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Votes at a glance: board approves agenda, executive session, consent items and adjournment (all unanimous)
Summary
At the Jan. 27 meeting the USD 497 Board of Education recorded several procedural votes: approval of the meeting agenda, two motions to recess to executive session, approval of the consent agenda, and adjournment. Roll calls recorded unanimous votes (7–0) on major motions.
The board recorded the following formal motions and roll-call outcomes during the January 27 meeting:
1) Approval of the meeting agenda — Motion to approve the agenda for the Jan. 27, 2025 board meeting. Roll call: Blackwood (yes), Costello (yes), Franklin (yes), Gordon Ross (yes), Jones (yes), Kimball (yes), Byers (yes). Tally: 7–0; motion passes.
2) Motion to recess to executive session (attorney‑client privilege) — Motion to recess to executive session with specified administrators and legal counsel invited; return time stated with "no action to follow." Roll call recorded approval by the same seven members. Tally: 7–0; motion passes.
3) Approval of the consent agenda — Motion to approve items listed on the consent agenda. Roll call: the board recorded seven yes votes during the roll call. Tally: 7–0; motion passes.
4) Motion to adjourn — Final procedural motion to adjourn; the chair called for a voice vote and the meeting was closed.
Notes: The transcript records the roll-call names and the unanimous tallies for the recorded votes; specific mover and seconder names are not consistently identified in the public transcript and are therefore recorded here as "not specified."
