Ball Chatham board approves consent agendas, elects officers and raises tech fee

The superintendent reported that the Ball Chatham CUSD 5 Board of Education approved routine consent and personnel agendas and addressed several personnel and operational items at its April 24, 2024 meeting.

Among the formal actions reported, the board approved last month’s minutes and a student-discipline matter, adopted the routine consent agenda covering finance and operations, and adopted the personnel consent agenda covering hires, retirements and resignations. The superintendent’s summary did not include roll-call tallies or the names of movers and seconders for these motions.

The board also elected officers for the coming year: Tiffany Saunders as board president, Laura Calderon as vice president and Andrea Redinger as secretary, each reported by the superintendent as selected "all by vote." The recap did not provide vote counts.

Separately, the superintendent said the board voted to raise the technology fee for the 2024–25 school year from $40 to $75. The superintendent noted the district has not raised general student fees since 2014 and that tech fees had not changed in five years. The recap did not include the vote tally or any conditions attached to the fee change.

The superintendent’s recorded recap did not provide specific vote tallies, the names of motion proponents and seconders, or formal meeting minutes citations for the votes summarized here. The meeting summary reported no citizen speakers on agenda items and concluded with routine scheduling and adjournment.