Elk Rapids Schools
Bylaws & Policies
 

0150 - ORGANIZATION

0150.3

Motions
   
 

The Board shall, at the organizational meeting:
   
 

A.

designate depositories for school funds; M.C.L.A. 380.1221
     
 

B.

designate those persons authorized to sign checks, contracts, agreements, and purchase orders;
     
 

C.

designate a day, place, and time for regular meetings which shall be held at least once every month;
     
 

D.

designate those persons authorized to use the safe deposit box;
     
 

E.

determine fee charged to individuals who request notice of Board meetings; (M.C.L.A. 15.266)

 

F.

designate a day for regular study sessions of the Board;
     
 

G.

designate the Electronic Transfer Officer (ETO) in accordance with Policy 6144.
   
 

Revised 1/27/04
   

0150.4

Committees
   
 

Committees of Board members shall, when specifically charged to do so by the Board, gather information, conduct studies, present options to the Board and act in an advisory capacity, but shall neither limit choices available to nor take action on behalf of the Board.
   
 

All committees shall comply with the Open Meetings Act by providing notices of each meeting, posting the time and date of each meeting, providing for a period of public participation, and recording appropriate minutes of the meeting. A committee may conduct a closed meeting providing it is for one (1) of the purposes described in Bylaw 0167 and the committee abides by all requirements for the conduct of a closed meeting. A committee may meet in closed session to review the specific contents of an employment application provided when the applicant for employment requests that the information remains confidential. It may not, however, meet in closed session to protect an applicant's identity.
   
 

The President is authorized to appoint, as soon after the organizational meeting as practicable, members of the Board to standing committees where they shall serve a term of one (1) year.
   
 

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.
   
 

Members of ad hoc committees shall serve until the committee is discharged.
 

The Superintendent or his/her designee shall serve as an ex officio member of each committee.
   
 

Committees shall consist of no more than three (3) Board members.
   
 

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 chosen by the committee from among its members.
   
 

Revised 1/11/99
 

Revised 10/22/01