2008-07-21
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL BOARD MEETING––JULY 21, 2008
A special breakfast meeting of the Board was called to order at 7:38 a.m. on the above date by President Bonnie Zweygardt in the St. Francis High School library, with all members present except Bruce Feikert, Mary Beth Miller, and Pete Raile. Mary Beth arrived a few minutes later.
Superintendent Schiltz indicated that one letter of resignation had been received and would need to be added to the agenda that had been mailed to Board members on July 16, 2008. Mr. Schiltz also noted that 2a (approval of employee contracts returned for signature) needed to be deleted from the agenda since no contracts had been returned. A motion was made by John Knodel, seconded by Kelly Gienger, and carried to approve the agenda with these changes.
A letter had been received from Valerie Clark, resigning from her position as grade school cook. Sherry Weeks moved, Kelly Gienger seconded, and it carried to accept this resignation.
Under New Business, two new contracts had been offered for the positions of special education paraprofessionals: 1) Valerie Clark, and 2) Teri Chase. (These positions were recently vacated by Terri Orth and Marsha Kechter.) Also under New Business, a new contract had been drawn-up for Lucinda Straub, grade school head custodian, with a starting date of August 1, 2008, and an ending date of May 31, 2009 (the original 12-month contract that had been offered on May 8 had been rejected). Kelly Gienger made a motion to approve these three new contracts. The motion was seconded by John Knodel and carried.
The Board then turned to the main purpose for this special meeting––a review of the proposed budget for FY 2009.
Following review and discussion of all funds in the FY 2009 budget, Mary Beth Miller moved, John Knodel seconded, and it carried that the FY 2009 budget be published in the July 24 edition of the St. Francis Herald as proposed. The overall mill levy for this budget is projected at 36.389 mills (last year’s budget was 34.364 mills). The budget hearing is scheduled to be held at the next regular Board meeting on August 14.
Under Miscellaneous Items, each Board member was given a sample resolution authorizing and providing for the calling of a bond election, as prepared by PiperJaffray. This resolution will be discussed at the next regular Board meeting on August 14.
At 8:47 a.m., Sherry Weeks moved that the meeting adjourn; the motion was seconded by Mary Beth Miller and carried.
