July 21, 2014

OFFICIAL MINUTES

BRIMLEY BOARD OF EDUCATION

 MONDAY, JULY 21, 2014

HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA

REGULAR MEETING  7:00 P.M.

This meeting is a meeting of the Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the School District’s business and is not to be considered a public community meeting.  There is a time for public participation during the meeting as indicated in the agenda or at the discretion of the presiding officer.

A.  CALL MEETING TO ORDER  

B  ROLL CALL  I. BOARD          II. STAFF   3             III.VISITORS 2

A. Cappelli  yes

L. Freedman yes

J. LeBlanc    yes

T. Wilson yes

S. Wallin yes

R. Bedell yes

P.Jones yes

C.   ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Motion by Cappelli__Supported by__Freedman______to adopt the agenda as presented.      

Freedman____

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin ___

Jones ___absent

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wilson___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

D. RECOGNITION / SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS

E. CORRESPONDENCE

F.   PUBLIC COMMENT

G.  APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

1.     Budget Hearing Minutes -  June 16, 2014

Motion by Freedman___ Supported by Wallin________ to adopt the minutes of the Budget Hearing held on June 16, 2014.                            

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin  ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

Cappelli ___  

Wilson___

Freedman___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

2.  Regular Meeting Minutes – June 16, 2014

Motion by LeBlanc______ Supported by Freedman_____ to adopt the minutes of the regular meeting held on June 16, 2014.                    

LeBlanc ___    

Wallin  ___

Bedell ___

Freedman___

Jones___

Cappelli ___  

Wilson___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

3. Special Meeting Minutes – June 30, 2014

Motion by Wallin________ Supported by LeBlanc_____ to adopt the minutes of the special meeting held on June 30, 2014.                         

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin  ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

Cappelli ___  

Wilson___

Freedman___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

H.  APPROVAL OF CURRENT BILLS

Motion by__Cappelli______________Supported by Freedman___ to approve payment of bills for 6/7/14 to 7/11/14 in the amounts of:

General  Fund                          $1,022,523.82

Food Service                           $      625.20

Total                                        $1,023,149.02  

Freedman  ___

LeBlanc  ___

Wallin ___

Jones  ___

Bedell  ___

Cappelli  ___

Wilson___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

I.   OLD BUSINESS

J.   NEW BUSINESS

1.  Hiring of a First Grade Teacher

a.   Motion by Freedman_____Supported by__Wallin______ to hire Kelly Cappellani as a First Grade Teacher, with the salary and benefits as per the Master Agreement.

Freedman___

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin ___

Jones ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wilson___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

2.  Reorganization

a.  Establishing Meeting Times, Dates, and Locations

The 3rd Monday of each month has been the traditional meeting date.  All meetings begin at 7:00 p.m. and are held in the High School Cafeteria.

Motion by Cappelli__Supported by ___Wallin_______ to hold regular meetings on the third Monday of each month at 7:00 p.m., at the locations listed below:

2014 Dates                                     Location

July 21                                             Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

August 18                                      Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

September 15                                Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

October 20                                     Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

November 17                                 Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

December 15                                 Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

          2015 Dates

January 19                                     Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

February 16                                    Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

March 16                                        Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

April 20                                           Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

May 18                                            Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

June 15                                          Brimley Area Schools, Cafeteria

All members voted yes

Motion passed

b. Selection of Depositories

Listed below are the financial institutions we have accounts with, along with the type of account.

Motion by Cappelli__ Supported by ___Freedman_________ to deposit District funds in the following banks or financial institutions:

Michigan Liquid Asset Fund (MILAF) Investments

          Central Savings Bank                  1998 Debt Retirement Fund

                                                                   1999 Debt Retirement Fund

                                                                   2005 Debt Retirement Fund

                                                                   Sweep Account

                                                                   General Fund

                                                                   Payroll Account

                                                                   Food Service Account

                                                                   Athletic Account

                                                                   Trust and Agency Account

          Bank of New York                                  Bond Paying Agent

          Standard Federal Bank                         Bond Paying Agent           

        Old Mission Bank                                    Bond Paying Agent

Huntington Bank                                    Bond Paying Agent

LeBlanc___

Wallin ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

Cappelli ___

Wilson ___

Freedman__

All members voted yes

Motion passed

c.  Selection of an Advertising Source

Motion by Freedman__Supported by Jones to publish all legal and public notices in the Soo Evening News.

