But now that the board merely monitors the finances, the meetings have become more of a formality.
The 13-member board, based in Vienna, monitors compliance with international agreements to control drugs.
The city charter mandates that the boards monitor service delivery and develop local budget priorities.
Now, as the board closely monitored the declining revenues, the death spiral seemed to be real.
The central board should not only monitor but provide the resources such as training for teachers, the development of curriculum matters with input from teachers.
However, the central board is empowered to set certain educational standards for the entire city and monitors how well the local boards meet those standards.
Local advisory boards of prominent citizens monitor the goals and the programs.
An independent board can best objectively monitor CEO undertakings and risk.
The chancellor runs the school system, and the board monitors his administration and sits as a policy-making body.
The board monitors the water quality during the summer months with regular sample submissions to the State of Connecticut Labs.