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Meeting Agenda
CALL TO ORDER
WELCOME AND MEETING FORMAT
CITIZENS ADDRESS AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS
SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS/REQUESTS (10 Min)
OTHER ACTION ITEMS
2023-2024 Amended Budget
ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION –Superintendent’s Evaluation
RECONVENE
Superintendent Contract
ADJOURN
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Meeting: December 18, 2023 at 5:30 PM - Special Meeting
Subject:
CALL TO ORDER
Description:
Dean Bolton, Katie Cavanaugh, Mary Gebara, Melanie Lynn, Vincent Lyon-Callo, Andrew Phelps and Jayme Taylor
 
Subject:
WELCOME AND MEETING FORMAT
Description:

Welcome to this special meeting of the Okemos Board of Education held in public for the purpose of conducting the business of the school board.

There is one opportunity for public comment: Citizens who wish to address agenda or non-agenda items will have an opportunity at the beginning of the meeting. In-person individuals who wish to address the board must complete a blue form, located with the agendas near the room entrance, and present it to the board’s secretary prior to the start of the agenda item. 

At the appropriate point in the agenda, the board president will call upon individuals who have submitted a blue card for their comments.
Subject:
CITIZENS ADDRESS AGENDA AND NON-AGENDA ITEMS
Description:
At this time in the meeting, citizens have an opportunity to address the board regarding items of interest that that may or may not be part of the evening’s agenda.  Citizens are required to limit comments to three minutes, except when this requirement is waived by the board president during the meeting.  A designated timekeeper will communicate to the individual who is addressing the board at three minutes. The board highly values public comment and input; however, the board meeting format is designed to facilitate the evening’s agenda and, therefore, restricts board members from engaging in conversation with speakers or immediately responding to questions.  Questions and concerns may be addressed by the board later in the agenda and may be assigned for follow-up by the board or superintendent at a later date.
Subject:
SUPERINTENDENT REPORTS/REQUESTS (10 Min)
Description:
The superintendent will highlight events and issues of interest and take questions from the board.
Subject:
OTHER ACTION ITEMS
Description:
The Other Action Items require additional discussion prior to board action.
Subject:
2023-2024 Amended Budget
Description:
Each year, the budget which is approved by the board of education in June is reviewed periodically throughout the school year and may be amended to reflect an update in revenue and expenditures. The latest proposed amendments were reviewed by the board during its meeting on December 11, 2023.
Recommended Motion(s):
  1. That the board approve the amended 2023-2024 budget (Roll Call)
Action(s):
Motion Carried:
That the board approve the amended 2023-2024 budget (Roll Call).Melanie LynnJayme TaylorCarried
  • Cavanaugh: Absent
  • Buffett: Yea
  • Doxie: Yea
  • Gebara: Yea
  • Lynn: Yea
  • Phelps: Yea
  • Taylor: Yea
Attachments:
Subject:
ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION –Superintendent’s Evaluation
Description:
Pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Open Meetings Act, the board of education may adjourn to Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the superintendent evaluation.
Recommended Motion(s):
  1. That the board adjourn to Executive Session pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Open Meetings Act for the purpose of discussing the superintendent evaluation (Roll Call)
Action(s):
Motion Carried:
That the board adjourn to Executive Session pursuant to Section 8(a) of the Open Meetings Act for the purpose of discussing the superintendent evaluation (Roll Call).Andy PhelpsMelanie LynnCarried
  • Cavanaugh: Absent
  • Buffett: Yea
  • Doxie: Yea
  • Gebara: Yea
  • Lynn: Yea
  • Phelps: Yea
  • Taylor: Yea
Subject:
RECONVENE
Description:
Tom Buffett, Katie Cavanaugh, Shulawn Doxie, Mary Gebara, Melanie Lynn, Andrew Phelps and Jayme Taylor
Subject:
Superintendent Contract
Description:
The board has engaged in negotiations with the Superintendent.
Recommended Motion(s):
  1. That the board waive the reading and enter into the terms and conditions set forth in the contract of employment for Superintendent John Hood effective January 1, 2024 (Roll Call)
Action(s):
Motion Carried:
That the board waive the reading and enter into the terms and conditions set forth in the contract of employment for Superintendent John Hood effective January 1, 2024 (Roll Call).Andy PhelpsTom BuffettCarried
  • Cavanaugh: Absent
  • Buffett: Yea
  • Doxie: Yea
  • Gebara: Yea
  • Lynn: Yea
  • Phelps: Yea
  • Taylor: Yea
Attachments:
Subject:
ADJOURN

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