July 5, 2017 School Board Meeting Minutes
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR WAYNE SCHOOL DISTRICT HELD AT WAYNE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY JULY 5, 2017 AT 6:00 PM.
THOSE PRESENT:
Cory Anderson – President
Curtis Whipple – Vice President
April Torgerson – Member
Jeffery Chappell – Member
Shawn Davis – Member
John Fahey – Superintendent
Heather Okerlund – Business Administrator
Conducting: Cory Anderson
ADMINISTRATION
Cory Anderson called the meeting to order. He announced we would begin with the Pledge of Allegiance followed by a reverence from Superintendent John Fahey.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES: Curtis Whipple made a motion to accept the minutes for last month. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Heather Okerlund answered questions about the accounts payable.
Curtis Whipple made a motion to accept the accounts payable. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Heather Okerlund mentioned we would skip the financial review for this month since year end just finished and we will review it next month.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
None
INFORMATION ITEMS
Softball – Jeremy Burningham/Kerry Stevens: Cory Anderson said he spoke with Jeremy Burningham and they want to postpone until next month.
Superintendents report: Board and Superintendent evaluation meeting will be August 15th from 9 to 1. The board discussed options for having board meeting on the same date. Superintendent John Fahey reminded the board about the Leadership Academy hosted by USBA on Sept 14th through 16th in Park City. Everyone was planning on attending. Opening Institute is August 21st and Brad Barton will be our keynote speaker. Superintendent John Fahey also gave an update about ACT Aspire and said that the plan is to go back to Sage this year and then plan on another option the following year. Superintendent John Fahey also reported on the juvenile justice bills and how it may work for the school district. Mary Bray commented that although it’s a concern it’s not a big deal for us since we’re only talking about 2 or 3 kids. Superintendent John Fahey also provided the data security procedures, and the plan is to get short 10 minute presentations each month to everyone including the board.
2017-2018 Goals: Superintendent John Fahey went through the goals for next year. He said the two biggest are increasing achievement and building a better special education program. Superintendent John Fahey said he’s been working with Amy at SPEDCO and she’s given him some pricing options for services. Superintendent John Fahey also went over the Our Schools Now initiative.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Resolution for the Voted local levy: Heather described the amounts and final draft of the resolution. Curtis Whipple made motion to approve the resolution directing submission to the voters in the 2017 municipal general election the question of authorizing a proposed voted levy at an annual rate of .001380 per dollar of taxable value. Jeffery Chappell seconded. All in favor. The board also approved printing a draft of some informational cards with minor changes.
Fee schedules for FY18: Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the WMS and WHS fee schedules with the EMT class fee at $30 and the additional optional testing fees at their actual costs. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Summer projects and bid approvals: Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve the cabling Telesolutions bid for $9,458.50 and phone system CxTec for $19,703. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor. Heather Okerlund provided an update on summer projects and requested some additional funds. Curtis Whipple made a motion to approve an extra $2,000 for carpet and extra $495 for hopscotch templates. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
Policies: Third Reading: Wayne School District EAP. Jeffery Chappell made a motion to approve the Wayne School District EAP. April Torgerson seconded. All in favor.
Approve new employees: April Torgerson made a motion to approve Brice Mitchell as head football coach. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
Approve employee separations: April Torgerson made a motion to approve the employee separations. Curtis Whipple seconded. All in favor.
BOARD MEMBER ITEMS
Shawn Davis: Asked if it was possible to put notice of a town celebration on the marque at the high school. Mary Bray said if he would get the information to her she would get it taken care of.
April Torgerson: Said she was talking to Ned and found out that when the district buses kids to camps and tournaments the district pays for the gas but when we send a district car it is paid for by the sport, club or activity. Heather Okerlund said it just hasn’t come up before, but the concern makes sense, we’ll start charging the gas to the district instead of clubs.
Jeffery Chappell: Said Jeff Pace asked him about when the district would start paying for transportation for football. Jeff said he understood the costs and budgetary concerns, but they’re still our kids. He’s not proposing that we make a change this year, but as we are looking at things if there are some we can do to help we should. April said she thought we probably need to re-look at the contract again.
Curtis Whipple: Provided an update on the equalization workgroup and said that they are proposing placing a cap on higher education out of the education fund. They are also working on getting the legislature to fully fund transportation. There is also a big push to get the lower cap on the board levy removed. The delegate assembly meets in August – Shawn Davis was the one voted in for our district. The meeting is August 12th.
Cory Anderson: Asked about a calculator on the website for the voted levy tax increase – Heather Okerlund said we’ll make sure to get it back up on the website. Cory Anderson also said there was a Superintendent in Georgia that was doing a coin of distinction. He thought it might be fun to do a coin of character. Maybe choose someone and recognize the kids and have them come to board meeting to be recognized. Cory Anderson also said he’s had some questions about clubs and sports and how money is collected so the board discussed it.
Curtis Whipple made a motion at 8:14 pm to go into closed session for the purpose permitted by Utah Code Annotated Section 52-4-205(1)(a). Shawn Davis seconded.
Roll Call:
Shawn Davis – Yes
April Torgerson – Yes
Jeffery Chappell – Yes
Curtis Whipple – Yes
Cory Anderson – Yes
Cory Anderson declared us back into open meeting at 8:46 pm.
April Torgerson made a motion to adjourn. Shawn Davis seconded. All in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 8:46 pm.
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