Yukon board elects new officers, administers oath of office to incoming member

The Yukon Public Schools Board of Education elected Jeffrey as board president and Leonard Wells as vice president, appointed Suzanne Cannon as board clerk and Mr. Colson as deputy clerk, and formally swore in Tony Yonda as a board member.

The nominations and roll-call votes took place during the board’s reorganization agenda item. A board member nominated Jeffrey for president; the motion received a second and a roll-call vote approving the nomination. Leonard Wells was nominated and approved as vice president by a similar process. Suzanne Cannon was nominated and approved as board clerk and Mr. Colson as deputy clerk. The board then administered the oath of office to its newly elected officers and the new member. In the oath Jeffrey said, “I, Jeffrey, hereby declare under oath that I will faithfully perform the duties of board president,” before the assembly completed the statement together.

Board members noted the new member would serve a five-year term when Yonda was introduced and sworn in. The board chair and multiple members offered congratulations during the swearing-in and the group took a photograph following the oath.

Procedural votes to elect officers were conducted by roll call; votes were announced verbally during the meeting. The transcript records affirmative roll-call responses for multiple members during each election, and each nomination concluded with an announced approval. The meeting then proceeded to the superintendent’s reports and a series of presentations.

No ordinance, statute, or external authority governed the internal officer elections beyond the board’s routine reorganization procedures. The actions reported here reflected the results taken on the meeting floor and the oath administered to the newly seated member.