Common use of Voting Method Clause in Contracts

Voting Method. Unless otherwise provided by law, when a vote is taken upon any measure before the Governing Board/Executive Committee, with a quorum being present, a majority of the votes cast shall determine its outcome. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, is counted for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, however, is not counted as a "yea" or "nay" in determining whether a measure has been passed by the Board. However, an "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, is counted as a negative vote when: (1) an "affirmative vote" of a majority is required by statute for passage, or (2) the Board is acting in a quasi- judicial manner and a member's participation would be unfair, such as, when the member was not present for the entire hearing. The sequence for casting votes shall be rotated. On all questions involving the expenditure of money and on all questions involving the closing of a meeting to the public, a roll call vote shall be taken and entered in the Board's minutes. An individual Board member may request that a roll call vote be taken on any other matter; the President or other presiding officer may approve or deny the request but a denial is subject to being overturned by a majority vote of the members present. The Board Secretary shall keep written minutes of all Governing Board/Executive Committee meetings (whether open or closed), which shall be signed by the President/Chairperson and the Secretary. The minutes include:

Voting Method. Unless otherwise provided by law, when a vote is taken upon any measure before the Governing School Board/Executive Committee, with a quorum being present, a majority of the votes cast shall determine its outcome. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, is counted for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, however, is not counted as a "yea" or "nay" in determining whether a measure has been passed by the Board. However, an "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, is counted as a negative vote when: (1) an "affirmative vote" of a majority is required by statute for passage, or (2) the Board is acting unless otherwise stated in a quasi- judicial manner and a member's participation would be unfair, such as, when the member was not present for the entire hearinglaw. The sequence for casting votes shall be is rotated. On all questions involving the expenditure of money and on all questions involving the closing of a meeting to the public, a roll call vote shall be taken and entered in the Board's minutes. An individual Board member may request that a roll call vote be taken on any other matter; the President or other presiding officer may approve or deny the request but a denial is subject to being overturned by a majority vote of the members present. Any School Board member may request that his or her vote be changed before the President announces the result. The Board Secretary shall keep written minutes of all Governing Board/Executive Committee Board meetings (whether open or closed), which shall be signed by the President/Chairperson President and the Secretary. The minutes include: 1. The meeting's date, time, and place; 2. Board members recorded as either present or absent; 3. A summary of the discussion on all matters proposed, deliberated, or decided, and a record of any votes taken; 4. On all matters requiring a roll call vote, a record of who voted "yea" and "nay"; 5. If the meeting is adjourned to another date, the time and place of the adjourned meeting; 6. The vote of each member present when a vote is taken to hold a closed meeting or portion of a meeting, and the reason for the closed meeting with a citation to the specific exception contained in the Open Meetings Act (OMA) authorizing the closed meeting; 7. A record of all motions, including individuals making and seconding motions; 8. Upon request by a Board member, a record of how he or she voted on a particular motion; and 9. The type of meeting, including any notices and, if a reconvened meeting, the original meeting's date. The minutes shall be submitted to the Board for approval or modification at its next regularly scheduled open meeting. Minutes for open meetings must be approved within 30 days after the meeting or at the second subsequent regular meeting, whichever is later. At least semi-annually in an open meeting, the Board: (1) reviews minutes from all closed meetings that are currently unavailable for public release, and (2) decides which, if any, no longer require confidential treatment and are available for public inspection. The Board may meet in a prior closed session to review the minutes from closed meetings that are currently unavailable for public release. The School Board's meeting minutes must be submitted to the Board Treasurer at such times as the Treasurer may require. The official minutes are in the custody of the Board Secretary. Open meeting minutes are available for inspection during regular office hours within 10 days after the Board's approval; they may be inspected in the District's main office, in the presence of the Secretary, the Superintendent, or designee, or any School Board member. Minutes from closed meetings are likewise available, but only if the Board has released them for public inspection, except that Board members may access closed session minutes not yet released for public inspection (1) in the District's administrative offices or their official storage location, and (2) in the presence of the Recording Secretary, the Superintendent or designated administrator, or any elected Board member. The minutes, whether reviewed by members of the public or the Board, shall not be removed from the District's administrative offices or their official storage location except by vote of the Board or by court order. The Board's open meeting minutes shall be posted on the District website within 10 days after the Board approves them; the minutes will remain posted for at least 60 days. The Superintendent, or the Board Secretary when the Superintendent is absent, shall audio record all closed meetings. If neither is present, the Board President or presiding officer shall assume this responsibility. After the closed meeting, the person making the audio recording shall label the recording with the date and store it in a secure location. The Superintendent shall ensure that: (1) an audio recording device and all necessary accompanying items are available to the Board for every closed meeting, and (2) a secure location for storing closed meeting audio recordings is maintained at the Unit Office. After 18 months have passed since being made, the audio recording of a closed meeting is destroyed provided the Board approved: (1) its destruction, and (2) minutes of the particular closed meeting. Individual Board members may access verbatim recordings in the presence of the Recording Secretary, the Superintendent or designated administrator, or any elected Board member. Access to the verbatim recordings is available at the District's administrative offices or the verbatim recording's official storage location. Requests shall be made to the Superintendent or Board President. While a Board member is listening to a verbatim recording, it shall not be re-recorded or removed from the District's main office or official storage location, except by vote of the Board or by court order. Before making such requests, Board members should consider whether such requests are germane to their responsibilities, service to District, and/or Oath of Office in policy 2:80, Board Member Oath and Conduct. In the interest of encouraging free and open expression by Board members during closed meetings, the recordings of closed meetings should not be used by Board members to confirm or dispute the accuracy of recollections. A quorum of the Board must be physically present at all Board meetings. A majority of the full membership of the School Board constitutes a quorum. Provided a quorum is physically present, a Board member may attend a meeting by video or audio conference if he or she is prevented from physically attending because of: (1) personal illness or disability, (2) employment or District business, or (3) a family or other emergency. If a member wishes to attend a meeting by video or audio means, he or she must notify the recording secretary or Superintendent at least 24 hours before the meeting unless advance notice is impractical. The recording secretary or Superintendent will inform the Board President and make appropriate arrangements. A Board member who attends a meeting by audio or video means, as provided in this policy, may participate in all aspects of the Board meeting including voting on any item.

