Minutes of the Regular Meeting East Sac County Community School District Board of Education January 21, 2013

The regular meeting was called to order by Brotherton at 5:00 p.m. at East Sac County Elementary School Sac City. Present were Brotherton, Huser, Drost, Rodman, and Wilhelm. Also in attendance were Supt. Fiene, Principal Fischer, and two media representatives. The ESC Mission Statement was read to start the meeting. Item 7e. Appoint Representative to County Conference Board was added to the agenda. Wilhelm moved to approve the agenda as amended, Drost seconded; motion carried 5-0. The consent items were reviewed and discussed. Huser moved to approve the bill to Albrecht Oil for $839.65, Rodman seconded; motion carried 4-0, Drost abstained. Wilhelm moved to approve the bills to Lake View Lumber and Wall Lake Lumber for $940.38, Drost seconded; motion carried 4-0, Brotherton abstained. Drost moved to approve the remaining consent items including Minutes of the December 17 Regular Meeting, the financial statements, and bills on account of $204,699.89, Rodman seconded; motion carried 5-0. Dr. Fiene reported on the upcoming benefit at the high school, the districts participation in the Live Healthy Iowa 10 Week Wellness Challenge, the receipt of the Iowa Energy Grant, and the upcoming security assessment by Homeland Security. He also thanked the PTO for their recent donation to purchase a projection screen for the gym at the high school. The Board reviewed the official Abstract of Votes for the Voter-Approved PPEL election. The measure failed to pass with an official total of: 386-yes to 628-no. The last two months the Board discussed the letter from the Department of Education requesting we raise our student lunch prices. Additional information has been requested from the Department of Education; but, no response has been received. This item was tabled. The Board discussed the special election set for February 5th to vote on the Revenue Purpose Statement for the state sales tax penny. If approved, the district will continue to use the revenue as it has in the past and the current tax rates will not be impacted. The Board discussed technical support for the districts computers and related technology. Currently, Prairie Lakes AEA and Iowa Computer Depot provide this service. The administration proposed contracting for this service to allow it to be paid from the PPEL or SAVE fund currently this is a general fund expense. Drost moved to approve contracting technology support services with Robert Schueneman for $6,000/month (3/1/13 6/30/13), Huser seconded; motion carried 5-0. This will cut the districts per hour rate for technology support significantly. The Board tabled any action on security systems until next month. Wilhelm and Rodman volunteered to serve as Board representatives for this years negotiating process.

The Board reviewed Series 400 Board Policies and discussed a couple possible changes. This will be an action item for approval next month. Drost moved to appoint Wilhelm as the Boards representative on the County Conference Board, Rodman seconded; motion carried 5-0. Drost moved to approve the contract for Linda Bettin as special education associate for the remainder of the school year, Huser seconded; motion carried 5-0. The next regular meeting is scheduled for 2/18/13 at 6:00 pm in the ESC High School Lake View. Wilhelm moved to adjourn, Drost seconded; motion carried 5-0. Meeting was adjourned at 6:00 pm.

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