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Votes at a glance: Gilmer County Board approves minutes, bills, policy review, painting bid, personnel and fundraising direction
Summary
At its Dec. 16 meeting the Gilmer County Board approved routine minutes and bills, placed a concussion policy on 30-day review, awarded a $5,760 painting bid for an elementary cafeteria, adopted a PEIA stabilization resolution, approved personnel and payroll adjustments, and authorized fundraising for the Bolt facility. All motions carried by voice vote.
The Gilmer County Board of Education recorded the following actions by voice vote at its Dec. 16, 2024 meeting.
- Minutes: Approved minutes of the regular meeting on Nov. 18, 2024 and the special meeting on Dec. 4, 2024 (motions moved and seconded; voice votes carried). (SEG 052–077)
- Bills for payment: Approved bills as presented, including noted gas bills and an added card purchase; motion and voice vote carried. (SEG 079–102)
- Concussion policy: Accepted the superintendent’s recommendation to place the district concussion policy on a 30‑day public review and comment period; motion carried. (SEG 104–123)
- Painting bid: Approved a recommendation to accept the McLaughlin project bid to paint Gilmer County Elementary School cafeteria and related work — six days labor for $5,760; motion carried. (SEG 125–176)
- PEIA resolution: Adopted a resolution urging the state to stabilize the Public Employees Insurance Agency; motion carried. (SEG 177–268)
- Bolt fundraising: Voted to authorize district staff to proceed with community fundraising, sponsorship outreach and grant applications for the proposed Bolt Health and Wellness Center; motion carried. (SEG 664–700)
- Personnel and extracurricular: Approved professional and service personnel recommendations (substitute teacher Taylor Scott; Chelsea Jenkins as special education transportation aide), several extracurricular coach appointments, permission to post two auxiliary varsity baseball coach positions and a three-step payroll increase for math and special-education teachers; motions carried. (SEG 704–796, SEG 764–779, SEG 781–795)
Each action was recorded as a motion, second and voice vote; the transcript records the chair calling for 'aye' and stating 'motion carries' for these items. Transcript does not provide individual roll-call vote tallies for these motions.
