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ARE WE READY? MR. GEORGE, MISS SCALARO.

I THINK THEY'RE JUST HERE.

ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU GUYS READY? MR. GREENWELL, IF I COULD JUST.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK JOHN PRITCHARD FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT.

ABSOLUTELY. JOHN IS LEAVING US [APPLAUSE].

SO THANKS, JOHN.

WE DO APPRECIATE YOU.

AND WE WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK.

THANKS, JOHN. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU WITH ALL THE IT ISSUES AND MY REQUEST S THAT I'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS.

SO THANK YOU. YOU'VE HANDLED THEM ALL VERY PROFESSIONALLY AND GOOD JOB AND WISH YOU THE BEST TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS HEREBY CALL YOU TO ORDER FOR THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT ON JUNE

[I. Call to Order]

26TH, 2023, AT 7:06 P.M..

CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

SEANIECE WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? MR. GEORGE.

PRESENT. MR. GOODVIN HERE. MR. GREENWELL HERE. MR. MICHAELSON HERE.

MISS SCARLETT HERE.

MISS SCALARO. HERE, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU FOR TONIGHT'S SPECIAL MEETING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE.

AND MOTION CARRIES AND AGENDA IS APPROVED.

BOARD MEMBERS ITEM FOUR ON OUR AGENDA IS BOARD MEMBER APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

[IV. A Board Member Appointment Process]

HERE WE ARE AGAIN, DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAY? WE HAVE A VACANCY ON OUR BOARD.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

THE TWO OPTIONS ARE THE FOLLOWING.

NUMBER ONE, HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION TO FILL THE BOARD SEAT FOR A SHORT DURATION PERIOD FROM NOW UNTIL NOVEMBER, UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION IS HELD AND THE NEW BOARD MEMBER IS SWORN IN.

THAT WOULD COST US PROBABLY AN UPWARDS OF $40,000 FOR THAT SPECIAL ELECTION.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, BY THE TIME WE RAN IT THAT ELECTION, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE IN AUGUST OR SO BEFORE THEY'RE BEFORE THEY'RE SWORN IN OR WE HAVE THE SECOND OPTION, AND THAT IS TO APPOINT A BOARD MEMBER WITHIN 30 DAYS OF OF TODAY.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DID LAST TIME WHEN DIRECTOR ALBERT RESIGNED.

WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE INTERESTED IN THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS, AND ULTIMATELY DIRECTOR SCOLARO WAS CHOSEN TO FULFILL THAT SEAT.

SO THE QUESTION IS AND HAPPY TO TAKE A RECOMMENDATION, BUT THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO HAVE AN ELECTION OR DO WE WANT TO HAVE AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS? AND CURRENTLY IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THE BOARD.

IS THERE A MOTION FOR SUCH? SO MOVED. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS? YEAH. PRESIDENT GREENWELL, I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

IF THERE WAS A SPECIAL ELECTION, DOESN'T THAT MEAN MY POSITION GOES UP FOR BALLOT TOO? NO, MA'AM. YOU'VE BEEN APPOINTED THROUGH THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH FOR THAT POSITION.

THIS WOULD BE A POSITION THAT PERLA HAS JUST VACATED AND THAT SPECIAL ELECTION WOULD ONLY GO THROUGH THE NOVEMBER REGULAR ELECTION.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A REGULAR ELECTION.

THERE CAN ONLY BE A MAXIMUM OF FOUR FOUR PERSONS ELECTED IN ANY SET TERM.

SO THE TERM WOULD BE THE FOUR YEAR POSITION TERMS THAT ARE COMING UP IN NOVEMBER, THE ELECTION THAT WOULD BE JUST FOR THIS STUB PERIOD, AND THEN THAT POSITION WOULD BE UP FOR ELECTION AGAIN TO FILL OUT THE REMAINING TWO YEARS ON DIRECTOR ALARCON-FLORY'S POSITION.

SO NO, IT WOULD NOT IT WOULD NOT CARRY OVER.

IT'D BE FOR A SUB PERIOD ELECTION AND YOUR POSITION IS UP IN NOVEMBER.

IT WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO ELECTION AT THIS IF WE HELD A SPECIAL ELECTION.

I THINK IT'S JUST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR US TO DO AN APPOINTMENT AND THEN AN ELECTION JUST FOR IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S A IT'S A COLOSSAL COST FOR A SHORT TERM APPOINTMENT.

AND LAST TIME WE DID IT VERY SUCCESSFULLY.

AND, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THIS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, I THINK.

PRESIDENT GREENWELL, IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN LIKE WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED TO DO IF THEY THAT WAS I'M COMING.

I'M COMING TO THAT AFTER AFTER WE AFTER WE PASS THE MOTION, I WILL I WILL EXPLAIN EXPLAIN THE DETAILS OF THAT.

