carried (9 yeas, 1 nay – Burl; 1 absent – Vicknair).

• Approval: Proceed with district-wide HVAC assessments (old business): Motion carried (11 yeas).

• Award contract for concrete repairs at LaPlace Elementary and East St. John Prep to lowest responsive quote (Luster Group — LES $47,000; ESP $57,000): Motion carried (11 yeas).

• Award Property Insurance contract to LA Insurance Service with adjusted premium of $4,189,249.25: Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).

• Approval: Advertise to receive bids for bus parts; general maintenance supplies; award/incentive items and T-shirts: Motions carried (tallies recorded on minutes; one nay recorded on bus parts advertising).

• Approval: Organizational chart recommended by Lean Frog: Motion carried (10 yeas, 1 absent).

• Motion for adjournment: Motion carried (11 yeas); meeting adjourned at 9:11 p.m.

These summaries reflect the roll-call outcomes as recorded in the meeting minutes. Where the transcript records abstentions or objections, the item summary above notes them; if the transcript did not record an individual vote by name for a motion, the roll-call tallies provided in the minutes are reported.