Davenport board approves routine business, canvass results and organizational officers
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The board approved a consent agenda by voice vote, cast the district's weighted AEA ballot, adopted annual settlement/payment resolutions and approved legal counsel and depositories; canvass results were read and new directors were sworn in and officers elected.
The Davenport Community School District board completed several routine business and organizational items on Dec. 1.
After public comment, Director Hayes moved to approve the consent agenda; the motion was seconded and passed by voice vote. The board approved a weighted vote of the district’s ballot for the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency (nominating Toby Paone, Karen Klein Jerome and Maria Ricarte Ramza) with the president abstaining from voting on her own ballot as noted.
The finance director reviewed key measures including the final ESSER receipts in FY25 and timing‑related management fund impacts; the board accepted the annual settlement and authorized a resolution permitting the board president to approve payments between meetings when bills have been reviewed. Trustees designated named financial institutions as the district’s depositories and approved Lane & Waterman LLP as legal counsel for the coming year. The calendar of meetings for Dec. 2025 through Nov. 2026 was also adopted.
Scott County canvass results were read aloud: Kent Barnes, Lisonbee (Allison) Beck and Bruce Potts were declared elected to four‑year terms beginning Nov. 24, 2025; Laura Yonke was declared elected to fill a remainder term. The board administered oaths of office to the newly elected directors and, in the organizational portion of the meeting, elected Karen Klein Jerome as board president and Kent Pauschian as vice president by roll‑call consent.
The motions on routine items were mostly voice votes; the board did not take final, binding action on the FMPC facility recommendations at this meeting.