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Votes at a glance: Spearfish School District board actions on Feb. 10, 2025
Summary
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Spearfish School District board approved several funding, personnel and contract-related items by voice vote and recessed into executive session under South Dakota law.
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Spearfish School District board recorded the following actions by voice votes or motion (summarized from meeting minutes and public proceedings):
- Transfer and close CTE Center fund: The board approved transferring the remaining CTE Center construction fund balance to Capital Outlay and closing the CTE Center fund. The motion passed by voice vote; no opposing votes were recorded in the meeting transcript.
- Appoint negotiation representatives for 2025: The board appointed Ellen and Eric as the board representatives for spring 2025 negotiations with SEA and SCEA, and named Alicia as the alternate. The board recorded the motion and approved it by voice vote.
- Approve SEA negotiation ground rules: The board approved the SEA board negotiation ground rules attachment. The presenter noted the only substantive change was specifying that this year is a percentage raise and a language year; the motion passed by voice vote.
- Approve house project agreement with West River Foundation: The board approved the agreement allowing West River Foundation to purchase the house built by district building-trades students and to handle lot purchase and sale. The motion passed by voice vote. (See separate article for discussion details.)
- Consent agenda, minutes and financial reports: The board approved the consent agenda as presented, approved the regular meeting minutes of Jan. 13, 2025, and approved financial reports and bills; each item passed by voice vote as recorded.
- Executive session motions: The board voted to enter executive session under South Dakota Codified Law §1-25-2(4) (preparing for contract negotiations) and §1-25-2(1) (discussing qualifications/fitness of public employees). The board approved going into executive session by voice vote.
Transcript record: Most items were adopted by voice vote with “aye” responses recorded; the transcript does not record numeric tallies or individual roll-call votes for these motions. Where the transcript lacked a roll-call tally, this summary notes the outcome as "approved" and records that no opposing 'nay' was spoken during the meeting.
