CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education Woolworth Street Carthage, NY 13619

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1 CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT Board of Education Woolworth Street Carthage, NY REGULAR MEETING APPROVED MINUTES Monday, September 14, :00 PM Hall of Achievement Award Ceremony 5:30 PM Auditorium Commons 2015 Recipient: John Waterhouse Board of Education meetings are held at the Carthage High School Library, located at NYS Route 26 Carthage, and is handicapped accessible. All district buildings are non-smoking. BOARD MEMBERS: PRESENT ABSENT GUESTS: Barbara Lofink, President Corey Moshier, Andrew Kilbourn, Wilfred & Sue Ellen Anne Rohr, Vice President Deion, Nathan Whoolery, Kate Hallenbeck, Bryanna Draper, Collin Scott, Calob Hamilton, Damian Olley, Kent Burto, Member Keshaun Gordon, Karley Newhouse, Miranda Berry, Abigail Hammond, Member Bennett Smith, Linda Wiltse, Angie Robbins, Sam Henry, Mary Louise Hunt, Member Kylie Buker, Jamie Sweeney, Candy Wimmer, Emily Tod Nash, Member Remington, Steve Nolan, Jen Myers, Richard Weber, Garry Schwartz, Member Joseph Sedita SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS: Peter J. Turner ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT: Andrea Miller BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR: Kimberly Caird 1.0 CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: President Lofink called the meeting to order at 6:20 p.m. 2.0 APPROVAL OF AGENDA: BE IT RESOLVED, that the Carthage Central School District Board of Education, on the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools, approves the agenda for this evening s meeting. MOTION BY: Garry Schwartz SECONDED BY: Kent Burto 3.0 PUBLIC COMMENTS: Speakers are limited to 5 minutes. Prepared statements may be submitted (11 copies are required) and provided to the Clerk. The name of author and date should appear on all documents. Questions relating to employees of the District will not be permitted. Such questions should be referred to the Superintendent of Schools at another time. President Lofink asked if anyone wished to address the Board. There were no requests.

2 4.0 SUPERINTENDENT S REPORTS/PROGRAMS/PRESENTATIONS No reports. B.O.E. Minutes 09/14/2015 Page 2 of FINANCIALS: Superintendent of Schools, approves the following Financial Items 5.1 to Treasurer s Monthly Report June and July General Fund Revenue Budget Status Report June and July General Fund Appropriation Status Report June and July Special Aid Fund Revenue Budget Status Report June and July Special Aid Fund Appropriation Status Report June and July Cafeteria Fund Revenue Budget Status Report June Cafeteria Fund Appropriation Status Report June 2015 MOTION BY: Abigail Hammond SECONDED BY: Mary Louise Hunt DISCUSSION: Mr. Turner introduced Corey Moshier to review the reports presented to the Board this evening. Mr. Moshier reviewed the June and July 2015 monthly reports. Mr. Moshier pointed out there is a possibility SED will take back $2.7 million they believe was overpaid to the district during the last capital project. This potential loss of aid has been recorded as a liability, reducing the revenue in the school year. The district has provided the state additional information in an attempt to reduce or eliminate this potential loss of state aid. We are still awaiting the state s decision. Mr. Nash asked for clarification on item lines in the General Fund Revenue and Appropriation reports. Mrs. Hunt asked for clarification on the cafeteria fund report for June. 5.8 Budget Transfers 2014/2015 Superintendent of Schools, approves the following 2014/2015 budget transfers to be made. Item 5.8 From To Amount A DO.000 A DO.000 $5, A DO.000 A DO.000 $19, A DO.000 A DO.000 $7, A DO.000 A DO.000 $18, A DO.000 A DO.216 $71, A DO.000 A DO.000 $20, A DO.000 A DO.000 $8, A DO.000 A DO.000 $36, A DO.000 A DO.000 $161, A DO.000 A DO.001 $8, A DO.000 A DO.000 $20, A DO.000 A DO.001 $5, A DO.000 A DO.000 $6, A DO.000 A DO.000 $25,609.89

