School District Of Westfield
Bylaws & Policies
 

0150 - ORGANIZATION

0151

Annual School District Meeting

 
 

The Board of Education shall hold an annual meeting on the third Monday in August at 7:00 p.m. unless the electors at any annual meeting set a different date and time for subsequent meetings or authorize the Board to set a different date and time for subsequent meetings, but in no case shall the annual meeting be held earlier than May 15th or later than October 31st. The meeting shall be held for the purposes prescribed by 120.08, 120.09, Wis. Stats. The meeting shall be called to order by the ranking officer of the Board who shall serve as presiding officer until the election of a chairperson.

 
 

Revised 11/14/12

 

Revised 11/18/15

 

0151.1

Annual Board Reorganization Meeting

 
 

The Board of Education shall hold an annual reorganization meeting on or within thirty (30) days after the fourth Monday in April. The meeting shall be called to order by the District Administrator who shall serve as presiding officer until the election of the Board President.

 

0152

Officers

 
 

The Board shall elect, from among its members, a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and a Clerk. Such election shall occur at the Annual Reorganization Meeting on or within thirty (30) days after the fourth (4th) Monday in April.

 
 

120.05, Wis. Stats.

 

Election of officers shall be by a majority of the full Board. Where no such majority exists on the first ballot vote, a second vote shall be cast for the two (2) candidates who received the greatest number of ballot votes.

 
 

Except for those appointed to fill a vacancy, officers shall serve for one (1) year and until their respective successors are elected and shall qualify.

 
 

The Board shall, in addition to other statutory requirements:

 
 

A.

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

 
 

B.

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

 
 

120.10, 120.15 et seq., Wis. Stats.

 

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.

 
 

All committees shall comply with the Open Meetings Law by providing notices of each meeting, posting the time and date, place, subject matter of the proposed meeting, and any matter intended for the consideration at the contemplated closed meeting pursuant to 19.84, Wis. Stats. In addition, committee meetings may provide 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 of the purposes described in Bylaw 0167 and the committee abides by all requirements for the conduct of a closed meeting.

 
 

Members of the Board standing committees shall serve a term of one (1) year.

 

Ad hoc committees may be created and changed at any time by 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 District Administrator may serve as an ex-officio member of each committee.

 
 

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.

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