Fayette County Board approves routine finance and personnel items, appoints Cynthia Ray to vacant seat

The Fayette County Board of Education on April 28 approved routine finance and personnel business and appointed Cynthia Ray to fill a vacant board seat.

The board voted to accept accounts payable for the period as presented (transcript reference: $868,000). The motion was moved and seconded and the board voted in favor; the chair declared the motion carried.

The board then approved personnel item 52-34 after a motion and second with no discussion. The transcript records the motion as moved by Dean Ryan (speaker 11) and seconded by another board member; the motion carried.

The board considered item 52-35, an appointment to fill the seat held by the late Coach Gary Ray. West Virginia Code 18-5-2 requires the board to fill a vacancy within 45 days, the president said. Three self-nominations were listed during the meeting: Marissa Messer, Cynthia Ray and Steven Slockett. A board member nominated Cynthia Ray, the nomination was seconded, nominations were closed and the board voted "Aye." The board appointed Cynthia (Cindy) Ray to the vacancy; she must complete orientation delivered by the West Virginia School Board Association before being seated, and the board expects to swear her in at its May 5 field meeting at Oak Hill High School.

The board set future meetings as follows: a May 5 field meeting at Oak Hill High School (4:30 p.m.), a regular meeting on May 19 at the board office (6 p.m.) and a special budget hearing with Ms. Ridley on May 20 at 10 a.m. The president accepted a motion to adjourn the special meeting.

No amendments or dissenting votes were recorded in the transcript for the items covered at the April 28 meeting.