BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES

REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

 

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Example: October’s minutes become available after approval at the November meeting

  1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order by Linda Backos at 6:00 pm.

 

  1. ROLL CALL: Board Members present: Linda Backos, Skip Sittig, Cheryl Wignes, John Maynard, Mark Gualandri, and Janet Meyer. Board member Marc Fogarty arrived to the meeting at 6:04 pm.

 

  1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: A motion was made to approve the previous month’s board minutes by Cheryl Wignes, and John Maynard seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

  1. VISITORS: Jim Carlson, Mike Ruff, Mike Vezetti, Pam Stack, Lois Dunn, Bette Meyer, Niki Hallowell, Patti Gualandri, Chris Morris, and Christa Fogarty.
    1. Chris Hansen was presented with the Student of the Month award.
    2. Mike Vezetti: Reported the status of Rutland School’s trust account.  He assured the Board that Rutland School is in full compliance with Illinois policies for school finances.  Overall he shared the summary of the districts financial standings with Union Bank, now Centrue Bank. 
    3. Christa Fogarty: Christa represented a group of parents concerned about the cafeteria.  She shared a list of their concerns.  That list outlined the following topics: recycling food, food quality, food quantity, kitchen cleanliness, the dating of food in storage for proper order of usage, and overall preparedness of kitchen manager. Other audience members that spoke concerning the issue were: Patti Gualandri, Chris Morris, Niki Hallowell, and Lois Dunn. 

 

  1. TREASURER’S REPORT: John Maynard made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report. Janet Meyer seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

  1. PAYMENT OF THE BILLS: The bill list was reviewed.  Janet Meyer made a motion to approve the bill list as presented.  John Maynard seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.  Voice roll call resulted in: aye: Backos, Sittig, Wignes, Maynard, Gualandri, Fogarty, and Meyer; nays: none

 

  1. CORRESPONDENCE: A thank-you note was presented from Mrs. Sherry Stevenson in regards to the death of her father-in-law.  Mr. Jim Carlson also thanked the Board for their kindness during the loss of his grandfather. 

 

  1. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS:

Superintendent:

a.       Exxon Mobile grant

b.       Board elections

c.       Technology plan

d.       Levy hearing and next meeting date (12/14/06)

e.       Volunteer program

f.        Cafeteria progress report

g.       Other

Principal:

a.       Conferences

b.       Christmas program

c.       TeacherEase

d.       Sports

e.       Honor roll

f.        Other

 

  1. OLD BUSINESS: None

 

  1. NEW BUSINESS:

a.       Presentation of tentative levy: The Board directed Superintendent Carlson to levy based upon a 10% increase in EAV.  A levy hearing has been set for December 14th, 2006 at 5:45 pm. 

b.       Appointment of new treasurer: Cheryl Wignes made the motion to appoint Bette Meyer as the treasurer for another term.  Janet Meyer seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.  Voice roll call resulted in: aye: Backos, Sittig, Wignes, Maynard, Gualandri, Fogarty, and Meyer; nays: none

c.       Tutoring program: Janet Meyer made the motion to implement an after school tutoring program for one hour on Mondays and Thursdays after school at the rate of $25.00 per hour.  John Maynard seconded the motion.  The motion carried unanimously.  Voice roll call resulted in: aye: Backos, Sittig, Wignes, Maynard, Gualandri, Fogarty, and Meyer; nays: none

d.       Tree removal: Mr. Ainsley was granted permission by the board to remove dead trees and other unwanted growth from our school property at his own risk.

 

  1. EXECUTIVE SESSION: The appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees.

Cheryl Wignes made the motion to enter into executive session at 7:27 pm.  Janet Meyer seconded the motion.

Cheryl Wignes made the motion to leave executive session at 8:45 pm. seconded by John Maynard.

 

  1. ADJOURN: The motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 8:48 p.m. by Marc Fogarty, seconded by Mark Gualandri.  The motion carried unanimously.

 

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Linda Backos, President                                                      Cheryl Wignes, Secretary