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Excelsior Springs board pulls and separately approves payments tied to Cassandra Jones
Summary
The board removed two items involving Cassandra Jones from the consent agenda and then approved the stipend item and considered an ACH payment separately; the consent agenda otherwise passed 5–0.
The Excelsior Springs School Board removed three items from its consent agenda — two payments and one stipend tied to Cassandra Jones — and then considered them separately before proceeding with the meeting.
After the chair identified the items to be removed, board member Darren moved to adopt the remaining consent agenda; Jill seconded the motion and the consent agenda passed 5–0. The board then took up the removed payment items. A motion to pay an ACH bill to Cassandra Jones was moved and seconded; the transcript records several abstentions and a dissent on that vote (recording of the roll-call in the livestream is partially ambiguous). The board later approved the stipend referenced as "b 0.09.a" for Cassandra Jones. The stipend motion was first by Jill and seconded by Tracy; the vote was recorded as four in favor and one abstention.
The board did not provide additional detail in the public record about the nature of the ACH payment or the stipend beyond the agenda labels; the items were processed outside the consent bundle at the board’s request so they could be considered openly.
The board returned to the regular agenda after the votes.
