Minutes of Regular Meeting Board of Education School District 21-0025 Custer County Nebraska January 19, 2009 The regular meeting of the Board of Education was opened at 5:30 PM by Vice-President Kevin Cooksley. Present were Kevin Cooksley, Don Davis, John Evans, Ken Myers, Tracy Popp, and Michelle Zlomke. Also present were Ken Kujath, Kim Jonas, Ryan Hogue, and Dr. Timothy B. Shafer. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited by all present. Mr. Cooksley announced the posting and location of the Open Meetings Act. John Evans and Ken Myers were sworn in by Dr. Shafer. VERIFICATION OF PUBLICATION AND NOTIFICATION Motion by Popp, second by Davis to verify that notice of the meeting was given by publication in the Custer County Chief, a legal newspaper for Custer County, and by written notice to each member of the board, the designated method of giving notice. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp, Zlomke. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. ELECTION OF BOARD PRESIDENT Don Davis nominated Kevin Cooksley for Board President. Motion by Zlomke, second by Popp for nominations to cease and for an unanimous ballot for Mr. Cooksley for President. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp, Zlomke. Voting Nay: None. Abstain: Cooksley. Motion carried. Kevin Cooksley is elected Board President for 2009. ELECTION OF BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT Tracy Popp nominated Michelle Zlomke for Board Vice-President. Motion by Davis, second by Popp for nominations to cease and for an unanimous ballot for Mrs. Zlomke for Vice-President. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Cooskely, Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp. Voting Nay: None. Abstain: Zlomke. Motion carried. Michelle Zlomke is elected Board Vice-President for 2009. ELECTION OF BOARD TREASURER Michelle Zlomke nominated Tracy Popp for Treasurer. Motion by Zlomke, second by Myers for nominations to cease and for an unanimous ballot for Mrs. Popp for Treasurer. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers, Zlomke. Voting Nay: None. Abstain: Popp. Motion carried. Tracy Popp is elected Board Treasurer for 2009. APPOINT BOARD SECRETARY Motion by Davis, second by Popp to appoint Alberta Crawley as Board Secretary for 2009. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. CONSOLIDATED MOTION Motion by Davis, second by Popp to approve the minutes of the December 15th regular meeting, approve the treasurer’s report, and approve payment of January claims. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Evans, Myers, Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENTS None at this time. BOARD PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS Mr. Cooksley thanked the board for their confidence in electing him as Board President. TEAM REPORTS Facilities – Item on agenda. The board toured the facilities during their board retreat. Finance – Right on track at this time of the year. Interagency – A GNSA meeting is this week and the Legislative Issues Conference is next week. Mr. Cooksley will keep the board briefed on legislative matters. People – Item on agenda. Policy – None at this time. PACT – Met with Mrs. Jonas and Mr. Kujath. Items discussed were an ELL Program, RTI staffing, and a possible pilot program for the One-to-One Computing Program. Stakeholders – The last meeting was cancelled because of the weather. When the new team is formed a meeting will be scheduled. Conference Reports – Mr. Myers reported on a Board Leadership Conference he attended. PTA – Heidi VanLaningham was present to report on PTA activities. A grant was obtained to help purchase a sound system for the Middle School. PTA is looking into a teammates program or something similar. A business questionnaire is being created. Other fundraisers are being planned. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS Mr. Kujath – Drew Schendt will be attending the Presidential Inauguration and arrangements have been made for the MS/HS to watch this event. Mr. Kujath will be meeting with each class to review transcripts. The dodgeball tournament will be held in March this year. Mr. Kujath is conducting staff training with the math teachers in preparation of choosing a math curriculum this year. APL staff training is being planned for the next couple of years. Mr. Hogue – Provided a handout highlighting all current activities and upcoming activities being hosted at BBPS. Mr. Hogue gave an update on the Light Renovation Project. Dr. Shafer presented his 9th Annual State of the District Address and reviewed the 10th Annual District Report Card. Dr. Shafer also recognized our board in celebration of National School Board Recognition Week. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS LUNCH ACCOUNT POLICY Motion by Popp, second by Davis to approve the 2nd reading of the Lunch Account Policy. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Myers, Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis, Evans. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. TEACHER RESIGNATION Motion by Davis, second by Zlomke to accept the resignation from J. R. Appleton. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried.
TEACHER RESIGNATION Motion by Davis, second by Popp to accept the resignation from Peggy Bartholomew. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. TEACHER RESIGNATION Motion by Davis, second by Myers to accept the resignation from Trisha Paul. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp, Zlomke. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFING UPDATE Dr. Shafer reported that this remains a concern and when new teams are formed this needs to be addressed. WORK TEAM ASSIGNMENTS Mr. Cooksley asked board members to turn in a list of teams they would be interested in serving on and assignments will be created. MARK RUSSELL COMPLEX LIGHTING The Facilities Team met with Mr. Hogue and Joe Shea to discuss the lighting project. Funds raised are nearing $55,000 and specs have been obtained to begin the bid process. Mr. Hogue and Mr. Shea will be attending a City Council meeting to ask for some coordination with the city. Money could be saved if the installation is done when the city will be installing their ball field complex lighting. Motion by Zlomke, second by Davis to commit $30,000 to the lighting project with $15,000 coming from the building fund and $15,000 from the Custer County Foundation undesignated fund. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Davis, Evans, Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley. Voting Nay: Myers. Motion carried. ESL POSITION Dr. Shafer informed the board that a family has moved into our district that does not speak English. We are required to provide an ESL program for this family and have a temporary fix for the remainder of the year and are working with ESU 10 for recommendations. ESL funding is available but the time has passed to apply for 2009-10. Application can be made for 2010-11 in October. SET FEBRUARY MEETING The February board meeting will be held on the 16th at 7:30 PM. CLOSED SESSION Motion by Davis, second by Popp to adjourn to Closed Session for Personnel at 7:35 PM. Mr. Cooksley stated the only personnel issue to be discussed will be administrative contracts. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Evans, Myers, Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. The board reconvened into open and public session at 8:00 PM. Mr. Cooksley stated the only topic of discussion was administrative contracts.
Motion by Davis, second by Popp to extend the contract for Mr. Kujath for one year with salary and benefits to be determined at a later date. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Myers, Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis, Evans. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. Motion by Popp, second by Myers to extend the contract for Mrs. Jonas for one year with salary and benefits to be determined at a later date. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Popp, Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. Motion by Davis, second by Popp to extend the contract for Mr. Hogue for one year with salary and benefits to be determined at a later date. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Zlomke, Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried. Mr. Cooksley charged the People Team with providing recommendations on administrative salaries and a timeline for this to be completed. ADJOURN Motion by Popp, second by Davis to adjourn at 8:06 PM. Roll call vote: Voting Aye: Cooksley, Davis, Evans, Myers, Popp, Zlomke. Voting Nay: None. Motion carried.
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