RECORD
OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MORRISON
COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT #6
November
15, 2005
The
regular meeting of the Board of Education of Morrison Community Unit District
#6,
On
roll call, the following were present: Dave Boyles, Kent Forth, Kevin
Schlueter, Ellen Smith, Joy Tegeler and Sally Gray. Board member Steve Swanstrom arrived at 6:35
P.M. Also present were Superintendent
Jody Ware, Recording Secretary Wendy Krajnovich, Junior High School Principal
Darryl Hogue, Elementary Principal Steve Wroble, Tricia Tomasino, Beth Poling,
Dave Jennings, Brent Appell, Harvey Zuidema, and two media representatives.
President
Sally Gray called for any changes or corrections to the minutes of the last two
Board meetings. Hearing none, she called
for a motion to approve the minutes of the two previous meetings.
Motion:
Boyles; Second: Tegeler; To approve the minutes for the regular meeting of
October 25, 2005, and the special meeting of November 1, 2005. Ayes – 7; Nays – none; motion carried.
COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Superintendent’s
Report
Dr.
Ware announced that the presentation by Dr. Mark Woods and Becky West has been
postponed until the December meeting.
She then introduced Dr. David Jennings and Beth Poling representing the
Morrison Lions Club, and school nurse Trish Tomasino. Dr. Jennings and Ms. Poling presented a new
vision screening machine to replace the old one school nurses had used for
many, many years. They pointed out that
there is a small plaque affixed to the new machine stating that the purchase
was partially funded by John Ardapple Memorial funds. Mr. Ardapple had been a Lions Club member for
many years and a former Morrison High School Board member.
Dr.
Ware reported that parent-teacher conferences were well attended and exact
numbers would be reported in December.
Food trays were provided for the staff lunch courtesy of the Board of
Education on parent-teacher conference day in recognition of American Education
Week, and numerous appreciative messages have been received from the staff.
Reporting
on progress of the donation of unused school desks and computer carts to St.
Tammany Junior High School in
Building
Administration
Elementary
Principal Steve Wroble reported a Family Reading Night was held at
Northside. The Veteran’s Day concert put
on by the fifth grade was excellent.
Parent-teacher conferences had approximately 100% participation. Forty-nine students participated in the
Junior
High Principal Darryl Hogue reported that they also had a Veteran’s Day
program. The American Legion presented
the colors in the gym, including a flag folding ceremony. There was an assembly with a theater
production of three financial programs for students. There was a good turnout for parent-teacher
conferences, and the group conferences were popular. The Tri-state fundraiser was recently
completed with $12,068 raised; the school keeps approximately half of this
amount.
Dr.
Ware read High School Principal Janet Ward’s report as she was unable to attend
the meeting. The Key Club had an
accumulated total of 292.75 hours of community service in October. Their Christmas crafts will be sold at
Twenty-three
girls and 26 boys are out for basketball.
Eight boys signed up for swimming and 15 for wrestling.
RECORD
OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MORRISON
COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT #6
November
15, 2005
Public
Forum
There
were no public comments.
Board
of Education Comments
There
were no Board member comments.
INFORMATIONAL
REPORTS
The
Financial Report as of October 31, 2005 was reviewed.
The
Treasurer’s Report as of October 31, 2005 was reviewed.
Financial
Comparisons: FY04, FY05, FY06 was reviewed.
Financial
Forecasting
Mr.
Brent Appell, Illinois State Board of Education Regional Financial Consultant
was present to provide information regarding financial trend analysis based on
our FY2005 Annual Financial Report and FY2006 budget. Mr. Appell is one of three consultants in the
state who provides technical assistance for school districts. He prepares a financial projection program
out to 2012 that watches for trends. He
advised the Board to be cautious with fund balances and to keep costs
controlled. When asked how we are doing
compared with other districts, he answered positively.
2005
Tax Levy Preparation
Dr.
Ware reported that she had met with the district auditor and was given
information regarding the 2005 tax levy preparation. The levy must be filed by the last Tuesday in
December. The Board will adopt the levy
at the December 20, 2005 meeting.
Posting
of Board Convention
Four
Board of Education members and Superintendent Jody Ware will attend the three
day 2005 Joint
Annual
Conference of the Illinois Association of School Boards, Illinois Association
of School Administrators, and Illinois Association of School Business Officials
to be held in Chicago on November 17-20, 2005.
Board
of Education Retreat
The
Board and Dr. Ware discussed the need to schedule a Board retreat. The Board felt they are getting good
community input from the strategic planning sessions, and at this time there
are no pressing district issues. Board
member Ellen Smith suggested that an early spring retreat would be in
order. The topic will be discussed again
in a few months.
CONSENT
AGENDA
Move
to Approve Routine Items
Motion:
Smith; Second: Schlueter; To approve the consent agenda including: 1) District bills
as of November 15, 2005; 2) Financial reports as of October 31, 2005; 3)
Treasurer’s report as of October 31, 2005; 4) Financial comparisons FY04, FY05,
FY06; 5) Closed session disposal of tapes; 4/27/2004 & 5/11/2004; Personnel
recommendations – Tori Eads, Northside Bus Monitor; Pat Zuidema and Regina
Williams, HS Cafeteria (shared position); and accepted the FMLA request from
Jessica White. On roll call voting Aye –
Smith, Swanstrom, Boyles, Tegeler,
RECORD
OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MORRISON
COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT #6
November
15, 2005
Bids
for Released District Items
Motion:
Forth; Second: Boyles; To accept the high bids for Released District
Items. Items and accepted bids are:
Delta 10” variety table saw with unifence, $579.50; Delta 6” belt floor sander
with stand, $127.51; Delta 4’ wood lathe, $355.00; Walker Turner 6” wood joiner
w/ 3’ bed and floor stand, $75.00; Walker Turner 24” scroll saw, $36.00; 30” x
6’ kitchen butcher block work table with one drawer and rack, $26.00; 30” x 6’
kitchen butcher block work table with one drawer, $26.00; 30” x 8’ kitchen
butcher block work table with two drawers, $51.00. The 6’
Wood Lathe and 20” Drill Press did not receive any bids. Ayes – Swanstrom,
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Policy
Committee
Dave
Boyles reported he will be setting up a meeting to review two outstanding
packets of press releases.
Strategic
Planning Committee
Ellen
Smith reported that Strategic Planning is going well. A lot was accomplished during the day-long
session with Lynn Feaver on November 7, 2005. Volunteers attended throughout
the day. Public relations is the only
area that needs more work. A draft of
the Plan on a Page has been completed.
The next meeting of the full committee will be held on Tuesday, November
29th.
Personnel/Negotiations
No
report was given.
Finance
Committee
No
report was given.
Facilities
Committee
Kent
Forth reported that he had met with Dr. Jody Ware and Dean Wallace regarding
the life safety repairs outlined by architect Phil Fadden when the committee
last met in September. The estimated
total for the repairs and upgrades was $39,100.00; the actual cost was
$12,650.00, for a savings of $26,550.00.
Some of the projects were done with the expertise of outside
contractors, but many have been done by Dean Wallace and other members of the
maintenance staff to realize greater savings.
Citizens
Advisory Committee
Ellen
Smith reported that the committee will meet on Monday, November 21, 2005.
Extra-Curricular
Committee
There
was no report from the Extra Curricular Committee.
CLOSED
SESSION
Motion
to close regular session and move into closed session.
Moved:
Smith; second: Schlueter; Ayes – Schlueter, Smith, Swanstrom, Tegeler, Boyles,
Realizing
the media representatives would have to wait until the return from closed
session to hear a report regarding natural gas purchases, in consideration to
them President Sally Gray entertained a motion to reverse the closed session
motion.
Moved:
Tegeler; second: Swanstrom; Ayes – 7, Nays – none. Motion carried.
RECORD
OF MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MORRISON
COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT #6
November
15, 2005
OTHER
BUSINESS
Steve
Swanstrom reported he has been working with Patti Ogden, Northern Illinois
Utilities Consultant, regarding the purchase of natural gas to store. Current prices are running between
seventy-seven cents and $1.06 per therm, so she will be purchasing aggressively
in the next ten days. This will be
stored and can be used when prices peak during the winter. Sally Gray is monitoring petroleum costs for
buses.
CLOSED
SESSION
7:55
P.M.
Motion
to close regular session and move into closed session.
Moved:
Boyles; second: Forth; Ayes – Boyles,
RETURN
FROM CLOSED SESSION
8:03
P.M.
Moved:
Schlueter; second: Smith; Ayes – 7; Nays – none. Motion carried
ADJOURNMENT
8:05
P.M.
Motion:
Boyles; second: Smith; To adjourn the meeting.
Ayes – 7; Nays – none. Motion
carried.
(President)
(Secretary) Date
Approved