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Manitowoc board holds organizational meeting; new members sworn and officer slate approved
Summary
At its organizational meeting the Manitowoc School District Board of Education administered oaths to newly elected members, approved a slate of officers by unanimous ballot, named the board secretary and business director/treasurer designee, and set committee arrangements and future meeting dates.
The Manitowoc School District Board of Education held its organizational meeting and administered the oath of office to newly elected board members before taking up officer elections and committee organization.
Newly sworn members who spoke during the oath sequence included David Bowman, Anne Holston and Mary (Miss) Brown/Blanick as recorded in the meeting transcript. The board then opened nominations for president, vice president, clerk and treasurer. A member proposed a full slate — naming Mr. Hansen for president, Mr. Shaw for vice president and Mr. Tass for treasurer — and the board moved to cast a unanimous ballot for that slate. A voice vote was taken and the chair announced the motion carried.
The board appointed Miss Brown as board secretary; the deputy-treasurer role was left to be filled by the district business manager or that official’s substitute when required. Members discussed committee assignments and asked new members to indicate committee preferences by a specified deadline. The board also nominated and approved a representative to the Wisconsin Association of School Boards (WASB) delegate assembly and discussed adopting Robert’s Rules of Order for committee and board meetings.
The board set upcoming committee and meeting dates on the public record, including a Finance and Facilities committee meeting on May 8 at 5:00 p.m. and a regular board meeting scheduled for May 13 at 6:00 p.m. The record notes a May 28 quarter-century retirement celebration at the Capitol Civic South and other routine calendar items.
The organizational meeting then adjourned into the scheduled regular meeting and later to closed session for the superintendent contract discussion and subsequent open-session vote.
