2007-06-29
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING—JUNE 29, 2007
The meeting was called to order on the above date at 7:10 a.m. by Vice-President Sherry Weeks at the Windmill Restaurant for a breakfast meeting. All members were present except Kelly Gienger.
Superintendent Carl Werner requested that Item IIIB on the agenda (concerning employee reässignments and/or new contracts) be deleted from the agenda because no new information was yet available on this topic. Bonnie Zweygardt moved to approve the agenda that had been mailed to Board members on June 25 with this change; the motion was seconded by John Knodel and carried.
The Board reviewed the minutes of the regular meeting on June 14, 2007, and the list of bills being paid on checks numbering 7153-7367 on BankWest–St. Francis and numbering 4374-4418 on First National Bank–St. Francis for a total of $502,044.40. John Knodel moved to approve the minutes and bills as presented; the motion was seconded by Bruce Feikert and carried.
Four additional noncertified employee contracts had been signed and returned for the Board’s signature. Bonnie Zweygardt moved, Cliff Raile seconded, and it carried to approve these four contracts for signature.
Superintendent Werner reported on the unencumbered cash balances as of June 29, 2007, in the various funds and discussed the proposed transfers of funds. He also indicated that, just as last year, Kansas schools will not receive from the state the final payment of state aid for the month of June until sometime in early July, but the law now requires that this July payment be recorded as a June receipt; so this final state aid payment, in the amount of $18,625 for St. Francis USD 297, already shows in the reports being reviewed at this meeting. Following further review of this year’s financial situation and the effects on various funds, Mr. Werner recommended: 1) that $337,803.58 be transferred from the General Fund to various funds as follows: $30,000 to Capital Outlay; $65,000 to Special Education; $8,335.52 to Vocational Education; $19,000 to Driver Education; $114,150 to Food Service; $12,075 to Contingency Reserve; $11,328.81 to Professional Development; and $77,914.25 to At-Risk (K-12). After review and discussion, Cliff Raile moved to approve all of the transfers as listed above and to grant authority to the administration and the school auditors to make necessary adjustments to these transfer-amounts, with such adjustments being contained as part of the official minutes of this June 29 meeting and of the Audit Report. The motion was seconded by Bruce Feikert and carried.
The Board received and read two thank-you notes from graduating seniors, expressing appreciation for the scholarships they had earned.
There were no other miscellaneous items.
At 8:05 a.m., Bruce Feikert moved that the meeting adjourn; the motion was seconded by Cliff Raile and carried.