Voting Method. Unless otherwise provided by law, when a vote is taken upon any measure before the Governing Board/Executive CommitteeBoard of Education, with a quorum being present, a majority of the votes cast shall determine its outcome. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, is counted for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, however, is not counted as a "yea" or "nay" in determining whether a measure has been passed by the Board. However, an "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, is counted as a negative vote when: (1) an "affirmative vote" of a majority is required by statute for passage, or (2) the Board is acting unless otherwise stated in a quasi- judicial manner and a member's participation would be unfair, such as, when the member was not present for the entire hearinglaw. The sequence for casting votes shall be rotated. On all questions involving the expenditure of money and on all questions involving the closing of a meeting to the public, a roll call vote shall be taken and entered in the Board's minutes. .An individual Board member may request that a roll call vote be taken on any other matter; the President or other presiding officer may approve or deny the request but a denial is subject to being overturned by a majority vote of the members present. Any Board of Education member may request that his or her vote be recorded and, with the approval of the other Board members, may append a statement indicating the reason for the vote. Any Board member may include a written explanation of his/her vote in the District file containing individual Board member statements; the explanation will not be part of the minutes. The Board Secretary shall keep written minutes of all Governing Board/Executive Committee Board of Education meetings (whether open or closed), which shall be signed by the President/Chairperson President and the Secretary. The minutes include:

Voting Method. Unless otherwise provided by law, when a vote is taken upon any measure before the Governing Board/Executive CommitteeBoard of Education, with a quorum being present, a majority of the votes cast shall determine its outcome. . When votes are entered in the minutes, "present or "abstain" votes shall be recorded as such. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, is counted for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is present. A vote of "abstain" or "present," or a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to vote, however, is not counted as a "yea" or "nay" in determining whether a measure has been passed by the BoardBoard unless otherwise stated in law. However, an "abstain" or "present," or On a vote other than "yea" or "nay," or a failure to tie vote, the motion is counted as a negative vote when: (1) an "affirmative vote" of a majority is required by statute for passage, or (2) the Board is acting in a quasi- judicial manner and a member's participation would be unfair, such as, when the member was not present for the entire hearingdefeated. The sequence for casting votes shall be rotated. On all questions involving the expenditure of money and on all questions involving the closing of a meeting to the public, a roll call vote shall be taken and entered in the Board's minutes. .An individual Board member may request that a roll call vote be taken on any other matter; the President or other presiding officer may approve or deny the request but a denial is subject to being overturned by a majority vote of the members present. Any Board of Education member may request that his/her vote be changed before the result of the vote is announced by the President. The Board Secretary shall keep written minutes of all Governing Board/Executive Committee Board of Education meetings (whether open or closed), which shall be signed by the President/Chairperson President and the Secretary. The minutes include: