Re-elected and newly-elected members were sworn in during this past Tuesday’s Yuma City Council meeting.
Mayor Tim McClung was sworn in for a new four-year term, and Nathan O’Neal and Michael Fitzsimmons began their first terms. They replace Jerome Benish, Terri Frame and Vanessa Dischner, who did not run for re-election. Mike Aagesen also was elected to the council, but passed away from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. The new council will decide how to go about filling his seat, as well as the seat vacated by the resignation of Zach Diaz earlier this this fall.
A proclamation honoring Aagesen was read following the swearing-in ceremony.
Dan Baucke and Marc Shay are holdovers from the previous council.
YUMA-1 BOARD MEETING
The Yuma-1 Board of Education welcomed new members during its regular monthly meeting on Monday, December 8.
After old business was taken care of, there was a ceremony honoring outgoing members Lindsey Galles and Terri Cooper. John Deering was sworn in to a new four-year term, and Ronella Noble and Jeff Ovalle were sworn in to their first four-year terms.
The new board elected a board president, board vice president and board secretary/treasurer, as well as appointing Danette Crossland to continue as secretary to the board.
The board certified the mill levy for property taxes, and passed the first reading of a policy concerning staff sick leave bank.
The students and the staff members of the month were recognized.
The consent agenda included the second reading of the policy concerning graduation requirements. It was necessitated by the SAT changing the minimum score in math from 500 to 480.
Accepted donations were from: Yuma Booster Club, $840 for state volleyball meal money; Yuma Hoopsters, $768.80 for boys and girls basketball backpacks; Hogemeyer Hybrids, $500 to FFA; Yuma Lions Club, $200 for the guitar class, and; T & L Brown Cattle Co, LLC, $2,000 for YHS boys wrestling.
The board’s next regular meeting will be January 12.