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Mt Vernon trustees sworn in, elect officers and approve appointments and consent agenda
Summary
At a Jan. 6 reorganization meeting the Mt Vernon School Board administered oaths to returning and new trustees, elected officers for 2025, approved appointments including legal counsel and RDC liaisons, and approved a consent agenda covering personnel and construction items.
The Mt Vernon Community School Corp Board of Trustees on Jan. 6 held its reorganization meeting, swore in newly elected and returning trustees, elected the board's 2025 officers and approved a slate of appointments and a consent agenda that included personnel actions and construction-related items.
Amy Matthews administered the oath of office to new and returning members. "I solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution ... I will faithfully execute the duties of my office," those being sworn repeated during the ceremony.
After the oath, Trustee Megan Britt moved that the board's officers for 2025 be: Shannon Walls, president; Megan Britt, first vice president; Chad Gray, second vice president; Kelly Freeman, board secretary; and Stacy Nielsen, assistant secretary. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously, 5-0.
The board then approved its routine appointments for 2025 by unanimous vote. The appointed roles and designees announced in the motion were: legal counsel Church Hittle with Amy Matthews as lead (interim) counsel; legislative liaison Shannon Walls; board recorder Carla Nugent; corporation treasurer Lisa Heitman; newspaper of record Greenfield Daily Reporter; bank of deposit Greenfield Banking Company; and RDC liaisons as follows: Fortville ' Stacy Nielsen; Cumberland ' Kelly Freeman; Hancock County RDC ' Chad Gray; McCorderville ' Shannon Walls; Mount Vernon Education Foundation ' Megan Britt.
The board approved a consent agenda that included a personnel report, construction change orders, cancellation of outstanding warrants and a preschool renovation and expansion item. The motion to approve the consent agenda carried 5-0.
Votes at a glance: election of officers (motion by Megan Britt): carried 5-0; appointments motion (calendar, counsel, treasurer, newspaper, bank, RDC liaisons) (mover Kelly Freeman): carried 5-0; consent agenda approval (mover Shannon Walls): carried 5-0; meeting adjournment: carried 5-0.
The reorganization meeting took about 17 minutes after a brief recess; the board moved on after completing officer elections and the listed annual appointments.
