Liverpool School Board Signs Off on Two Teacher-Union Agreements, Everything Else, in a 59-Minute Meeting
The Liverpool Board of Education cleared its entire July 29, 2025 agenda — including a new Memorandum of Understanding and a separate Memorandum of Agreement with the teachers' union, a health-insurance stop-loss renewal and a BPAS service agreement — with every vote unanimous and the meeting done in under an hour.
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▶Key Actions & Decisions
●• Approved July 8, 2025 regular meeting minutes and July 8 Public Hearing minutes, unanimously
●• Approved personnel actions as submitted, unanimously
●• Approved Committee on Preschool Special Education recommendations on student classification and placement, unanimously
●• Approved Committee on Special Education recommendations on student classification and placement, unanimously
●• Accepted gifts and grants as submitted, unanimously
●• Acknowledged receipt of the May 2025 Treasurer's Report, unanimously
●• Approved surplus items and a budget transfer as presented, unanimously
●• Approved a service agreement with BPAS, unanimously (motion by Kimberly Melnik, second by Daniel McKeever)
●• Approved the Excellus Stop Loss Renewal for 2025-2026, unanimously
●• Approved both a Memorandum of Understanding and a Memorandum of Agreement between the district and the United Liverpool Faculty Association, each unanimously
●• Discussed the 2025-2026 BASCOL Agreement under "For Discussion" but took no vote on it
●• Held no executive session; meeting ran 6:00 p.m. to 6:59 p.m.
The Liverpool Board of Education got through its entire July 29, 2025 agenda in 59 minutes, and not one item drew a dissenting vote. Board members Nicholas Blaney, Kimberly Martin, Jecenia Bresett, Daniel McKeever, Stacey Chilbert, John Solazzo, Kimberly Melnik, Matthew Jones and Alexandra Gyder were recorded voting aye on every motion the board took up, from routine minutes approvals to two separate agreements with the district's teachers' union.
The most substantive actions of the night came late in the meeting. The board approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the Liverpool Central School District and the United Liverpool Faculty Association, then immediately approved a separate Memorandum of Agreement with the same union — two distinct labor documents ratified back to back. The minutes do not describe what either document changes or covers; both motions carried without discussion recorded. The board also approved the Excellus Stop Loss Renewal for the 2025-2026 school year, an insurance measure that typically caps the district's exposure on high-cost health claims, and a separate service agreement with BPAS, which had appeared earlier on the agenda as a discussion item before returning for a vote.
A second discussion item, the 2025-2026 BASCOL Agreement, did not return for a vote at this meeting; the minutes give no further detail on its status or contents.
The rest of the night was routine business, moved through without recorded discussion. The board approved minutes from its July 8 regular meeting and July 8 public hearing, signed off on personnel actions, and approved the classification and placement recommendations from both the district's Committee on Preschool Special Education and its Committee on Special Education. It accepted gifts and grants as submitted, acknowledged the district's May 2025 Treasurer's Report, and approved surplus items and a budget transfer, none of which the minutes itemize by dollar amount.
Jecenia Bresett and Kimberly Martin made and seconded every motion in the routine business block, as well as the Memorandum of Agreement with the faculty union later on; Kimberly Melnik, Daniel McKeever, Matthew Jones and Alexandra Gyder split the motions and seconds on the BPAS service agreement, the stop-loss renewal and the Memorandum of Understanding. Every one of those motions carried on the same nine-member roll call, with no absences, abstentions or no votes recorded.
The board reported it did not need to go into executive session, and the meeting adjourned at 6:59 p.m. on a motion from Stacey Chilbert, seconded by Daniel McKeever. The board's next scheduled sessions were announced as an Aug. 5 workshop and an Aug. 19 regular meeting.
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