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Edina Public Schools: January 4th, 2022 Organizational Meeting
Edina City CouncilWednesday, January 5, 2022
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[3:13] [Music]
[3:15] all right
[3:16] why is there music playing perfect
[3:18] good evening everybody we do have a
[3:19] quorum i'm going to call the meeting to
[3:21] order this is the uh organizational
[3:24] meeting for the edina school board for
[3:25] tuesday january 4th 2022.
[3:29] can i get a motion to approve the agenda
[3:31] so moved
[3:32] second
[3:33] any discussion all those in favor of
[3:36] approving the agenda say aye aye any
[3:38] opposed
[3:40] motion carries
[3:42] next we have
[3:44] election of our officers just for people
[3:46] who are watching
[3:47] the routine requires me to call for
[3:50] nominations multiple times so don't
[3:52] worry about it so are there any
[3:54] nominations for board chair
[3:58] i nominate erica ellenberg
[4:01] second
[4:02] we just need a nomination
[4:05] erica is nominated are there any other
[4:07] nominations for board chair
[4:09] are there any other nominations for
[4:11] board chair
[4:12] and finally are there any other
[4:14] nominations for board chair
[4:16] hearing none we will proceed to a vote
[4:19] all those in favor of erica allenberg
[4:21] being boards here say aye
[4:23] any opposed
[4:26] motion carries
[4:28] next we're looking for nominations for
[4:30] vice chair i get about are there any
[4:32] nominations for vice chair i nominate
[4:35] lenny wallen friedman for vice chair
[4:37] all right lenny wallentriedman is
[4:39] nominated for vice chair are there any
[4:40] other nominations for vice chair
[4:43] are there any other nominations for vice
[4:45] chair
[4:46] finally are there any other nominations
[4:48] for vice chair
[4:50] hearing none we will proceed to vote all
[4:52] those in favor
[4:53] of
[4:54] electing lenny wall and friedman for
[4:56] vice chair say aye aye
[4:58] any opposed
[5:00] nomination carries is passed
[5:02] next
[5:04] are there any nominations for the
[5:06] position of clerk
[5:08] i nominate julie green for clerk
[5:12] all right julie green is nominated for
[5:14] clerk
[5:15] are there any other nominations for
[5:16] clerk
[5:18] are there any other nominations for
[5:20] clerk and finally are there any other
[5:21] nominations for clerk
[5:23] hearing none julie green is nominated
[5:25] for clerk all those in favor say aye aye
[5:28] any opposed
[5:30] nomination carries
[5:33] next are there any nominations for
[5:35] treasurer
[5:36] i nominate michael birdman
[5:39] michael birdman is nominated for
[5:41] treasure
[5:42] are there any other nominations for
[5:43] treasure
[5:45] any other nominations for treasurer
[5:48] going three times any nominations for
[5:50] treasure
[5:51] hearing none michael birdman is
[5:52] nominated for treasure all those in
[5:54] favor say aye
[5:55] aye
[5:56] any opposed
[5:58] nomination is passed next are there any
[6:00] nominations for assistant treasurer
[6:03] well this is interesting
[6:07] i nominate janie shaw for assistant
[6:09] treasurer
[6:10] all right
[6:12] janie shaw is nominated for assistant
[6:14] treasurer are there any other
[6:16] nominations for treasurer
[6:18] any other nominations for treasure
[6:21] and finally any other nominations for
[6:23] treasure
[6:24] all right jamie shaw is nominated all
[6:26] those in favor of jamie shaw's treasurer
[6:28] assistant treasurer sorry say aye aye
[6:32] any opposed
[6:34] nomination carries
[6:36] next are there any nominations for
[6:38] assistant clerk
[6:40] i nominate dan erum for assistant clerk
[6:43] anybody else
[6:45] and karen gabler perfect all right are
[6:48] there any other nominations for
[6:49] assistant clerk
[6:51] any other nominations for assistant
[6:53] clerk and finally any other nominations
[6:54] for assistant clerk
[6:56] all right we have nominations of karen
[6:58] gabler and dan arum for assistant clerk
[7:01] all those in favor say aye aye
[7:03] any opposed
[7:05] all right we have our slate of officers
[7:08] uh next comes hearings from member of
[7:10] the public and did anybody sign up
[7:13] all right
[7:16] next we have the consent agenda are
[7:18] there any items to remove from the
[7:20] consent agenda
[7:21] and i will note that
[7:23] there was a revision to one set of
[7:25] minutes which was handed out to the
[7:26] board and is available for the public
[7:28] and will be posted on
[7:30] the website as soon as we are able to
[7:33] so with that are there any requests to
[7:35] have anything removed from the consent
[7:36] agenda
[7:38] nope can i get a motion to approve the
[7:40] consent agenda so moved
[7:43] can i get a second second
[7:44] all right all those in favor of the
[7:46] consent agenda say aye
[7:47] aye
[7:48] any opposed
[7:50] motion carried
[7:52] next we're on to leadership updates
[7:56] happy new year everyone it's great to
[7:58] have all of you here and nice to be
[7:59] together and welcome to our new board
[8:02] members it's fantastic to work with you
[8:04] and glad to work with those who are the
[8:06] veterans as well i just want to give an
[8:08] update about the high school i want to
[8:10] let folks know that some great progress
[8:12] has been made at the high school
[8:14] and
[8:16] we believe that we are on track where
[8:17] the students will be able to come back
[8:18] to school
[8:21] on
[8:23] friday i lost a day there because of
[8:24] monday they will be able to come back to
[8:26] school on friday and
[8:29] i also want to let the community know
[8:31] that we are working to monitor our covid
[8:35] protocols
[8:36] and i have
[8:37] scheduled a couple of meetings
[8:39] and we will be providing the community
[8:42] with updates on that next
[8:45] week at the
[8:47] meeting at the next school board meeting
[8:49] thank you
[8:52] all right i do want to welcome our new
[8:53] board members dan arum karen gabler and
[8:57] michael birdman is your first meeting by
[8:59] the way this will be your shortest
[9:00] meeting as a school board member
[9:03] just i know you've attended but i don't
[9:05] want you to be misled by today's meeting
[9:08] all right
[9:10] so we have completed our agenda is there
[9:12] any objection to adjourning
[9:14] hearing