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Votes at a glance: Columbia Heights school board approves agenda, consent items, contributions and compensatory-resolution
Summary
The Columbia Heights Public Schools board approved the agenda and consent items and adopted two resolutions — one accepting donations and one urging the state to fix compensatory-aid certification — during the meeting.
The Columbia Heights Public Schools Board recorded four formal actions during the meeting: approval of the agenda, approval of the consent agenda, acceptance of monetary contributions and adoption of a resolution urging the Minnesota Legislature to address compensatory-aid certification.
1) Approval of the agenda Motion to approve the meeting agenda was moved and seconded; the chair called for a voice vote. The chair announced "Motion carries." (voice vote; no roll call recorded.)
2) Consent agenda approval The board approved the consent agenda, which included the personnel report, the calendar, a first reading of policy legislative changes and minutes. The motion was moved and seconded; the chair announced "Motion carries." (voice vote; no roll call recorded.)
3) Acceptance of contributions (resolution) The board adopted a formal resolution to accept monetary contributions totaling $7,675 listed in the resolution and noted total fiscal-year contributions to date of $70,858. The resolution listed individual donors and amounts (examples: Fridley Lions Club $3,000 to the CHHS scholarship fund; Dean and Joyce Bliss $2,000 to the CHHS scholarship fund). The board approved the resolution by roll-call vote; the chair announced the motion carried.
4) Compensatory-aid resolution The board adopted a resolution urging the state legislature to create a hold-harmless mechanism or permanent solution to a planned change in compensatory-aid certification. The resolution says the district would lose an estimated $3.7 million next year due to the change and that roughly 900 eligible students could be missed. The motion was moved, seconded and adopted by roll call; the chair announced the motion carried.
Notes on vote recording The meeting transcript records roll-call votes for the contributions-acceptance resolution and the compensatory-aid resolution. Several routine items (agenda and consent agenda) were approved on voice votes and the chair announced each motion carried.