SO BOARD MEMBERS, SEANIECE ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC? NO. OKAY.

THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING. I SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED THAT.

OKAY, BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

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ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. AYE.

OKAY. MOTION CARRIES AND WE SHALL GO THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS ROUTE.

LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

HOW WE'D LIKE TO CONDUCT THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

FIRST OF ALL, WE ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED TO APPLY FOR THIS SHORT TERM APPOINTMENT.

IT WOULD BE AN APPOINTMENT WE'RE ESTIMATING THAT WILL BE WE'LL APPOINT THE POSITION ON JULY 24TH.

THAT'S OUR CURRENT ESTIMATION, WHICH IS THE NEXT BOARD, REGULAR BOARD MEETING OR SPECIAL BOARD MEETING, WHICHEVER WE CHOOSE TO HAVE.

THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOWED IN THE PAST WAS TO SOLICIT FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE APPOINTMENT, ASK THEM TO WRITE A LETTER OF INTEREST AND QUALIFICATIONS. THEY WOULD WE'D ASK THEM TO SUBMIT THAT TO US AND I MEAN US, MEANING BOARD SECRETARY SEANIECE HEILMAN AND MYSELF AS BOARD PRESIDENT, SUBMIT IT TO BOTH OF US AND WE WOULD ASK THOSE TO BE DONE AS I PULL UP MY CALENDAR ON THE THURSDAY, JULY.

THURSDAY, JULY 20TH.

WE WOULD ASK THOSE TO BE TURNED IN BY THE END OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY, JULY 20TH.

AND LET ME EXPLAIN WHY.

TYPICALLY, THE BOARD MATERIALS ARE SENT OUT ON THE 21ST ON A FRIDAY.

SO WHAT THAT WOULD ALLOW POTENTIAL APPLICANTS OR APPOINTEES TO DO IS SUBMIT THEIR LETTER OF INTEREST.

THEY'RE FREE TO CONTACT BOARD MEMBERS.

BOARD MEMBERS ARE FREE TO CONTACT THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WANT TO UNDERSTAND MORE ABOUT THEM.

NO BOARD DECISION WILL BE MADE BEFORE THE 24TH.

IT'S LIKELY WE'LL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 24TH OF JULY IN ADVANCE OF THE REGULAR MEETING WHERE WE WOULD ASK THOSE PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE WHO ARE INTERESTED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO COME AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, SUBMIT THEIR WRITTEN LETTER OF INTEREST AND QUALIFICATIONS TO THE BOARD IN ADVANCE, AND THEN COME TALK.

AND AT THAT POINT, I BELIEVE WHAT WE DID LAST TIME, IF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE POTENTIAL APPOINTEE, THEY CAN ASK THEM THOSE QUESTIONS AND VICE VERSA.

THE APPOINTEE CAN ASK BOARD MEMBERS QUESTIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO A FAIRLY OPEN DIALOG, WHICH I THINK WE HAD LAST TIME BACK AND FORTH.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF ALL POTENTIAL INTERESTED APPOINTEES, THE BOARD WILL ENGAGE ON A PROCESS TO SELECT ONE.

AND AS YOU SAW LAST TIME, IT COULD BE MULTIPLE ROUNDS, IT COULD BE ONE OR IT COULD BE MULTIPLE ROUNDS DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES OR APPOINTEE CANDIDATES, I SHOULD SAY. WE HAD ONE HERE THIS EVENING.

WE HAD ONE HERE THIS EVENING.

WE ENCOURAGE OTHER PEOPLE TO APPLY.

IF YOU HAVE GIVEN A VERBAL OR EVEN A WRITTEN DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE, WHICH A COUPLE OF FOLKS HAVE SENT, JUST AN EMAIL NOTE TO ME, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY SENT IT TO ANY OF THE BOARD.

I'VE RECEIVED A COUPLE OF NOTES.

I WILL SAY PLEASE RESUBMIT IT AGAIN FORMALLY TO THE BOARD SECRETARY AND TO MYSELF.

THE ONES YOU SENT EARLIER WE CANNOT INCLUDE IN THE PROCESS.

SO THE OPENING OF THE POSITION WAS AS OF TODAY, AS OF THIS MEETING, OPENING DIRECTOR MS. ALARCON-FLORY HAS RESIGNED. PRIOR TO THAT, IT WASN'T A VALID REQUEST BECAUSE SHE HAD NOT RESIGNED.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE SUBMIT A LETTER OF INTEREST AND YOUR QUALIFICATIONS BY THURSDAY, JULY 20TH AT THE END OF THE DAY.

SO THAT WOULD BE 5 P.M.

CENTRAL TIME. SO EVERY ALL THOSE RECEIVED PRIOR TO 5 P.M.

THURSDAY, JULY 20TH WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AS CANDIDATES FOR THE APPOINTMENT.

