Collier Named Whitko School Board President
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Daniel Riordan-driordan@timesuniononline.com
PIERCETON – During a special meeting Monday night, the Whitko School Board made several appointments and re-aligned its members.
Deborah Collier was named president of the school board while Jorrell Tucker was named vice president and Roger Boggs was named secretary.
With the passing of HB 1074 by the state legislature, those position terms will run an additional six months.
This is because school board elections now take place during the general election.
So Collier and other board members will remain in their positions an extra six months until Dec. 31, 2012.
The board appointed Tom McFarland as treasurer and Michelle Babcock as deputy treasurer. McFarland was also appointed as purchasing agent.
John W. Whitewater Jr. was appointed as the board’s attorney with an annual retainer fee of $1,000.
Tucker was appointed to board liason to the Indiana School Boards Association.
Superintendent Steve Clason was appointed the school board’s HIPPA privacy officer and civil rights compliance officer.
Each board member also signed a conflict of interest disclosure statement during Monday night’s meeting.
The board also kept its salary at $2,000 per year with a $26.14 per diem for all scheduled and additional meetings.
Clason informed the board that a tenative date of Aug. 6 has been set for a goal-setting work session.
That meeting will also include initial budget discussions.
