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Southeast Delco board approves agenda, minutes and $10.39M in bills; HR item 27 fails on roll call
Summary
The board unanimously approved the meeting agenda, minutes and the treasurer's report (bills for December totaling $10,386,579.57). On a roll-call vote HR item 27 failed: Ridley abstained; McAllen, Lafferty, Bay Goodman, McGowan and Barley voted No; Fowler was absent.
The Southeast Delco School District board on Jan. 2 approved routine business by voice votes — including the meeting agenda and minutes from Dec. 1 and Dec. 11 — and approved the treasurer’s report and payment of bills for December in the amount of $10,386,579.57.
Votes on grouped agenda items for education, finance, human resources and policy were routinely moved and carried in batches. However, a separate roll-call vote on HR item 27 failed after members recorded their votes at the board president’s request. The voting sequence as read during the roll call recorded Miss Womack and Miss Singleton as excused; the tally as read: Ridley—abstain; McAllen—No; Lafferty—No; Fowler—Absent; Bay Goodman—No; McGowan—No; Barley—No. The motion failed.
Why it matters: Approval of the treasurer’s report commits the board to payment of the stated warrants and is a routine fiscal control. The failed HR motion indicates disagreement on a personnel item that will require further attention or reintroduction if the administration seeks it again.
What came next: The board continued with committee reports and program presentations. No further immediate action on HR item 27 was recorded that evening.
Provenance: Agenda motion and voice votes began at SEG 632 and continued through the grouped approvals in SEG 642–793; the roll-call vote for HR item 27 and its failure were recorded at SEG 751–776. The treasurer's report amount appears at SEG 654–655.
