Glenwood Community School District

Special Meeting & Work Session of the Board of Directors 6:00 P.M.

Central Office Conference Room – 103 Central, #rd Floor, Glenwood, IA 51534

Monday, October 25, 2021

Call to Order

President Curt Becker called the regular meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. 

Roll Call

Upon roll call the following Board of Education (BOE) members responded as being present:  President Curt Becker, Ann Staiert, Elizabeth Richardson, and Tim Becker. Greg Schultz was absent.

1.  Business Items

A.  Approval of Overnight & Out of State Travel

Elizabeth Richardson made a motion to approve November 17, 2021 as an additional night of travel for Suzanne Hall and students to attend the Cheer Honor Squad event in Cedar Falls Iowa November 18- 19 2021. Ann Staiert seconded the motion.  All voted “aye”.  Motion carried.

B.  Approval of Proposal to join the Grant Wood AEA Consortium

Ann Staiert made a motion to approve engaging in the proposed contract with Grant Wood AEA to host the Glenwood CSD student information system – Power School.  Tim Becker seconded the motion.  

All voted “aye”.  Motion carried.

C.  Approval of Unbraco Web & IT Services Agreement

Tim Becker made a motion to approve engaging in the proposed contract with ProWorks for as needed IT consulting and support services.  Elizabeth Richardson seconded the motion.  

All voted “aye”.  Motion carried.

D.  Approval of Middle School HVAC Upgrade Bid Proposal

Ann Staiert made a motion to approve to approve the bid proposal from Mechanical Systems, Inc. of $1,222,260 for the Middle School HVAC Upgrade Project.  Tim Becker seconded the motion.  

All voted “aye”.  Motion carried.

E.  Approval of Payment to KPE for the Northeast and Middle School Partial Roof Replacement Contract

Tim Becker made a motion to approve the application for payment from KPE of $317,750 for the Partial Northeast and Middle School Roof Modifications Project.  Elizabeth Richardson seconded the motion.  

All voted “aye”.  Motion carried.

Work Session

ACT & College Readiness – High School Principal Rick Nickerson gave a presentation on the most recent ACT and College Readiness results.

FY21 Finance Report – Finance Director Tim Reinert gave a presentation on the FY21 Certified Annual Report, the FY21 Year End Fund Balances and FY21 Revenue and Expenditures.

Certified & Open Enrollment - Superintendent Devin Embray gave a presentation on the FY22 Certified Count and Open Enrollment.  The Certified Count was up by six students as compared to FY21.

Superintendent Monitoring – The BOE reviewed the current status of FY22 goals and initiatives for Superintendent Devin Embray.

Adjournment

As there was no further business to come before the Board at this time, a motion was made by Tim Becker and seconded by Elizabeth Richardson to adjourn the regular meeting at 8:00 p.m.  All voted “aye”.  Motion carried.

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Curt Becker, Board President                                                             Tim Reinert, Board Secretary / Treasurer