January 8, 2015 at 5:30 PM - Board of Education Reorganization meeting

Motion to approve the reappointment of the above officers and advisors passed with a motion by Jessica Meeske and a second by Laura Schneider.

Motion to appoint Jeff Schneider, Director of Finance and Operations, as the District's officer for federal programs passed with a motion by Laura Schneider and a second by Brady Rhodes.

Motion to approve the above listed banks as depositories for Adams County School District #18 passed with a motion by Corey Stutte and a second by John Bonham.

Motion to approve the designation of "The Hastings Tribune" be designated as the District's official newspaper passed with a motion by Becky Sullivan and a second by Tracey Katzberg.

Motion to approve that under the authority of Section 77-2338, Reissue Revised Statutes, Nebraska, 1943, the County Treasurer of Adams County, Nebraska, is hereby ordered and directed by the Board of Education of Adams County School District No. 18, in the State of Nebraska, to invest any of the sinking funds, bonds, or otherwise of said District in, and to take up any warrant of said District when signed by the President and Secretary of the Board of Education of said District, the interest earned on such warrant to be credited to the sinking funds of the District from which the invested funds were drawn with this order and direction become effective the seventh (7th) day of January, 2015, and continuing in full force and effect and binding upon said Treasurer and only until the sixteenth (16th) day of January, 2016. passed with a motion by Laura Schneider and a second by John Bonham.

Motion to approve that under the authority of Section 72-202, 72-1246, 77-2341, 79-520, 79-1308.01, Reissued Revised Statutes, Nebraska, 1943, the President and the Secretary of the Board of Education of Adams County School District No. 18, in the State of Nebraska, are hereby authorized, ordered, and directed by said Board of Education whenever required in order to obtain monies for the General Fund of the District, and such monies cannot be obtained under authority of Section 77-2338, Reissue Revised Statutes, Nebraska, 1943, to borrow such money from other funds of the District, including without limitation, the Sites and Building Fund or the Construction Fund, or in other words, to invest such Sites and Building or Construction Funds in the notes, warrants, or other written evidences of indebtedness or obligations of the District, provided such written evidences of indebtedness are duly signed by the President and Secretary of said Board on behalf of the District and are permanently registered and recorded in a book used for that purpose by the Secretary, provided any such written evidence of indebtedness bears a reasonable rate of interest with the interest earned thereon to be credited to the fund from which the monies were drawn, and provided further the earnings available for debt service have, for a five-year period immediately preceding the date of purchase, averaged not less than two times such debt service requirements, with this authorization, order and direction becoming effective the seventh (7th) day of January, 2015, and continuing in full force and effect and binding upon said Board each succeeding day thereafter not indefinitely but only until the sixteenth (16th) day of January, 2016. passed with a motion by Tracey Katzberg and a second by Becky Sullivan.

Motion to adjourn meeting passed with a motion by Laura Schneider and a second by Brent Gollner.