UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR MEETING – JULY 13, 2009 – 7:34 P.M. – CLASSROOM
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The Regular Meeting of the Corsica Board of Education was held on Monday, July 13, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. The 2009-2010 Budget Hearing preceded the regular meeting. With final finance figures incomplete until the end of August, the budget will be adopted at the September 2009 board meeting. The budget hearing closed at 7:40 p.m.
Board Members Present: Don Oakland, President, Jeremy Wright, Bob Bamberg, Rita Rexwinkel, Jason Lagge, Nicole Bamberg and new board member Richard Muilenburg.
Board Members Absent: Bob Bamberg and Garry Bultje
Officers Present: Vern DeGeest, Superintendent; Scott Muckey, Secondary Principal and Merna Bye, Business Manager.
Guest Present: Kris VanZee, Globe Reporter
President Oakland called the regular meeting to order at 7:40 p.m. and a quorum was established.
Motion by Rexwinkel seconded by Nicole Bamberg to approve the agenda with the additions as presented. Carried.
Motion by Lagge seconded by Wright to approve the June 8, 2009 Regular Meeting Minutes and the June 22, 2009 Special Meeting Minutes. Carried.
Motion by Rexwinkel seconded by Lagge to approve the June 2009 Financial Statement. Carried.
Motion by Lagge seconded by Nicole Bamberg to approve the June 2009 Trust and Agency Report with a beginning balance of $9,652.49 disbursements of $1,141.42 receipts of $2,979.18 for an ending balance of $11,490.25. Carried. The FY 2009 year end Trust and Agency Report was also presented.
Motion by Wright seconded by Nicole Bamberg to approve the July 2009 listing of bills with the addition of the Armour Electric bill from the June 2009 meeting and the Rexwinkel Concrete billing for the concrete work at the elementary sidewalk. Motion carried.
Motion by Rexwinkel seconded by Lagge to approve the June 2009 Mid-Central Co-op minutes. Carried.
(Regular Meeting Minutes – July 13, 2009 – Page 1)
Oaths of Office
Incumbent Board Members Wright and Nicole Bamberg signed their oaths of office beginning their respective three and two year terms on the Board of Education and newly elected board member Richard Muilenburg signed an oath of office for a three-year term. Business Manager Bye signed an oath of office for FY 2010 fiscal year.
Motion by Wright to nominate Don Oakland for Board President for 2009-2010. Seconded by Muilenburg and carried.
Motion by Nicole Bamberg that nominations cease and to cast a unanimous ballot for Don Oakland. Motion seconded by Lagge and carried.
Election of 2009-2010
Vice-President
Motion by Nicole Bamberg to nominate Jeremy Wright for Vice –President for 2009-2010. Seconded by Lagge and carried.
Motion by Wright to nominate Garry Bultje for Vice-President for 2009-2010. Motion died for a lack of a second.
Jeremy Wright will be the 2009-2010 Vice-President.
2009-2010 Designations
Motion by Lagge to designate Bank of the West of Corsica and First Dakota National Bank – Corsica Branch and First State Bank of Armour as official depositories; Merna Bye and Vern DeGeest as custodians of school accounts; Douglas County Publishing as official newspaper and Braley Law Office as the school attorney with Kaufman Law Office being used on some occasions. Motion carried. The school proceedings are also placed on the schools website.
Deposit of Interest
Motion by Wright seconded by Lagge to authorize the business manager to deposit all interest earned in the district funds to the General Fund. Carried.
Motion by Nicole Bamberg to set the second Monday of each month as the regular school board meeting except August in which the date will be the third Monday of the month. The meeting time will be 7:30 p.m. except a noon meeting for the month of December. Classroom”A” at the high school is used as the regular meeting place. Motion seconded by Wright and carried. The August 2009 meeting date will be August 17th, 2009.
Lagge moved to authorize Vern DeGeest to institute the school lunch agreement for 2009-2010 school year. Seconded by Nicole Bamberg and carried.
Set Lunch Prices for
2009-2010
Motion by Wright seconded by Lagge to raise the 2009-2010 school lunch prices .05 cents for K-4; .10 cents for 5-12 and .15 cents for adults. Carried. The new prices will be K-4 at $2.00, 5-12 at $2.45 and Adults at $3.00.
