Dwight Township High School District 230 Board of Education met Sept. 11.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Board President Bo Partney called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Mark Christenson; Michael Cornale; Cathy Ferguson; Bo Partney; Eric Scheuer; Nick Stipanovich
ABSENT: Marc Ellis
Also in attendance: Dr. Richard Jancek, Superintendent; Deb Conroy, Secretary; Brandon Owens, Principal; Julie Schultz, Asst. Principal/AD (6:13 p.m.)
PUBLIC HEARING
Moved by Ferguson, seconded by Scheuer, to go into a Public Hearing on the 2019-20 Budget at 6:01 p.m. Roll call. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Dr. Jancek explained that during the actual process of entering our proposed budget into the state form, we experienced difficulty with transferring money from the Transportation Fund into the Capital Projects Fund to pay for a portion of the HVAC project. Due to this issue, we changed the proposed transfer to go into the O&M Funds instead of Capital Projects. Overall, there will be a deficit budget for the 2019-20 school year of $145,141; however, this was anticipated when it was decided to not get a bond to pay for the HVAC project.
Moved by Ferguson, seconded by Stipanovich, to close the Public Hearing at 6:03 p.m. Roll call. All voted aye. Motion carried.
PUBLIC COMMENT
None
NOTICES, COMMUNICATIONS or RECOGNITIONS
Dr. Jancek notified the Board that a representative from ConnectGEN visited with him regarding a proposed new windfarm to the East/Northeast of Dwight. They have previously met with representatives from Livingston County and the Village of Dwight. This proposed project would include 60-70 new turbines in our districts and they are hoping to break ground in the 2020-2021 school year. Dr. Jancek will keep the Board informed on this project as information comes in.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OR REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. Owens informed the Board that he has been working with DeLong Ford on a Ford Drive Event that will be held on school grounds on Sunday, October 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This event would raise funds for the school as Ford will donate up to $6,000 based on the number of people who register for a test drive. Jonathon DeLong has also offered to match the Ford donations. More information will be forthcoming on this fundraiser.
Mr. Owens also reported that he has met with School Resource Officer Gary Beier regarding new requirements in our Crisis Plan that involve ALICE training for some of our students. This requirement will need to be met by mid-November. He also will be working with faculty on an ALICE training refresher as well as training of all new staff. Some of this training will be held during the Teacher Institute on Sept. 23rd.
Mr. Owens reported for Mrs. Schultz that the Softball “A” Team won their first Regional game tonight by a score of 16-6. They will continue Regional play on Saturday, Sept. 14th.
Dr. Jancek informed the Board that DEA President Chuck Butterbrodt requested that the Labor Management Committee be brought together to discuss an issue. The LMC has not met in several years and therefore each Board needs to indicate who their 2 members on the committee will be. Eric Scheuer and Mark Christenson volunteered to sit on this committee. Michael Cornale volunteered as an alternate. Dr. Jancek will discuss this issue with the HS Board next week, and once their committee members are chosen, will schedule the meeting.
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Dr. Jancek reported that the state currently owes $12,034.00 in late mandated categorical payments for the 19-20 school year; they also owe $51,557.35 in late payments for the 2018-19 school year.
CONSENT AGENDA
Items for consideration on this month’s Consent Agenda are as follows:
1) Minutes
2) Bills (Including an additional bill: Sendra Services, Payment #3 in the amount of $185,171)
3) Affirm Employment, Madison Herlan, Substitute Teacher
4) Affirm Employment, Steven Mann, Substitute Teacher
5) Affirm Employment, Cassie Maxard, Substitute Teacher
Moved by Cornale, seconded by Christenson, to approve the Consent Agenda as amended to include the additional bill from Sendra Services. Roll call. All voted aye. Motion carried.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Dr. Jancek discussed an issue with the HVAC project that recently came up. An email was received by Construction Manager Donald Keane regarding unexpected structural and environmental issues with the HVAC installation. He indicated that many changes had been made to the installation design due to these issues, resulting in additional bills totaling approximately $140,000 for the project. No one was expecting this additional billing and Dr. Jancek questioned this with all of the project’s main contacts. When this occurred, Keane was removed from his position. The owners of Sendra Services were in contact with Dr. Jancek and after a meeting they have come to a decision to complete the project as scheduled and fulfill the responsibilities on both sides (physical project and financial obligations), then meet at some point afterward to come to some sort of agreement on the additional billing.
Dr. Jancek presented the proposed 2019-20 Budget for final approval.
Moved by Stipanovich, seconded by Scheuer, to approve the 2019-20 Budget, as presented. Roll call. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Dr. Jancek discussed the Circle Driveway Project and asked Board members if they had ideas on how they would like to move forward with fixing the gap. Jack Connor received a quote of $27,000+ to remove the rock and fill it with concrete. Nick Stipanovich suggested either digging out approximately 3” of the river rock and filling it with crushed aggregate, or digging out rock and filling with asphalt. He thinks the cost would be much less with a good result for either. Dr. Jancek will have Connor get quotes on both scenarios and bring back information at the next meeting.
Dr. Jancek held the 2nd reading of proposed Board policy updates and asked for final approval of these updates.
Moved by Ferguson, seconded by Cornale, to approve the proposed Board policy updates as presented. Roll call. All voted aye. Motion carried.
Moved by Scheuer, seconded by Christenson, to adjourn the meeting at 6:38 p.m. Voice vote. All voted aye. Motion carried.
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