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Lubec school board to livestream meetings, adopts temperature standard and multiple policy updates
Summary
MSAD 19’s Lubec School Board voted Nov. 6 to livestream and record meetings, hire a paid operator, and approved a set of policy adoptions and procedural updates including a new EBBD temperature-standards policy and revisions to restraint/seclusion guidance.
The Maine School Administrative District No. 19 School Board voted unanimously on Nov. 6 to begin live-streaming and recording its meetings, adopt a new school temperature-standards policy and approve a package of procurement and financial procedures.
The board, meeting at the Lubec Town Office, approved a motion (moved by Vice Chair Wanda Reed, seconded by Trisha McCurdy) to livestream and record meetings via Zoom, authorize an advertisement to hire an operator at $25 per hour, purchase necessary equipment and relocate future meetings to the school cafeteria. The motion passed 5-0.
Board members also adopted a new policy, EBBD, Temperature Standards for Schools, on its second reading (moved by Jane Lanctot, seconded by Wanda Reed; vote 5-0). The meeting record shows additional policy actions and first readings taken the same night: the board accepted second readings and revisions to JKAA (Use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion) and JKAA-R (Procedures on Physical Restraint and Seclusion) by 5-0 votes, and approved the first readings of procurement- and reimbursement-related policies DJ (Bidding/Purchasing Requirements), DJ-R (Federal Procurement Manual), DJH (Purchasing and Contracting) and DKC (Expense Authorization and Reimbursement).
On finance and compliance matters the board voted 5-0 (moved by Richard Huntley Jr., seconded by Jane Lanctot) to adopt three written procedures as presented: Cash Management Procedure, Allowable Costs Procedure and Time & Effort Certification Procedure. The board also approved the first reading of DKC-R (Expense Reimbursement Procedure: Travel) and moved to remove policy DJ-E (Procurement Methods for Federally Funded Projects) by a 5-0 vote.
The actions taken bundle open-meeting changes (live-streaming) with several governance and compliance updates. Meeting minutes record no substantive debate or roll-call vote breakdown by member beyond unanimous tallies for the motions noted. The board adjourned at 6:54 p.m.
