Policy ESU-8460

Board Operating Procedures

Annual Organizational Meeting

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board: 
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 02/15/1994
Related policies & regulations:  8441
Legal references:  

 An organizational meeting of the Educational Service Unit Board shall be held in conjunction with the Lincoln Public Schools annual organizational meeting for the purpose of seating any new members and electing officers.

The following are procedures for election of officers and other business to take place at the annual organizational meeting of the Board:

1. After new members are sworn in by the Board’s legal counsel, the Board will elect from its members a President and a Vice President, and elect as Secretary, Treasurer, ex-officio, the Superintendent of Schools, all of whom will assume office at the organizational meeting.
2. The Board’s legal counsel will act as chair for the election of a President.
3. Upon call for nominations for each office by the chair, nominations will be made by written ballot. Voting will be by written ballot on all members nominated and repeated until a majority is achieved for a nominee. If a tie is not broken after five ballots, the chair will determine the winner by a flip of a coin.
4. The President will assume the chair immediately upon his or her election.

The order of business for the remainder of the meeting will be as follows:

1. The election of a Vice President by the same method as used for the election of the President.
2. Election of the Secretary and Treasurer.
3. The adoption of an order of business to guide in the preparation of future agendas and conduct of meetings.
4. Review of existing temporary committees or special appointments involving Unit Board members.
5. Approval of current Unit Board policies and regulations.