North Baltimore Journal

Baltimore County Board of Education met Oct. 23.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

OPEN SESSION MINUTES

The Board of Education of Baltimore County held a regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 23, 2018, at 5:00 p.m., Building E, 6901 Charles Street, Towson, Maryland. Chair Edward J. Gilliss, Esquire, and the following Board members were present: Vice Chair Nicholas Stewart, Esquire, Ms. Kathleen S. Causey, Ms. June Eaton, Mr. Roger B. Hayden, Ms. Julie Henn, Mr. Charles McDaniels, Jr., Ms. Ann Miller, Mr. David Uhlfelder, Stephen L. Verch, Esquire, Miss Haleemat Adekoya, and Interim Superintendent, Ms. Verletta White.

CLOSED SESSION MINUTES

Pursuant to the Annotated Code of Maryland, General Provisions Article, §3-305 (b)(1) and (b)(7), upon motion of Mr. Stewart, seconded by Ms. Causey, and approved unanimously, the Board commenced its closed session at 5:01 p.m. Chair Edward J. Gilliss, Esquire, and the following Board members were present: Vice Chair Nicholas Stewart, Esquire; Ms. Kathleen S. Causey, Ms. June Eaton, Mr. Roger B. Hayden, Ms. Julie C. Henn, Mr. Charles McDaniels, Jr., Ms. Ann Miller, Mr. David Uhlfelder, Stephen L. Verch, Esquire, and Student Member, Miss Haleemat Adekoya. In addition, Interim Superintendent, Ms. Verletta White, and the following staff members were present: Mr. D. Mychael Dickerson, Chief of Staff; Mr. Kevin D. Smith, Chief Administrative and Operations Officer; Dr. Mary McComas, Interim Chief Academic Officer; Ms. Maria Lowry, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources and Recruitment Staffing: Margaret-Ann F. Howie, Esquire, General Counsel; Andrew Nussbaum, Esquire, Counsel to the Board of Education; and Ms. Brenda Stiffler, Senior Executive Assistant.

Ms. Lowry presented personnel matters to be considered at tonight’s meeting including retirements, resignations, Ethics Review Panel appointment, deceased: recognition of service, and administrative appointments.

Board member, Mr. Emory Young, entered the room at 5:10 p.m.

Mr. Nussbaum provided legal advice concerning the dispositions of the hearing officers’ opinions in cases H.E. 18-43, 19-12, and 19-17, where no oral argument was requested.

Mr. Gilliss presented the Board’s closed session minutes of Tuesday, October 9, 2018, for review and consideration.

ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTION SESSION MINUTES

On motion of Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Uhlfelder and approved unanimously, the Board commenced its administration function session at 5:41 p.m. Staff exited the room.

The Board discussed the following items:

Petition for Declaratory Judgment

Records Retention

On motion of Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Verch, the Board adjourned its administrative function session at 6:17 p.m. (favor – 12)

EDUCATION TRANSPARENCY ACT DESCRIPTION

In accordance with the Education Transparency Act, Md. Ed. Code Ann., §3-2B-09(b)(3)(effective July 1, 2018), the following represents a full and accurate description of the final actions of the Board of Education taken at this public meeting of October 23, 2018. If there is a discrepancy between the video and this description, the video, which constitutes the official minutes of the meeting, shall control. The official minutes can be found online at https://vimeo.com/296880097.

CONSIDERATION OF THE AGENDA

Ms. White requested to amend the Board agenda and remove item F-3, Ethics Review Panel Appointment, from the evening’s agenda. On motion of Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. Uhlfelder, the Board unanimously approved removing this item from the agenda. (favor – 12)

Ms. Miller moved to add “Modified Motion to Protect System Records from Destruction” to the agenda. The motion was seconded by Ms. Henn. The motion failed.

Board Member	Favor	Opposed	Did Not Vote/ Abstention	Absent
H. Adekoya		X
K. Causey	X
J. Eaton		X
E. Gilliss		X
R. Hayden	X
J. Henn	X
C. McDaniels		X
A. Miller	X
N. Stewart		X
D. Uhlfelder		X
S. Verch		X
E. Young		X
Total	4	8

Ms. Henn moved to add “Transportation Concerns” to the agenda. The motion was seconded by Ms. Causey. The motion failed.

