9368.112

Policy

 

Bylaws of the Board

 

Regular Business Meetings

 

Order of Business

 

Consent Agenda

 

 

The Ashland-Greenwood Public Schools Board of Education shall allow the Superintendent to place some business items at its regular and special meetings on a consent agenda. Items placed on the agenda are items that are considered to be routine and non-controversial in nature. All items brought before the Board of Education on the Consent Agenda are to be approved by a single motion. Such requests shall include, but not be limited to:

 

·         Approval of the minutes

·         Proclamations, Resolutions and Certain Administrative Reports

·         Payment of all claims (Except those for which a conflict of interest may exist)

·         Renewal of on going contracts that the district has with vendors and/or service providers.

·         Approval of Financial Reports

·         Other items that the President of the Board may request be included on the consent agenda.

 

The Superintendent may briefly explain the item(s) being approved on the consent agenda and members may ask questions about items on the consent agenda. Full information about items on a consent agenda should be provided to the board in advance in the board packet. Although members of the board may ask questions about items on the consent agenda, once a motion is made to approve the items on the consent agenda and the motion has been seconded a roll call vote shall be taken without further discussion.

 

Any Board Member has the prerogative to remove an item from the Consent Agenda for further discussion. Any item removed from the consent agenda shall be taken up later in the agenda at a time to be determined by the Board President.

 

Consent agenda items are approved en masse by one vote of the Board; however, each item within the consent agenda shall be separately recorded in the minutes. The action to approve the items on the consent agenda shall have the same force and impact and shall be binding as though each item had been voted on separately.

 

The consent agenda is not intended to be a way to push things through without proper discussion and debate. The Consent agenda should not be used for decision items. The intent is to speed the operation of the board so that more time can be spent on items requiring significant decision-making.

 

 

Approved: February 17, 2003