Board Minutes - 2023.11.27 - Annual Meeting

November 27, 2023

The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Community School District Board of Directors met at the District Office on Monday, November 27, 2023 at 6:00 pm for their annual board meeting. Visitors in attendance: Ed Glenn, Ann Ohms, and others not signed in. 

Call to Order: President Houk called to order the meeting of the EBF Board of Directors at 6:00 pm. Roll call: Nathan Hinton, present; Eric Klyn, present; Lara Vandello, present; Micah Van Mersbergen, present; Doug Brinegar, present; Tyrone Lobberecht, present and Curt Houk, present.  Quorum established.

Approve Agenda:   Brinegar moved and Hinton seconded to approve the agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Old Business:  Brinegar moved and Vandello seconded to approve the second reading of board policy: General Principles, Licensed Employee Qualifications, Recruitment, Selection and Evaluation-400. Motion carried unanimously.  Van Mersbergen moved and Vandello seconded to approve the second reading of board policy: Discipline of Students who make Threats of Violence or Cause Incidents of Violence-531A.  Small discussion.  Vandello moved and Van Mersbergen seconded to table the second reading of board policy: Discipline of Students who make Threats of Violence or Cause Incidents of Violence-531A. Motion tabled unanimously.  Brinegar moved and Vandello seconded to approve the FY2023 Year End Balances.  Motion carried unanimously. 

Review of Canvassed Election Results: Board accepted canvassed election results. Director District 3: Ed Glenn received 94 votes and Nathan Hinton received 81 votes with one write in.  Ed Glenn elected. Director District 4: Bruce Vroegh received 27 votes and Tyrone Lobberecht received 36 votes. Tyrone Lobberecht elected. Director District 5: Tom Judy received 43 votes, Nicholas Batterson received 24 votes and Randy Reed received 30 votes with one write in. Tom Judy elected.  

Adjournment of Retiring Board:   Brinegar moved and Vandello seconded to adjourn meeting.  Motion carried unanimously.  Meeting adjourned at 6:21pm.

Curt Houk                                                         Mary McCrea

Board President                                              Board Secretary