OFFICIAL MINUTES

BRIMLEY BOARD OF EDUCATION

                                    MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 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   4          III.VISITORS 3

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 Freedman_Supported by__Wallin______to adopt the agenda as presented.      

Freedman____

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin ___

Jones ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wilson___

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

D. RECOGNITION / SPOTLIGHT ON SUCCESS- none

E. CORRESPONDENCE- none

F.   PUBLIC COMMENT- Question on the Indian Education, was to late to get on the agenda, and Mr. Kantola suggested bringing to the school improvement team.

G.  APPROVAL OF PREVIOUS MINUTES

1.     Regular Meeting Minutes -  September 15, 2014

Motion by Jones____ Supported by leBlanc________ to adopt the minutes of the Regular Meeting held on September 15, 2014

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin  ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

Cappelli ___  

Wilson___

Freedman___

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

H.  APPROVAL OF CURRENT BILLS

Motion by_Freedman_____Supported by Wallin to approve payment of bills for 9/1/14 to 10/10/14 in the amounts of:

General  Fund                          $598,605.37

Food Service                           $  15,097.70  

Total                                $613,703.07     

Freedman  ___

LeBlanc  ___

Wallin ___

Jones  ___

Bedell  ___

Cappelli  ___

Wilson___

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

I.   OLD BUSINESS- none

J.   NEW BUSINESS

1.    Financial Audit Report

A representative from Anderson, Tackman, and Company will present and discuss the financial audit for the 2013-2014 school year.

Motion by Cappelli____Supported by__Wallin______ to accept the 2013-2014 financial audit as presented.

LeBlanc ___  

Wallin ___

Jones ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wilson___

Freedman----

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

2.   EUPISD Special Education Millage Renewal resolution

On the November ballot will be a renewal of the 1 mill that is levied in the EUP for Special Education.  We have been asked to pass a resolution supporting this renewal.

Motion by Cappelli____Supported by Freedman__________to declare Board of Education support for the EUPISD Special Education Millage Renewal, that is on the November 4th general election ballot.

LeBlanc___

Wallin ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

Cappelli ___

Wilson ___

Freedman__

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

3.    Resignation

Motion by Cappelli______Supported by Wallin___ to accept the resignation of Junior High Boys Basketball Coach, Allyn Cameron, with regrets.

Wallin ___

Bedell ___

Jones___

LeBlanc___

Cappelli ___

Wilson ___

Freedman__

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

          4. Hiring of a Junior High Boys Basketball Coach

Motion by Jones______Supported by ___Cappelli_____to hire Bob Lohff as Junior High Boys Basketball Coach, with the salary as per the Master Agreement.

Jones____

LeBlanc ___  

Wilson ___      

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

5.   Hiring of a Special Education/Classroom Aide

Motion by ___Wallin_______Supported by Freedman__ to hire  Samantha Luttmann as a Special Education/Classroom Aide, 7 hours per day, effective October 27, 2014, with the salary and benefits as per the Master Agreement.

Jones____

LeBlanc ___  

Wilson ___      

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

6.   2014-2015 General Fund Budget Amendments

The proposed budget reflects the most recent estimates for revenue and expenditures for this school year.

Motion by Jones____Supported by Freedman__________ to adopt the 2014-2015 General Fund Budget Amendments as presented.

Wilson____

LeBlanc ___  

Jones ___       

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

7.   2014-2015 Food Service Fund Budget Amendments

Motion by Cappelli______Supported by Freedman_________ to adopt the 2014-2015 Food Service Fund Budget Amendments as presented.

Wilson____

LeBlanc ___  

Jones ___       

Freedman ___

Bedell ___       

Cappelli ___

Wallin___

All members Voted yes

Motion Passed

8.  New Board Member Appointment

On the November 4, 2014 election ballot, there will be two Board seats voted on to fill the remainder of the term of two previously appointed Board members, Mr. LeBlanc and Mr. Jones. Mr. LeBlanc has submitted a petition to run for his seat of the Board.  Mr. Jones did not submit a petition to run for his seat.  Mr. Wilson, whose current term expires on December 31, 2014, chose to run for the 2-year term.  That term will begin the day after the election – November 5th.  Therefore, Mr. Wilson, if elected to the 2-year term, will give up his current seat, which expires on December 31, 2014.  Therefore the Board must appoint someone to fill the remainder of Mr. Wilson’s current term, from November  5, 2014 to December  31, 2014.

Motion by ___Mr. Wilson________Supported by Freedman_________ to appoint _______Mr. Jones________as a Board member, effective November  5, 2014 and expiring December  31, 2014.

Jones____Abstained

LeBlanc ___  yes

Wilson ___       yes

Freedman ___yes

Bedell ___        yes

Cappelli ___yes

Wallin___yes

Motion Passed

K.  BOARD REPORTS  -   SIT /  PSC  -  Committee Meetings Next meeting next Tuesday 28th at 3:30 in Library

L.  ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS

1.     Elementary Principal – Mr. Routhier.- Good start to the year.  enrollment is up and we have taken in more since school started.  School Pics, were September 24, with retakes being November 4th.  Parent Conferences were last week, with the new format.  Attendance was up there and he was pleased with that.  Gizmos was done last week and focused on the area of mathematics and some science.  The afternoon was working on the bottom 30%, and the gap that we have.  Staff worked on solutions to assist those kids.  Also, had new phone training, and intervention sevices.  Getting ready to head to Baltimore for the award.  At the end of this month will celebrate fall harves, on Oct 31st.

2.     Middle School/High School Principal – Mr. Reattoir  -  Also had parent teacher conferences, but need to be bit more organized.  Timing was an issue, had some backups.  Be spending more time teaching parents, what is expected.  The PD training went well, the bottom 30 was reviewed, end of 1st quarter is coming up really quickly.  The report cards should go out the first week of november, as well as fall sports are wrapping up.  We had one student do very well and will be asking her to come in for recognition.  Did get some work done on the lighting outside, so it should be better.

3.     Superintendent – Mr. Kantola ISD received a special grant for $310,000, all the schools will share in this grant.  We get a lot of services from the ISD, so we will benefit from this grant.  Next Monday evening the Michigan Associaton of School Boards, is holding a meeting, if interested you can participate from the ISD at 7 via interactive TV.  Talk with boards and Superintendents from around the UP.  Enrollment is up and is continuing to go up.  The Baltimore trip, is the Education Trust award and so there will be something out in the paper and be on site to interview some people.  They want to know the strategies we are using to make sure that all students are achieving.  We believe that the curriculm teams help a lot in getting us where we are.  They are paying for the Trip.

M.   ADJOURNMENT

Motion by________ Supported by ________    to adjourn.  

7:54

Freedman

LeBlanc

Bedell  

Wallin      

Jones      

Wilson  

Cappelli

Respectfully submitted,

Board Secretary