Three Rivers Community Schools Three Rivers, Michigan Approved Budget Hearing Minutes President Bosma called the Budget Hearing to order at 7:00 p.m. The meeting was held in the District Training Room on June 22, 2015. Roll Call: Present: Carl Barth, Pete Bennett, Mike Bosma, Diana DeGraaf, Erin Nowak Absent: Waneta Truckey Administrators Present: Budget Presentation: Public Comments: Close Hearing: Denny Patzer, Sara Herrmann, Judy Wordelman, Scott Grace, Carrie Balk Director of Business Operations Sara Herrmann presented the preliminary 2015-2016 Budget outlining key assumptions in state aid, tax revenues, federal grant revenues, MPSERS UAAL rate stabilization, Vocation Ed, Special Ed Millage and Medicaid revenues, salaries and benefits and estimated costs associated with the Affordable Care Act. No one wished to comment during this portion of the budget hearing. President Bosma closed the hearing at 7:29 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Carl A. Barth, Secretary Board of Education Kathy Kline Recording Secretary
Three Rivers Community Schools Three Rivers, Michigan Proposed Minutes President Bosma called the regular meeting of the Three Rivers Community Schools Board of Education to order at 7:29 p.m. The meeting was held in the District Training Room on June 22, 2015. Roll Call: Present: Carl Barth, Pete Bennett, Mike Bosma, Diana DeGraaf, Erin Nowak Absent: Waneta Truckey Administrators Present: Pledge of Allegiance: Approval of Agenda: Board Member Appointment: Oath of Office: Educational Highlights: Denny Patzer, Sara Herrmann, Judy Wordelman, Scott Grace, Carrie Balk President Bosma led the Board of Education in the Pledge of Allegiance. Motion by Mr. Bennett and supported by Mrs. Nowak to approve the agenda as presented. After a voice vote, 5-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. Motion by Mr. Bennett and supported by Mrs. DeGraaf to appoint Susan Schmidtendorff to fill the vacancy left by David Kutz for term that will expire December 2016. After a roll call vote, 5-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. President Bosma administered the Oath of Office to Susan Schmidtendorff. Mrs. Schmidtendorff then joined the other members of the Board for remainder of the meeting. Recognition Mike Clipfell. President Bosma presented Mike Clipfell with a certificate recognizing him for his 25+ years of service as the Director of Food Service. Local Scholarship Check Presentations. President Bosma and Mrs. Balk presented Certificates and Checks to the following students:
SCHOLARSHIP FUND RECIPIENT SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNT Anonymous Scholarship Destini Madison $ 500.00 Chris Yokuty Scholarship Fund Payton Krause $ 500.00 George Radke Scholarship Dasia Morton $ 3,000.00 George Radke Scholarship Tyler Hay $ 3,000.00 GRBS Perservance Award Scholarship Alexanderia Kiser $ 1,000.00 Mary E. Weiner Scholarship Sara Spence $ 500.00 Merle Tase Memorial Scholarship Johnel Stewart $ 500.00 Richard D. Verheul Memorial Scholarship Payton Krause $ 513.46 Interim Superintendent s Updates and Observations: Mr. Patzer made the following comments and updates: The Governor signed the state aid budget The legislation has been working on the the evaluation process for teachers and administrators for four years. To date there is no device or tool for district to use. It is a State mandated process that a tool has not been developed yet. New legislation could cause families to lose assistance if their students are truant. Proposed legislation will ban February elections. The Bill looks like it will pass this summer. May, August and November will be the only months for elections if the Bill passes. Mr. Patzer shared his observations that meeting decorum and behavior needs to change. The words and message can get across to the Board with decorum. For the Board, the primary role is governance. As a Board you have one direct employee and that is the superintendent. All else funnels through the superintendent. Less than 20 applications for Middle School Principal have been received at this point. He has experience with HumanEx and recommends they be used for the final few candidates. A priority is MASB training after the July 4 th break. The Board needs to get back to roles and responsibilities. Polices are a little behind in some areas. The policy review will begin in July. The definitions are an addendum and are not in and of themselves policy. The update on voting has new language that does not say you have to be present in a room to vote. Conflict of Interest Policy 0144.3 The only employee the Board directly hires is the superintendent and the Board cannot hire family as a superintendent.
