At its meeting the Big Lake Public School District school board approved a series of routine agenda items and one major fiscal step. Actions recorded on the consent and action votes included:

• Agenda approval — Motion to approve the agenda was made by Board member Hancock and seconded by Board member Chavilion; the motion carried by voice vote.

• Consent agenda — Motion to approve the consent agenda (previous minutes of the Aug. 26 regular board meeting; claims and accounts in the amount of $2,358,188.82; credit card report; personnel report; and listed policies) was made by Board member Sixberry and seconded by Nelson; the motion carried by voice vote.

• Donations — Motion to approve donations was made by Board member Chavillion and seconded by Sixberry; the motion carried by voice vote.

• Financial report — Motion to approve the financial report was made by a board member and seconded; the motion carried by voice vote. District staff had presented an enrollment update and noted Day 1 enrollment was below the budgeted 3,115 students.

• Preliminary levy certification — Motion to certify the preliminary levy at the maximum was made by Board member Shavillion and seconded by Board member Brown; the motion carried. The board scheduled the truth-in-taxation hearing for Dec. 17 at 6 p.m.

Where vote counts were not recorded in the transcript, motions passed by voice vote and the clerk recorded the outcomes as “motion carries.”