Turtle Lake-Mercer School Board Regular Meeting June 10, 2013 8:00 p.m. ITV Room 1. Pres. Anderson called the regular meeting of the Turtle Lake-Mercer School Board to order at 8:00 p.m. in the ITV Room on Monday, June 10, 2013. Directors present were Bayless, T. Sondrol, Murray, L. Sondrol, Presser, Laib Supt: Gaillord Peltier Principal: Daren Kurle Business Manager: Susan Davis Guests: Lisa Lelm, Sue Reiser, Courtney Volochenko, Kara Smalls, Heather Kramer, Michelle Anseth, Allan Tinker 2. Laib moved to approve the agenda as presented, T. Sondrol seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. 3. Bayless moved to approve the minutes of the May 14 th 2013 regular meeting as mailed out, Murray seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. 4. Financial Reports Peltier: Murray moved to approve the financial reports and payment of the bills as presented, Presser seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. 5. Principals Report a. End of Year Power School workshop was held on June 6 th with Mr. Kurle and Mrs. Volochenko attending. b. Report cards have been mailed out. c. Class schedule for 2013-2014 was reviewed. d. Work Co-op program has been revised with changes made to the way they are coded for Career and Technical Education. Most of the work co-ops will be handled right in the school. 6. Supt. Report Peltier a. Policy Committee members have been busy meeting on the handbooks. There are still changes that need to be made. Members of the committee will meet one more time and will make final changes. Tabled for approval when final changes are completed. b. The Board was updated on the hiring of new staff. c. Supt. Peltier informed the Board of roof leaking problems in the north hallway by the locker rooms. Taylor Roofing has been notified. This has been an ongoing problem in this area of the building. d. School Construction Loan Application for our school expansion project has been submitted. June 10, 2013 minutes Page 1
e. Midwest Investigating & Security Inc. was here to give an estimate on updating and expanding our system. The expansion includes the elementary expansion project and three new cameras. Discussion on out-source monitoring of the system. f. Mr. Peltier will be attending the NDCEL Administrator s Conference in Grand Forks on Thursday and Friday June 13-14. g. Mr. Larry Sebastian, our visitation team chair, finished the assessment of standards report and sent a copy of it to the Department of Public Instruction. Board members were also given a copy. 7. Old Business: a. Building Project aa. Minutes from the Construction Committee meetings were reviewed. bb. Bayless moved to advertise for bids for the school construction project with the format as presented, T. Sondrol seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. Section 00 113 Advertisement for Bids attached to minutes. 8. New Business: a. T. Sondrol moved to accept the resignation of Mrs. Mandy Pechacek as 6 th Grade Teacher effective at the conclusion of the 2012-13 School Year, Presser seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. b. Murray moved to accept the resignation of Ms. Natalie Reiser as K-12 Counselor effective at the conclusion of her 2012-2013 Contract, Bayless seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. c. Laib moved to accept the resignation of Mrs. Harriet Gessele as Special Education Teacher effective at the conclusion of the 2012-13 School Year, Presser seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous d. Bayless moved to hire Mrs. Sheila Schlafmann as 6 th Grade Teacher, Murray seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. She will be placed on the salary schedule according to the negotiated agreement. e. T. Sondrol moved to hire Ms. Adra Johnson as 3 rd Grade Teacher, Bayless seconded the motion. Roll Call: Unanimous. She will be placed on the salary schedule according to the negotiated agreement. Ms. Johnson will receive a $1000.00 sign on bonus. f. AYP Report was discussed and reviewed. Program improvement plan was discussed. g. Approval of the Staff and K-12 Student Handbooks-Tabled. h. Board approved the purchase of 20 Dak Tech computers to update the Business Education classroom computers. i. Board approved the purchase of a Junior-Senior High Math series. j. Preliminary budget for 2013-2014 was reviewed and discussed. k. Negotiations with the Business Manager, Superintendent and Principal-Tabled. l. Board members were reminded to turn in their payroll voucher. m. Negotiation Committee gave a report to the Board on the status of the negotiation process. Negotiation committee members reported they have met five times with the staff representatives and have been unable to come to an agreement. Committee members are recommending we waive mediation and go into impasse on teacher negotiations. Discussion on the cost of the hiring of the Fact Finding Commission. Discussion on the negotiation process and the impasse process. Discussion on the June 10, 2013 minutes Page 2
