2008-06-30
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING––JUNE 30, 2008
The special breakfast meeting was called to order on the above date at 7:10 a.m. by President John Knodel in the high school library with all members present except Mary Beth Miller and Bonnie Zweygardt.
Superintendent Rob Schiltz requested that Item 3B (employee reassignments and/or new contracts) be deleted from the agenda because there was no new information on this topic. Sherry Weeks moved to approve the agenda that had been mailed to Board members on June 25 with this change; the motion was seconded by Bruce Feikert and carried.
The Board reviewed the minutes of the regular meeting on June 12, 2008, and the list of bills being paid on checks numbering 8262-8470 on BankWest and numbering 5293-5303 on First National Bank for a total of $502,820.48. Sherry Weeks moved to approve the minutes and bills as presented; the motion was seconded by Kelly Gienger and carried.
Two additional nonlicensed employee contracts had been signed and returned for the Board’s signature. Bruce Feikert moved, Kelly Gienger seconded, and it carried to approve these two contracts for signature.
Superintendent Schiltz reported on the unencumbered cash balances as of June 30, 2008, 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 requires that this July payment be recorded as a June receipt; so this final state aid payment, in the amount of $40,043 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. Schiltz recommended that $354,230.55 be transferred from the General Fund to various funds as follows: $49,000 to Capital Outlay; $61,000 to Special Education; $8,544.16 to Vocational Education; $21,000 to Driver Education; $117,700 to Food Service; $15,538 to Contingency Reserve; $3,761.54 to Professional Development; and $77,686.85 to At-Risk (K-12). Following this review, Bruce Feikert 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 30 meeting and of the Audit Report. The motion was seconded by Sherry Weeks and carried.
The Board received and read a thank-you note from a graduating senior expressing appreciation for the scholarship he had earned.
There were no other miscellaneous items.
At 7:50 a.m., Kelly Gienger moved that the meeting adjourn; the motion was seconded by Bruce Feikert and carried.
