Board approves consent agenda, bids-and-contracts policy and PEAK grant application

The Lincoln Public Schools Board approved several routine and committee items during its April 14 meeting.

Consent agenda: Board member Barb moved approval of the consent agenda, covering human-resources matters and option-enrollment requests. A potential conflict of interest was declared for agenda item 8.2a and the declaring member abstained from that specific item; the remainder of the consent agenda passed on roll call.

Policy 3960 (bids and contracts): The board moved and seconded approval of policy 3960 and approved it by roll call; all recorded voting members voted "Yes" on the motion.

PEAK Project Grant application: The board moved, seconded and approved the Promoting Engagement and Knowledge (PEAK) Project grant application by roll call with all recorded votes in favor.

Closed session: The board moved, seconded and approved by roll call to recess into closed session to discuss litigation (item 3), legal advice (item 7) and personnel (item 6).

No member-level vote tallies naming each vote were provided for every item beyond the roll-call confirmations in the transcript; roll-call lines in the record show each member responding affirmatively for approved items and one specific abstention noted for item 8.2a.