Indian River County School Board elects chair, fills committee seats in organizational meeting

The Indian River County School Board held its annual organizational meeting at noon and elected a new chair by a 3-2 vote, moved to confirm the district’s regular meeting dates and times, and appointed representatives to multiple county and municipal planning and advisory bodies.

Mister Dyer nominated Terry Barenborg for chair, saying, "I think she's done a terrific job," and a second was recorded before the board voted. The transcript records the chair election as passing 3-2 and congratulated Terry Barenborg for serving as chair. The outgoing presiding member then turned the gavel over to the newly elected chair.

The board also opened nominations for vice chair and nominated Peggy Jones. The roll call recorded "Aye" responses and at least one "Nay," but the transcript does not contain a clear, unambiguous numeric tally for that item.

The board approved its regular business meeting schedule — generally the fourth Monday of each month at 6 p.m. — and recorded the vote as passing 5-0. A member noted they will not be present for the July 14 meeting and expects to participate by Zoom if a quorum is required: "I'm gonna be on a Zoom for that particular meeting." The board confirmed the Joanne Idlet Junior TEC at the Thompson Administrative Center in Vero Beach as its regular meeting place unless public interest dictates another location.

The meeting included a series of appointments to intergovernmental and advisory bodies. Notable assignments recorded in the transcript include:

- Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): Mister Dyer to serve as primary and Miss Rosario as alternate. - Economic Development Council (EDC): Doctor Jones to continue as member and Miss Rosario as alternate. - County Planning & Zoning Commission: clarified meeting time (now 6 p.m.), with alternates assigned (Doctor Posca’s alternate noted). - City-level planning posts in Vero Beach, Sebastian and Fellsmere: members and alternates largely continued in the same roles as the prior year. - Value Adjustment Board (VAB): the board noted this is a one-year voting position required by law and referenced Florida State statute 194 during the discussion. - Indian River Education Fund Board: Mister Dyer was recorded to serve; the transcript indicates the motion "passes 3 2." - SDIRC NAACP work group representative and the district objection committee parents: motions were made and votes taken; parent representatives were named (Christy; Colleen McCallum; Katie Carmax; LaDonna Corbin; Laura Torres).

A board member asked that the board review the range of outside committees and discussed holding a future workshop to evaluate which organizations most benefit the district. The chair asked staff to add that item to a to-do list for a future agenda.

The meeting concluded with routine confirmations of dais seating and related procedural items. The transcript records the meeting was adjourned at 12:18 p.m.

Notes on source material: The meeting transcript contains multiple inconsistent spellings of several board members' names (for example, variants of Barenborg/Barenboer/Barenboort and Posca/Pasca). Where the transcript varied, this article uses the spelling "Barenborg" for consistency; the transcript itself records inconsistent variants. Vote tallies are reported as they appear in the transcript; several votes were recorded with tallies (for example, the chair election as 3-2 and the meeting dates as 5-0), while others lack a clear numeric roll-call in the provided text.

The board adjourned at 12:18 p.m.