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Finance committee debates resizing and scheduling to avoid quorum shortfalls
Summary
Board members debated whether to change the finance committee from a committee of the whole to a smaller standing committee to avoid frequent quorum shortfalls; staff warned of labor impacts if meetings were moved to evenings, and members said full-board input will be sought at the work study session.
Members of the Keystone Central finance committee spent part of the Sept. 12 meeting discussing whether the committee should remain a "committee of the whole" (all five board members) or be reconstituted as a typical three-member committee.
The change was proposed because the committee frequently lacks five members at its daytime meetings, limiting its ability to deliberate on policy. "So should we consider having it be a more typical committee where there's 3 members so that we don't hit that barrier of being able to conduct business not being able…
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