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Belcourt School Board adopts 2025 election calendar, approves routine budget and spending items
Summary
At a regular meeting, the Belcourt School Board adopted its 2025 election calendar (set for 06/03/2025), approved routine accounts-payable and a high-school budget revision, and approved the planned graduation location, with votes recorded via electronic roll call. Board members also discussed consent-agenda procedures and electronic-packet display issues.
Belcourt School Board members voted to adopt the 2025 school board election calendar and approved several routine items, including accounts payable and a high-school budget revision, during a meeting where several votes were taken by electronic roll call.
The board president called for approval of the January 14 minutes and routine items; motions for accounts payable and other consent-agenda items were moved and seconded. Board member Shofran Vorta recommended recording approvals for each line item individually so public minutes clearly show what the board approved, saying the current electronic packet makes it hard to see which items were voted on and suggesting individual roll calls "so when you see the minutes or a public sees the minutes, they know exactly what you were making a motion on." The board discussed that reports are information-only and generally do not require motions.
On the election calendar, a motion to adopt the 2025 schedule (the calendar presented lists the election on 06/03/2025) was moved and seconded and decided using the board’s electronic voting system. Board members confirmed their electronic votes were recorded; the transcript notes that one member, Wanda Ladiser, was absent during the roll call. The transcript does not include a detailed numeric vote tally.
The board also considered a high-school budget revision and approved the item via electronic vote after a motion and second; the record references a high-school budget action but does not clearly specify an exact dollar amount in the transcript text. The board approved a proposed graduation location for the Class of 2025, preferring the new turf football field with a contingency to move inside the high school if weather requires.
Procedural issues were a theme: several members experienced delays or confusion with the electronic voting interface, and the board discussed returning to individual approvals for clarity in the public record. The meeting adjourned after a motion to close and electronic votes were recorded.
