ADMINISTRATION BUILDING REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING JANUARY 12, :00 P.M.

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1 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING JANUARY 12, :00 P.M. 1. Call To Order The Board of School Trustees held their regular, monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at the Greater Clark County Schools' Administration Building. The Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. Roll Call Present: Absent: Ms. Christensen, Ms. DeArk, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Jones, Mr. McEwen, Mr. Valentine Ms. Gilkey 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Board Salutes A) Ms. DeArk recognized Sophia Bums, Donte Hickson, Adrianne Billups, Ashely Cummings, Sydney Smith and Sarah Swartz, GCCS students who were selected to the Indiana Music Educators All-State Honor Choir. B) Mr. McEwen recognized Austin Hines, a River Valley student, who was selected to play in the Youth All-American Bowl. C) Ms. Christensen recognized Trent Fortson, Kris Thompson and Toba Omotinugbon, Jeffersonville High School football players, who were named to the 2009 Hoosier Hills All-Conference Football Team. 5. Minutes Mr. McEwen made a motion that the Board approve the School Board meeting minutes for a regular meeting on December 8, 2009, and a special meeting on December 18, Mr. Valentine seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part 6. Public Comments on Agenda Items There were no comments. 7. Consent Agenda and Superintendent's Report Ms. Christensen requested Item E be pulled from the Consent Agenda for separate consideration. Mr. Gilbert requested Items G, I and J be pulled from the Consent Agenda for separate Page 1 of 5

2 consideration. Mr. Jones made a motion that the Board approve the following Consent Agenda items (excluding Items E, G, I and J) as presented. Ms. DeArk seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part A) Approval of Clain1s - Approved claims for December and January #68273 through 68575, # through # , and # through # B) Approval of Travel - Approved travel required by staff as noted and travel required by the Board and Superintendent, if necessary, through February 9, C) Field Trips - Approved Field Trips Report dated January 12,2010. D) Fund Raisers - Approved Fund Raiser Report dated January 12,2010. E) Gifts to Schools - Ms. DeArk made a motion that the Board approve the Gifts to Schools Report dated January 12, Ms. Christensen seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part F) Personnel - Approved the classified report, certified report, and stipend reports dated January 12,2010. G) Change to Superintendent's Contract - Mr. Valentine made a motion that the Board approve a change to the Superintendent's contract to update the wording in the health club membership clause from "the Louisville Athletic Club" to "an athletic club". Ms. DeArk seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously. H) Charlestown Middle School Wireless Installation Proposal - Approved the wireless installation proposal with Boice.net as part of the implementation of the Charlestown Middle School 1: 1 Project at a cost of $96, I) Food Services Consultant - Mr. Jones made a n10tion that the Board approve an agreement with Sodexho to provide a consultant to evaluate our Food Services program and provide recommendations to improve the quality of food and efficiency of service at a cost of $8, per month. Ms. DeArk seconded the motion. Ayes: Ms. Christensen, Ms. DeArk, Mr. Jones, Mr. McEwen, Mr. Valentine Nayes: Mr. Gilbert Page 2 or5

3 January 12, 2010 The motion carried (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and n1ade a part J) Board Docs - Mr. Jones made a motion that the Board approve the purchase of Dell laptop computers for Board members' use and the BoardDocsLT web-based electronic school board document management system service for the purpose of pursuing paperless board meetings. Mr. Valentine seconded the motion. Ayes: Ms. Christensen, Ms. DeArk, Mr. Jones, Mr. McEwen, Mr. Valentine Nayes: Mr. Gilbert The motion carried (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part K) Change Orders for Charlestown High School Building Project - Approved change orders to JC Industries and Johnson - Lancaster & Assoc. for the CHS renovation/addition project as presented. L) Contract Bus Route - Approved (1) the Contractor's Route Proposal Package and advertisement of same; (2) CFO/COO and Vickie Whitten, Purchasing Manager, to receive and open sealed proposals; (3) COO and Milton Clayton to negotiate and award the route proposal; and (4) 2-W as the contract route for negotiation. M) Workers Compensation Insurance Coverage - Approved the proposal for workers compensation insurance coverage with ISESC Risk Management Program, Inc. effective January 1, N) Calendar Year End Appropriation Transfers - The State Board of Accounts requires that all accounts have a positive balance at the end of the year. The Board was provided with a list of the transfers necessary for the end of the year closing for their information. 8. Action Items A) Reorganization of Facilities Department - Mr. Jones made a motion that the Board approve the reorganization of the Facilities Department due to the need for more sitebased management, improved quality control and preventative n1aintenance. Mr. Valentine seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part B) GCEAlTeachers' Collective Bargaining Agreement - Ms. Christensen made a motion Page 3 of5

4 that the Board approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the GCEA (Teachers) as presented. Mr. Valentine seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part therein by reference). C) GCSAlTransportation Collective Bargaining Agreement - Ms. Christensen n1ade a motion that the Board approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the GCSA (Transportation) as presented. Mr. Valentine seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part D) Salary Adjustments - Mr. Jones made a motion that the Board approve a 0.75% salary adjustment to be applied to all employees in the Meet & Confer groups and in the Fringe Benefits groups with a retroactive application to July 1, Mr. McEwen seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part E) Indiana's Race to the Top Application - Ms. DeArk made a motion that the Board (1) acknowledge, authorize and ratify the signing and submission of the Partnership Agreement by the Superintendent of Schools and President of Board of School Trustees; and (2) acknowledge, approve and authorize the submission of any and all additional information that might be required in order to enable the school corporation's participation in the state of Indiana's Race to the Top grant application; and (3) authorize the President and the Secretary of the Board to sign, independently or in conjunction with the Superintendent of Schools any participating documents required to be submitted in the future; unless, said documents require an expenditure of funds on the part of the school corporation. Mr. McEwen seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously (copy attached to original Corporation minutes and made a part 9. Discussion Items (no Board action taken) A) High School Project Bond Issue Update - Frank Collesano provided the Board with an update on the Corporation High School Projects Bond Issue. 10. Board ReportslRequests 11. Persons Requesting to Address the Board on Non-Agenda Items Page 4 of5

5 12. Board Comments 13. Adjournment Mr. McEwen made a motion that the Board adjourn. Mr. Valentine seconded the motion, and the motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 7:54 p.m. Becka Christensen Brian Jones Ernie Gilbert, President - absent- Christina Gilkey, Vice President Page 5 of5