001Hey, how are you? You, too. How are we doing? Really surprised when I said that. So, I'm like, you're that dub guy. Uh, are you ready? Are we waiting on Look at the old glass. Yeah, right. How you doing, Brian? Did you see my email about the All right. Good evening, everyone. We're going to go ahead and get started. Is it testing? Testing. There we go. All right. Good evening, everyone. We're going to go ahead and get started here. So, if you can find your seats. Good to see everybody this evening. All righty. This will be a little bit of a different meeting for us all. So, uh we're going to go ahead and call the meeting to order. We'll do the pledge of allegiance and then our moment of silence afterwards and then move
002on with uh the rest of our meeting. So, um let's go ahead and stand for the pledge of allegiance. And Director Levenson, can you kick us off here one last time? All right. Thank you to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. All right, thank you very much. We can go ahead and do roll call. Here all right. Do I have a motion to approve this evening's agenda? So moved. Second. All righty. We are going to read a resolution for the certification of the election. So whereas Mesa County School District 51 participated in the coordinated election on November 7th, 2023 for the bianial election of board of education directors. And whereas set election was held
003by mail ballot through the opices of the Mesa County Clerk and Recorder. And whereas the canvas board has certified the official abstractive votes cast in the November 7th, 2023 election, now therefore, let it be resolved, the Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education does accept the results of the November 7th, 2023 election and declares that the following have been duly elected for a 4-year term. Director District A, Mr. Jose Luis Chavez, and Director District B, Mrs. is Barbara Evansson. And we hereby certify the information contained in the above resolution is accurate and was adopted by the Mesa County Valley School District 51 Board of Education. Right. We can you can clap if you'd like. [Applause] Okay, Mr. Chavez, can you join me here at the front? I'll try to hold both and do
004here so we can hear you. So, if you can raise your right hand for me, sir. All right. So, I, Jose Luis Chavez, I, Jose Luis Chavez, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform Do solemnly swear I will faithfully perform the duties of office of school director as required by law. You got to cut that down some. Um, the duties of office The duties of office of school director of school director as required by law as required by law and will support the constitution of the United States and will support the constitution of the United States the constitution of the state of Colorado constitution of the state of Colorado and the laws made pursuant thereto and the laws made pursuant therefore there too. All right, you have officially sworn in. Congratulations. Thank you. All
005right. I don't know why I'm the one that's nervous here. So, can Barbara Evson please join us. All right. Maybe I'll pace this one a little bit better. So, can you raise your right hand? All right. I, Barbara Evansson, I, Barbara Evansson, do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will faithfully perform that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office the duties of the office of school director of school director as required by law as required by law and will support the constitution of the United States and will support the constitution of the United States the constitution of the state of Colorado the constitution of the state of Colorado and the laws made pursuant there too and the laws made pursuant there too. Right. Congratulations. Thank you. All righty. We will have a
006quick switching out of the turning of the board. So, if you guys can give a hand to Dr. Schulties and Director Levenson for their time on the board. I can't seem like shaking. Yes. Thank you. All righty. So, um, when you're speaking to the microphone, you'll have to push the button so that the red light is on. That means that then everybody can hear you. Just couple housekeeping items. Um, typically click it off when you're not speaking. So, um, all right. We will then go ahead and do our second roll call. Mr. Chavez, here. Mrs. Evansson here. Mrs. Heights here. Mr. Jones, here. Miss Lima here. All right, we are now going to move into the organization of the board. So, we will be picking our president, vice president, secretary treasurer, and assistant secretary treasure.
007So, uh do we have a motion for a nomination for president? I make a motion to uh keep Andrea Heights, president of the board. I second it. Any discussion? All right, seeing none, we can call the vote. Mr. Chavez, yes. Mrs. Evansson, yes. Mrs. Heights, yes. Mr. Jones, yes. Miss Lima, yes. Thank you. Um, do we have a motion for a nomination for vice president? I make a motion for Mr. Will Jones to remain as the vice president. I'll second that. Any discussion? Okay, seeing none, we can take the vote. Mr. Chavez, Mrs. Evansson, yes. Mrs. Heights, yes. Mr. Jones. Yes. Miss Lima. Yes. Congratulations. All right. Do we have a motion for the nomination for secretary treasure? I'll make a motion to keep Matt Angela secretary. I second. Any discussion? Okay. Seeing none, we
008can vote. Mr. Chavez, yes. Mrs. Evansson, yes. Mr. Jones, yes. Mrs. Heights, yes. Ms. Lima, yes. Congratulations. [Applause] And then last but not least, do we have a motion for the nomination for assistant secretary treasurer? Will I make the motion to um have Amy Navaret be our assistant secretary treasurer? Second. Any discussion? All right, seeing none, we can vote. Mr. Chavis, yes. Mrs. Evansson, yes. Mrs. Heights, yes. Mr. Jones, yes. Miss Lima, yes. Congratulations, Amy. You get to [Applause] We are very thankful that you accept that nomination. So, all right. Well, thank you everybody. Um, we have our, uh, future board meetings. Um, the board will be going to Colorado Springs for the Colorado Associated School Board Convention. Um, and I believe all of us are able to go. Is that correct? All right, that's
009great. So, and then, um, December 12th, we will have, um, a board work session here at 5:00. And then December 19th, we will have our um uh board meeting, excuse me, our our business meeting um and special board meeting. So, is there any open board discussion? Mrs. Heights, question. Yes. Um we need a motion and a second to adopt the resolution that we read. Oh, yes. Thank you. All right. Do we have a motion for the resolution for the certification of the election? So moved. Second. Any discussion on that resolution? All right. Seeing none, Mr. Chavez, yes. Mrs. Evansson, yes. Mrs. Heights, yes. Mr. Jones, yes. Miss Lima, yes. Thank you for the reminder of that. I skipped right over it. All right. Any other open board discussion? Okay. So afterwards, um you both will
010need to sign something with Amy and we have to get our pictures taken and we have a nice um certification of the election for each of you um to take home with you this evening. So uh do I have a motion to adjurnn? So moved. All right. Thank you everyone.