MIAMI EAST LOCAL SCHOOLS
BOARD BITS
Review of
Regular Board Meeting
Rusty
Miller, board president, called the regular meeting to order at
Roll
Call was taken with board members Brad Burton, Rusty Miller, Lucy Taylor, and
Harold Brumfield in attendance.
Also
in attendance were: Suzie Weber, staff member; and Melanie Yingst,
Troy Daily Newspaper.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments heard.
TREASURER’S REPORT:
A.
Approval of the
minutes of the
meeting, as
presented by the treasurer.
B.
Approval
of the financial statements for November, 2008.
C. Approval of “A Resolution Declaring The Intention To Proceed Under The
Alternative Tax Document Format Provided Under
Section 5705.281
Of
The
Budget
For The Fiscal Year 2010, And Authorizing And Directing The Chief
Fiscal
Officer Of The
And
To Submit To The Miami County Budget Commission Such Information
And Documents As Are Necessary Incident To Said Process And
Submission,
And
To Take Such Other Actions As May Be Reasonably Necessary Incident
Thereto”,
as prepared by legal counsel for the Miami County Budget
Commission.
D. Approval
of a “Resolution Authorizing Issuance of $ 6,575,000 of
Bond
Anticipation Notes After Submission to Electors”, as
prepared by Peck,
Shaffer
& Williams LLP, the district’s bond counsel.
E. Approval
to establish the following funds in relation to the new
high school building project, under CFAP (Classroom
Facilities Assistance
Program)
guidelines: Fund 002-9008, Bond Retirement-H.S.; Fund 004-9008,
Building
Fund-H.S.; Fund 010-9008, Classroom Facilities-District Share-H.S.
Project;
Fund 010-9018, Classroom Facilities-OSFC Share-H.S. Project; and Fund 034-9008,
Classroom Facilities Maintenance.
F. Approval
to appoint Rusty Miller, as president pro temp,
for
the re-organizational meeting, to be held at the Miami East
Jr.High/Elementary
School on
Alternative
Budget Document will be reviewed at this meeting.
G. Approval
of the annual 2009 membership dues, annual “Briefcase”
Subscription and subscription to “School Management News”.
OTHER:
- Mr.
Sommer informed the Board that he would be sharing the FY
2010 Alternative Budget Document during
the upcoming January
meeting.
- This
month’s edition of the “School Finance” Newsletter was shared
and discussed during the meeting.
-
Mr. Sommer shared the Audit Status with members of the Board.
An exit Audit
meeting will be scheduled after the
SUPERINTENDENT’S
REPORT:
NEW BUSINESS:
A.
EMPLOYMENT ITEMS:
1. Approval
of sub teachers who have been approved by the
on an as
needed basis for the 2008-09 school year.
The board approved
rate of pay has been
set at $75.00 per day through 10th consecutive
days and $83.00 per
day from 11th day through 60 days in the same position,
then placed on beginning salary schedule.
2.
Recommend
approval of Steve Mason’s request for unpaid leave on
3. Recommend approval of an additional
classified sub for the 2008-09 school
year, on an as needed basis as follows for the
following classification:
Scott Cromes
– Bus Driver
B. OUT-OF-STATE
TRIP APPROVAL:
Approval of the following
out-of-state trip for
1)
AAE National Convention,
OTHER INFORMATIONAL/DISCUSSION ITEMS:
- Mr. Rappold shared this month’s edition
of The Board – “What are Your
Aspirations?”
- The
BOE was updated
on the progress of the Ohio Schools Facilities
Commission
(OSFC) High School construction project.
The CORE
construction
team met last week to begin creating a construction calendar
and
schedule. The architects have scheduled
a meeting with the staff at
the
high school following the
Program
of Requirements (POR). Following this
initial meeting the
architects
will meet with smaller groups of staff members to refine the
POR
for each of the areas in the new building. The expected completion
date
for the POR is
-
Update
of the varsity baseball/softball field project.
Board members
were
given an update on the baseball/softball field project. These fields
will
be relocated to create available space for the new high school
building. The first step will be to have the area
surveyed along with an
updated
topographical layout.
-
Update
of the Science Land Lab project. Board
members
were
given an update on the Science Land Lab project. Grants are being
sought
to help begin the Land Lab. In addition,
volunteers will soon be
sought
to be a part of a committee to assist with the design of land lab.
-
Mr Rappold shared the E-Tech Educational Technology Plan
for the
2009-2012
school year(s). This was shared as an
informational item
only. Mr. Rappold informed the BOE that the plan
would be included on
the
January BOE for approval.
-
Mr.
Rappold shared the December edition of the MEEA
Newsletter.
BOARD MEMBERS’ COMMENTS:
- General Discussion(s)
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting adjourned at
NEXT MEETING (Re-Organizational)