Union City School board OKs annual business items, field trips

As the 2024-25 school year winds down, the Union City Area School Board OK'd financial appointments and other business items for the Union City Area School District's 2025-26 school year and beyond during the board's May 8 meeting.

The board approved the following annual appointments and approvals:

Bank accounts – Northwest bank for the cafeteria fund, the general fund and the activity fund; Pennsylvania School District Liquid Asset Fund (PSDLAF) and Pennsylvania Local Government Investment Trust (PLGIT) for the general fund;Monahan & Monahan accounting firm as the auditing agency for all district accounts;PLGIT and PSDLAF and Northwest bank for the investment of district funds;The general ledger accounts for the balance sheet as needed by the business manager;Razel Ishman as the board trustee;Life/accidental death and dismemberment insurance with Boston Mutual;Short-term disability insurance through AFLAC for employees not enrolled in the district's health insurance;Unemployment insurance with Pennsylvania School Boards Association;Maintenance/electrical supply bidsDistrict tuition rates;District Benefits Booklet.

Under three-year approvals, the board approved the 2025-26 through 2027-28 hourly employee rate adjustment and the 2025-26 through 2027-28 hourly employees starting rate matrix.

Under four-year appointments, Lisa Rosenthal was approved as the Union City School Board secretary for a four-year term beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2029. She was approved at a stipend of $5,000.

Under academic, the board approved the proposed Union City Area School District Class of 2025 Graduates list, conditioned upon each senior's successful completion of all graduation requirements.

The 2025-26 eighth-grade student field trip request to Washington, D.C., was approved as tentatively scheduled for March 2026.

The 11th-grade Talent Search student field trip request for the WorldStrides event in Columbus, Ohio, from Aug. 4 to Aug. 5 was approved.

Under buildings and grounds, the board approved the Plyler Entry Systems proposal for the maintenance garage door repair at a total cost of $6,907 to be from Fund 32, which is the Capital Improvement Fund.

Rabe Environmental Systems change order for the installation of a domestic water booster system in the storage area and a domestic water bypass was approved at a cost not to exceed $17,149 from Fund 39 contingency, which is the Renovation Fund for the Union City Area Elementary School Renovation Project.

Scobell Company Inc.'s change order for repairing the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning air exchange unit for the swimming pool room was approved at a cost not to exceed $8,473 paid from Fund 39 contingency.

Dynasty Construction Unlimited Inc.'s change order for replacing the swimming pool pump and underwater LED lights was approved at a cost not to exceed $50,499 paid from Fund 39 contingency.

The board will hold its committee-of-the-whole meeting in the large-group instruction room of Union City Area Middle-High School 6 p.m. on Monday, June 2, due to graduation being held on June 5.