2012-01-12
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING – January 12, 2012
The meeting was called to order by Vice President Kelly Gienger in the administration office on the above date at 7:00 p.m. with all members present except Derrick Tice and Mary Beth Miller. St. Francis Herald reporter Karen Krien was also present to observe and take notes. J.R. Landenberger was also in the audience to observe.
Superintendent Schiltz had one addition to the agenda: to call an executive session to discuss non-elected personnel at the end of the meeting. Sherry Weeks moved to approve the agenda with the additional item; the motion was seconded by Mila Bandel and carried.
The Board reviewed and discussed the items on the consent calendar. A motion was then made by Mila Bandel, seconded by Ed Marin, and carried to approve the consent calendar, including the following items: 1) The minutes of the regular meeting on December 8, 2011. 2) A list of bills being paid on direct deposit slips numbering 1219001-1219142 and on checks numbering 9757 – 9773 on BANKWEST and numbering 8121-8189 on First National Bank for a total of $395,568.24. 3) The Cash Summary Report (including three transfers: $3,879.11 from Supplemental General Fund to the Vocational Fund and $7,951.29 from General Fund to the At-Risk Fund and $50,372.00 from General Fund to Special Ed Fund), and the Grade School and High School Activity Fund Reports—all as of December 31, 2011. 4) The Board approved a gift-offer from the Cheyenne County Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive in the amount of $808.08. 5) The Board approved the new IRS privately-owned automobile mileage rate of $.555/mile effective January 1, 2012.
David Goebel and Blake Calderwood from Ennovate Corporation met with the Board to discuss the possibility of their company working with USD 297 on the high school hot water boiler replacement project. Ennovate Corporation is a mechanical engineering and design firm specializing in rural school energy efficiency in eastern Colorado and western Kansas.
Under Committee Reports, it was decided it will not be necessary for the Board and Faculty Meet-and-Confer Committees to meet at this time. A proposed school calendar was reviewed for the 2012-13 school year. The school calendar will be scheduled for final Board approval at a later meeting.
Under Old Business, the Board and administration reviewed and discussed Resourceful Kansas, which is another possible option for receiving technical assistance with the boiler project. Mr. Schiltz will be in touch with this company to gather further information; there is a possibility that they will help us free of charge as part of a US Department of Energy grant. Mr. Schiltz and Derrick Tice will be attending a Resourceful Kansas Energy Seminar on January 25th in Manhattan to gather more information.
Under New Business, the Board and administration talked about the two new school finance formulas currently being proposed in the Kansas Legislature.
Under miscellaneous items, Mr. Carmichael discussed with the Board some information that had been talked about at the League meeting held on January 10th.
No report on the school improvement process was scheduled for this meeting.
Superintendent Schiltz reviewed with Board members the following four board policies: 4102 – “High School Activities Director”; 4104 – “Counselor”; 4111 – “Contracting of Teachers”; and 4111.1 – “Staff Employment.” There were several suggested changes to the policies. The administration will make the suggested changes and present the amended policies to the Board for approval at the February meeting.
At 9:22, Mila Bandel made a motion to go into Executive Session for 20 minutes to discuss non-elected personnel. The motion was seconded by Sherry Weeks and carried. Reporter Karen Krien and visitor J.R. Landenberger left the room. At 9:42, Mila Bandel moved to go back into executive session for an addition 20 minutes; Sherry Weeks seconded the motion and the motion carried. At 10:02 p.m., regular session resumed.
.A few other miscellaneous items were discussed. At 10:05 p.m., Mila Bandel moved that the meeting adjourn; the motion was seconded by Ed Marin and carried.