Board Member	Favor	Opposed	Did Not Vote/ Abstention	Absent
H. Adekoya		X
K. Causey	X
J. Eaton	X
E. Gilliss		X
R. Hayden	X
J. Henn	X
C. McDaniels		X
A. Miller	X
N. Stewart		X
D. Uhlfelder		X
S. Verch		X
E. Young	X
Total	6	6

The agenda was adopted as corrected.

NEW BUSINESS

Personnel Matters

On the motion of Mr. Uhlfelder, seconded by Mr. Stewart, the Board unanimously approved the personnel matters listed in exhibit F-1, F2, and F-4 (favor – 12)

On the motion of Mr. Stewart, seconded by Mr. McDaniels, the Board unanimously approved the administrative appointments listed in exhibit G. (favor – 12)

Action Taken in Closed Session

The Board approved the action taken in closed session on H.E.18-43, 19-12, and 19-17.

Mr. Stewart moved to approve the action taken in closed session on H.E. 18-43. The motion was seconded by Mr. Uhlfelder. The motion passed.

Board Member	Favor	Opposed	Did Not Vote/ Abstention	Absent
H. Adekoya	X
K. Causey	X
J. Eaton	X
E. Gilliss	X
R. Hayden	X
J. Henn	X
C. McDaniels	X
A. Miller			X
N. Stewart	X
D. Uhlfelder	X
S. Verch			X
E. Young	X
Total	10		2

Mr. Stewart moved to approve the action taken in closed session on H.E. 19-12. The motion was seconded by Mr. Uhlfelder. The motion passed.

Board Member	Favor	Opposed	Did Not Vote/ Abstention	Absent
H. Adekoya	X
K. Causey	X
J. Eaton	X
E. Gilliss	X
R. Hayden	X
J. Henn	X
C. McDaniels	X
A. Miller			X
N. Stewart	X
D. Uhlfelder	X
S. Verch	X
E. Young	X
Total	11		1

 

Mr. Stewart moved to approve the action taken in closed session on H.E. 19-17. The motion was seconded by Mr. Uhlfelder. The motion passed.

Board Member	Favor	Opposed	Did Not Vote/ Abstention	Absent
H. Adekoya	X
K. Causey	X
J. Eaton	X
E. Gilliss	X
R. Hayden	X
J. Henn	X
C. McDaniels	X
A. Miller			X
N. Stewart	X
D. Uhlfelder	X
S. Verch	X
E. Young	X
Total	11		1

 

Contract Awards

Mr. Stewart presented items I-1 through I-8 to the full Board for approval. Items I-1, I-2, and I-3 were separated for further discussion.

The Board unanimously approved contracts I-4, I-5, I-7, and I-8.

Exhibit Number	Contract Number	Contract Name
4.	KSH-305-19	Personal Protective Equipment - Uniforms
5.	PCR-241-12	Modification:  Energy Consultant
7.	MWE-802-16	Modification:  Plumbing Supplies and Equipment
8.	MBU-500-19	Safety Shoes

The Board approved contract I-6 

6. JMI-620-15 Modification: Materials Contract – Asphalt

Board Member	Favor	Opposed	Did Not Vote/ Abstention	Absent
H. Adekoya	X
K. Causey	X
J. Eaton	X
E. Gilliss			X
R. Hayden	X
J. Henn	X
C. McDaniels	X
A. Miller	X
N. Stewart	X
D. Uhlfelder	X
S. Verch	X
E. Young	X
Total	11		1

The Board unanimously approved contract item I-1. (favor – 12)

ARA-210-19 Digital Library Resource – Multidisciplinary Research Databases

The Board unanimously approved contract I-2. (favor – 12)

JMI-604-10 Modification: 403b Financial Consulting Services

The Board unanimously approved contract I-3. (favor – 12)

MBU-525-12 Modification: Milk, Dairy, and Fruit Juice

The Board adjourned its meeting at 9:17 p.m.

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