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Votes at a glance: board reopens meeting, approves summaries and consent agenda
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the board voted unanimously on procedural motions to reopen the meeting, approve prior open and closed session summaries, approve the PEP item and approve the remaining consent agenda; votes were taken by voice roll call and motions passed.
The Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners recorded several unanimous procedural votes during its Jan. 20 session.
- Reopen meeting: Motion to reopen the meeting was moved by Commissioner Esposito and seconded by Commissioner Kenyatta Bey. The board voted in favor and the motion passed.
- Approve prior open‑session summaries: Motion moved by Commissioner Esposito and seconded by Commissioner Ames Messinger. The board voted in favor and the motion passed.
- Approve closed‑session summaries: Motion moved by Commissioner Kenyatta Bey and seconded by Commissioner Esposito. The board voted in favor and the motion passed.
- Approve PEP and related personnel matters: Motion moved by Commissioner Kenyatta Bey and seconded by Commissioner Ames Messinger. The motion passed by voice vote.
- Approve remaining consent agenda (after a previously pulled item was addressed): Motion moved by Commissioner Ames Messinger and seconded by Commissioner Esposito. The board voted in favor and the motion passed.
- Adjourn: Motion moved by Commissioner Slater Harrington and seconded by Commissioner Esposito. The board voted aye and adjourned the meeting.
Votes were recorded by roll call with multiple commissioners answering yes during each motion; no recorded “no” votes or abstentions were recorded in the public portion of the transcript for these motions. One consent agenda item (18.01, an amendment to an outside‑counsel contract) was pulled for additional comment and staff from the Office of Legal Counsel responded that the increase was to position the district to access outside counsel on short notice for potential student‑related or special‑education matters.
The transcript records the commissioners speaking during roll call as: Vice Chair Parker, Commissioner Ames Messinger, Commissioner Esposito, Commissioner Kenyatta Bey, Commissioner Redding Lawlinger, Commissioner Slater Harrington and others who answered in favor.