THAT WAY YOU CAN PULL ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER, PROVIDE IT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE FRIDAY.

BOARD MEMBERS CAN READ IT OVER THE WEEKEND, ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE AND OF THE CANDIDATES OR THE CANDIDATES CAN CALL US AT ANY POINT.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE.

LAST TIME WE HAD A VERY ROBUST PARTICIPATION.

WE WOULD CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY LIKE THAT AGAIN AND LOOK FOR ALL KINDS OF ALL KINDS OF FOLKS TO TO SERVE.

I THINK I THINK THE BOARD IS IS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THINGS.

CERTAINLY DR. EARLEYWINE, YOUR YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HAS DONE GOOD THINGS IN YOUR ONE YEAR HERE.

YOU'RE ABOUT READY TO CELEBRATE YOUR ANNIVERSARY.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE GOOD THINGS AS WE GO ALONG.

SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS ON OUR PROPOSED PROCESS? YEAH, ON A STATEMENT.

IN QUESTION STATEMENT. I WON'T BE HERE ON THE 24TH, SO I'LL BE ON TEAMS. JUST A HEADS UP ON THAT AND THEN SEANIECE COULD I ASK IF IT'S OKAY?

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CAN WE GET AN UPDATE EACH TIME SOMEONE PUTS THEIR THEIR NAME IN? YOU DON'T HAVE DUTY TODAY, BUT MAYBE A WEEK RECAP OF THIS IS WHO SUBMITTED.

I THINK I WOULD ASK TO TO CIRCULATE THOSE AS WE RECEIVE THEM.

OKAY. SURE. SO JUST AS WE RECEIVE THEM, CIRCULATE THEM, AS WE RECEIVE THEM.

BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY ASKS, DID YOU GET MY LETTER OF INTEREST? NO, WE ONLY CIRCULATED THEM ONCE A WEEK.

I WOULD RATHER, AS YOU GET THEM IN, CIRCULATE THEM.

SO CIRCULATE THEM.

OKAY. AND IF THEY'RE DATED BEFORE TODAY, THEY'RE DISQUALIFIED.

ANY BEFORE TODAY, WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY FORMALLY SUBMIT AGAIN.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MR. HAMMOND, WE'RE GOING TO ASK HIM TO FORMALLY SUBMIT IT AGAIN.

HE'S GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN.

SO THE QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP, CAN I STILL BE CONSIDERED FOR APPOINTMENT IF I CAN TEAMS IN OR ZOOM IN? AND THE ANSWER FROM LEGAL COUNSEL IS YES, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY YOU CAN DO THAT.

SO IF YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD A VACATION SCHEDULED OR YOU'RE OUT OF TOWN, YOU CAN STILL PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.

AND WE WOULD USE TEAMS. AND MR. HAMMOND INDICATED THAT HE WILL TRY TO TRY TO ZOOM IN AGAIN ON THE 24TH.

SO WE WOULD ASK HIM TO FORMALLY SUBMIT SOMETHING BY THURSDAY, JULY 20TH AT 5 P.M.

TO BE A QUALIFIED APPLICANT FOR FOR APPOINTMENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS? I MEAN, WE'RE EFFECTIVELY GOING TO FOLLOW THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE DID BEFORE WITH DIRECTOR SCOLARO'S APPOINTMENT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S WHAT WE PLAN TO DO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THIS IS A QUESTION, MR. MOORE, I LIKELY KNOW THE ANSWER TO, BUT JUST FOR DUE DILIGENCE ON OUR PART, SINCE WE'RE DEALING WITH SUCH A SHORT TIMELINE, ARE WE ABLE TO PUT A CONTINGENCY ON ANY PERSON BEING APPOINTED THAT THEY MUST RUN? NO. ARE WE ABLE TO TO DO THAT? OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

NO. AND AGAIN, JUST FOR ALL ALL THOSE WHO MAY BE LISTENING, WHO MAY BE INTERESTED, THE TERM IS FROM THEORETICALLY JULY 24TH WOULD BE THE BEGINNING.

IF WE IF WE SELECT AND SWEAR SOMEBODY IN ON JULY 24TH THROUGH THE SWEARING IN OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS AFTER THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FEW DAYS IN JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, THREE FULL MONTHS AND A STUB MONTH OF NOVEMBER. IN THEORY, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT, FIVE MEETINGS? SIX I THINK THERE WERE NINE.

I THINK THERE WERE NINE THAT I COUNT REGULAR MEETINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.

I THINK THERE ARE NINE REGULAR CURRENT CURRENTLY REGULAR MEETINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.

SO, SO YEAH, IT'S A SHORT, IT'S A SHORT APPOINTMENT.

IT'S A SHORT APPOINTMENT.

I'M HOPING IT'S A TOUGH DECISION LIKE LAST TIME.

