Webberville Community Schools Board of Education
Organizational Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting Minutes
July 18, 2005
This organizational meeting of the Webberville Board of Education was called to order by Board President Simmons in the Webberville Secondary School library on Monday, July 18, 2005, at 7:01p.m.
Present: Clifford H. Simmons II, Patricia Shanabrook, Teri Chamberlain, Kristine Brenner, Kathe Westbrook, Caron Guidroz, and Matt Kulaga.
Also
Present: Dr. Bill Skilling, Brian Friddle , Suzi Slater, Barbara Weathers
Approval of Agenda:
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to approve the Agenda of the Organizational Board of Education Meeting being held Monday, July 18, 2005, as presented. Motion passed 7-0.
Presentations:
Retirement recognition
Mr. Simmons presented a retirement plaque to Ms. Carolyn Carlisle in recognition of 14 years with the district and one to Ms. Charlene Cobb in recognition of 11 years of service with the district.
New Employees
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to hire Corey DeRidder to fill the position of elementary teacher. Motion passed 7-0.
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to hire Gary Franks to fill the position of Director of Bands. Motion passed 7-0.
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to hire Andrew Mason to fill the position of Director of Technology. Motion passed 7-0.
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to hire Brandi Winter to fill the position of elementary special education teacher. Motion passed 7-0.
Mr. Kulaga moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to hire Adam Trumpour to fill the position of alternative education teacher. Motion passed 7-0.
Webberville Healthy Community Initiative
Mrs. Jill Baillargeon presented information regarding the WHCI resolution that is required for the grant.
Ms. Guidroz moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to approve the WHCI resolution as presented. Ms. Westbrook requested a roll call vote.
Simmons - Y, Shanabrook - Y, Chamberlain - Y, Brenner - Y, Kulaga - Y , Guidroz - Y, Westbrook - abstain due to undue influence. Motion passed 6-0.
Election of Board Officers for 2005-2006
Nominations for President - Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to nominate Mr. Clifford Simmons as Board President. Ms. Brenner moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to close the nominations. Mr. Clifford H. Simmons was elected Board President. Motion passed 7-0.
Nominations for Vice President - Ms. Brenner moved, Ms. Chamberlain seconded a motion to nominate Ms. Patricia Shanabrook as Board Vice President. Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to close the nominations. Ms. Patricia Shanabrook was elected to Board Vice President. Motion passed 7-0.
Nominations for Secretary - Ms. Shanabrook moved, Mr. Kulaga seconded a motion to nominate Ms. Teri Chamberlain as Board Secretary. Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to close the nominations. Ms. Teri Chamberlain was elected to Board Secretary. Motion passed 7-0.
Nominations for Treasurer - Ms. Chamberlain moved, Mr. Kulaga seconded a motion to nominate Ms. Brenner as Board Treasurer. Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Chamberlain seconded a motion to close the nominations. Ms. Brenner was elected to Board Treasurer. Motion passed 7-0.
Designation of Bank Depositories and Authorized Signatures for 2005-2006
Ms. Brenner moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to approve the bank accounts and authorized signatures as presented. Motion passed 7-0.
Establishment of Regular Board of Education Meetings
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to approve the dates, time, and place for the 2005-2006 regular meetings of the Board of Education as follows. Motion passed 7-0.
Location - Webberville Secondary Building Media Center
Time - 7:00 p.m.
Dates - Third Monday, except as indicated*
August 15, 2005 January 23, 2006*
September 19, 2005 February 27, 2006*
October 17, 2005 March 20, 2006
November 21, 2005 April 17, 2006
December 19, 2005 May 15, 2006
June 19, 2006
July 17, 2006 - Organizational Meeting
Designation of person for posting public notices of meetings
Ms. Guidroz moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to appoint the superintendent as the person to post public notices of meetings. Motion passed 7-0.
Designation of School Auditor for 2005-2006
Ms. Brenner moved, Ms. Guidroz seconded a motion to retain the accounting firm of Abraham & Gaffney for the purposes of performing the state required school audit for 2005-2006 and other financial and accounting advice as need. Motion passed 7-0.
Designation of Legal Council for 2005-2006
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to retain Thrun Law Firm as legal counsel pertaining to school elections, bond issues, negotiations, personnel matters and general legal assistance as needed. Motion passed 7-0.
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to retain Steven D. Lowe P.C. as legal counsel pertaining to employee benefit matters on an as needed basis. Motion passed 7-0.
Delegation of Election Duties
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Brenner seconded a motion to allow the secretary of the board of education to delegate the annual election duties to the superintendent. Motion passed 7-0.
Delegation of Treasurer's Duties
Ms. Brenner moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to allow the treasurer of the board of education to delegate the duties of the treasurer to the superintendent. Motion passed 7-0.
Appointment of Committee Members and Representatives
Mr. Kulaga moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to confirm the appointment of Kristine Brenner as the ISOA representative and Teri Chamberlain as the alternate AND Pat Shanabrook as the MASB Liasion and Caron Guidroz as the alternate. Motion passed 7-0.
Superintendent's Evaluation
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Guidroz seconded a motion to evaluate the superintendent formally by June 1 st with an informal evaluation to be held by January 31 st , 2006. The document and process used in the 05-06 evaluation will be modified based on the evaluation tool used for 04-05. Motion passed 7-0.
Regular Board of Education Meeting Minutes
Regular Board Meeting
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Mr. Kulaga seconded a motion to move into the regular board meeting. Motion passed 7-0.
Approval of Agenda:
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Guidroz seconded a motion to approve the Agenda of the Regular Board of Education Meeting being held Monday, July 18, 2005, as amended. Motion passed 7-0.
Approval of Consent Agenda:
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. Motion passed 7-0.
Reports:
Policy Committee - Did not meet.
Finance Committee - Ms. Brenner stated that the audit is scheduled for August.
Building and Grounds - Ms. Chamberlain stated that their will be an owner's meeting this week. The construction is getting caught up and on schedule. They are looking at putting up a fence separating the elementary playground and the neighbor's property. The elementary sidewalk needs to be fixed. The old press box will be coming down. Lighting for football field should be ready by the first game.
Personnel Committee - Did not meet.
Legislation - Did not meet.
ISOA - Did not meet.
Superintendent - Dr. Skilling thanked Suzi Slater, Brian Friddle and Bruce Mann for all of their work screening and interviewing the new hire candidates.
Communications and Petitions:
None
Action Items:
Ms. Chamberlain moved, Ms. Shanabrook seconded a motion to adopt the second reading of policy 1220 employment of the superintendent as presented. Motion passed 7-0.
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Guidroz seconded a motion to approve the preliminary application for Webberville Community School 's participation in the Michigan School Bond Loan Fund program as presented. The preliminary borrowing estimate for 05-06 is $401,215. Motion passed 7-0.
Ms. Guidroz moved, Ms Shanabrook seconded a motion to approve the Webberville Alternative Secondary School . Motion passed 7-0.
Questions or comments from the audience:
Mrs. Pam Westphal asked for clarification as to what the alternative school will mean to at-risk students.
Questions or Comments from the Board of Education :
Mr. Kulaga stated that he can not meet for a board work session on July 20 th , 2005. The work session was rescheduled for July 25 th at 6:30 p.m.
Adjournment
Ms. Shanabrook moved, Ms. Chamberlain seconded a motion to adjourn the meeting. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted;
Teri L. Chamberlain
Secretary, Webberville Board of Education