ABERDEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 58
Regular School Board Meeting
Wednesday June 15, 2016
The Board of Trustees of School District No. 58, Bingham County, Idaho met for the budget hearing session at 6:30 p.m. with a regular session following on June 15, 2016 at the Aberdeen School District Office, 318 W. Washington, Aberdeen, Idaho.
CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM
Chairman Herb Bohrer opened the meeting at 6:35 p.m., others present were Todd Lowder, Mike Shackelford and Braden Driscoll. Elaine Blik arrived at 6:40 pm.
BUDGET HEARING
The 20162017 Budget was reviewed and explanation of budget lines was presented by Business Manager David Burke.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Those present recited the Pledge of Allegiance.
DELEGATION AND PATRON INPUT
There was no patron input.
SUPERINTENDENT and ADMINISTATOR REPORTS
Mrs. Ward went over her written report. She highlighted the status of Zion’s Public Finance in issuing the bonds in July and went over the progress of the high school construction project. The ground breaking ceremony will be August or September. She thanked they city for their support as well as Chairman Bohrer for his work he is doing with Bingham County Commissioners. She will be working with Moody’s on June 27th to increase the district’s credit rating. Chairman Bohrer wants Mrs. Ward to place a timeline in the newspaper.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
The agenda was amended to include the addition of item 8F ( Overnight Trip Request – Gear Up Boise June 2025) and Business Item 9K (Call for Bids to Sell the Greenhouse). A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Driscoll. The motion passed.
CONSENT ITEMS
A. Approval of May 18th Regular Board Meeting Minutes
B. Approval of May Claims
C. April 2016 Financial Reports
D. County Tax Report
E. Building Budget Reports
F. Overnight Trip Request – Gear Up Boise, June 20th25th
A motion was made by Trustee Lowder and seconded by Trustee Blik to approve Consent Items AF as amended. The motion passed.
BUSINESS ITEMS
Approve the 20162017 School Budget
After a discussion of a few items on the Budget, a motion to approve the 20162017 School Year Budgets was made by Trustee Driscoll and seconded by Trustee Shackelford. The motion passed.
Policies for Review
910 Rental Use of School District Facilities No motion necessary, for review only.
Read Hawley Troxell Memorandium –Board Action
Chairman Bohrer read the resolution. A motion was made by Trustee Shackelford and seconded by Trustee Blik. A roll call vote was made. Trustee Bohrer yes, Trustee Blik yes, Trustee Lowder yes, Trustee Shackelford yes, Trustee Driscoll yes. The motion passed.
Policies for Approval:
852.50 Exhibit A: Bond Account. Chairman Bohrer read the policy. A motion was made by Trustee Blik and seconded by Trustee Driscoll. A roll call vote was made. Trustee Bohrer yes, Trustee Blik yes, Trustee Lowder yes, Trustee Shackelford yes, Trustee Driscoll yes. The motion passed.
Accept the Bond Reimbursement Resolutions
Chairman Bohrer read the resolution. A motion was made by Trustee Driscoll and seconded by Trustee Lowder. A roll call vote was made. Trustee Bohrer yes, Trustee Blik yes, Trustee Lowder yes, Trustee Shackelford yes, Trustee Driscoll yes. The motion passed.
Approve Legal Verbiage of Acceptance for Bond
No motion necessary. Motions passed on Business Items 9D and 9E.
Review 20162017 School District Handbook
No motion necessary, for review only. Currently only additions made were adding new teachers.
Approve Hiring of Elementary School Teachers Cassidy Jolley, Elizabeth Anderson and Jennifer Carroll
A motion was made by Trustee Lowder and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to approve the hiring of elementary school teachers Cassidy Jolley, Elizabeth Anderson and Jennifer Carroll. The motion passed.
Approve date and Time of the Annual Board Meeting
A motion was made by Trustee Driscoll and Seconded by Trustee Lowder to approve the date and time of the annual Board meeting for 7:00 pm July 20th. The motion passed. Approve Bids for Red Shed
A motion was made by Trustee Lowder and seconded by Trustee Shackelford to approve the high bid for the red shed. The motion passed.
TRUSTEE INPUT
Trustee Driscoll is excited about the three new teachers hired and the construction of the new building. He thanked the district office for their work.
Trustee Shackelford would like something in the newspaper about the 5th grade change.
Trustee Lowder had no additional input.
Trustee Blik agreed with Trustee Driscoll and is excited about the new teachers and the construction project.
Trustee Bohrer is happy about the hiring of the new teachers and commented on how the high school graduation was nice. He also discussed the importance of the vocational survey completed at the high school and that the Vocational Committee has been formed to help determine which programs to have in place.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 8:16 p.m., a motion was made by Trustee Lowder and seconded by Trustee Blik that the Board of Trustees of School District No. 58 go into executive session pursuant to Section 74 206(1), Idaho Code, in order to discuss Section 74206(1): Subsection (1)(b) (public school student) and, that following the executive session the Board will convene in public session for the purpose of conducting regular meeting business. A roll call vote was held with the following results: Herb Bohrer – yes, Elaine Blik – yes, Todd Lowder – yes, Mike Shackelford – yes and Braden Driscoll – yes. The motion carried. Other present were Superintendent Ward and Wallace Driscoll.
No motion was needed from executive session.
After returning to open session from executive session, the regular session meeting began at 8:44 p.m. A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Trustee Blik and seconded by Trustee Lowder. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 pm.