July 13, 2020 at 8:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting
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1. Declaration of Intend – Open Meetings Act
Discussion:
The regular July meeting of the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller School District Board of Education was held on Monday, July 13, 2020, at 8:00 P.M.
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2. Call to Order
Discussion:
Notice of the meeting was posted on July 6, 2020 in the Villages of Sumner, Eddyville and Miller and posted to the SEM Activities Calendar, Facebook page, for the board meeting to be held on July 13, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the published notice. All proceedings hereafter as shown were taken while the convened meeting was open to the attendance of the public. This meeting conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 84, Article 14 posted in the School Library. School Board President Williams opened the meeting at 8:00 pm
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2.1. Pledge of Allegiance
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2.2. Roll Call of Members
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2.3. Approval of Agenda
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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3. Recognition of Visitors/Public Forum
Discussion:
Visitors: Brock Elsen, Lois McKenzie, Deb Jones, Kris Shoemaker
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4. Consent Agenda
Rationale:
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Attachments:
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4.1. Approval of Minutes
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4.2. Approval of the Monthly bills, Claims and Payroll
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4.3. Approval of Treasurer’s Report and Budget Report.
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5. Administrative Report
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5.1. Principal's Report
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5.2. Superintendent's Report
Rationale:
My superintendent's report will be covered during the discussion period when we discuss the 2020-2021 budget and tax askings, and the 2020 NDE Launch Nebraska Program for the reopening of schools.
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6. Business Items
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6.1. Resolution on General Obligation Refunding
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
Discussion:
Board members and Mr. Finkey spoke to other financial organizations and banks, and they could not find a better deal. This process will save the district $194,078.34 over the life of the bonds.
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6.2. Consideration of removal of all dead trees from the North end of the football fieild.
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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7. Discussion Items
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7.1. Discussions on general budget and priorities
Discussion:
Mr. Finkey asked for guidance from the board on where to go with budget for the future. The district has used approximately $500,000 in cash reserve this past year.
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7.2. Discussion on Launch Nebraska and reopening of school.
Discussion:
Mr. Finkey spoke about the Guidance from Two Rivers. There are still a lot of questions and concerns that we do not have all of the answers for yet.
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8. Adjourn
Action(s):
No Action(s) have been added to this Agenda Item.
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