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Votes at a glance: Okemos Board approves consent agenda, furniture purchase, tax-collection resolution and several contracts/policy items
Summary
At its Dec. 5 meeting the Okemos Board approved the consent agenda, awarded a Kinawa furniture purchase (not to exceed $1,894,133.79), adopted a summer tax-collection resolution (roll call: all yes), authorized an MASB strategic-planning contract ($11,147), and approved final readings of board policies and operating procedures.
The Okemos Board of Education approved multiple motions during its Dec. 5 meeting. Key actions included a mix of routine approvals and capital spending tied to the district bond program.
- Consent agenda: Trustees approved the consent agenda (minutes of Nov. 20 regular and executive session meetings and acknowledgment of the November financial statement) after a motion by Trustee Doxey, supported by Trustee Lynn; the motion passed by voice vote.
- Kinawa furniture purchase: The board awarded furniture for Kinawa to DS America in an amount not to exceed $1,894,133.79, to be funded through the 2022 bond. Trustee Buffet moved the item and Trustee Phelps supported it; the board discussed that final committee review expects a lower final figure and the motion passed by voice vote.
- Summer property-tax collection resolution: The board waived reading and adopted a resolution to collect summer property taxes from Eaton Township, Meridian Township and the City of Lansing and to negotiate reasonable collection expenses. Trustee Kavanaugh moved and Trustee Doxey supported; Secretary Phelps called a roll call (Tom Buffett, Katie Kavanaugh, Chulan Doxey, Mary Jabara, Melanie Lynn and the final yes recorded) and all present voted yes.
- MASB strategic planning contract: Trustees authorized the superintendent to complete a contract with the Michigan Association of School Boards to facilitate the district’s strategic planning process in an amount not to exceed $11,147; the motion passed.
- Policy and procedures: The board waived reading and adopted final reading of board policies 2,406 (board officers duties) and 2,505 (board committees) and approved updated board operating procedures; a minor editorial reordering was discussed and trustees allowed edits to be made.
Where vote tallies were recorded, they were as announced during the meeting; several items passed by voice vote. No motions failed or were tabled during the session.
