001You made a I don't I know where it went. There he is. >> Thank you, Todd. [cough] [clears throat] >> It's um 5:30 actually, a little after. I'm going to call our um special meeting to order and I'm going to ask Laura Lee to please call the role. Stu Boyd [clears throat] >> here. >> Denise Chapman >> here. >> Amy Doran >> here. >> Don Kirk >> here. >> Barbara Cruz >> here. >> Alexander Lesum >> here. >> Nancy Rumpel >> here. >> All right. And Nancy, would you lead us in the pledge, please? >> I aliance >> 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. >> Thank you, Nancy. Our first item for tonight
002is the adoption of the agenda for today, September 3rd, 2025. Um, oh yeah, it is December December 3rd, 2025. Um, are there any changes to the agenda for tonight's meeting? Hearing none, I would like a motion to adopt the agenda as printed. >> So move. >> Second. >> first from Stu and a second from Alexandra. >> Um Laura Lee, please call the role. >> Stu Boyd. >> Hi. >> Denise Chapman. >> Hi. >> Amy Doran. >> Hi. >> Don Kirk. >> Hi. >> Barbara Cruz. >> Hi. >> Alexander Lesum. >> Hi. >> Nancy Rumpel. >> Hi. >> Thank you. All right. For our information items tonight, we're going to have a a variety of pieces that we'll be going through. The first one is 3.1, which is the acknowledgement of certification of election from Lurmer,
003Weld, and Boulder counties. And this is per as per the designated official who is Laura Lee um Eers. We've received our acknowledgement of certification of election from Lurmer, Weld, and Boulder counties. and you have certificates for them. [clears throat] >> Um so per Colorado statute as soon as we get um the certified election results from the counties I have to send a certificate election to each person. So, um, the first one, and I'll just read you, uh, what that said, and it said, "I, Laura Lee Eers, designated election official within and for Thompson School District R2J, do hereby certify that at the regular bianial school election on November 4th, 2025." And then the said person, so it would be Mike Schaw, Alexander Lesum, and Lorie Goel. and they receive the highest number of votes cast
004for the office of school director in and for said school district as appears on the final abstract of votes and that that person is duly elected to the said office and so and it just has um unto here unto my hand and official seal on the 26th day of November 2025 and it has my signature at the bottom. So you'll you'll each get one of these um and you have your email copy as well. >> Okay. And then I'm going to be moving down. We're going to do the oath of office for the new board members. So I'm going to move down to the dis. I actually don't think I come back up here. [clears throat] So, you'll be right there. And what I'm going to do is I'm going to read the oath of
005office to you. And I'll break it down so it's easy. So, raise your right hand. All right. I, Mike Schaw, >> I, Mike Scho, >> do solemnly swear >> that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office >> that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office >> of school director District B of >> of Thompson School District R2J. >> Do you want me to go back and repeat here? Our school um of school director district B >> of school director district B. Okay. >> Thompson, good. You got it all. as required by law and will support the Constitution of the United States and the laws made pursuant thereto [laughter] >> as required by law and will support the Constitution of the United States and the laws made pursuant. >> You know, she
006broke that down so I'd remember, but I just All right. So, I do need you to sign this. And unfortunately, you don't get to keep this, but we can probably send a copy or something. [clears throat] Okay. And as I after I swear in the others, I'll um send you up there. Okay. [applause] All right. Alexandra, [clears throat] you going to be on this side, huh? All right. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. >> I, Alexander Lesam, >> I, Alexander Lesum, >> do solemnly swear >> that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office >> that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office >> of school director of school director District E >> of school director District E >> of Thompson School District R2J >> as required by law
007>> and will support the Constitution of the United States. and will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the laws made pursuant there too. >> Thank you. And this is yours to sign [clears throat] you. >> Should I go back or wait down here? >> Um, you can go sit by my Yeah, you'll be get you'll get to go back to your ring [applause] and Lori. side. Okay. Please raise your right hand. I, Lori Goel, >> I, Lori Goel, >> do solemnly swear >> that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office >> that I will faithfully perform the duties of the office >> of school director District F >> of Thompson School District R2J >> as required by law >> and will support the Constitution of the United States >> and
008will support the Constitution of the United States >> and the laws made pursuant there too. >> And the law is made pursuant there too. >> Okay. And please sign. [clears throat] Okay. Congratulations. [applause] All right. So, Alexandra, you can go back to your spot. And Mike, we're going to have you take Amy's spot. And Laura, you'll sit up in my chair for now until we hold the election which is coming up. All right. Right. Our next item of business is our election of presidents. So nominations are now in order for the office of president. And I do want to say that through the elections tonight, we'd like to have at least two people nominated for each position. So just be thinking about that. So nominations are ordered for the office of president. Are there any
009nominations for president? >> I'll be bold. I'll nominate myself. Nancy Rumfeld. >> Okay, >> I'll second that. >> Okay, we have Nancy Rumfeld. >> I nominate Stu Boyd. >> All right, we have Stu Boyd. Are there further nominations for the office? >> Okay. Um, seeing none, the nominations of the office of president are now closed. The nominees for the president office of president are Nancy Rumfelt and Stu Boyd. Are there anything any other pieces or things that you have? Ne may I say something please? >> Um just an observation of the schoolboard meetings. I have observed uh Nancy in the role as um that she's had here on the school board and following Robert's rules of order and I know how important that is is having served on the planning commission as chair and having
010a full understanding of the Robert's rules of order I believe is very important to conducting and keeping a meeting running smoothly. >> All right, we will hold the election for the office of president by secret ballot. So, you each have secret a piece of paper there and you need to write on it either Nancy or Stu. [laughter] >> Is it mine? [laughter] >> Does it say Pedro? Did you get them all? >> Okay, she'll come back. >> Mine blank. Mine are blank. >> [cough] >> The only other one that is supposed to be by secret is vice president. Oh, you're going to do all of them by ballot. Okay. Okay. Okay, we have five votes for Stu and two for Nancy. So Stu, you will be the president and you'll sit in the chair where
011Nancy where Lori is for now. Yeah. [laughter] [applause] And it's up to you now to run Stew the rest of the elections. >> Here's a script. right there. >> All right. Nominations are now in order for the office of vice president. >> Any nominations for vice president? >> I nominate Alexandra. >> Alexandra has been nominated. Are there other nominations for vice president? >> Nancy Rumfeld. Nancy has been nominated. Are there other nominations? Hearing none, the nominations close. And will you please vote by secret ballot? Thank you. The results were six votes for Alexandra, one vote for Nancy. Uh Alexandra is now the vice president of the board of the Thompson School District. Well, [applause] Should she move? >> Okay. All right. >> Gotcha. All right. Nominations are now in order for the office of secretary.
