File:  BEDG

 

 

 

Minutes

 

 

Minutes of any Board meeting at which the adoption of any policy or formal action occurs or could occur shall be taken and promptly recorded.  Such records shall be open to public inspection.

 

Official minutes of the meetings of the Board of Trustees constitute the written record of all proceedings of the Board.  Therefore, the minutes shall include:

 

1.      The nature of the meeting, whether regular or special; time and place; members present; approval of the minutes of the preceding meeting or meetings.

 

2.      A record of all actions taken by the Board, the motion, the name of the member making the motion and seconding it; the record of the vote, with the vote of each member re­corded.  Reports and documents related to a formal motion may be omitted if they are referred to by title and date.

 

3.      A record of all business that comes before the Board through reports of the super­inten­dent and others and through communications from the staff and the public.

 

4.      The names of all persons who speak before the Board and the topic of their remarks.

 

5.      A record that an executive session was held, including the names of those present and the topic of discussion, unless including names of individuals would reveal information that should remain confidential, and the specific citation to the statute that authorizes the Board to meet in executive session.

 

6.      The record of adjournment.

 

The official minutes shall be kept by the superintendent’s secretary.   Following the Board’s approval, the official copy of the Board’s minutes shall be signed by the chairperson of the Board of Trustees.

 

The official minutes shall be in the custody of the superintendent and shall be made avail­able to the public at the school’s administrative offices upon request during normal office hours.

 

Adopted by Board of Trustees:  April 25, 2005

 

 

LEGAL REF.:        C.R.S. 24-6-402 (2)(d)(I)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind, Colorado Springs, Colorado