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Votes at a glance: Board approves charter-relations job description and November election agreement
Summary
At its Aug. 14 meeting the District 49 Board approved a job description for a Coordinator of Charter School Relations (motion carried) and authorized an intergovernmental agreement with the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder to run the November election; the election agreement carries an estimated budget impact of about $76,000.
The Board of Education took several formal votes at its Aug. 14 meeting, approving a job description for a Coordinator of Charter School Relations and authorizing an intergovernmental agreement for administration of the November election.
Coordinator of Charter School Relations (Action Item 7.1) The board voted to approve the job description for coordinator of charter school relations. A board member moved the motion and another board member seconded it. During discussion a board member asked whether the motion should explicitly include a retroactive pay date noted on the cover sheet. Superintendent Peter Hiltz said he would understand an approved motion to be "retroactive to July 1," citing the board's intent. The motion passed with recorded ayes: Tuvala; Haile; Lavere Wright; Schmidt; Thompson.
Intergovernmental agreement for November election (Action Item 7.2) The board voted to authorize execution of an intergovernmental agreement with the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder to run the November election. Administration said the agreement carries an estimated budget impact in the district's annual budget of roughly $76,000; staff explained that coordinating with the county during its election cycle reduces the district's costs versus running a stand-alone election. The student board asked clarifying questions about candidate age and process. The motion passed with recorded ayes: Devala; Haile; Lavere Wright; Schmidt; Thompson.
Other routine votes The board also approved the Aug. 14 meeting agenda and the consent agenda earlier in the meeting by roll call votes.
What passed (summary) - Approval of meeting agenda — passed (roll call) - Approval of consent agenda — passed (roll call) - Job description: Coordinator of Charter School Relations — passed (vote recorded) - Authorization of intergovernmental agreement for November election (budget impact ~ $76,000) — passed (vote recorded)
No vote was recorded at the Aug. 14 meeting on the proposed job description for an information-technology specialist; that item was moved to discussion and the board granted consensus to return it as an action item at a future meeting. Several other items (policy revisions, community-organization membership proposals) were advanced by board consensus for future action and will return to the board for a formal vote on a subsequent agenda.
