| Ashtabula County Joint Vocational School District |
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0150 - ORGANIZATION
0151 - Organizational Meeting
The Board of Education shall organize annually at a meeting held during the first fifteen (15) days of January, on a date set by the Treasurer no later than December 31st of the previous year. The Board shall appoint a President Pro Tem for the organizational meeting. R.C. 3313.14
0152 - Officers
The organizational meeting shall be called to order by the President Pro Tem who shall act as presiding officer.
The oath of office shall be administered to new members by the Treasurer or a member of the Board. R.C. 3313.10
The Board shall then proceed to the election of a President who may then take the chair and a Vice-President.
Elections of officers shall be by roll-call, majority vote of members physically present, taken by the Treasurer.
Where no such majority exists on the first ballot, a second ballot shall be cast for the two (2) candidates who receive the greatest number of votes.
Officers shall serve for one (1) year and until their respective successors are elected and shall qualify. (R.C. 3313.14)
In the event that the office of President or Vice-President becomes vacant, the Board shall fill the vacancy for the unexpired term in the same manner as the election conducted at the organizational meeting.
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0153 |
Appointees |
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The Board shall appoint at the organizational meeting: |
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| A. | a Treasurer (initial appointment or reappointment upon expiration of term); (R.C. 3313.22) | |
| B. | a member to serve as delegate to the Ohio School Boards Association Annual Conference; | |
| C. | a legal advisor. |
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Motions |
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The Board shall at the organizational meeting: |
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| A. | adopt the budget for the next succeeding fiscal year; (R.C. 5705.28) | |
| B. | designate a newspaper(s) published in the District as the official newspaper(s), for the publication of those notices required by law to be made in a newspapers, and if there is no such newspaper, one which is published in the county or State and circulates in the District; (R.C. 7.12) | |
| C. | designate a day, place, and time for regular meetings which shall be held at least once every two (2) months; (R.C. 3313.15) | |
| D. | establish a reasonable method whereby any person may determine the time and place of all regularly scheduled meetings and the time, place and purpose of all special meetings; (R.C. 121.22(F)) | |
| E. | join the Ohio School Boards Association; (R.C. 3313.87) | |
| F. | establish a Service Fund for the payment of expenses actually incurred by Board members in the performance of their duties or members-elect in training and orientation to the performance of their duties. (R.C. 3315.15) |
0155 - Committees
Committees of Board members shall, when specifically charged to do so by the Board, conduct studies, make recommendations to the Board, and act in an advisory capacity, but shall not take action on behalf of the Board. Whenever a majority of a committee and/or sub-committee meets for any pre-arranged discussion of public business of that committee or sub-committee, it shall abide by the Open Meeting Law (R.C. 121.22). The law requires that the committee or sub-committee give public notice of each meeting as well as prepare, file, and maintain minutes of the proceedings. Such minutes shall also be available for inspection by the public. A committee may meet in executive session in accordance with the provisions of Bylaw 0166 - Executive Session.
Committees shall consist of no more than three (3) members.
Members shall be appointed by the President.
A member may request (or refuse) appointment to a committee. Refusal to serve on any one committee shall not be grounds for failure to appoint a member to another committee.
Each Board committee shall be convened by a chairperson, who shall report for the committee, and shall be appointed by the President and shall be chosen by the committee from among its members.
Ad hoc committees may be created and charged at any time by the President or a majority of the members present at any meeting at which the need for a committee becomes evident or the Superintendent with the approval of the Board.
Members of ad hoc committees shall serve until the committee is discharged.
R.C. 3313.14