July 13, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes

 

Call to Order

President Romens called the work session meeting to order at 4:00 p.m.

 

DLR and CSI gave a facilities update on the new high school.

 

Upon roll call the following Board members responded as being present: President Romens, Frank Overhue, Bill Agan, David Warren and Linda Young.

 

On a motion made by Bill Agan and seconded by Frank Overhue the agenda was unanimously approved.

The board approved the minutes of June 8, 2009, the bills and financial statements. Resignations were accepted from Cindy Zimmerly, Special Education Teacher; Sheila Hansen, Tag Teacher and Math Bee sponsor and Callie Ohm, Assistant High School Volleyball coach effective at the end of the 2008-09 school year. Two outgoing open enrollments were approved.

 

There were no visitors that addressed the Board.

 

Kerry Newman, High School Principal, gave an update on summer sports.

 

There were no reports.

 

On a motion made by Frank Overhue and seconded by David Warren, the board unanimously approved bids for the new high school from Wenger in the amount of $34,398 for vocal and band equipment; Sports Graphics in the amount of $14,070.50 for panel mats; and Resolite in the amount of $21,190 for two wrestling mats.

 

On a motion made by David Warren and seconded by Linda Young, the board unanimously approved bids from Anderson Underground in the amount of $13,570.02 for storm drains at the baseball and softball fields; Alarm Pros in the amount of $16,860 for access controls at Northeast Elementary; and Rasmussen Mechanical in the amount of $28,215 for boiler repairs at Northeast Elementary.

 

Bill Agan made a motion to approve staff to request Qualified School Construction Bond Authority through the Iowa Department of Education for the renovation of the athletic complex. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

Linda Young made a motion to approve staff to apply for an Energy Efficient Grant through the Iowa Office of Energy Independence. Frank Overhue seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved.

 

On a motion made by David Warren and seconded by Bill Agan the board unanimously approved the contract renewal for a new copier and duplicator at the Print Shop.

 

Bill Agan made a motion to approve the following salary settlements: 3.5% total package salary settlements for classified non-union employees, administrators and Superintendent; .59% increase for bus; and 4.1% total package salary settlement for classified union employees.  Linda Young seconded the motion.

 

Following discussion, David Warren amended the motion to pull out the administrators and Superintendent salary increases. Linda Young seconded the motion. David Warren voted yes. Frank Overhue, Linda Young and Bill Agan voted no. Theresa Romens abstained.

 

The board then voted on the original motion. Frank Overhue, Linda Young, Theresa Romens and Bill Agan voted yes.  David Warren voted no.

 

Joan Crowl and Kevin Farmer presented the handbooks for approval. Frank Overhue made a motion to approve the revisions to the West Elementary, Northeast Elementary and Middle School student and staff handbooks as presented.  Bill Agan seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved.

 

On motion made by Frank Overhue and seconded by David Warren the Board unanimously approved Bill Agan as the Delegate to the AEA Convention.

 

On motion made by David Warren and seconded by Frank Overhue the Board unanimously approved Linda Young as the Alternate Delegate to the AEA Convention.

 

Bill Agan made a motion to approve the contract with Head Start for the lease of two rooms at 103 Central and the Head Start foodservice agreement for the 2009-10 school year. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

On motion made by Linda Young and seconded by David Warren the Board unanimously approved the reappointment of Shirley Lundgren as the District’s Board Secretary.

 

Frank Overhue made a motion to approve a depository limit of $5.2 million at Glenwood State Bank, First National Bank and Tier One Bank for the 2009-10 school year. Bill Agan seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

On motion made by Linda Young and seconded by Bill Agan the Board unanimously gave the Board Secretary approval to transfer funds between accounts at the Glenwood State Bank.

 

Frank Overhue made a motion to approve the Level I Investigators as presented in the board packet. Bill Agan seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

David Warren made a motion to approve the application renewal to participate in the National School Breakfast and Lunch program and to use the offer versus serve plan. Linda Young seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

Bill Agan made a motion to renew the agreement with SAI for the Administrator Mentoring and Induction Program. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

David Warren made a motion to approve Stan Sibley as the facilitator of the Teacher Mentoring and Induction Program plan. Linda Young seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

Bill Agan made a motion to approve the second reading of board policy 902.8-Smoke/Tobacco Free Environment. Frank Overhue seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.

 

Frank Overhue made a motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Iowa Western for our students who attend the BLAST program during for the 2009-10 school year. Linda Young seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved.

 

On a motion made by Linda Young and seconded by Bill Agan the board unanimously approved continue participation in the Assessment Solutions through AEA 13 for the 2009-10 school year.