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Policy committee reviews draft rules on vacancies, appointments, committee authority and solicitor contact
Summary
Committee members reviewed draft policy language on filling vacancies, appointments (including board secretary), committee authority under the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, committee public comment, and limits on direct contact with the district solicitor.
The Keystone Central School District Policy Committee reviewed proposed edits to a governance policy addressing vacancies in office, the board’s appointment list, committee authority under the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act and restrictions on who may contact the district solicitor.
Committee members discussed three main changes: (1) clarifying that vacancies be filled “per Policy 4” rather than repeating vacancy procedures verbatim in the current draft; (2) adding the board secretary to the list of appointed officials so the appointment order would become tax collector, solicitor, board secretary, assistant secretary and so on; and (3) tightening language that currently suggests board committees "are authorized to take official action," to make clear committees generally render advice and that any delegation of official action must follow the Sunshine…
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