CORSICA-STICKNEY
SCHOOL DISTRICT #21-3
UNAPPROVED
MINUTES OF OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
REGULAR
MEETING – SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 – 7:30 P.M. – CLASSROOM “A” – CORSICA-STICKNEY
HIGH SCHOOL
The
Regular Meeting of the Corsica-Stickney Board of Education was held on Monday,
September 14, 2015 – 7:30 p.m. in Classroom “A” of Corsica-Stickney High
School.
Members
Present: Jeremy Wright, President; Chad Clites, Bob Bamberg, Shannon
Tolsma, Jason Lagge & Nicole
Bamberg.
Members
Absent: Don Odens
Officers
Present: Scott Muckey, Superintendent;
Justin Downes, Secondary Principal; Ferra Kemp, Elementary Principal and Angie
Feenstra, Business Manager.
Guests
Present: Kris VanZee, Carla Plamp, Miranda Keizer, Mike Tuschen & Mark
Joachim.
Pastor
Dan De Graff opened with a prayer prior to the meeting.
President Wright called the meeting to order
at 7:33pm and a quorum was established. The Pledge of Allegiance preceded the
approval of the meeting agenda.
Motion
by Nicole Bamberg seconded by Lagge to approve the agenda with additions as
presented. Carried.
Open Forum/Public
Discussion
Mike
Tuschen & Mark Joachim, representing the Corsica-Stickney Negotiation Team,
thanked the board for everything during the teacher negotiation process and
wanted the board to know that all their hard work was not overlooked. The board returned the thank you to Tuschen
and Joachim for all of their assistance in the process as well.
Unfinished Business
Updates
were given on the district owned rental housing in Stickney and the house and
garage in Corsica. Lagge stated that
Rexwinkel Concrete was going to be starting on the garage before the end of the
month. The remodel in the house in Corsica won’t get started immediately as so
many construction companies are still finishing hail repairs from last summer.
C-S Booster/PTC
Carla
Plamp and Miranda Keizer, representing the Booster Club and PTC, presented the
board with ideas for playground equipment for the elementary school. They had contacted Rainbow Play Systems and
got some quotes. The board agreed additional playground equipment is a need,
but would ask the PTC/Booster Club to look at other options as well that would
not require less maintenance.
Recessed
the meeting at 8:03pm for Homecoming coronation. Reconvened at 8:38pm.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Tolsma to approve the minutes from the August 10, 2015
Regular Board Meeting the August 17, 2015 Special Board Meeting. Carried.
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Clites to approve the August 2015 Financial
Statement. Carried.
Motion
by Bob Bamberg seconded by Lagge to approve the August 2015 Trust and Agency Report.
Carried.
Motion
by Bob Bamberg seconded by Clites to approve the September 2015 listing of
bills. Motion carried.
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Bob Bamberg to approve the minutes of the August 13, 2015
and September 10, 2015 Mid-Central Coop meetings. Motion carried.
Public School
Exemptions
Motion
by Lagge seconded by Nicole Bamberg to approve public school exemptions L &
M. Motion carried.
Wellness Policy
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Nicole Bamberg to adopt the proposed wellness
policy. Motion carried.
Stipend for
Transitions to a unified District
Motion
by Clites seconded by Lagge to pay Merna Bye and Mary Lee Podhradsky each $1000
stipend for all of their extra help and extra hours they had put into preparing
for the consolidation. Motion carried.
Football/Track
Scoreboard/Lights
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Clites to have Muth Electric move the lights from the Stickney
football field to the Corsica football field. Motion carried. Discussion was
also held on the possibility of a new scoreboard for the football/track
complex.
Security Cameras
Ferra
Kemp reported that two of the elementary building security cameras are not functioning. Motion by Lagge seconded by Bob Bamberg to
get the cameras replaced. Motion carried.
School Building use
Discussion
was held on the use of school facilities by different individuals. A small
group of people had inquired about the usage of some classrooms in the Corsica
elementary building. The board reviewed the policy on the high school gym use
and determined to leave the policy as it is currently.
Old Basketball
Shooting Machines
Motion
by Nicole Bamberg seconded by Clites to declare the old basketball shooting
machines surplus at a value of less than $500 each. Motion carried.
SDHSAA Board of
Directors Ballot
Motion
by Tolsma seconded by Nicole Bamberg to vote for Brian Maher for the SDHSAA
Board of Directors. Motion carried.
Corsica and Stickney Report
Cards
Information
on the Corsica School District and Stickney School District Report Cards and
ACT’s were presented to the board.
Other Discussion
Other
items of discussion were signs for the front of the buildings, lettering on busses,
locking the doors at the Corsica elementary during class, dumpsters, ASBSD
Region meetings, senior privileges, and busses.
Executive Session – SDCL 1-25-2
(1) Staff
At 10:40pm,
motion by Lagge seconded by Bob Bamberg to go into executive session to discuss
personnel. Carried. Declared out of executive session at 11:17pm
by President Wright.
Contract Amendment
Motion by
Tolsma seconded by Nicole Bamberg to amend Vickie Guenthner’s contract. Due to a change in how her time is spent
during the course of the day she will be offered a full teacher contract at
$38,725.
Revised 2015-2016 Budget for
Adoption for 2015-2016 Fiscal Year-
Motion by
Clites seconded by Lagge to accept the 2015-2016 Amended Proposed Budget changes
as follows:
General
Fund:
Revenues –
Little Stars -700.00
Total -700.00
General
Fund:
Expenditures-
Elementary
Program +6,000.00
Maintenance +6,000.00
Pupil
Transportation +21,583.00
Administrative
Costs – MC Coop +6,300.00
Total $33,883.00
Cash on Hand
to Fund Budget $40,583.00
These
revisions are taking out Little Star Revenue as we do not charge for that
program and additional costs for the maintenance, pupil transportation, and MC
Coop that were figured short in the original budget.
The overall
budget will require an additional $40,583 shown in the Cash on Hand to fund the
budget.
RESOLUTION
NO. 6
Adoption of Annual Budget:
Let it be resolved, that the
School Board of the Corsica-Stickney
School District #21-3 after duly considering the proposed budget and its
changes thereto, to be published in accordance with SDCL 13-11-2 hereby
approves and adopts its amended proposed budget and changes thereto, to be its
Annual Budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. The Adopted Annual Budget levy requests are
as follows: Motion by Nicole Bamberg
seconded by Tolsma to approve and adopt the Amended Proposed Budget and to have
the following levies certified to the Aurora and Douglas County Auditor’s
Offices. UPON ROLL CALL VOTE: Aye – Nicole
Bamberg, Lagge, Tolsma, Clites, Bob Bamberg, Wright. Odens absent from voting. Motion carried.
TAX LEVY
REQUEST – 2015 taxes pay 2016
General Fund $1.568/per $1,000 of
ag valuation
$4.075/per $1,000 OO
$8.727/per $1,000 other non-ag/utilities
Capital
Outlay $3.000
Special
Education $0.750
Retire/Pension $0.200
Adjourn
There
being no further business, at 11:24pm, motion by Tolsma seconded by Bob Bamberg
to adjourn. Carried. The next regular meeting date will be Monday,
October 12, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in Classroom “A” of the Corsica-Stickney High
School.
ATTEST:
JEREMY WRIGHT – PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
ANGELA FEENSTRA- BUSINESS MANAGER