Board approves consent agenda, payment of bills and multiple ordinances; three policies pulled and handled separately
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Summary
The Suffolk School Board approved the consent agenda and payment of bills; it approved 14 of 17 ordinances en bloc, then separately debated and adopted ordinances 25/26‑58, 25/26‑72 and 25/26‑74 after discussion on calendar‑year language and charter personnel language.
The board handled multiple procedural votes on Jan. 15, approving routine business and several ordinances after brief debate.
Consent agenda: Vice Chair Howell moved to approve the consent agenda; motion was seconded and the clerk recorded unanimous support. Payment of bills and payroll for December 2025 was approved by roll call (Yes: Fields, Jenkins, Riddick, Howell, McGee; No: Dr. Birtingham, Board Member Slingla).
Ordinances: Chair McGee offered the 17 ordinances for second reading and collectively proposed approval with three items pulled for separate discussion (items 1, 15, 17). After discussion, the board voted to approve the bulk of the ordinances and then considered the pulled items individually:
- Ordinance 25/26‑58 (calendar‑year language): Vice Chair Howell moved approval; roll‑call vote recorded Dr. Brittingham No; Fields, Jenkins, Riddick, Slinglove, Howell and McGee Yes. Motion passed.
- Ordinance 25/26‑72: Board Member Brittingham moved approval; roll‑call vote recorded Riddick No; all others except Riddick voted Yes. Motion passed.
- Ordinance 25/26‑74 (charter personnel language): Attorney Waller said the language is taken from the Code of Virginia and VSBA model policy; the board voted to adopt it with Jenkins and Riddick voting No and the remaining members voting Yes.
These votes conclude the board's second reading actions announced at this meeting. Where ordinances replicate or reflect state code (as with charter‑related language), board members noted they could be required regardless of local policy adoption.