Votes at a glance: Moreland board approves interim budget, developer-fee report and routine personnel authorizations
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The board approved the meeting agenda, the 2025'26 first interim report (positive certification), the annual developer-fee report, the Declaration of Need for emergency credentials, consent items, and elected new officers (Sriram elected president; Heather accepted clerk nomination).
Key formal actions taken at the Moreland School District board meeting:
- Agenda: Motion to approve tonight's agenda was made and seconded; adopted by voice vote.
- First interim budget: Board approved the 2025'26 first interim report with a positive certification (motion and second recorded; voice vote in favor). Next steps: second interim in March and revised budget/adoption in June.
- Developer-fee report: Board received the annual developer-fee report (district rates cited on the presentation) and approved the report; staff noted restrictions on eligible uses and an ending balance of roughly $1.2 million for 2024'25 and projected inflows from active projects between about $1.5'$2.5 million.
- Declaration of Need: The annual Declaration of Need for the 2025'26 school year (allowing hiring on emergency credentials if needed) was approved; staff noted this is a routine annual authorization that has not yet been required this year but is standard practice.
- Consent items: Consent agenda items were approved in aggregate.
- Board organization: The board opened its organizational session. Outgoing President Heather was recognized for service. Sriram was nominated, seconded and elected board president by voice vote; Heather accepted a nomination to serve as clerk; Sriram was nominated to serve on the county committee on school district organization and the nomination passed.
All formal votes reported in the transcript were voice votes with "ayes" called; specific roll-call tallies were not provided for every item in the meeting transcript.
