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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