3 B.O.E. Minutes 09/14/2015 Page 3 of 8 MOTION BY: Mary Louise Hunt SECONDED BY: Tod Nash The foregoing resolution was put to vote and was thereupon declared duly adopted. 5.9 Budget Transfer 2015/2016 Superintendent of Schools, approves the following 2015/2016 budget transfer to be made. Item 5.9 From To Amount A DO.216 A DO.000 $68, MOTION BY: Kent Burto SECONDED BY: Abigail Hammond The foregoing resolution was put to vote and was thereupon declared duly adopted Property Taxes Refund 2014/2015 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Carthage Central School District Board of Education refund property taxes in the amount of $1, to Carron Reynolds, per NYS Department of Taxation & Finance, Office of Real Property Tax Services. Item 5.10 MOTION BY: Tod Nash SECONDED BY: Kent Burto 5.11 Amendment of the 2015/2016 budget BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Carthage Central School District, Jefferson and Lewis Counties, State of New York, approves the amendment of the budget by increasing budget code A DO.216 and revenue code A3289A by $5,000. Item 5.11 MOTION BY: Abigail Hammond SECONDED BY: Mary Louise Hunt

4 5.12 Establishment of a Liability Reserve B.O.E. Minutes 09/14/2015 Page 4 of 8 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Carthage Central School District, Jefferson and Lewis Counties, State of New York, approves the establishment of a Liability Reserve as of June 30, 2015 in the amount of $50,000. Item 5.12 MOTION BY: Garry Schwartz SECONDED BY: Mary Louise Hunt DISCUSSION: Mr. Nash asked Ms. Caird has there ever been a claim that has not been reimbursed. Ms. Caird answered no Establishment of a Property Loss Reserve BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Carthage Central School District, Jefferson and Lewis Counties, State of New York, approves the establishment of a Property Loss Reserve as of June 30, 2015 in the amount of $200,000. Item 5.13 MOTION BY: Abigail Hammond SECONDED BY: Mary Louise Hunt DISCUSSION: Mr. Nash asked if this is applied to the deductible as well. Ms. Caird answered yes Increase of the Employee Benefits Reserve BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Carthage Central School District, Jefferson and Lewis Counties, State of New York, approves the increase of the Employee Benefits Reserve as of June 30, 2015 by $141,399. Item 5.14 MOTION BY: Kent Burto SECONDED BY: Abigail Hammond DISCUSSION: Mr. Schwartz asked did this just come out of the general fund. Ms. Caird answered it is based on figures anticipated Approval of Fund Balance and Reserve Report Superintendent of Schools, approves the 2015 Fund Balance and Reserve Reports. Item 5.15 MOTION BY: Abigail Hammond SECONDED BY: Mary Louise Hunt

5 B.O.E. Minutes 09/14/2015 Page 5 of CONSENT AGENDA Superintendent of Schools, approves the Consent Agenda Items 6.1 to Board of Education Minutes: August 31, CPSE Minutes: September 9, Fundraising Request: CLUB/CLASS DATE PURPOSE ACTIVITY 1. Team 6 A 10/07/ /24/2015 Field trip to Old Forge, Water Safari Nestle Chocolate 6.4 Overnight Field Trip Requests: CLUB/CLASS DATE PURPOSE LOCATION 1. FFA Grades /18/ /20/2015 Milk Quality CDE Competition Springfield, Massachusetts 2. FFA Grades /25/ /31/2015 National FFA Convention Louisville, KY MOTION BY: Kent Burto SECONDED BY: Tod Nash 7.0 ACTION ITEMS: A. OTHER: Approval of: Superintendent of Schools, approves the designation of Extracurricular Fundraising Clubs. Action Item Designation of Extracurricular Fundraising Clubs MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAMS 5A 5B 6A 6B 7B 8A 8B MOTION BY: Garry Schwartz SECONDED BY: Tod Nash

