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Milton School Board elects Rick Mullen president in secret ballot
Summary
At its May 12 meeting, the Milton School District Board of Education completed its annual officer elections; Rick Mullen was elected board president after a secret-ballot vote. The board also opened nominations for other officer roles and named delegates to cooperative organizations.
The Milton School District Board of Education elected Rick Mullen as board president following a secret-ballot vote during its May 12 meeting.
Board leaders opened nominations for president and allowed each nominee to accept before closing nominations. Two candidates were nominated for president: Annette Smith and Rick Mullen. After nominations were closed, the board used a secret ballot process; Chelsea collected and tabulated seven paper ballots and announced the result, with the chair declaring Mullen elected.
The board chair explained the procedure before nominations, saying nominations can be made only by board members and that secret ballots are permitted by statute for officer elections. The board followed that procedure: nominees were asked to accept nominations, and members cast written ballots that Chelsea tabulated.
The meeting also opened nominations for the other officer roles and for delegates to external organizations. Jennifer Johns was nominated and, according to the record, accepted the nomination to serve as the board’s CESA 2 delegate. The board also opened nominations for vice president, clerk and treasurer and discussed customary procedures for passing the gavel to the newly elected president.
Discussion items included reminders about officer roles and a short refresher on the nomination and voting process. No substantive policy changes were proposed as part of the officer elections.
The board scheduled signatures from the newly elected officers to complete administrative paperwork.
