August 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM - QCPUF Amendment Hearing/Regular Meeting

Discussion:  No one from the public was present to address the board.

Discussion:  Mr. Furrow explained the need for a budget amendment to the board.  This was a result of closing out the QCPUF fund at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Discussion:  All board members were in attendance.

Discussion:  4 County Heating & Air, 930.00; ALICAP, 71,499.00; Amazon Capital Services, 218.65; Amazon Captial Services, 2342.76; Amazon Capital Services, 161.53; Apple, 987.00; AT&T, 107.80; C Callahan, 210.00; Callaway True Value, 2641.64; Country Partners Cooperative, 543.74; Engineered Controls, 1458.00; ESU 10, 243.75; ESU Coordinating Council, 311.61; ExploreLearning, 940.00; Great Plains Comm, 532.98; Instrumentalist Awards LLC, 53.50; JW Pepper, 103.78; Level Data, 180.00; McGraw-Hill Education, 251.36; Melchior Contracting, 3225.00; Menards, 69.98; Mills Hardware, 47.96; Nebraska Safety Center, 450.00; One Source the Background Check Company, 19.00; Pretty Darn Kwik Service, 2240.00; PlanbookEdu LLC, 162.00; Praire View Roofing, 3600.00; Quill, 608.95; Randland Ford, 1671.80; Renaissance Learning, 1366.00; Schoolmate, 276.40; L Svenson, 117.47; Syndicate Publishing, 316.84; Team Physical Therapy, 905.06; University of Nebraska Lincoln, 1750.00; US Bank, 389.95; US Bank, 6054.02; USI, 263.11; Verizon Wireless, 84.76; Village of Callaway, 11,363.51; Wenquist, 591.94; Zeptive Inc, 12,239.00; Bill Total: 132,529.85. Fixed Payroll: 96,964.13; Total Payroll: 308,532.61. 

Discussion:  There were no members of the public wishing to address the board.

Discussion:  Mr. Birkel and Mrs. Jesseph informed the board of July's activities at the school.  Mr. Birkel discussed some activity scheduling with the board.  Mrs. Jesseph shared professional development that had been attended by staff.  There was also a letter from Mrs. Wendy Dockweiler celebrating the successes of our summer reading program. 

Discussion:  The next regular board meeting was set for Tuesday, September 9th, due to an activity conflict on the 8th.
Mr. Furrow also reminded the board of the special meeting August 27th.

Discussion:  The board set the special budget hearing for September 9th at 7:45 p.m. 

Discussion:  This meeting is set for the board to consider raising the tax asking an additional 7% for the upcoming school year.

Discussion:  Mr. Furrow and Mr. Birkel updated the board on activity sponsor positions. Mr. Furrow also shared new gate prices for games, the AD contracted pay for the upcoming school year and the 25-26 interlocal agreements and handbooks for our coop activities.
 

Discussion:  After meeting with our bank representatives, Mr. Furrow and Mrs. Tiana Lisby shared information about our CDAR investments.  The maturity of our first CDAR will be next month.  The board discussed options of reinvesting the money or returning the money to the general fund to cover operating expenses.  

Discussion:  Mr. Furrow shared with the board that he and Mrs. MaKayla Doggett had a meeting with a representative of SYSCO food distributors. Mrs. Doggett is going to compare prices and determine if our kitchen could save significantly by switching our distributors for the upcoming school year.

Discussion:  This policy was changed to include language from our policy writers at NASB that resulted from recent legislative action and also to add wording that would make our handbook and our policy align. Discussion was had that this added language that is currently in the handbook was intentionally changed in policy.  There was also discussion about the need for dress and grooming guidelines.  

Discussion:  Mr. Furrow led discussion about the new cell phone policy that is a result of recent legislative action.  Many scenarios were considered.  It was also discussed that while the policy dealt specifically with student cell phone usage that there was a need for good modeling from staff members.  

Discussion:  The changes in this action item were specifically implemented to make our handbook and policy manual align in regards to the new cell phone policy on tonight's action items.

Discussion:  This action item gave the AD position a 3% raise overall.  Callaway will pay 2/3 of the contract and Arnold will pay 1/3.

Discussion:  This agreement allows the school usage rights for the community center throughout the school year.

Discussion:  The policy was amended to reflect that our teachers have a 182 day contract.  This adjusts the formula used to figure compensation for a teacher who rights curriculum for their classes.

Discussion:  These policies were considered separately.  Policy 504.06 - changes were not approved (3-3), Policy 504.12 - changes were approved

Discussion:  It was decided to hold this transfer until we received our first state reimbursement for the property tax credit.

Discussion:  The purpose of this transfer is to start the fiscal year with no negative account balances in the Activities Fund.
 

Discussion:  Both Arnold and Callaway schools transfer this amount to cover the expenses of our cooperative activities for the upcoming school year.

Discussion:  This transfer is to provide the Nutrition Fund with adequate resources to operate for the start of the school year.

Discussion:  The board will plan to attend the NASB event in North Platte Septement 3rd.