Minutes of the June 10, 2024 Board of Education Meeting.

Present:

Jason Winder

Tim Grable	Mike Estes

Annika Franken	Patrick McKernan

Nathan Geiger (6:03 PM)	Janel Anderson

Steve Bowe

The regular Board of Education Meeting was called to order by Vice President Jason Winder at 6 p.m. at Troy Central Office.

AGENDA

It was moved by Franken and seconded by Bowe to approve the agenda as amended:

Add Item 8f – Approval of Worker Compensation Insurance for 2024-2025 from First Dakota

Presentations b will present before a. 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 and law enforcement officers.

Mr. Geiger arrived at 6:03 PM.

VOUCHERS AND BILLS

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

VISITORS:

Halee Andrushchenko, Hailey Sigrist, and Bridgit Sigrist

PUBLIC FORUM:

None

CONSENT AGENDA

It was moved by Grable and seconded by Bowe to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Approval of Minutes – May 14, 2024

Approval of TGS Site Council Members – Aaron Franken & Nolan Franken

Approval to Advertise Surplus Items

Motion Carried.

PRESENTATIONS
Ms. Andrushchenko and Hailey Sigrist presented to the Board of Education the updates to the Troy High School Library they will conducting over the summer. Ms. Andrushchenko was approved for $2000 from the Wolfe Grant and Hailey Sigrist with her Gold Scout Award Project as her project will be making the updates.

Parent As Teachers, Kami Braden, by telephone gave the update for Parents As Teachers.

Kansas Association of School Boards Policy Updates were discussed with the Board of Education. Final approval will be in July 2024.

APPROVAL OF CHANGES TO NON RESIDENT POLICY

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Franken to approve the changes to the non resident policy as presented. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF HS TRACK BIDS FOR ASPHALT

It was moved by Grable and seconded by Franken to approve the asphalt bids from Approved Paving in the amount of $32,500 to repair the track. Motion Carried.

APROVAL OF BUILDING, PROPERTY, AND CASUALTY INSURANCE

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Bowe to approve the 2024-2025 property, automobile, liability, board liability, crime, cyber liability, pollution, and crises insurance from Kansas Insurance Cooperative for Schools in the amount of $91,666.88. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL FOR SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD CLERK TO MAKE NECESSARY TRANSFERS TO CLOSE BY 24 BUDGET

It was moved by Franken and seconded by Geiger to approve the superintendent and board clerk to make necessary transfers to close the FY 24 Budget. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF WORKER COMPENSATON INSURANCE

It was moved by Bowe and seconded by Grable to approve First Dakota Indemnity for the 2024-2025 worker compensation insurance in the amount of $20472.00. Motion Carried.

Mr. McKernan updated the Board of Education on the United School Administrators Conference the administrators attended at the end of May. Mr. McKernan has been in touch with all the new staff. The district will be getting approximately $15,363 in professional development aid. Mental Health Liaison Grant will be submitted for approximately $60000. Our match is 35% so $21000. Safe and Secure Grant has been applied for. Thank you to Mrs. Franken for submitting that. Annual site council reports were given to the Board. KPERS penalty for working after retirement rates were discussed with the Board. July 2024 board meeting will be July 15, 2024, and August 2024 will be August 21, 2024.

Mrs. Engemann had a written report for the Board of Education.

Mr. Estes updated the Board of Education on summer activities that students are participating in at the school. The 24-25 schedule has been created. Student opportunities have been expanded to include our teachers teaching dual credit classes for Accounting, Communications, and Financial Literacy. Mr. Estes updated the Board with a site council summary.

Mr. Bowe and Mr. Geiger gave the DCEC report.

EXECUTIVE SESSION

It was moved by Bowe and seconded by Geiger to go into executive session to discuss an individual(s) employee’s performance pursuant to non-elected personnel exception under KOMA and the open meeting will resume in the board room at 8:23 p.m.

Remaining: Board, Mr. Estes, and Mr. McKernan

Mr. Estes was excused from the meeting at 8:03 p.m.

NON-RESIDENT STUDENT APPLICATIONS
It was moved by Bowe and seconded by Geiger to approve the nonresident student applications as presented. Motion Carried.

SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON

It was moved by Grable and seconded by Bowe to approve a work agreement for Alexis Norris as the Mental Health Liaison for 2024-2025 school year. Motion Carried.

SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACTS 24-25

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Bowe to approve the supplemental duties for the 2024-2025 school year as presented. Motion Carried.

CLASSIFIED STAFF FOR 2024-2025

It was moved by Bowe and seconded by Geiger to approve the classified staff for the 2024-2025 school year. Motion Carried.

SUMMER HELP 2024

It was moved by Geiger and seconded by Bowe to approve the summer help for 2024 as presented. Motion Carried.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:33 PM

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Janel Anderson, Clerk of the Board