001we are returning from closed session who wants to bring us back Mr chairman I make a recommendation to certify that to the best of their knowledge only public business matters lawfully Exempted from open meeting requirements and only such public business matters as were identified in the motion to go into executive session were heard discussed or considered an executive session second it has been moved and properly seconded roll call vote I I I i i i i unanimous we are returning from closed [Music] session 6.01 FY 2025 2026 budget work session Mr chairman um the the board has decided to go with the governor's budget for the 25 26 uh Year and that will uh increase we will have um 3% salary increase in step for contracted employees minimum wage increase for hourly employees for $15
002an hour starting in January of 2026 uh minimum wage increase substitute daily rate also in January of 2026 an adjustment to the pay scales for teachers um for the 25 26 school year all right thank you um 6.02 recommend approval of invoice to bc- barn and add them to agent of record vendors for 2025 FY I make a motion to approve the invoice as presented second it has been moved and properly seconded any questions all in favor please raise your hand unanimous motion carries also um we um we are in the process of uh um interviewing um our superintendent and and the superintendent search and so I've got to read this um that uh the Buckingham school board will be conducting interviews for the position of superintendent from March 10th through the 25th 2025 these
003interviews will be held in accordance with the code of Virginia Section 22- 3712 um and also uh Miss Oliver I know there was uh you wanted to give an update with regard to the vsba regional meeting yes so we are been in the planning for the meeting um that you all are holding here at the middle school um on the 18th the day before we go to the Board of Supervisors and um so we have a tenative program and Senator Tim Kane is coming to be the guest speaker that he is um that was decided by theba the regional chair picks the speaker so he will be the speaker for the event and the school board um will participate in the welcoming we'll ask the chairman to welcome the guest to the meeting and then
004we would ask the vice chair to recognize the judges that will have the our contest and we were I wondering if Mr Jamerson would do the blessing for the meal sure so if you all um were in agreement with all that that's what we how we have the program set up so far so we'll open it up with dinner and um then the speakers afterwards and then we also have a student um group that will be getting up and doing some history of Buckingham um recognitions was going to be really nice we're looking forward to that so that'll be a surprise um so I just want to let you all know that that's kind of where we have you on the um program and we will have a little bit um script for you all
005to go by so that you everything gets everybody gets recognized and everything so if everybody's okay with that we'll move forward with those plans we also uh have a student choir faculty which is quite good I think you'll be surprised in the work they put in and and uh it'll be a lot of fun to see that it may be the spark to get your acquired next year because it doesn't cost that much money for somebody to pick up that be a great elective question yeah is the uh culinary class going to do the meal uh sadly enough they uh they've turned it down they going to help serve huh they were going to help serve okay that's good but the meal will be per will be prepared by the cafeteria staff will they will
006be there we're have six students that will come to help serve oh okay okay I didn't know if they was going to prepare or what no prepare but serve oh they're actually at Colonial Heights today looking at their culinary program which is a very good one and uh hopefully that that'll pick it up for another year do we need to make a move on the motion on the agenda or no I just just informational I didn't want just you all to show up and be like oh thank you all right that's good and also I would say um this will be a good opportunity we can invite um our Board of Supervisors uh to this we well we already talked about that and they don't normally come to a the regional spring meeting they come
007to the retirement dinner okay the retirement dinner sorry all right yeah that's okay all right okay well that's okay anyone have anything else that they want to bring before the board is there anything else that we got to go over any anyone else have anything that they want to say all right hearing none seeing none I now declare the Buckingham County