Umatilla School Board approves consent agenda and multiple resolutions on meals and gifts

The Umatilla School District Board of Education unanimously approved routine business and a series of ethics-related resolutions at its Nov. 13, 2025 regular meeting.

The board approved the consent agenda — including the Oct. 9, 2025 meeting minutes, supervisory staff conflicts of interest, disbursements and financial statements — after Board Member Josiah Barron noted two staff names (Tami Watson and Aleesha Watson) that needed to be added to the conflicts list. The motion to approve the consent agenda passed 5-0 with two members absent.

Board members also approved a motion to declare a district laminator surplus; the motion, made by Board Member Barron and seconded by Jorge Meza, passed unanimously. Superintendent Heidi Sipe read a set of resolutions relating to meals and gifts for employees and board members. The board recorded individual actual conflict-of-interest declarations for several named individuals (including Board Chair Lesly Claustro-Sanguino and Superintendent Heidi Sipe) before voting to approve Resolutions #26-01/#26-02, #26-03, #26-04, #26-05 and #26-06. Each recorded vote showed Yea: 5, Nay: 0, Absent: 2; one abstention is noted in the minutes where the chair declared an actual conflict and abstained on a listed approval.

The board did not record dollar amounts or additional conditions for the resolutions in the minutes. The district’s minutes indicate that the process for handling declared conflicts was explained by Superintendent Sipe but do not include further details on scope or limits of the resolutions.