012Any nominations for secretary? I'll nominate Denise Chapman. >> Denise has been nominated. Are there any other nominations? >> As Barb said, we need two nominees. >> I'll nominate Lori Goel. >> All right. Lori [clears throat] Goel has been nominated. >> I would like to nominate Don Kirk. Don Kirk has been nominated. Any other nominees? Let me repeat then. The nominees for secretary are Denise Chapman, Don Kirk, and Lori Goel. All right, nominations are closed. Please vote for the office of secretary. You are a Libra. Thank you. The results of the election are Denise Chapman, two votes. Lori Goel, one vote. Don Kirk, four votes. So, Don, you are now the Secretary of the Board of Education of the Thompson School District. [applause] And finally, we move to the election of treasurer. Nominations are now in
013order for the office of treasurer. >> I would like to nominate Nancy Rumpel, please. >> Nancy has been nominated. >> I'd like to nominate Denise. >> Denise has been nominated. Are there further nominees? All right, the nominations have been closed. The nominees for treasurer are Nancy and Denise. Please vote. All right. The vote results for the office of treasurer are Nancy Rumfeld, three, Denise Chapman, four. Denise, you've been elected treasurer of the school board. Thank you. >> [applause] >> All right, we're going to move then to item 4.5 of the action items and Lauri andor Dr. Heler, you can help me with this. We need to approve a resolution acknowledging the assistant secretary and assistant treasurer and authorization and approval for the use of faximile signatures. Is that all done as part of one? That
014pen doesn't write Okay, thank you. Whereas Denise Chapman has been duly appointed as treasurer and Bob Ibers Soul has been duly appointed as assistant treasurer of the board of education of the Thompson School District R2J at an organization meeting of the board held on December 3rd, 2025. And whereas Don Kirk has been duly appointed as secretary and Laura Lee Eers as assistant secretary of the board of education of the Thompson School District R2J at an organization meeting of the board held on December 3rd, 2025. Now therefore be it resolved that the board of education acting under the authority of CRS22-32-121 does hereby authorize and approve the use of a faximile signature for Denise Chapman as treasurer of the board of education of the Thompson school district R2J under the terms of the consent to use
015faximile signature and be it further resolved that the board of education does hereby hereby authorize Bob Ebersol, chief financial officer, to affix the faximile signature of the board treasurer to orders or checks issued on the conduct of the official fiscal business of the Thompson School District R2J and to negotiate and implement financial transactions of the district. hand. Be it further resolved that the administration of the school district is directed to purchase assurityity bond or crime coverage in an amount prescribed by law for the treasurer, assistant treasurer, secretary and assistant secretary of the board of education of the Thompson School District, R2J. And I then sign at this point. Is that right? I move okay that we approve that resolution. >> All right, Don has moved to approve the resolution. I need a second >> and
016the second came from Denise. Thank you, Denise. Is there any discussion? We'll proceed to the vote then. All those in favor of the resolution to authorize Just a second. Let me see which piece of paper that's on. Um here we go to authorize um the assistant secretary and assistant treasurer and authorization and approval for the use of faximile signatures. Hearing no further discussion, all those in favor say I. >> You'll have to do a roll call. >> We'll do a roll call. All right. >> Um I'll start at this end then. Denise. I call it. >> Go ahead. >> Stu Boyd. >> I >> Denise Chapman. >> Hi. >> Um, Lori Goel. >> Hi. >> Don Kirk. >> I >> Alexander Les. >> I >> Nancy Rumfelt. >> I >> Mike Schul. >> I. >>
017All right. The motion [clears throat] passes unanimously. Um, so we move on then. Is there anything else we need to take care of, >> Mr. President? >> Yes. >> All right. All right. Um, I assume at this point there's one more piece we got to do. The signing of the affidavit. 4.6. Signing of the affidavit. >> Is this what I'm signing? >> Okay. So each each board member signs an affidavit of confidentiality and I can tell you so it says I name being first duly sworn do state and affirm the following. Number one, I am a member of the board of education of Thompson School District R2J. Number two, I am aware of and will comply with the confidentiality requirements and restrictions applicable to executive sessions of the board as described in Colorado statute 24-6-42.
018Number three, I will comply with these confidentiality requirements regardless of whether I participate in executive session in person or electronically in accordance with board policy adopted pursuant to Colorado statute 22-32-1087. And then each board member will print their name, sign, and then I will notoriize each one. >> All right. Um, I'm sorry. I'll do it quickly and then I'll give it back to you. So, I will keep the oath of office and the confidentiality statements here in this building. Um, if you want a copy, you're more than welcome to them. Do you want to collect these now from us? >> Um, you can just pass them down if you want. >> All right. All right. With no other business at this point, I will adjourn the special meeting.