Minutes of the regular Board of Education meeting held on June 13, 2016.

Present:

Warren Grable	Brian Harris

Jennifer Luedke	Janel Anderson

Nick Popple	Don Cash

Jason Winder

Nathan Geiger (6:03 p.m.)

Sherman Smith (6:02 p.m.)

The regular Board of Education Meeting was called to order by President Warren Grable at 6 p.m.

AGENDA

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Winder to approve the agenda with the following addition:

Item 2b: Resignation – Board Member. Motion Carried.

MOMENT OF SILENCE

The Board of Education took a moment of silence to reflect on all the servicemen home and abroad serving our country at this time.

VISITORS:

Pat McKernan

RESIGNATION OF BOARD MEMBER

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Winder to approve the resignation of board member Nick Popple at the end of July. Motion Carried.

Mr. Smith arrived at 6:02 p.m.

Mr. Geiger arrived at 6:03 p.m.

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

It was moved by Popple and seconded by Smith to approve the vouchers and bills as presented. Motion Carried.

CONSENT AGENDA

It was moved by Popple and seconded by Geiger to approve the consent agenda as presented. Motion Carried.

Approval of Minutes – May 9, 2016 meeting as amended

Acceptance of Resignations from Sheila Marriott and Kayla Hinton

Acceptance of Carpet Bid from Carpet Plus in the amount of $11,340.31

Approval of Out of District Students as Presented

Approval of New School Authorized Food Service Representative – Pat McKernan

Recognition of THS Baseball Team 3rd Place State/State Track Medalist – Amanda Stock – tied for 6th Place in High Jump

TECHNOLOGY BIDS

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Luedke to approve the renewal of technology licenses/maintenance agreements in the amount of $33,790.87 from Supplemental General and the purchase of $13,214.00 of new laptops from Small Rural Schools Grant. Motion Carried.

AUTHORIZATION TO CLOSE FY 2016

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Popple to authorize the superintendent and clerk of the board to pay end of the year claims due before the next board meeting and to make necessary transfers to close budget FY 2016. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF FEES FOR 2016-2017

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Smith to approve the fees as presented for the 2016-2017 school year: Preschool Snack Fee – (3 year olds) - $10.00 per quarter/$40 per year; Preschool Snack Fee (4 year olds) - $15.00 per quarter/$60 per year; Kindergarten Snack Fee (no milk) - $10 per quarter/$40 per year; Breakfast Student Full Price - $1.45; Breakfast Adult Price - $1.85; Breakfast Reduced Price - $.30; Lunch Prek-6 - $2.65; Lunch 7-12 - $2.80; Lunch Adult Price - $3.70; Lunch Reduced Price - $.40; Extra Milk - $.40; Preschool Material Fee - $50.00/ K-6 Textbook Fee - $50; Grade 7-12 Textbook Fee - $50; Grade 5/6 Planner Fee - $4; Vocational Ag. - $25.00; 9-12 Art Fee - $15; Driver Education Fee (Summer 2017) - $110. Motion Carried.

KASB WORKER COMPENSATION FUND

It was moved by Winder and seconded by Popple to approve the KASB Worker Compensation Membership Agreement for 2016-2017. Motion Carried.

SEKESC ANNUAL SERVICE RENEWALS

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Winder to approve the Southeast Kansas Service Center renewals for 2016-2017 in the amount of $10,725. Motion Carried.

LIBRARY/COMPUTER AIDE

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Geiger to approve a classified ad for library/computer lab aide for 2016-2017. Motion Carried.

Mr. Harris updated the Board of Education on the Kansas Supreme Court situation. The governor has requested a special legislative session for June 23rd at 8 a.m.

Mr. Harris thanked the custodial staff for their extra work for helping host the Bike Across Kansas event. A discussion about signing a cooperative agreement with Doniphan West for wrestling and cross country. Mr. Harris will speak with Doniphan West administration and get the details worked out.

Mr. Smith and Mr. Popple gave the DCEC report.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Winder to go into executive session for a period of 10 minutes to discuss non-elected personnel matters in order to protect the privacy interests of the individual(s) to be discussed. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board, Superintendent, Clerk and Mr. McKernan

Returned to regular session at 7:05 p.m.

INCENTIVE PAYMENTS

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Winder to approve a one-time incentive payment as presented to returning faculty and staff members. Payment will be received once the employee’s contract is returned for the 2016-2017 school year. If a faculty/staff member should leave during the year the incentive would be paid back to the district on a prorated basis. Motion Carried.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Smith and seconded by Geiger to go into executive session for a period of 10 minutes to discuss negotiations in order to protect the public interest in negotiating a fair and equitable contract. Motion Carried.

Remaining: Board, Superintendent, Clerk, and Mr. McKernan

Mr. McKernan and Clerk were excused at 7:18 p.m.

Returned to regular session at 7:20p.m.

MASTER AGREEMENT

It was moved by Luedke and seconded by Popple to approve the master agreement for 2016-2017 as presented. Motion Carried.

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Popple to approve the classified salary schedule as presented for the 2016-2017 school year. Motion Carried.

Adjourned the meeting at 7:28 p.m.

___________________________________

Janel K Anderson, Clerk