Board approves changes to committee sign-ups, expands flexible membership ranges

At the July 21 meeting trustees reviewed committee sign-ups and directed staff to change the stated membership numbers on most committees from fixed values to a range of "1 to 3" members. Ms. Belotti led the committee-sign-up discussion and recommended changing committee membership language to increase flexibility and ease assignments; trustees discussed keeping some committees at required membership levels. A proposal was made to change all committees to read 1 to 3 members except for the IBB committee and KASB governmental relations appointments; three committees (budget committee, classified meet-and-confer, and strategic plan Strategy 4) were identified to be brought back at the next meeting for final assignment. A board member moved and another seconded the proposal; trustees voted in favor and the change was approved. One trustee volunteered to remove her name from two committees to rebalance sign-ups; staff will return final committee rosters at the next meeting for the outstanding committees. Why this matters: committee assignments channel board oversight and member workload; the change gives the board flexibility to staff committees without delaying activity while still ensuring required committees retain mandated membership. The board did not alter statutory-required committees that must retain specific membership counts; staff will return with a revised committee list at the next meeting for the three committees held for follow-up.