Commissioner says the council broke its promise to meet on school funding within a week
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- Vigo County School Corporation
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Vigo County Commissioner Mark Clinkenbeard told the council it had missed its own week-old promise to meet with the commissioners, the school-oversight board chair, and the superintendent about the roughly $222 million school-funding plan within seven days, saying he emailed council leaders on Sept.
2 with possible dates and didn't hear back on scheduling until the morning of this meeting.
Council President Steve Ellis said the three-member review committee could only meet on a date all three members had open, which turned out to be Sept.
29; Clinkenbeard said he now regrets having offered, the week before, to stay as late as midnight answering the council's questions if that offer "didn't really mean anything." No new meeting date was set by the end of the exchange, with the council still weighing a closed-door executive session against a public special-call meeting.
Sources
- Clinkenbeard addresses the council0:09:48 (9 minutes 48 seconds)
- "We agreed... within seven days," 10:500:10:50 (10 minutes 50 seconds)
- Ellis: scheduling around three members' availability0:11:23 (11 minutes 23 seconds)
- Clinkenbeard: "I do regret" the offer0:38:39 (38 minutes 39 seconds)
- Ellis: executive session is his preference, if legal0:40:34 (40 minutes 34 seconds)
- Committee formed, Sept. 10:13:21 (13 minutes 21 seconds)
- $222 million figure presented, Sept. 11:17:33 (1 hour 17 minutes 33 seconds)
Outcome
No vote was taken; the council did not settle on a new meeting date during this exchange.
No vote was taken; the council did not settle on a new meeting date during this exchange.
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