RECORD
OF MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MORRISON
COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT #6
NOVEMBER
17, 2005
A
special meeting of the Board of Education of Morrison Community Unit District
#6,
On
roll call, the following were present:
Kent Forth, Kevin Schlueter, Ellen Smith, Steve Swanstrom, and Sally
Gray. Board members Dave Boyles and Joy
Tegeler were absent. Also present were
Superintendent Jody Ware, Recording Secretary Wendy Krajnovich. Harvey Zuidema was a member from the
community who was present.
COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Superintendent’s
Report
Dr.
Ware gave an updated report on the fund drive to pay for fuel for
transportation of the donated student desks and computer carts to St. Tammany
Junior High in
The
Young Adult Group at Emmanuel Reformed Church had already conducted a fund
drive for hurricane relief, and decided to donate their entire proceeds of
$837.00 to our effort. Some churches
are taking up a special collection, and some are making a donation. Dr. Ware expressed her joy at the generosity
of these organizations. She also had high praise for the efforts of Roger
Kallenbach on this project. He has gone
out of his way to take care of all the transportation details involved in a
project such as this. The delivery will
be made after Thanksgiving.
Public
Forum
There
were no public comments.
Board
of Education Comments
There
were no comments from the Board of Education.
INFORMATION
Public
Hearing: Waiver Request for Administrative Regulation Limitation
Board
President Sally Gray opened the public hearing by asking Dr. Jody Ware to
explain what the purpose of the meeting was and what expenditures were included
in calculating administrative regulation limitation. Dr. Jody Ware reported
that the preliminary requirements for requesting a waiver was to hold a public
hearing on a non-regularly scheduled meeting date; publishing a notice in the
local newspaper at least 7 days prior to the hearing date, and notifying our
state representatives and the Morrison Education Association President. Due to the percentage increase in
administrative costs over 5%, this hearing was required. Items listed under administrative costs are:
superintendent’s salary, administrative secretary’s salary, interim
superintendent salary, superintendent TRS, superintendent insurance,
superintendent THIS, administrative equipment maintenance, administrative
(superintendent) travel, postage, administrative (supt.) supplies,
administrative (supt.) equipment, administrative (supt.) dues/fees, other
administrative expenses, and the annual contract of the utility
consultant. The amount of increase is
7.23%.
Dr.
Ware assured the Board that the approved budget is set but as in the past, the
budget will be amended in May. The
Superintendent of Schools is anticipating the administrative limitation to be
less than 5% by May, 2006.
RECORD
OF MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
MORRISON
COMMUNITY UNIT DISTRICT #6
NOVEMBER
17, 2005
President
Sally Gray asked for public comments.
There were no public comments.
Motion:
Smith; second: Schlueter; To approve the waiver request. On roll call voting Aye –
ADJOURNMENT
5:25
P.M.
Motion:
Swanstrom; second:
(President)
(Secretary) Date
Approved