Policy 8441

Meetings

Order of Business

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board: 
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 05/18/2015
Related policies & regulations:  8460
Legal references:  

 

Order of Business*

1. Opening Procedures
   1. Call to Order
   2. Roll Call
   3. Announce Open Meeting Act Posting and Location
   4. Approval of Minutes
2. Special Reports, Presentations and Celebrations of Success
3. Public Comment (Public Comment procedures are governed by Policy 8420 and Regulation 8420.1). This agenda item may be stopped at a certain time limit and completed under agenda item #9.
4. Consent Items
   1. Human Resources Matters
   2. Routine Business
      1. Claims/Wire Transfers
      2. Payroll
      3. Gifts
      4. Bids, Contracts and Other Routines Business Discussed at Prior Meeting or Under $500,000
      5. Bids, Contracts and Other Routine Business
   3. Option Enrollment (In/Out)
5. *First Reading, Action at Next Meeting
   1. From Board Committees
   2. From the Superintendent
   3. Bids, Contracts and Other Routine Business over $500,000
6. Second Reading, Recommended for Action
   1. From Board Committees
   2. From the Superintendent
   3. Expedited/Emergency Actions
   4. Item(s) Removed from Consent Agenda
7. *Informational Items/Reports
   1. From Board Committees
   2. From Special Appointments
   3. From the Superintendent
8. Announcements of Upcoming Events for the Board
9. Continuation of Agenda Item #3 Public Comment
10. Request for Closed Session
11. Adjournment

If a motion for closed session has been passed at the meeting, other than as the last business item immediately prior to the closed session, the Chair immediately prior to the closed session shall restate on the record the limitation of the subject matter of the closed session.

* The above Order of Business may be modified and/or some listed components may be renumbered, reordered or eliminated for regular meetings, special meetings, retreats, work sessions or as circumstances may demand at the discretion of the chair.  The Lincoln Board of Education is empowered to act on any item listed on the Agenda at any time during the meeting, irrespective of the time or order listed.  Pages listed, or further detail, are available upon request.  The Open Meetings Act requires and the intention of the Board is that agenda items be sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the meeting.  The Board releases its agenda well in advance of most meetings and desires that all interested persons are fully informed.  Any interested person who has a question or needs clarification about the sufficiency of a descriptive item should contact the Office of the Superintendent.