area school districts and what is being offered in salary increases to certified staff in these districts. Discussion on what the effect of the Board proposal will have on the budget. Superintendent Peltier reviewed minutes from the negotiation meetings. Reviewed what items were agreed upon and what items were not agreed upon. Bayless moved to waive mediation and declare impasse with teacher negotiation process and instruct the Superintendent to notify the Fact Finding Commission as recommended by the Board Negotiation Committee, T. Sondrol seconded the motion. Roll Call: Anderson-Yes, Bayless-Yes, L. Sondrol-No, Laib-Abstained, Murray-Yes, T. Sondrol-Yes, Presser-No. Motion Carried. n. Next meeting July 18 th (3 rd Thursday) @ 8:00 p.m. Meeting adjourned. Bills Approved: General Fund: AAA-MAIL STOP 2 132.08 AT&T MOBILITY 70.07 BADLANDS GRILL HOUSE 141.00 BALLARD, DON 60.40 BAUER ELECTRIC 2,230.00 BHG INC. 1,180.58 BISMARCK STATE COLLEGE 169.00 BISMARCK TRIBUNE 622.44 BRYLES FIREARMS 1,725.00 CAPITAL CITY RESTAURANT SUPPLY 1,640.90 CENTRAL DAKOTA LIBRARY NETWORK 406.81 CITY OF TURTLE LAKE 447.30 CONNECTING POINT COMPUTER 423.50 D&E SUPPLY CO 3,693.00 DAKOTA BOYS & GIRLS RANCH 3,465.00 DAKOTA BOYS RANCH 2,805.00 DAKOTA ZOO 270.00 DAKTECH COMPUTERS 20,230.00 DAVIS, SUSAN 76.84 ECKROTH MUSIC CO. 245.26 FARMERS UNION OIL CO 3,561.35 FIEDLER, EDWIN 202.44 FOUSEK, TJ 70.06 HANK'S SPECIALTIES 147.79 HANSON, RICHARD 250.00 HARDWARE HANK 575.67 HARLOW'S BUS SALES & SERVICE 1,201.26 HARLOWS BUS SERVICE 83,562.00 HARRYS AUTO SERVICE 1,836.48 HARVEY, JOSH 68.21 HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 6,072.09 JACOBSEN MUSIC 1,285.00 June 10, 2013 minutes Page 3
JOHNSON, JOEL 104.30 KROH, CIERA 91.29 KURLE, DAREN 33.90 LELM, LISA 150.00 MAIN STREET MARKET 109.28 MCCLUSKY SCHOOL 31,552.46 MCGRAW HILL COMPANIES 14,892.97 MDU 1,521.72 MERCER COMMUNITY CENTER 380.00 MIDWEST INVESTIGATION & SECURITY 17,860.00 MUSIC IN MOTION 68.80 NORTH HILL BOWL 190.00 OFFICEMAX CONTRACT INC 1,767.79 OTTER TAIL POWER 3,538.54 PEARCE & DURICK 775.00 PELTIER, GAILLORD 429.61 PEPPER & SON INC, J.W. 65.98 POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC 184.95 POST OFFICE 106.00 REISER, NATALIE 124.30 REXALL DRUG 14.39 SEIDLER, BEN 197.50 SOURIS VALLEY SPECIAL SERVICES 1,967.04 SPORTS GRAPHICS 3,295.00 STAPLES CREDIT PLAN 619.96 SUNDQUIST, KEITH 200.00 TAUBE MUSEUM, 60.00 TL-M-PETTY CASH 299.57 TLM LUNCH PROGRAM 5,689.60 TURTLE LAKE CHAMBER OF PROGRESS 24.00 VALUATIONS NORTHWEST, INC 125.00 WAGON WHEEL LUMBER 229.20 WEST RIVER TELEPHONE CO 501.40 WILD AND ASSOCIATES 14,921.20 Total General Fund Bills 240,957.28 Activity Bills: ANDERSON, JESSIE 36.93 BALLARD, GARY 194.13 BEV'S CAFE 1,253.00 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH 1,243.60 DAKOTA BOB'S PHOTO, 97.40 COCA COLA REFRESHMENTS USA, INC 258.72 GERRELLS 54.65 HAGEN, NADINE 270.24 HARRYS AUTO SERVICE 96.00 HARVEY, JOSH 71.77 KARSKY, TIM 187.27 KURLE, DAREN 56.87 June 10, 2013 minutes Page 4
KURLE, DAREN 170.00 LEE, LES 159.27 LELM, LISA 37.96 MILLER, STEVE 300.00 PECHACEK, MANDY 35.88 PEPSI BEVERAGES INC 306.31 REDMOND, TOM 163.59 REISER, NATALIE 6.48 REISER, SUE 26.92 SCHARPE, JASON 101.70 SCHEELS OF MINOT 309.98 SEIDLER, BEN 75.20 SONDROL, LANA 4,735.56 TLM ACTIVITY FUND 125.00 TLM FFA ALUMNI 77.00 VOLOCHENKO, COURTNEY 71.82 WESTERN LIGHTING TECHNOLOGY INC 13.97 ZIEBARTH, KURT 51.87 Total Activity Fund Bills 10,589.09 Fund 7 Bills: AMAZON.COM 23.36 CARDMEMBERS SERVICES 569.55 CENTER-STANTON HIGH SCHOOL 193.60 FEIST TV & ELECTRONICS 42,539.00 GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED 520.00 MEIDINGER, SANDRA 330.56 NEUMILLER, NICOLE 133.04 REISER, NATALIE 42.76 VERIZON WIRELESS 92.33 WASHBURN SCHOOL 54.60 WEST RIVER TELEPHONE CO 77.83 Total Fund 7 Bills 44,576.63 President Business Manager June 10, 2013 minutes Page 5