The Board of Education of
Hamilton County Community Unit District No. 10 met in regular session on the
evening of
The meeting
was called to order by Board President John Ewald. Roll Call was as follows: Present – Danny Anselment, Steve Becker,
Krystal Donelson, Randy Kirsch, Tom Maulding, Rodney Rubenacker and John Ewald.
Motion
by Donelson, second by Kirsch to approve the following items under the Consent
Agenda: The minutes from the
CORRESPONDENCE
– None.
VISITORS – Board President, Ewald
welcomed those in attendance.
SUPERINTENDENT’S
REPORT – Status
Mr. Mitchell
gave the Board the following information:
The IASB Constitution and Position Standards pamphlet and information on
being a presenter at the Joint Annual Conference.
Mr. Mitchell notified the Board that
the District may be refunded approximately $10,500 for monies that should have funded
to the District for Vocational Education and has not been for the past 5 years
from the Wabash Area Vocational System.
Mrs. Lee talked to the Board about a
Quality Counts Grant in the amount of $7,687 that the Preschool/Daycare Program
recently received.
Irene Biggerstaff, Board Secretary
gave an update on the
CURRICULUM –
Mrs. Lee updated the Board on various
activities that have or will take place throughout the District: Standardized testing scores will be sent home
to parents; the spelling bee will be held on January 22, 2007 in the library at
the high school; February 16, 2007 will be a half-day teacher in-service; the
Preschool had representatives from the Fire Department and State Farm Insurance
at the school to highlight fire safety; Preschool and Kindergarten staff
attended the Kaleidoscope Workshop in Mt. Vernon, IL on January 12, 2007;
Kindergarten registration will be at Dahlgren on February 26, 2007 and at the
East Side on February 27 and 28, 2007; and the Earth Day Project at Dolan Lake
will be April 19, 2007 with class groups to be determined at a later date.
OLD BUSINESS –
Mr. Mitchell reminded the
Board that Health/Life Safety bidding process has started and the notice has
been sent to the newspapers. The bid
opening will be
Gary Nelson, of Nelson
Electric and John Beam from Beam’s Alarm Service were present to discuss with
the Board their concern of allowing a general contractor to monopolize the
bidding process of the Health/Life Safety work and possibly not allow local
business to have a fair chance to bid on the projects.
Motion by Becker, second by Donelson to
approve an amendment to the Health Life Safety bid process by providing for an
alternate bid that seeks a general bid excluding the electrical and seek bids
for electrical on a building by building basis, as long as it is legally
possible. If not, then to seek a general
bid excluding the electrical and seek bids for all electrical as a separate
package. Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes –
Becker, Donelson, Anselment, Kirsch, Maulding, Rubenacker and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Kirsch to approve to
allow the Goshen Trail Baptist Association to use the high school gym on June
29, 2007 for a Christian Youth Concert, providing that the Association take
proper measures to provide proof of insurance coverage, pay any facility use
charges, pay for custodial overtime, and use the school’s floor cover at a $50
charge. Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes –
Anselment, Kirsch, Becker, Donelson, Maulding, Rubenacker and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Rubenacker to accept
the low firm bid quotes from Davis & Sons for Ultra Low Diesel #2, Unleaded
gasoline and Kerosene #1, for a contract period from
NEW BUSINESS-
Motion by Becker, second by Rubenacker to approve the
Summer League Audit Report for the 2004-2006 fiscal years. Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Maulding to enter
in to executive session at
Motion by Becker, second by Anselment to come out of
executive session at
Motion
by Donelson, second by Maulding to approve the minutes from executive
session. Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Kirsch to accept
the letter of resignation from Deborah Vaughan as the varsity girl’s volleyball
coach effective
Motion by Becker, second by Maulding to
accept the letter of resignation from Luanne Ward as a teacher aide effective
retroactive to
Motion by Rubenacker, second by Anselment to
accept the letter of resignation from Melissa Goin as Cafeteria
Supervisor/Summer League Treasurer/Unit Office Clerical-Administrative
Assistant effective
Motion by Becker, second by Anselment to employ
Danielle Lowery as a half-time cook assigned to the Jr./Sr. High School
effective
Motion by Kirsch, second by Maulding to employ
Robin Lowery as an Early Childhood Special Education teacher at the Pre-School,
pending proper teacher certification for the position, for the remainder of the
2006-2007 school year effective
Motion by Anselment, second by Donelson to re-assign Connie Lueke as
the high school guidance counselor in a 10 ˝ month position for the 2007-2008
school year. Roll Call Vote – Voting Yes
– Anselment, Donelson, Becker, Kirsch, Maulding, Rubenacker and Ewald. Motion carried.
Motion by Becker, second by Rubenacker to
authorize to advertise for a high school assistant track coach position for the
2006-2007 school year. Vote was taken by
voice and motion carried.
Motion by Kirsch, second by Maulding to authorize to
advertise for a high school assistant baseball coach position for the 2006-2007
school year. Vote was taken by voice and
motion carried.
Motion by Donelson, second by Anselment to authorize
to advertise for an individual teacher aide position for the remainder of the
2006-2007 school year. Vote was taken by
voice and motion carried.
Motion by Becker, second by Rubenacker to authorize
to advertise for a Cafeteria Supervisor/Summer League Treasurer/Unit Office
Clerical-Administrative Assistant for a 10 month position. Vote was taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Anselment, second by Kirsch to approve
release of the previous six months of executive session minutes for public
review and destroy executive session audio tapes older that 18 months old as
per School Code Regulations. Vote was
taken by voice and motion carried.
Motion by Donelson, second by Becker to
adjourn. Vote was taken by voice, motion
carried and the meeting adjourned at
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Board
President
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Board
Secretary