6 B.O.E. Minutes 09/14/2015 Page 6 of 8 B. PERSONNEL: Superintendent of Schools, approves the following Personnel Items 7.2 to Resignations/Retirements: NAME POSITION BUILDING DATE EFFECTIVE NOTES 1. Cathy McKenna Lunch Monitor High School 09/01/2015 Resigned. 2. Alyssa Kujawa Elementary Teacher Carthage Elementary 08/31/2015 Resigned. 3. Timothy Wiest Aide Middle School 09/01/2015 Resigned. 4. Debra Rogers Cleaner Middle School 12/31/2015 Retirement. 27 Years of Service 5. Cathy McKenna Bus Driver Bug Garage 11/17/2015 Retirement. 30 Years of Service Instructional 7.3 Appointments: NAME POSITION TENURE AREA BUILDING PROBATIONARY PERIOD SALARY 1. Elizabeth Widrick Child Associate N/A Carthage Elementary N/A Step 1 - $18.90 Faculty Advisors for Extra Classroom Activities: NAME TEAM ENSUING YEAR ENDING STIPEND 2. Jennifer Sholette 5A June 30, 2016 N/A 3. Tamara Weaver 5B 4. Amy Thornton 6A 5. Leigh Badalato 6B 6. Danielle Carr 7B 7. Betsy Roberts 8A 8. Lisa Clemons 8B Appointment of Chief Medical Officer: NAME APPOINTMENT ENSUING YEAR ENDING STIPEND 9. Dr. Mark Parshall Carthage Area Hospital Chief Medical Officer June 30, 2016 $2, plus $ Basic Physicals $ Sports Physicals Appointment of CSE and CPSE Membership: NAME APPOINTMENT ENSUING YEAR ENDING STIPEND 10. Dr. Mark Parshall Carthage Area Hospital Physician June 30, 2016 N/A

7 Non-Instructional: B.O.E. Minutes 09/14/2015 Page 7 of 8 NAME POSITION BUILDING DATE EFFECTIVE SALARY 11. Jeanne Stenoski School Nurse - RN District September 15, 2015 Step 13 - $ FTE 12. Deborah Wood Bus Driver 4.25 hour 13. Christian Wayte Bus Driver 4.5 hours 14. Charles Shaw Bus Driver 5.0 hours 15. Aliza Kumah Bus Driver 4.0 hours 16. David Marra Bus Driver 4.5 hours 17. Cynthia Fuller Bus Driver 4.0 hours 18. Dawn Workman Bus Monitor 4.0 hours Student Aide Hour Adjustments: Step 1 - $18.58 NAME BUILDING ASSIGNED HOURS DATE EFFECTIVE HOURLY RATE 19. Billie Brown West Carthage 5.5 to /15/2015 $ Judy Passage Black River 6.0 to /15/2015 $23.34 LPN/Aide 21. Tara Phillips Black River 6.0 to /15/2015 $ Angela Niger Black River 6.0 to /15/2015 $ Cindy Sech Black River 6.0 to /15/2015 $ Karen Hills Black River 6.0 to /15/2015 $ Meredith Covey Black River 6.0 to /15/2015 $ Patty Godlewski Black River 6.0 to /15/2015 $ Christine Moseley High School 6.0 to /15/2015 $ Kylee Paczkowski High School 5.5 to /15/2015 $21.80 Substitutes: NAME POSITION 29. Stephen (Derek) Kelley Instructional & Non-Instructional 30. Renata Rogers Non-Instructional 31. Thelma Rice Non-Instructional 32. Kayleen Kolk Instructional & Non-Instructional 33. Andrea Vickers Instructional & Non-Instructional 7.4 Sick Bank Requests: NAME MEMBERSHIP NUMBER OF DAYS 1. Kimberly Gawron CTA 22 MOTION BY: Kent Burto SECONDED BY: Abigail Hammond DISCUSSION: Mr. Nash verified we hadn t already appointed the Chief Medical Officer at the Reorg meeting.

8 B.O.E. Minutes 09/14/2015 Page 8 of PUBLIC COMMENTS: Speakers are limited to 5 minutes. Prepared statements may be submitted (11 copies are required) and provided to the Clerk. The name of author and date should appear on all documents. Questions relating to employees of the District will not be permitted. Such questions should be referred to the Superintendent of Schools at another time. President Lofink asked if anyone wished to address the Board. There were no requests. 9.0 BOARD COMMITTEES/COMMENTS: NONE 10.0 PROPOSED EECUTIVE SESSION: NONE 11.0 RETURN TO OPEN SESSION: N/A 12.0 ADJOURNMENT: MOTION BY: Anne Rohr SECONDED BY: Tod Nash DISCUSSION: Meeting adjourned at 6:49 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Kelly O Connor Kelly O Connor District Clerk