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Votes at a glance: USD 453 Jan. 13, 2025 meeting
Summary
Summary of motions and votes recorded on Jan. 13, 2025: agenda adoption, consent agenda changes, executive session, and two resolutions about officer election timing and regular meeting dates. Where transcript did not record individual roll-call votes, outcomes are recorded as announced at the meeting.
This "Votes at a glance" summary lists motions and recorded outcomes from the USD 453 Board of Education meeting on Jan. 13, 2025.
Nut graf: Several procedural and administrative motions were made and voted on during the meeting. The transcript recorded the motions, who moved/seconded them in most cases and the announced outcomes; individual roll-call votes were not recorded line‑by‑line in the transcript excerpts provided.
Votes and formal motions recorded in the meeting:
1) Motion to adopt the agenda as presented - Motion: "I'd like to make a motion to adopt agenda as it's been presented." (mover: Joyce Murphy; second: Miss Wells) - Outcome: Motion adopted (chair announced "Aye"). - Provenance: item introduced during initial business and carried without recorded roll-call.
2) Consent agenda (item removal and approval with changes) - Motion: "I'd like to make a motion to approve the consent agenda with the changes that have been asked, making 2.7 6.1." (mover: Joyce Murphy; second: Miss Wells) - Outcome: Motion carried (chair announced "Aye"). - Notes: Board removed the digitization of student record archives from the consent agenda and reclassified it as item 6.1 for separate discussion.
3) Motion to go into executive session (non‑elected personnel) - Motion: "I move we go into executive session to discuss non elected personnel pursuant to the exception under Kansas Open Meetings Act..." (mover: Miss Sloan; second: Joyce Murphy) - Outcome: Motion carried; board recessed for the stated executive session and returned at the announced time. - Authorities referenced in motion: Kansas Open Meetings Act (transcript referenced statute language in support of executive session). Exact statutory citation as read aloud in the meeting: "KSA 20 19 17th 11 33" (as read during the meeting); record preserves the board's stated legal basis but the transcript did not provide a formal citation list beyond the spoken wording.
4) Resolution 24/25‑017 — Establish election of school board officers in July - Motion: Resolution to elect president and vice president at first July meeting (mover stated by administrative speaker; motion seconded). The resolution text cited KSA provisions and specified election at first meeting in July 2025. - Outcome: Motion adopted. The chair called the vote and announced "Aye." One board member voiced disagreement with the timing but the motion passed as announced. - Provenance: resolution read and adopted during the meeting.
5) Resolution 24/25‑018 — Establish regular board meeting dates, times and location for 2025‑26 - Motion: Adoption of resolution to set regular meeting dates (motion read aloud and seconded). - Outcome: Motion adopted (chair announced "Aye").
Notes on vote reporting: The transcript records the motion language, who moved and seconded several motions, and the chair's announced outcomes. The transcript did not provide complete roll-call vote lists (member-by-member yes/no tallies) for these motions. Where the board used a voice vote the chair announced the result; for transparency, the district’s official minutes or audio recording should be consulted for complete roll-call records.
Ending: The board approved the procedural items above and moved on to committee reports and presentations.
