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Board appoints five members to Budget Committee after ranked‑choice tally and tie draws
Summary
The board selected five community members for the Budget Committee—Tom Weaver, Matthew Douglas, Corey Boswell, Tracy Nelson and Patrick Berkeley—after a ranked-choice tally and tie‑breaking draws; motions to invite each appointee were made and seconded and recorded in the meeting.
The St. Helens School District board moved to invite five applicants to serve on the district Budget Committee after staff tallied ranked ballots from board members and the board resolved ties by drawing as described in the application process.
Staff explained there were seven applicants for five open positions and one application was disqualified for living outside district boundaries. Board members recorded ranked choices; staff tabulated the results and reported that several applicants had tied top‑vote counts, which required tie‑breaking draws to assign specific position numbers and term lengths.
The board made and seconded motions to invite Tom Weaver to Budget Committee position 1, Matthew Douglas to position 2, Corey Boswell to position 3, Tracy Nelson to position 4, and Patrick Berkeley to position 5. Each motion was seconded and the meeting record shows affirmative roll‑call responses for the invitations; the transcript does not include a numerical vote tally for each motion.
A staff explanation during the process clarified how terms are assigned: some positions carry one‑, two‑, or three‑year terms depending on the slot assigned. Board members expressed appreciation for the number and quality of applicants.
The board will finalize position lengths and notify appointees; staff said the detailed position numbers and term lengths would be provided to the appointees and recorded in board files.
The motions to invite the five named applicants were recorded on the public minutes and will be reflected in the district’s appointment records.
