Board pulls Policy 6109 on credit-card acceptance, adjusts May meeting and flags salary supplement correction

At its regular meeting, the Upshur County Board of Education agreed to pull Policy 6109, which covers credit-card acceptance, from its policy manual "at this time," citing unanswered questions and a need to protect county finances, the superintendent said.

The change was introduced as an agenda correction and approved as part of a motion to adopt the agenda with three adjustments. Board President accepted a motion to approve the agenda; Mr. Wager moved the agenda and Mrs. King seconded. The chair recorded ayes from those present and counted five ayes and no nays.

The superintendent also announced a correction to the salary supplement for the director of safety. The transcript lists unclear numeric values ("$84.09 $8.07 and a daily rate of $3.54 11"); the board noted the supplement needs correction and did not adopt the erroneous figures as presented.

Board members agreed to move the May 12 meeting because it falls on Election Day. The board approved rescheduling that meeting to the week after the election, with a budget hearing starting at 5:30 p.m. and the regular meeting to follow at 6:00 p.m.

The board approved minutes from the March 24 special and regular meetings after a motion by Mr. Wager and a second by Mrs. King. A roll-call vote was conducted; the transcript records individual "aye" responses for Jan Craig, Sherry Dean, Susan King, William Parker and Roy Wager, and also records the chair saying "It's 4 to 1," a discrepancy noted in the meeting record.

The meeting adjourned at 6:09 p.m. following a motion to adjourn by Mr. Wager and a second by Mrs. Dean.

The board held Policy 6109 and asked staff to address outstanding questions; no final policy adoption occurred at this meeting.