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Board authorizes district-funded counsel for Chuck Melki, capped at $10,000
Summary
Jenni Wolgast moved and Kim Winter seconded a motion Nov. 5 to allow Board Member Chuck Melki to retain an attorney at district expense up to $10,000. The board approved the request on a 5-0-1 roll-call vote with Melki abstaining.
At the Nov. 5 special meeting of the Swartz Creek Community Schools Board of Education, Board Member Jenni Wolgast moved, and Kim Winter supported, a motion to allow Board Member Chuck Melki to retain legal counsel at the district's expense to address allegations against him, with spending capped at $10,000. The motion text as recorded in the minutes reads: 'to allow C. Melki to retain an attorney at the district's expense in order to deal with the allegations against him up to $10,000.'
The board took a roll-call vote: Board President Carrie Germain voted yes; Jenni Wolgast voted yes; Chuck Melki abstained; Ken Engel voted yes; Autumn Henry voted yes; Kim Winter voted yes. The clerk recorded a tally of 5 yes, 0 no, and 1 abstention; the motion was approved. The transcript provides the motion text, the mover and seconder, and the recorded votes; it does not include further discussion of the allegations themselves in the provided segments.
