Lower Moreland board elects Dr. Lee president, Butler wins vice president vote

At its public reorganization meeting on Nov. 3, the Lower Moreland Township School District Board of School Directors elected Dr. Lee as president for a one-year term and Dr. Butler as vice president.

Board members conducted nominations and roll-call votes after the board secretary called the roll. The board nominated and closed nominations for a temporary president before proceeding to the official elections. After the roll-call ballots were cast, the board secretary reported "3 votes for Ms. Berardi and 6 votes for Doctor. Lee," making Dr. Lee the president for the coming year. On the vice president vote, the secretary reported "3 votes for Ms. Cannon and 6 for Doctor. Butler," making Dr. Butler the vice president.

The board followed standard procedure for nominations: members offered nominations from the floor, motions to close nominations were made and seconded, and then a roll-call vote was conducted. The meeting record shows nominations for multiple candidates and that each nomination was seconded prior to the roll-call ballots. The board adjourned the reorganization portion after completing the votes and moved on to the public meeting agenda.

The votes were recorded as tallies rather than a roll-call sheet with each member's individual vote vocalized into the record. The meeting audio and transcript record the final tallies for each contested office but do not attribute each tally to a named mover in the motion to elect. No additional formal actions (such as appointments to standing committees) were recorded as part of the reorganization in the transcript excerpt provided.

The board then continued with scheduled business for its Nov. 3 public meeting.