(Regular Meeting Minutes– July 13, 2009 – Page 2)
Parliamentary
Procedure
Motion by Wright seconded by Nicole Bamberg to designate Roberts Rules of Order as the parliamentary procedure for school board meetings. Carried.
Motion by Lagge seconded by Muilenburg to authorize the
business manager to invest and reinvest school funds in an institution, which
serves the greatest advantage to the school district. UPON ROLL CALL VOTE: Aye – Wright, Muilenburg, Lagge, Nicole
Bamberg and
Nicole Bamberg moved to appoint the Superintendent as the Truancy Officer. Seconded by Lagge and carried.
School Closings
Motion by Lagge seconded Muilenburg to designate Superintendent DeGeest who will then use the line-of-authority to close school for emergency situations and inclement weather. Motion carried.
Kitchen/Gym Rental
Lagge moved seconded by Nicole Bamberg to leave the elementary and high school gym and high school kitchen area and commons rent the same as last school year. Carried.
Motion by Nicole Bamberg seconded by Lagge to leave the
student admission price at $3.00 and the
adult rate at $4.00 per person. Season passes for regular home activities will
remain at $10.00 per student and $20.00 per adult. Carried.
NOTE: The passes may be used in
Stickney for the co-oped sporting events only (football and boys basketball)
when played at the Stickney site – the Corsica ticket holder will need to show
the
Student Insurances
Motion by Wright to provide all students information on the Delta Dental and
Student Assurance Services and to approve the catastrophic insurances as recommended by the SDHSAA to those who participate in high school activities. Seconded by Muilenburg and carried.
Motion by Wright seconded by Lagge that the Corsica School District Policy and Procedure Manual and the ASBSD School Board Handbook serve as our guidelines and shall be employed by all school personnel as well as the Mid-Central Special Education Manual. Carried.
District Policies
Motion by Nicole
Bamberg seconded by Muilenburg to approve the district’s Non-Discrimination
Policy, School District Assurance Statements and the School Community Improvement
Plan and Council for school year 2009-2010.
Carried. Copies of these polices
may be found in the office at the high school or on the district web-site at www.corsica.k12.sd.us.
(Regular Meeting Minutes – July 13, 2009 – Page 3)
Consolidated Application/School Community Improvement
Council
The Consolidated
Application/School Community Improvement Council was discussed for information
purposes only. The Community Improvement
Council will have a meeting at 7:00 a.m. at the
Establish Mileage, Room and Meal Rates
Motion by Lagge
seconded by Wright to leave the lodging at single room rate and the mileage at
state rate and leave the meal allowance at $18.00 per day for 2009-2010 ($5.00
breakfast, $6.00 dinner and $7.00 supper).
Carried.
Student Handbook/Laptop Handbook
The Student and
Laptop Handbooks were presented and gone over.
There was some concern on the use of cell phones/texting by students and
staff during school hours and some concerns brought to board members about the
dress code section. The principal will
make the necessary changes regarding those two items to reflect in the
handbook. Motion by
Lagge seconded by Nicole Bamberg to approve both handbooks with the necessary
changes. Carried.
Public School Exemption Certificates
Motion by Wright seconded
by Muilenburg to approve exemption certificates C,D,E,F and G. Carried.
Special Education/Title I Aides
Superintendent DeGeest
reviewed the applicants with the board at the meeting and the hiring committee
will interview and make their recommendations to the entire board at the August
2009 meeting.
High School Parking Lot
Motion by Wright to
complete all three phases of the high school parking lot per the Rexwinkel
Concrete quote with the base of either 8” of $`139,520.00 or 12” of 150,235.00
with base amount to be left up to the discretion of Rexwinkel Concrete. Motion seconded by Muilenburg and carried.
Digital Recorder and Cameras
This item was tabled
to the August 2009 Board Meeting pending more information.
Others
Other items
discussed were that the co-oping sports decisions with
Adjourn
There being no
further business, at 10:41 p.m., motion by Lagge seconded by Nicole Bamberg to
adjourn. Carried. The next regular meeting will be held on
Monday, August 17, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Classroom A of the high school.
ATTEST: _________________________________________________________
Don Oakland – President of the Board of Education
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Merna Bye – Business Manager
(Regular Meeting
Minutes – July 13, 2009 – Page 4)