Administration reported required three-year lead testing of drinking water at several buildings and said results were below the action threshold of 15 parts per billion. Tests were completed last month and posted in the board materials; administration noted Weisenberg receives water from Lehigh County Authority and is treated as a consumer rather than a supplier for reporting purposes.

Transportation staff said the district received three new buses last month and proposed declaring two buses, three vans, an older tractor and a trailer surplus and listing them on the district website; formal board action on surplus and disposal was scheduled for the next business meeting.

On finance, the district reported local revenues for September were approximately $46,000 higher than the same month last year and that year-to-date collections are up about $2.5 million compared with the prior year, driven in part by a tax increase and a higher collection rate (87.87% this year versus 83.19% last year). The report identified real estate transfer taxes, delinquent real estate collections and interest earnings as contributors to the month's positive variance.

Administration also reported that a $3,000,000 certificate of deposit was renewed in October for 91 days at a 4% interest rate as an interim investment while the state budget remained unsettled. The board did not take immediate action on financial items at the workshop; several items were listed as informational or scheduled for action at the next business meeting.