Jones____

LeBlanc ___  

Wilson ___      

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

3.  MHSAA Membership Resolution

Motion by  Cappelli____supported by__LeBlanc______ to adopt the 2014-2015 MHSAA Membership Resolution as presented.

LeBlanc___

Wallin ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

Cappelli ___

Wilson ___

Freedman__

All members voted yes

Motion passed

4.  ACT/MME Results

We will go over the recently released results from the spring ACT/MME tests. No Board action is necessary.

5. Bond Sale

Early on this day, competitive bids were taken on the refinancing bonds.  We will have the results of that bidding process for the Board to act on.

Motion by LeBlanc_________Supported by___Freedman______ to accept the low bid of 2.759012________from Stifel & Nicholas_____for refinancing school bonds and approve the Bid Resolution as presented.

Freedman____

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin ___

Jones ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wilson___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

6.  Proposed Board Policy Regarding Years of Experience    Recognized for Newly Hired Teachers

Motion by Freedman____Supported by ___Jones_____ to adopt the following policy, effective immediately:

The maximum number of years of prior teaching experience that will be granted to newly hired teachers will be seven (7) years.   A person with seven (7) or more years of teaching experience will be placed on the 8th step of the salary schedule.

Jones____

LeBlanc ___  

Wilson ___      

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

7.  Hiring of a Middle School Math Teacher

Motion by Freedman___Supported by ___Jones_____ to to hire Dana Case as a Middle School Math/Social StudiesTeacher, with the salary and benefits as per the Master Agreement.

Wilson____

LeBlanc ___  

Jones ___       

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

8.  Hiring of a High School English Teacher

Motion by Wallin____Supported by_Cappelli__ to hire Emily Baker_ as a High School English Teacher, with the salary and benefits as per the Master Agreement.

Wilson____

LeBlanc ___  

Jones ___       

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

9.  Hiring of a Middle School English Teacher

Motion by LeBlanc_______Supported by__Freedman______ to hire James Kiurski as a Middle School English Teacher, with the salary and benefits as per the Master Agreement.

Wilson____

LeBlanc ___  

Jones ___       

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

10.  Ratification of Support Staff Contract

We have reached a tentative agreement on a new 3-year contract with the Brimley Educational Support Personnel Association. We will discuss the changes made at the Board Meeting.

Motion by ____Freedman______Supported by ___Wallin_______ to approve the 3 – year Master Agreement with the Brimley Educational Support Personnel Association (BESP) as presented.

Jones____

LeBlanc ___  

Wilson ___      

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin__

All members voted yes

Motion passed

11. Bookkeeper Contract

The position of Bookkeeper has been removed from the Support Staff Master Agreement.  Attached is the proposed employment contract for this position

Motion by Wallin__Supported by_LeBlanc____ to accept the 2-year contract for Bookkeeper, Bill Beaune, effective immediately.

Freedman____

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin ___

Jones ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wilson___

All members voted yes

Motion passed

K.  BOARD REPORTS  -   SIT /  PSC  -  Committee Meetings

L.  ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.     Elementary Principal – Mr. Routhier.  Not too much to go over...still tying up loose ends and getting the new teachers in place.  Summer school ended last week so kids get a break now.

2.     Middle School/High School Principal – Mr. Reattoir -Finalizing the schedule for the Fall.  new books are coming in now and the school is getting cleaned and we are ready to move in.  Summer School ended and the kids have till August 8th to get there stuff completed.  Looking forward to the new teachers and a new year.

3.     Superintendent – Mr. Kantola -Anderson Tackman is finishing up the audit.  Getting back into the swing of things, with meetings and hirings and so forth.  We still need a play ground aid and we need to decide about the kindergarten class room because the counts are nearing 50.  So, we will have to decide that quickly.  Could hire another teacher or suppy rooms with parapro’s.   Aide seems to be the way to go for now since the numbers are not confirmed.  Board elections you have until 4 p.m. tomorrow to get the forms in.  Building projects, roof is done the inspector comes on Wednesday and the logo is still in the works.  Bus Garage and the alcove will be fixed before school starts but our concession rest room building will not be completed as we do not have the bids back yet.  Discussion regarding no parking on the track.  Some disagreed and some agreed, they will look for a different spot so the cars are not on the track and further away from the spectators.

M.   ADJOURNMENT

Motion by________ Supported by ________    to adjourn 7:50  .  

Freedman

LeBlanc

Bedell  

Wallin      

Jones      

Wilson  

Cappelli

Respectfully submitted,

Board Secretary