REGULAR MEETING                                    December 10, 2009                Board of Education

 

PRESENT                                                                              ABSENT

Susan Gelatt, President                                                          David P. Rowley

John E. Holdorf, Vice-President

Keith Carpenter

Laura Hawes

Timothy Johnson

Martha Winsor

Alicia M. Bowen

Mary Ellen Bates

Ed Telfer

 

Regular Meeting was called to order by Susan Gelatt at 7:02pm.

 

GUESTS/VISITORS  Nick Savin, Dean Utter, John O’Connor and Mike Clark were guests. 

 

PRESENTATIONS   Nick Savin and Dean Utter from BOCES presented to the Board of Education their agenda for the upcoming year.  A BOCES Strategic Plan is their goal for this year.  They will meet with every Board of Education of the Constituent Districts and will be encouraging/creating a BOCES-wide school board forum.

 

CORRESPONDENCE  

 

MINUTES    On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously

approved the minutes of the November 12, 2009 Board Meeting.  

 

BILL WARRANTS  The Board reviewed the Bill Warrants.

 

CLAIMS AUDITOR REPORT  The Board reviewed the Claims Auditor Report.

 

TREASURER’S      The Board reviewed the Treasurer’s Report for 11/30/09.  

REPORT

 

 

                                   

OLD BUSINESS:

 

EXCEL PROJECT  John O’Connor reported on the time frames for completion of the Gym Lobby Area.  Two Contractors (Putrelo and Ridley) will not be done by December 31, 2009. 

On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously approved the purchase of a new telephone system from Otsego Telephone.

 

VARSITY LETTER QUALIFICATIONS  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board unanimously reviewed and approved the proposal for varsity letter qualifications as presented by Mike Clark.  (Copy in Supplemental Minutes).

 

NEW BUSINESS:  

 

SUBSTITUTES  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board unanimously appointed Katrina Benson, Judy Bice, and Brenda Sloan as substitutes, pending fingerprint clearance. 

 

CROP STAFF  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously appointed Caitlynn Fallon as a CROP Peer Tutor and Emily Slentz as a Substitute CROP Activity Leader.

 

EARLY DISMISSAL  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board unanimously approved a dismissal at 1:00pm for an Emergency “Go Home” Drill on Wednesday, December 23, 2009.

 

2010-2011 SCHOOL BUDGET  Alicia Bowen discussed with the School Board the 2010-2011 School Budget.

 

SMART RESULTS  Mary Ellen Bates reviewed the progress of the Smart Results Leadership Team.

 

BOARD POLICY MANUAL REVIEW  The Board of Education  reviewed the first Section of the Board Policy Manual.

 

403b PLAN AMENDMENT  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously approved the 403b Plan Amendment.  (Copy in Supplemental Minutes).

 

BUS SURPLUS  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board unanimously declared bus #92 surplus and accepted the Don Brown Bus Sales offer of $3,200.

 

MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously approved a rate decrease to 50 cents per mile for business travel beginning on January 1, 2010.

 

SURPLUS  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously approved to declare one metal cabinet 6’9”h x 2”w x 2 ˝ ‘ deep (w/doors, shelves) and 20 miscellaneous chairs as surplus.

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

 

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT  Mrs. Winsor reported that she discussed AIS with the High School Faculty.  Observations of new staff are underway.  She also discussed that we have had 6 new students register and 3 move away this month.  The Middle School spelling bee was a success again this year.  Mrs. Winsor is still recognizing various staff at the monthly staff meetings.

 

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the

Board unanimously moved to executive session at 9:27pm. to discuss personnel issues.

 

On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdof, the Board adjourned executive

Session at 10:31pm.

 

CSE MINUTES  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board approved the CSE Minutes of  11/19/09 & 11/20/09.

 

NORRIS ARNOLD  On motion on Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board denied a request from Norris Arnold for unpaid leave for April 12-16, 2010.  Keith Carpenter abstained from voting.

 

ADJOURNMENT  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded byTimothy Johnson, the Board  

adjourned their meeting at 10:34pm.