CBOC

Agenda Item 8.6

January 10, 2005

CONSIDERATION OF BYLAWS CHANGE

Background:

The Board of Education sets the number of members for the Bond Oversight Committee. The process for selection is a thorough one, establishing and convening a Selection Committee and interviewing interested community members. Rather than convene the Selection Committee each time a member resigns, the Board has decided to wait until membership drops as low as 12 before setting the process in motion.

Our current Bylaws do not take this delay, down to as few as 12 serving members, into account. It could be assumed that the quorum would continue to be based upon the originally appointed number of 15, rather than the actual number still serving.

The current language is also ambiguous. It could be interpreted to mean that, given a membership of say 15, the quorum would be 7-1/2, plus one being 8-1/2, then rounding up to 9. This is not the intent.

The following change to section 5.3 of the Committee's Bylaws is therefore proposed:

CURRENT TEXT:

5.3 Quorum

Actions may be undertaken at a meeting only if half-plus-one of Committee members are present.

SUGGESTED NEW TEXT:

5.3 Quorum

Actions may be undertaken at a meeting only if a quorum of seated Committee members is present. "Quorum" means, for an odd number of seated members, one half, rounded up, and for an even number of seated members, one half plus one. "Seated members" means the number of members set by the Board of Education, less any who have resigned or been removed.

Question: Shall this change be made to the Committee's Bylaws?