The Adena Local Board of Education met in regular session on May 20, 2014 at 7:00 P.M. in the Library Media Center with the following members responding to roll call: Mr. Joseph Glandon, Mr. Nathan Huff, Mr. Michael Kinnamon, Mr. James Lowe and Mr. Kevin Pancake. The Pledge to the Flag was given. (14-76) MINUTES Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Pancake, that the minutes of the April 15, 2014 Regular Meeting and the May 10, 2014 Work Study Session be approved as written. (14-77) FINANCIAL REPORT Moved by Mr. Pancake, seconded by Mr. Kinnamon, that the financial report be accepted and approved. Roll call: Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Kinnamon, yea; Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Lowe, (14-78) AMENDED CERTIFICATE AND REVISED PERMANENT APPROPRIATIONS Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Huff, to approve the Amended Certificate of Estimated Resources and Revised Permanent Appropriations as presented. (14-79) FIVE YEAR FORECAST Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to approve the Five Year Forecast as presented. (14-80) FISCAL YEAR 2015 HEALTH INSURANCE RATES Moved by Mr. Pancake, seconded by Mr. Kinnamon, to approve the following health insurance premiums for Fiscal Year 2015: Single Policy: $856.00/mo Family Policy: $1,959.00/mo (This is a 14.95% increase) Roll call: Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Kinnamon, yea; Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Lowe, (14-81) TRANSFER Moved by Mr. Pancake, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to approve the transfer of $6,476.00 from the General Fund to the High School Yearbook Fund. (14-82) AUDIT AGREEMENT EXTENSION FISCAL YEAR 2014 Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Huff, to renew the agreement with Balestra, Harr & Scherer to perform the audit for Fiscal Year 2014 for $13,000.00. Roll call: Mr. Kinnamon, yea; Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Lowe,
(14-83) REVISED SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Pancake, to approve the school mission statement as revised by the District Leadership Team. The revised mission statement will be; Respect, Commitment, Pride Practiced Here. (14-84) REMOVE FROM THE TABLE MOTION 14-52 ROSS-PIKE ESD CONTRACT Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Huff, to remove from the table Motion 14-52 concerning the Ross-Pike Educational Service District Contract for the 2014-2015 school year. (14-85) ROSS-PIKE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICT CONTRACT RENEWAL Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Pancake, to enter into agreement with the Ross-Pike County Educational Service District to provide special education services to students for the 2014-2015 school year, including preschool and tag. Roll call: Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Kinnamon, abstain; Mr. Lowe, nay. (Motion Passed) (14-86) OHSAA MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Huff, to approve the membership renewal in the Ohio High School Athletic Association for the 2014-2015 school year. (14-87) TIRE BIDS Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Pancake, to accept the Tire Bids from Jack s Tire and Auto for the Michelin tires as the most responsive bid. (This was the only vendor to submit tire bids.) (14-88) DIESEL BIDS Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Kinnamon, to reject all diesel bids received in order to seek better pricing. (14-89) PROPANE BIDS Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to reject all propane bids received in order to seek better pricing. (14-90) FCCLA REQUEST Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Kinnamon, to pay $1,000.00 towards the food costs for the FCCLA students attending the National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas. (Note: The Board s maximum payment towards this expense is $1,000.00 ($200.00/student) set at the June 20, 2006 Regular Board Meeting Motion #: 06-119.)
