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Votes at a glance: Board approves officers, bank designations, policies, calendar and capital planning items
Summary
At its January meeting, the Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education approved officer elections, committee assignments, bank depositories, credit-card designations, business-policy updates, the 2025–26 calendar, a school psychologist salary schedule and permission to issue an RFP for desktop devices.
The Norfolk Public Schools Board of Education recorded a sequence of motions and votes at its January meeting. Major outcomes included officer elections and administrative approvals that the board approved by roll call or voice vote.
Key approved items and outcomes (motions carried unless noted):
• Excuse absence of board member Cindy Booth (initial vote with four members present): motion to excuse carried (4–0). After the new members were sworn, a subsequent motion to excuse Cindy Booth for the evening carried (5–0).
• Election of Brenda Carhart as board president: motion carried (5–0).
• Election of Tom Stanton as vice president: motion carried (5–0).
• Appointment of Eric Wilson as board treasurer: motion carried (5–0).
• Appointment of Doctor Thompson as board secretary: motion carried (5–0).
• Appointment of Callan Collins as recording secretary: motion carried (5–0).
• Approval of Perry Law Firm as district legal counsel (as-needed basis): motion carried (5–0).
• Approval of committee assignments as presented (negotiations, finance and facilities, policy, government relations, superintendent evaluation, activities, staff member of the month, foundation liaison, district wellness): motion carried (5–0).
• Approval of district depository banks (Bank First as primary general fund depository; Midwest Bank for bond-related funds; Elkhorn Valley Bank and Trust for other funds; Nebraska Liquid Asset Fund for cash reserves): motion carried (5–0). This action was made by resolution required annually.
• Designation of the Norfolk Daily News as the district newspaper of record for public notices: motion carried (5–0).
• Approval of credit card and fleet card designations per board policy 3130 (cards issued through Bank First and Voyager fleet cards for qualifying organizations): motion carried (5–0).
• Approval of business operation policies (policies 3010–3120) following first reading with no changes: motion carried (5–0).
• Designation of July 14, 2025, as the date for the annual review of board policies: motion carried (5–0).
• Acknowledgement of dissemination procedures for conflict-of-interest statutes and board expectations that members disclose and refrain from voting when appropriate: informational item; procedures provided to members.
• Consent agenda items approved (minutes, claims, and retirements): motion carried (5–0). Claims listed included a general-fund batch of $265,927.34 and other funds as presented.
• Approval of the 2025–26 student and staff calendars: motion carried (5–0).
• Approval of the 2025–26 school psychologist salary schedule, establishing a separate schedule to aid recruitment: motion carried (5–0).
• Permission to release an RFP for desktop devices (district-wide desktop replacement under the IT five-year rotation; bids to return to board for award decision): motion carried (5–0).
Where votes were recorded as roll calls, the minutes indicate unanimous support in all recorded tallies. No motions failed, and there were no roll-call records in the transcript showing named dissenting votes for the recorded items.
Full motions and vote tallies are recorded in the board minutes and the meeting transcript.
