February 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
Discussion:
Meeting called to order by Board of Education President Maahs at 7:01 p.m.
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2. Announcement of the Open Meetings Act Posting
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3. Consent Agenda
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Board member Steward offered a correction to the minutes for January 28th. Chairman Maahs requested that Mr. Hanger initiate the necessary clerical change. The Board reviewed claims by Cheever and mileage claims from staff.
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3.1. Approval of minutes of previous meetings
Discussion:
Official Board of Education minutes are available on the district web site at www.districtor1.org |
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3.2. Approval of Claims/Payment of Bills and Payroll
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3.3. Certificated/Classified Hire(s)/Reassignment(s)/Resignation(s)
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3.3.1. Presentation, Discussion and or Official action to accept Tracy Pella's voluntary resignation.
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3.4. Financial Report
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4. Public Comment
Discussion:
Craig Bolz offered comments regarding Junior High girls basketball, proposed student drug testing policy, school expenditures, valuations and parking lot expansion.
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5. Administrative Reports
Discussion:
Administrative reports are available in their entirety at: https://meeting.sparqdata.com/Public/Organization/174
Some of the topics covered in the reports include formula student cost groupings comparison, potential delays in state aid certification, conference wrestling, DeMoine Adams assembly and presentation, PT conferences, Bennet Caring Project and the Golden Apple award presented to Mrs. Gill Rose. |
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5.1. Superintendent's Report
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5.2. High School Principal
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5.3. Elementary Principal
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6. Discussion Items- Committee Reports
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6.1. Negotiations Committee Report
Discussion:
Brandon Desh reported information from the Negotiations Committee. Brandon thanked staff members for their service. Brandon offered a review of classified staff salaries and the array of conference principal salaries. Principal salary increases were proposed at 5% based on the low position in the comparative array and 3% for classified staff based on current COLA information. Brandon noted that Superintendent Hanger did not request or accept a pay increase based on his position in the array.
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6.2. Transportation and Building Committee meeting dates.
Discussion:
Committee members examined the possibility of Monday March 4th, 10:00 a.m. with the transportation committee meeting to follow.
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6.3. Legislative Forum report
Discussion:
Brandon offered information related to the NASB legislative forum. Over 700 bills were introduced and information was provided on the NASB web site. Brandon also referenced legislation related to citizenship assessments, tax reform and state aid.
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6.4. Susan Steward Request for legal name change
Discussion:
The Board chair requested that a notice of name change be forwarded to the Otoe County Clerk.
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7. Action Items
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7.1. Presentation, discussion and or official action to authorize the Superintendent to issue contract renewals to the certified staff.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
BOE members reviewed information pursuant to continuing contract law and statutory timelines.
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7.2. Presentation, discussion and or official action to approve Contract Terms for the Administrative staff.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
BOE members reviewed information from the administrative array. Board member Calfee expressed thanks for the job that the administrative team has done.
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7.3. Presentation, discussion and or official action to approve employment terms for the support staff.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
BOE members reviewed classified staff numbers and the proposed wage increase.
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7.4. Presentation, discussion and or official action with regard to the Olson Foundation Project for the construction of certain improvements on property of the School District and Village for athletic and recreational facilities to benefit the Palmyra, Nebraska Community (Project) to approve the Applications for Payment and billing statements related to the Project, including, but not limited to the cost of the legal services, architectural design and planning, and site preparation costs.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Firm Amount Clark Enersen $35,484.13 Benesch $4,510.00 Perry Law Firm $375.00 BOE members reviewed the claims as presented and the amount set aside in contingency.
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8. Closed Session
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9. Board of Education Development
Discussion:
The Board chair led a review of the policies as presented. BOE members had the opportunity to seek clarification on policy matters as discussed.
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9.1. Policy Review:
February: 5403, 5422, 6212, 4133, 3131 Upcoming policy review schedule: March: 3570, 4003, 5101, 5401, 9320 April: 5402, 5406, 5418, 6410, 3410ZB May: 8231, 6213, 1102, 3580, 9320 |
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9.2. Policy Review Board of Education Code of Ethics 8272.
Discussion:
BOE members reviewed elements of the code of ethics.
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10. Topics for Next Month’s Agenda
Discussion:
Certified Staff Contract/Renewals, NRCSA Conference, Transportation Review, Building Committee, Policy Review, Palmyra south property
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11. Adjournment
Discussion:
The meeting was duly adjourned at 8:46 p.m. February 11, 2019.
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