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Ocean City Board elects Kevin Barnes president, Bradley Halliday vice president; reorganization resolutions pass
Summary
At its reorganization meeting, the Ocean City Board of Education elected Kevin Barnes president and Bradley Halliday vice president and approved reorganization items and board resolutions in a roll-call vote.
Kevin Barnes, a member of the Ocean City Board of Education, was elected board president and Bradley Halliday was elected vice president during the board's reorganization proceedings. The board also approved routine reorganization items and board resolutions by roll-call vote.
The board opened nominations for president and Miss Chisholm nominated Kevin Barnes. After a motion to close nominations, the board conducted a roll-call vote in which all voting board members recorded support for Barnes. Following his election, Barnes opened nominations for vice president and Bradley Halliday was nominated and elected by roll call.
The board then voted on the package of reorganization items and board resolutions that had been presented earlier in the meeting, including reaffirmation of the schedule for meetings and the renewal of the board code of ethics acknowledgement. The roll-call tally recorded a majority of yes votes with one abstention. The presiding officer announced, “All items passed.”
Votes at a glance - Election of board president: Motion to nominate Kevin Barnes (nominated by Miss Chisholm). Outcome: elected (unanimous yes votes recorded in roll call). - Election of vice president: Bradley Halliday nominated and elected (roll-call yes votes). - Reorganization items and board resolutions (including code of ethics acknowledgment and schedule/time/place of meetings): Outcome: approved (roll-call majority; one abstention recorded).
The board's reorganization items also included confirmation of one-year terms for the Upper Township representatives and instructions for returning signed code-of-ethics acknowledgments to the board office by Jan. 24. No additional substantive policy changes were voted on at this meeting.
The board meeting record shows procedural adherence to the Open Public Meetings Act and the board's nomination procedure under board policy 0152 was followed during the election process.
