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Board member moves to hire Dutter Crist Balengeer as Chesterfield superintendent; vote not recorded in transcript
Summary
A board member moved to hire Dutter Crist Balengeer as the new superintendent of the Chesterfield school system; the provided transcript records welcoming remarks from the person identified as the incoming superintendent but does not show a vote or final vote tally.
A board member moved that the Chesterfield board hire Dutter Crist Balengeer as the district's new superintendent; the provided transcript does not record a vote or the final outcome.
The motion, read aloud during the meeting, said the hire was for “3 erturn” and that a contract would be executed between the board and the appointee. The transcript text of the motion is garbled in places; the mover identified the candidate in the motion as “Dutter Crist Balengeer.”
The person identified in the meeting as the incoming superintendent spoke after the motion and offered remarks that welcomed collaboration with the district community. In the transcript that person (identified here as Dutter Crist Balengeer) said, “I look forward to serving the Chesterfield County School distric and the entire School community.”
Meeting audio and transcript excerpts indicate the board chair or presiding officer also offered brief welcoming remarks, inviting the newcomer to make comments. Beyond the motion and the welcome, the provided segments do not record further discussion, a second to the motion, a roll-call, or the board's vote.
Because the transcript excerpts supplied for this article do not show a recorded vote or formal vote tally, this report does not state whether the appointment was approved. The motion text and references to a contract appear in the transcript but key details — including the precise term length, contract start date, salary, and whether the motion was seconded or approved — are not specified in the provided record.
The appointment discussion took place during regular open session; remarks by the incoming superintendent were recorded immediately after the motion was offered. No other agenda items or public-comment remarks related to this hire appear in the supplied transcript excerpts.
If the board later posted minutes, a vote record, or a finalized contract, those documents would be needed to confirm the outcome and contract terms.