As questions come forward from the community they can be addressed. For the community, it takes both sides to come together. The comments are addressed to the Board President. They need to be civil and asked decorum. It s got to start now. You have already started your legal recourse with the Board recall initiative. Trust has taken a huge hit. It is time to move forward and time to move forward tonight. Consent Agenda: Motion by Mrs. Schmidtendorff and supported by Mr. Barth to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. After a voice vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. The Consent Agenda consisted of: Approval of the June 8, 2015 regular meeting minutes Approval of the June 17, 2015 special meeting minutes Approval of Payroll Register Changes dated June 15, 2015 Approval of invoices dated June 19, 2015 totaling $396,453.65 Approval of Sara Downing Freeman, educator, resignation effective June 12, 2015. Employment Contract: Motion by Mr. Bennett and supported by Mr. Barth to enter into an employment contract with Kyle Corlett as an elementary principal effective July 1, 2015. After a roll call vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. Mr. Bosma, Mr. Barth and Mr. Corlett signed the prepared employment contract. A true copy of the contract is attached to the minutes of this meeting. Amend 14-15 Budget: Motion by Mr. Bennett and supported by Mrs. Schmidtendorff to adopt the Amended 2014-2015 Budget as presented. The final budget adjustment of the 2014-2015 fiscal year, as amended, reflects revenues at $24,628,882 and expenditures at $24,988,011. After a roll call vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. A true copy of the Amended 14-15 Budget is attached to the minutes of this meeting.
2015-16 Preliminary Motion by Mrs. DeGraaf and supported by Mrs. Nowak to adopt Budget: the 2015-2016 budget setting revenues at $24,340,178 and expenditures at $25,460,160 and levy 18 mills for operating purposes on all non-homestead and non-qualified agricultural property. It is also recommend that the Board of Education levy the following mills on all property:.62 mill of property tax for the 2007 debt, 3.47 mills of property tax for the 2008 bond refunding and 1.26 mills of property tax for the 2012 bond refunding, for a total levy of 5.35 mills of property tax. After a roll call vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. A true copy of the 2015-16 Preliminary Budget is attached to the minutes of this meeting. Amend 14-15 Food Services Budget: Motion by Mrs. Schmidtendorff and supported by Mr. Barth to adopt the Amended 2014-2015 Food Services Budget as presented. The final budget adjustment for 2014-2015 fiscal year, as amended, reflects revenues at $1,308,417 and expenditures at $1,361,747. After a roll call vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. A true of of the Amended 14-15 Food Service Budget is attached to the minutes of this meeting. Adoption of 15-16 Food Services Budget: Motion by Mrs. DeGraaf and supported by Mrs. Schmidtendorff to adopt the 2015-2016 Food Services Budget, setting revenues at $1,312,705 and expenditures at $1,372,685. After a roll call vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. A true of of the Adopted 15-16 Food Service Budget is attached to the minutes of this meeting. 2015 Barrows Adult Motion by Mr. Bennett and supported by Mr. Barth to approve Education Graduates: the attached list of students as the official 2015 Barrows Adult Education Graduates for the purpose of entering their names in the Board s Official Minutes. After a roll call vote, 5-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. A true copy of the 2015 Barrows Adult Education Graduates names are attached to the minutes of this meeting. 2015 Three Rivers High Motion by Mrs. DeGraaf and supported by Mrs. Nowak to School Graduates: approve the attached list of students as the official 2015 Three Rivers High School Graduates for the purpose of entering their
names in the Board s Official Minutes. After a roll call vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. A true copy of the 2015 Three Rivers High School Graduates names are attached to the minutes of this meeting. Early Middle College: High School Principal Balk gave an overview of the Early Middle College Program that will begin in the Fall of 2015. She will hold a meeting in August to rollout the new program to parents. Attached to the minutes of this meeting are the handouts she presented to the Board of Education. Public Comment: Kandi Harper, citizen, commented on the process to appoint a member to fill the vacancy. Kevin Hamilton, citizen, commented on a meeting held in May. Shelly Melvin, citizen, commented on a meeting held in May. Board Comment: Adjournment: There were no comments. Motion by Mrs. DeGraaf and supported by Mrs. Nowak to adjourn the meeting. After a voice vote, 6-0, President Bosma declared the motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m.