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Votes at a glance: Geary County Schools Board — Jan. 13, 2025
Summary
Summary of formal votes taken during the Geary County Schools board meeting on Jan. 13, 2025, including agenda approval, consent agenda, owner’s representative selection, board officer elections and adoption of the 2025 meeting schedule.
The Geary County Schools Board of Education took several procedural and substantive votes at its Jan. 13, 2025 meeting. Key outcomes, as recorded in the meeting transcript, are listed below.
Votes and outcomes
- Approval of the meeting agenda (with two addendums: approval of bills and approval of personnel reports): Motion carried 6–0. (Motion made and seconded on the record; roll call not read aloud.)
- Approval of the consent agenda (minutes, treasurer’s report, student activity accounts, bills with addendum, personnel reports with addendum, grants applications/acceptances, requests for early graduation, new positions and several budget and procurement items as listed in the packet): Motion carried 6–0. The consent agenda included a long list of routine items; the board approved them as presented.
- Owner’s representative selection for the Early Childhood Center (Option C — Switchgrass Consulting): After discussion and a motion to make the item actionable, the board voted to hire Switchgrass Consulting as the owner’s representative; motion carried 7–0. (Staff will finalize contract terms and scope.)
- Election of board officers: The board elected Dr. Beth Hudson as president for a one‑year term (motion carried 7–0) and elected Tom Grungard as vice president for a one‑year term (motion carried 7–0).
- Resolution establishing board meeting dates for 2025: Motion carried 7–0. The board approved the regular and additional meeting dates and times for the 2025 school year as presented; the next regular meeting was set for Feb. 3, 2025, with a board retreat scheduled Feb. 20, 2025.
What was not voted on at this meeting
- The Karnes Building academic spotlight was a presentation; no board action was requested or taken.
- The payroll committee recommended maintaining the current once‑per‑month payroll timing but did not present an item requiring a board vote; the committee report was accepted as presented and staff will continue communicating with employees.
Vote provenance and notes
- Where tally details were not read aloud, the transcript records the final announced tally (for example, “Motion carries six-zero” or “Motion carries seven-zero”). The meeting transcript does not list vote-by-name roll-call tallies for every item; where the transcript specified an item-by-item roll, that was included in the minutes above. The board did not identify any recusals related to these votes.
