Board Minutes - 2021.12.16

Unapproved
Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, December 16 5:00 PM
Board Room

The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:

Darin Malm, Susan Sikora, Tracy Enderson, Heather Ruehle and Stephanie Fay. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, SBO/Board Secretary Alyssa Enderson, and MS/HS Principal Jon Josephson.

Absent from the monthly meeting- Jill Conlon, Bruce Long, and Amy Loder.                                         

All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted.

 

Call to Order - President Malm at 5:00 p.m.

Review of District Mission Statement - Sikora

Approve Agenda - Motion by Enderson to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.

Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert

Board Learning- Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of November Marketing statistics.

Communications- None to report

Business & Action Items -

Consent Items - Motion made by Sikora to approve consent items. Second by Fay. Motion carried.

Minutes - November Board Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.

Approval of Bills/Claims- Presentation by Enderson

Financial Reports - Presentation by Enderson

Activity Reports- Presentation by Enderson

Student Activity Fund Journal Entries- Motion by Fay to approve Journal Entries. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.

Adjourn Retiring Board- Motion by Sikora to adjourn at 5:13 PM. Second by Fay. Motion carried. 

 

Call to Order Meeting of New Board- 5:14 PM by Board Secretary Alyssa Enderson.

Review of District Mission Statement- Malm

Approve Agenda- Motion by Malm to approve the agenda. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.

Welcome Visitors and Guests- NHS Member Adam Sikora and Beyond Broken’s Connie Reinert.

Communications- Discussion on Building Safety.

Business & Action Items-

Election of President- Nomination of Malm by Fay. Second by Sikora. Malm abstained from voting, 3-0 in favor. Motion carried. Oath was given to President Malm at 5:20 PM.

Election of Vice President- Nomination of Sikora by Enderson. Second by Fay. Sikora abstained from voting. 3-0 in favor. Motion carried. Oath was given to Vice President Sikora at 5:23 PM.

Determination of time and place of regular meetings-  Motion by Fay to have meetings at 6:00 PM on the 2nd Monday of each month. Second by Enderson. Motion carried.

Name Board Legal Counsel- Motion by Sikora to approve Steve Avery as District counsel and pursue a competitive look into options for legal counsel. Second by Fay. Motion carried.

Board Member Heather Ruehle arrived at 5:25 PM.

Board Committee Members- Motion by Enderson to approve Board Committee Members. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.

Appoint Board Treasurer- Motion by Sikora to approve Alyssa Enderson as the Board Treasurer. Second by Fay. Enderson abstains from voting. Motion carried.

Appoint Board Secretary- Motion by Sikora to approve Alyssa Enderson as the Board Secretary. Second by Fay. Enderson abstains from voting. Motion carried. 

Consent Items-

Activity Calendar for January - The next School Board Meeting will be January 20th @ 6:00 PM

NHS Trip- Adam Sikora from NHS requesting Out of State Field Trip approval

Motion by Sikora to approve consent items. Second by Fay. Motion carried.          

Personnel - Resignation - Motion by Enderson to approve BLT resignation. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.

Open Enrollment- None

District Developed Service Delivery Plan- Motion by Enderson to approve. Second by Fay. Motion carried.

Community Messaging System- Motion by Enderson to approve Apptegy contract to replace Iowa ID Messaging contingent on G-T Board’s approval. Second by Fay. Motion carried.

SBRC Application- Motion by Sikora to approve the SBRC Application $0 for additional students from 2020, $42,288 for 6 Open Enrolled out students from 2020. Second by Ruehle. Motion carried.

Modified Supplemental Amount- At-Risk/Dropout Prevention- Motion by Enderson to approve the following resolution: Ruthven-Ayrshire CSD approves the requests for modified supplemental growth to implement the at-risk and dropout prevention program in the amount of $72,270.00, or as determined by the Iowa Department of Education following DE audit review, subject  to final approval by the School Budget Review Committee. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.

Wood River Energy Program- The Board took up and considered matters related to participating in a joint agreement relating to the establishment of a local government risk pool. After due consideration and discussion, Enderson introduced the resolution below and moved that the resolution be adopted, second by Fay. After due consideration, the President put the question on the motion and roll being called, the following named Directors voted: Ayes- Tracy Enderson, Stephanie Fay, Heather Ruehle, Darin Malm, Susan Sikora. Nays- None. Whereupon, the President declared the resolution duly adopted.

Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and Mr. Lewis.

Information Items- None

Closed Session- Property Purchase Consideration according to Board Policy 213- Motion by Enderson at 6:32 PM to go into closed session to discuss property purchase. Second by Fay. Motion carried. Roll Call Vote- Ayes- Enderson, Fay, Ruehle, Malm, and Sikora. Nays- None.

Motion by Enderson to go out of closed session at 6:41 PM. Second by Sikora.  Roll Call Vote- Ayes- Enderson, Fay, Ruehle, Malm, and Sikora. Nays- None

Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 6:42 p.m. Second by Sikora.

                   Motion carried. The next board meeting will be January 20th at 6:00 PM.

 

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              Darin Malm, Board President                                                           Alyssa Enderson, Board Secretary