(14-91) ATHLETIC ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVERAGE RENEWAL Moved by Mr. Pancake, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to renew the Athletic Accident Insurance with Baker Agency, Inc. for $9,035.00 for the 2014-2015 school year. (14-92) MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM Moved by Mr. Huff, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to approve the Middle School Summer School classes in Math and Language Arts beginning in June if needed. Roll call: Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Kinnamon, yea; Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Lowe, (14-93) SURPLUS EQUIPMENT Moved by Mr. Huff, seconded by Mr. Pancake, to declare the following items surplus equipment and bring proposals for discarding these items to the Board: 1 - Chair 1 - Base Podium 1 - Upper Podium with rail 1 - Double Podium with rail 1 - Conductor s Stand Roll call: Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Kinnamon, yea; Mr. Lowe, (14-94) SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES CONTRACT Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Pancake, to enter into agreement with South Central Ohio Job and Family Services to participate in the TANF Summer Youth Employment Program. And to employ Aaron Ward, April Ward, Brandon Dalton, Michael Hart and Dustin Hossler during the summer under this program. (14-95) THOROUGH AND EFFICIENT RESOLUTION Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Pancake, to approve the following resolution: Preserving Thorough and Efficient Provision Of the Ohio Constitution RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the constitutional provision requiring the General Assembly to secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools has held the State of Ohio to a high standard for over 160 years, and WHEREAS, Chad Readler, chair of the Education, Public Institutions & Miscellaneous and Local Government Committee of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, has proposed to remove the standard of thorough and efficient from the Ohio Constitution, and WHEREAS, we believe this would essentially remove any checks and balances that otherwise would be exercised by the judicial branch of government, be it therefore
RESOLVED, that the Adena Local Board of Education, strongly opposes the removal of the words thorough and efficient from Article VI, section 2 of the Ohio Constitution, and be it further RESOLVED, that the thorough and efficient clause be strengthened by adding a provision that each Ohio student shall have the fundamental right to high quality educational opportunities, and be it further RESOLVED, that this resolution be forwarded to all members of the 130 th General Assembly, the Governor, State Board of Education, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Members of the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission, other state officials and the media. Adopted this day of May 20, 2014. (14-96) AFS USA ADENA CHAPTER DONATION Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Huff, to accept the donation of $316.00 to the Elementary Library for books from the AFS USA Adena Chapter. (14-97) CLASSIFIED SALARY INCREASE Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Kinnamon, to approve the classified salary increase of 0.00% on the base (effective 7/1/2013 6/30/2015). In addition, classified members scheduled to receive step increases will do so; those members over the step schedule will receive a $300.00 payment in June, 2014 and May, 2015. Also, those classified employees taking health insurance will receive a premium holiday in June, July and August 2014 and June 2015. (14-98) EXECUTIVE SESSION Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Glandon, that the Board go into executive session to discuss the employment of personnel. The Board went into executive session at 8:05 P.M. The Board reconvened at 8:43 P.M. The employment of personnel was discussed while in executive session. (14-99) SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACT AND VOLUNTEER Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to grant a one year limited supplemental contract to Mike Miller as the Varsity Golf Coach for the 2014-2015 school year and approve Lou Postage as a Volunteer Assistant Golf Coach for the 2014-2015 school year. (14-100) MIDDLE SCHOOL SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHERS Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Huff, to grant summer school teacher contracts to Dianna Eiring and Lori Postage to be used on an as needed basis for the 2014 summer school.
(14-101) ONE YEAR LIMITED TEACHER CONTRACT Moved by Mr. Huff, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to grant a one year limited teacher contract to Ashleigh Gallaugher for the 2014-2015 school year. Roll call: Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Kinnamon, yea; Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Lowe, (14-102) KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION PROGRAM TEACHERS Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to grant summer school teacher contracts to the following for the Kindergarten Transition Program for the 2014 summer school: Christina Martin Jillian Bluck Megan Bush Marilyn Bakenhaster Amy Mullikin (14-103) RESIGNATION DUE TO RETIREMENT Moved by Mr. Pancake, seconded by Mr. Huff, to accept the resignation due to retirement request from Rebecca P. Guthrie as a teacher at the end of the 2013-2014 school year. Roll call: Mr. Pancake, yea; Mr. Huff, yea; Mr. Glandon, yea; Mr. Kinnamon, yea; Mr. Lowe, (14-104) RESIGNATION DUE TO RETIREMENT Moved by Mr. Kinnamon, seconded by Mr. Pancake, to accept the resignation due to retirement request from Rebecca Fellenstein effective August 1, 2014. (14-105) CLASSIFIED SUBSTITUTE (AS NEEDED BASIS) Moved by Mr. Pancake, seconded by Mr. Glandon, to place Shannon Williams on the classified substitute list to be used on an as needed basis pending the verification of all qualifications. (14-106) ADJOURNMENT Moved by Mr. Glandon, seconded by Mr. Kinnamon, that the Board adjourn. Note: These minutes will not be officially approved by the Adena Local Board of Education until the June, 2014 Board Meeting.