REGULAR MEETING                                    March 11, 2010                       Board of Education

 

PRESENT                                                                              ABSENT

Susan Gelatt, President                                                         

John E. Holdorf, Vice-President

Keith Carpenter

Laura Hawes

Timothy Johnson

David P. Rowley

Martha Winsor

Alicia M. Bowen

Mary Ellen Bates

Ed Telfer

 

BOCES presentation of the 2010-2011 Administrative Budget began at 6:30pm in the Distance Learning Room.

 

The Regular Board of Education Meeting was called to order by Susan Gelatt at 7:03pm in Room 102.

 

GUESTS/VISITORS  John O’Connor and Cheryn Payne were guests. 

 

PRESENTATIONS   The Board presented John O’Connor with a Certificate of Appreciation for his work as our Capital Project Representative.

 

CORRESPONDENCE  There was no correspondence.

 

MINUTES    On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Timothy Johnson, the Board unanimously

approved the minutes of the February 11, 2010 Board Meeting.  

 

BILL WARRANTS  The Board reviewed the Bill Warrants.

 

TREASURER’S      The Board reviewed the Treasurer’s Report for 2/28/10.  

REPORT

 

CLAIMS AUDITOR REPORT  The Board reviewed the Claims Auditor Report.

 

                                   

OLD BUSINESS:

 

EXCEL PROJECT  John O’Connor reported that the electrical contractor is still finishing contract items, as well as the general contractor.  The mechanical and plumbing contractors are nearly done with all the punch list items.

 

SMART RESULTS  Interventions were discussed during the last call with Les Loomis.  He will be here for a site visit on March 26th.

 

AUDIT COMMITTEE  The Audit Committee met 3/10/10 with D’Arcangelo to discuss the Draft Report.  A formal report will be available within the next month.

 

 

 

2010-2011 BUDGET   Mr. Rowley and Mrs. Bowen shared budget run #7, which reflects fuel oil/diesel bid adjustments.  If no budget in New York State is passed by the April meeting, we will have to amend the budget to reflect the Governor’s proposal on State Aid without any restoration.

 

 

NEW BUSINESS:  

 

BILL GASTON  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously appointed Bill Gaston as Assistant Golf Coach for the 2010 season.

 

TRACK  On motion of John Holdorf, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously appointed Gloria Smith as Varsity Track Coach for the 2010 season at a stipend of $2,100, David Slater as Assistant Track Coach for the 2010 season at a stipend of $2,000, and Deborah Conboy as Assistant Track Coach for the 2010 season at a stipend of $900.

 

TEXTBOOK SURPLUS  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board unanimously declared 91 copies of Global History and 43 copies of American Civics as surplus textbooks to donate to Milford Academy.

 

2010-11 BOCES WIDE CALENDAR  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously approved the 2010-11 BOCES wide calendar.  (see copy in Supplemental Minutes #6)

 

PATHFINDER VILLAGE   On motion Laura Hawes, seconded by Keith Carpenter, the Board unanimously approved a request from Pathfinder Village to use a school bus on Monday, March 29th for a day trip.

 

AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS  On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Laura Hawes, the Board unanimously re-appointed Susan Gelatt and Caprice Eckert as Audit Committee Members retroactively to December 2009 for a 2-year term.

 

LLOYD’S SEPTIC  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board awarded the portable toilet bid to Lloyd’s Septic for the Spring Sports Season.

 

BURLINGTON FLATS BAPTIST CHURCH AWANA  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board unanimously approved a request from the Burlington Flats Baptist Church Awana Program to use a school bus on Saturday, March 27th for a trip to Morrisville State College.

 

COOPERATIVE BIDDING   On motion of Keith Carpenter, seconded by Timothy Johnson

the Board unanimously approved a resolution to participate in the cooperative bidding for bread and bread products with GST BOCES for the 2010-11 school year.

 

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

 

PRINCIPAL’S REPORT  Mrs. Winsor reported that the evening SAT English Review Class is ready to start.  She also reported that observations are continuing.  Retention discussions in grades K-4 are beginning.  Next year we will have a young man come as our Exchange Student from Denmark.  The Spanish trip will be March 19th.

 

SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT  Mr. Rowley reported that the BOCES Annual Meeting will be April 6th in Grand Gorge.  He also reported that the digital radio project will move forward.  The town needs to meet with the school to formalize a property use agreement for the new location of the pool. The Edmeston Summer Program/Town Recreation program proposals were submitted to the school and the Town of Edmeston to review.

 

 

 

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded byLaura Hawes, the

Board unanimously moved to executive session at 9:01pm. to discuss personnel issues.

 

On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by Timothy Johnson the Board adjourned executive

Session at 10:10pm.

 

CSE & CPSE MINUTES  On motion of Laura Hawes, seconded by John Holdorf, the Board approved the CSE Minutes of  2/23/10 & 3/3/10 and the CPSE Minutes of 2/23/10.

 

ADJOURNMENT  On motion of Timothy Johnson, seconded byLaura Hawes, the Board  

adjourned their meeting at 10:12pm.