AND WE HAD A LOT OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES LAST TIME.

WE ENDED UP KIND OF A HORSE RACE BETWEEN TWO, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF QUALIFIED CANDIDATES AND CERTAINLY WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO HAS AN INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PLEASE, PLEASE APPLY.

WE NEED YOUR HELP.

WE NEED YOUR HELP. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBERS? SEANIECE.

IF SOMEBODY IS LOOKING TO APPLY FOR THE IN JULY 24TH, FOR THE JULY 24TH, THAT THEY REALLY AND THEY WANT TO CONTINUE AFTER NOVEMBER, THEY VERY QUICKLY HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF DOING THE APPLICATION AND THE SIGNATURES AND, YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH AN ELECTION.

SO THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF THAT TIMELINE AS WELL.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND ONE MORE REMINDER.

YOU'RE APPOINTED FOR DIRECTOR ALARCON-FLORY POSITION, BUT NOT THROUGH THE END OF HER TERM.

YOUR TERM WOULD END IN NOVEMBER, AND WHOEVER WINS THE ELECTION WILL BE SWORN IN.

SO YOUR SUBJECT, THIS POSITION WILL BE SUBJECT TO ELECTION IN NOVEMBER.

NOW YOU CAN RUN FOR THERE'LL BE FIVE POSITIONS OPEN IN NOVEMBER.

FOUR OF THOSE POSITIONS WILL HAVE FOUR YEAR TERMS. THAT'LL BE A SEPARATE BALLOT ITEM.

THERE'LL BE ANOTHER BALLOT ITEM FOR THE REMAINDER OF DIRECTOR ALARCON-FLORY'S TERM, WHICH IS TWO YEARS.

SO THERE LITERALLY WILL BE TWO BALLOT ITEMS TO VOTE ON, ONE FOR THE FOUR FOR THE FOUR YEAR TERM AND ONE FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM. SO YES, WE ARE ELECTING FIVE BOARD MEMBERS THIS ELECTION, BUT THE TERMS STAGGER AND THAT IS BY LAW, THAT IS BY LAW THAT WE CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN FOUR BOARD MEMBERS SERVING ON THE SAME TERM OR THE TERM AND COINCIDING.

AND THEY CANNOT RUN FOR BOTH.

FOUR YEAR TERM OR I'M FILING FOR THE TWO YEAR TERM.

YOU CAN'T EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY BE ON THE BALLOT FOR THE FOUR YEAR TERM, IF YOU GET MORE VOTES THAN THE TWO YEAR TERM, YOU DON'T AUTOMATICALLY GET IT.

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THEY'RE COMPLETELY IN DISTINCT SEPARATE ITEMS ON THE BALLOT.

THERE'S NO CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE TWO.

SO THAT'S WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR ON THAT, TOO.

MR. MOORE.

THE APPLICATIONS TO RUN ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 21ST.

APPLICATIONS TO RUN ARE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 21ST.

WHEN IS THE FIRST OPENING DATE THAT YOU CAN IS JULY? I THINK IT'S AUGUST 28TH.

AUGUST 28TH.

IT'S AN AUGUST DATE.

OKAY. IT'S AN AUGUST DATE. WE'LL PROVIDE MORE CLARITY ON THE BOARD WEBSITE AFTER THIS MEETING TO GET ALL OF THAT UP THERE ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS APPLICATION AND THEN ABOUT THE ABOUT THE BOARD BOARD POSITIONS FOUR AND FOUR ONE AND TWO.

THAT'S THAT'S HOW IT IS.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.

SEANIECE I DON'T KNOW IS THERE'S NOTHING FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE DIDN'T ASK FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

ANYTHING ELSE FROM BOARD MEMBERS? IS IT CLEAR AS MUD OR JUST CLEAR? IT'S CLEAR. JUST CLEAR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WITH THAT THEN, WE'RE MARCHING DOWN THE PATH OF AN APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

AND WE'VE SET THE WE'VE SET SORT OF THE GROUND RULES ON IT JULY, JULY 20TH, THURSDAY.

JULY 20TH OR DUE BY 5 P.M..

SEND IT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

SEND IT BOTH TO SEANIECE HEILMAN AND MYSELF AS THOSE COME IN.

IF I GET ONE AND YOU DON'T, OR IF YOU GET ONE AND I DON'T SEANIECE, LET'S MAKE SURE WE FORWARD IT TO TO EVERYBODY SO EVERYBODY HAS THEM IN A REAL TIME, A REAL TIME BASIS.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

BOARD MEMBERS, WITH THAT HAPPILY ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO ADJOURN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING.

OUR ONLINE FOLKS DIDN'T HEAR YOU.

HE HIT A GLACIER.

AYE. OKAY, WE HEARD HIM.

OKAY. ALL AYES AND THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.