Board of Education Regular Meeting

June 09, 2014 7:00 PM

Hayes Center High School

I. Call to Order – President Richards called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. in the Board room at the High School.  Notice of this meeting was given in advance to all board members.

I.A. Roll Call - Present Board Members:  Connie Brott, Amanda Johnson, Marian Richards, Bob Rosno.  Absent:  Joe Anderjaska, Britt Hill. Superintendent Ron Howard was also in attendance.

I.B. Pledge of Allegiance - President Richards led the Pledge of Allegiance.

I.C. Recognition of Visitors - Visitors were invited to sign in to speak to the board.  Mr. Tony Primavera, our new principal for next year, was in attendance and introduced and welcomed.

I.D. Recognition of Open Meetings Act poster - President Richards advised all in attendance of the Open Meetings Act poster, which was displayed on the wall in the Board room.

I.E. Adoption of Agenda - Motion Passed:  Motion to adopt the agenda as presented passed with a motion by Bob Rosno and a second by Amanda Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

II. Audience Communications - Barry Richards addressed the board and spoke in favor of working with the county and village in areas of grant writing and economic development.

III. Services Report  

III.A. Updates on Transportation and summer projects - Maury has talked to the boiler company and they will be here next week.   The Fritsche house and Peter house are getting updates.

Gregg got the activity bus fixed plus 2 other buses are being worked on.

Two buses need new windows.  In August Suburbans will get new brakes.  He will need approximately 4 new tires.  The Co-op has been contacted; he is waiting on the state bid for tires.  Seat repairs are also being done. He reviewed the bus routes for next year also.

IV. Board Member/Committee Reports  

IV.A. Update on Community Engagement - The next community engagement session is June 18^th at 7:00 p.m.  Mr. Howard will line someone up to babysit.

IV.B. Discussion with County representatives with regard to hiring an Economic Development Coordinator - This discussion was moved to later in the meeting, to allow the county representatives to all be present.

IV.C. Finance committee report - Since two members of the committee were absent, Mr. Howard would like to meet with the Finance committee before the July meeting. 

V. Administrative Report  

V.A. Coaching update - Mr. Wagner has been assigned the head boys basketball coaching position; Mr. Polk will be his assistant. Mr. Gallegos will become the girls basketball assistant coach.  All other extra duties are filled.

V.B. New Board policies - In August some new policies will be brought to the board for approval.

V.C. Superintendent Transparency Act – This is a new law that requires the Superintendent contract or a form to be posted.  Mr. Howard suggests we post his contract on our website to fulfill the requirements of the law.  This will be done before July 1^st.

Summer school is in session, with a mud day to be made up so we qualify for the state aid formula from the state. 

VI. Action Items  

VI.A. Consent Agenda - Motion Passed:  Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented passed with a motion by Connie Brott and a second by Amanda Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.A.1. Approve May 12, 2014 Regular Meeting minutes

VI.A.2. Approve May 2014 Bank Transfers  

VI.A.3. Approve Hot Lunch Fund claims for $717.12  

VI.A.4. Approve May Activity Fund claims for $7,884.72  

VI.A.5. Approve May Petty Cash claims for $2,354.18  

VI.A.6. Approve May General Fund claims for $198,273.71 (Payroll $144,804.29, Claims $53,469.42)  

VI.A.7. Approve Depreciation Fund Claims for $12,836.54  

VI.A.8. Approve May Bond Fund Claims for $37,171.25  

VI.A.9. Approve Financial Reports of the District  

VI.A.10. Approve additional May payroll of $1,217.84  

VI.B. Approve Board policy section 5000 - 2nd reading Motion Passed:  Motion to approve the 2nd reading of Board policy section 5000 including the corrections to policy 5020.4 and 5040.3 passed with a motion by Bob Rosno and a second by Amanda Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.C. Approve Board policy section 6000 - 1st reading - Motion Passed:  Motion to approve the 1st reading of Board policy section 6000, with the correction of the typo on page 7, passed with a motion by Connie Brott and a second by Amanda Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.D. Approve Board policy section 7000 - 1st reading - Motion Passed:  Motion to approve the 1st reading of Board policy section 7000 passed with a motion by Amanda Johnson and a second by Bob Rosno. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.E. Approve Hot Lunch and Breakfast prices for 2014-2015 - Motion Passed:  Motion to approve increasing Hot Lunch and Breakfast prices for students by .05 to stay within state guidelines passed with a motion by Bob Rosno and a second by Amanda Johnson. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.F. Approve Handbooks for 2014-2015 - Motion Passed:  Motion to approve the handbooks for the 2014-2015 school year, with updating the Bus Driver handbook, page 18, to align with the Student handbook, and fixing typos and dates, passed with a motion by Amanda Johnson and a second by Connie Brott. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VI.G. Approve repair to Bus Barn sewer system - Motion Passed:  Motion to approve the repairs to the Bus Barn sewer/leach field, if it is OK with the City Ordinances, passed with a motion by Amanda Johnson and a second by Bob Rosno. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

At this time, President Richards invited Sue Messersmith, Rita Erickson and Leon Kolbet, representing Hayes County, to speak.  They in turn, provided information they have obtained about the possibility of hiring an economic development coordinator/liaison with the purpose to recruit businesses and bring jobs into the community.  After much discussion and sharing of ideas, the board was in agreement to continue talks and meeting again to gather more facts and look at the feasibility of this type of project.

VI.H. Approve Amber Snyder, motivational speaker for 2014-15 - Motion Tabled:  Motion to table approving booking Amber Snyder, a motivational speaker, and look at other options passed with a motion by Marian Richards and a second by Connie Brott. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

VII. Discussion - Secretary Brott asked if the new ag teacher could sponsor the FFA students in helping with a community project before his contract starts.  Discussion was held with some alternative suggestions given. 

VIII. Information Only   

VIII.A. Substitute Teacher rate for 2014-2015 – Mr. Howard feels our substitute teacher rates are fine where they are and he will not be bringing it up as an action item, unless the board asks him to. 

IX. Correspondence  

IX.A. Thank you  

X. Future Agenda Items/Other – New board policies and continuing with the review of the rest of the Board policies. 

In July, the only business will be the Consent Agenda

XI. Next Meeting - July 14^th at 7:00 p.m.

XII. Adjournment - Motion Passed:  Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. passed with a motion by Amanda Johnson and a second by Connie Brott. 

Joe Anderjaska            Absent

Connie Brott              Yes

Britt Hill                Absent

Amanda Johnson            Yes

Marian Richards           Yes

Bob Rosno                 Yes

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Board President                           Board Secretary