December 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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A. Call to Order
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A.1. Meeting is governed by the Nebraska Open Meetings Act as posted.
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A.2. The ESU 13 Board reserves the right to rearrange the order of the agenda.
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A.3. The ESU 13 Board reserves the right to convene an executive session in accordance with § 84-1410.
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B. Excuse Absent Board Member(s)
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C. Approval of Agenda
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C.1. Consent Action Items
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C.1.a. Minutes of meeting (November regular meeting and November Check Register)
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C.1.b. Treasurer’s Report
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C.1.c. Fund Balance
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C.1.d. Budget Report
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C.1.e. Claims for Disbursement
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C.1.f. Staff Hire - Certificated
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Sarah Cardona - Special Education Teacher
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D. Calendar:
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E. Public Forum:
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Time limit for each person is three (3) minutes; no response or action taken by the Board.
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F. Reports
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F.1. Strategic Priority 3 - B.J. Peters, Tom Peacock, Mary Brummage
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F.2. Ronda Kinsey - Board Member Candidate - Question and Answer Session
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F.3. AESA Annual Meeting - November 28th-December 1, Anaheim, CA (Coon, Marx, Jones, Richards, Sinner, Winchester)
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F.4. Head Start Director's Report, Policy Council, and Financial Reports for November
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F.5. Administrator's Report
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F.5.a. Records Retention and Disposition
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Pursuant to Schedule 24 for Local Agencies regarding record retention, item number 24-57 (Meeting Minutes and Materials) states that official minutes may NOT be destroyed. All of our minutes from 1965 to present are in paper form and have been uploaded to our Public Drive for safekeeping. After contacting the Nebraska Records Management Division, ESU 13 is able to transfer our public records to the State Archives in Lincoln. Plans are being made to transport the paper binders from 1965 to 2016 from our storage to the Lincoln History Nebraska site.
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F.5.b. Nebraska Cybersecurity Network for Education
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Andy Boell, NCNE Cybersecurity Director attended the ESU 13 Advisory Council meeting to share information with our member superintendents related to cybersecurity. They have also established a NCNE Technical Meeting for member ESU technology staff to meet and discuss cybersecurity. We are looking at applying for a second round of the SLCG funds which would include state-wide logging of cybersecurity issues.
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F.5.c. Emergency Operations Plan Review
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We received the summary of the assessment of our Emergency Operations Plan by the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center. Our plan included all the elements of a high-quality School Emergency Operations Plan as determined by the United States Department of Education.
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F.5.d. Administrator's Advisory Council
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We hosted our ESU 13 Administrative Advisory Council meeting on December 13, 2023 from our office at Chadron State College. 18 of our 21 member districts were represented. Topics included:
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F.5.e. Administrator's Professional Development
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F.5.f. Legislative Update
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F.6. Board Committee Reports
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F.7. Board Member Comments
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G. Business
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G.1. Appointment of Board Member
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Appointment and Oath of Office for Ronda Kinsey as ESU 13 Board member representing Election District 7.
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G.2. Board Policy Article 3, Section 5 (D) Capital Asset Management - Final Reading
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After review of Board Policy Article 3, Section 5 (D), the following amendment is recommended. The Policy Committee has reviewed this amendment:
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G.3. Board Policy Article 3, Section 5 (E) Inventory of ESU #13 Property - Final Reading
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After review of Board Policy Article 3, Section 5 (E) - Inventory of ESU #13 Property, the following amendment is recommended. The Policy Committee has reviewed this amendment:
ESU #13’s Administrative Department (
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G.4. ESU 13 Financial Audit for 2022-2023
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Dana F. Cole & Company has completed the audit of the financial statements ending August 31, 2023. The Finance Committee will meet with Kevin Spencer from the Company prior to the meeting to discuss the results.
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G.5. Executive Session for Administrator's Evaluation
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The Board will move into Executive Session for the purpose of the Administrator's evaluation.
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H. Adjournment
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