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ANNUAL ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE BOARD
The annual organizational meeting of the Board shall be held on or before the second Monday in July at a time and place set by the Board at the previous June Board meeting.

The organizational meeting shall be temporarily chaired by the previous year's Board President or Vice-President in the event the office is vacant.

The business of the annual meeting shall include the following in the order shown:

  1. Call to order;
  2. Roll call;
  3. Report of filing of affidavit of eligibility, acceptance of office, and taking of oath of member(s) elect;
  4. Appointment of Recording Secretary by the Board;
  5. Appointment of Board delegates by the Board:

  1. legislative delegate to Michigan Association of School Boards, and
  2. representative and alternate to Berrien-Cass School Board Association and the Berrien County Intermediate School District.
  1. The setting of dates, time, and place of regular meetings and work sessions;
  2. Resolutions designating depositories and authorized agents for the various funds and authority to make investments;
  3. Appointment of legal counsel for general services, bond issues, elections, specialized services, and labor relations, and an auditing firm for the subsequent year's audit;
  4. Readoption of the current policies of the Board;
  5. Election of officers for the fiscal year:

  1. President,
  2. Vice-President,
  3. Secretary, and
  4. Treasurer;
  1. The President shall then preside over the meeting; and
  2. Such other items of annual business as the President may wish to add to the agenda.

The annual meeting shall then adjourn and the Board may proceed into a duly called regular, special, or work session meeting.

LEGAL REFERENCE: General School Laws: 380.231
REVISED: Current practice codified 1975
4-12-94
 

The Benton Harbor Area Schools, Berrien County, Michigan