Board Minutes - 2022.11.14

 

Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education 

Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes

Monday, November 14, 2022 

6:00 PM

Board Room

 

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

Darin Malm, Susan Sikora, Heather Ruehle, Jill Conlon, Stephanie Fay,  Amy Lode and Tracy Enderson.  Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, Principal Jon Josephson, SBO Chris Conlon, Board Secretary Dee Johnson.                    

All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted. 

 

Call to Order - President Malm at 6:00 p.m.

Review of District Mission Statement – Conlon

Approve Agenda - Motion by Fay 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 the November Titan Times and discussed October’s Marketing statistics.   

Communications- none

Annual Meeting Items-

Board Secretary Dee Johnson presided over the meeting at 6:25 pm.

Election of President- Nomination of Malm by Sikora. Second by Ruehle. Malm abstained from voting, 6-0 in favor. Motion carried. Oath was given to President Malm at 6:27 pm. 

President Malm presided over the meeting at 6:28 pm.

Election of Vice President- Nomination of Sikora by Fay. Second by Enderson. Sikora abstained from voting. 6-0 in favor. Motion carried. Oath was given to Vice President Sikora at 6:29 pm. 

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

Name Board Legal Counsel- Motion by Conlon to approve Steve Avery as District counsel.  Second by Enderson. Motion carried. 

Board Committee Members- Motion by Enderson to approve Board Committee Members with the change of Darin Malm to the Palo Alto Conference Board. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.

Appoint Board Treasurer- Motion by Sikora to approve Chris Conlon as the Board Treasurer. Second by Loder. Motion carried. Oath was given to Chris Conlon.

Appoint Board Secretary- Motion by Sikora to approve Dee Johnson as the Board Secretary. Second by Fay. Motion carried.  Oath was given to Dee Johnson.

Business & Action Items –

Consent Items - Motion by Fay to approve the Consent Items.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

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

Financial Reports – Financial update was presented by Mr. Conlon. 

Activity Calendar for December - The next school board meeting will be Tuesday, November 13th @ 5:30 pm.

Personnel -  Motion by Ruehle to approve the resignations of Jeff Kathman - Para, Racheal Fogarty - Para,  and the hiring of Brent Dyhrkopp - Assistant HS Girls Basketball Coach, Head Golf Coach, and Amanda Long - Para.  Seconded by Conlon.  Motion Carried. 

Early Retirement Proposal - Motion by Enderson to approve the Early Retirement Proposal with a change of 40%.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried.

Palo Alto County Gaming Commission - Tracy Enderson made a motion to apply for a Mini Grant from PACGDC for Stand Up Desks in the amount of $4,473.00.  Amy Loder seconded.  Motion carried.  

Open Enrollment- None.

Board Policy - Motion by Ruehle to approve the 1st  reading of the 600 series.  Seconded by Sikora.  Motion carried. 

Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and then Mr. Lewis.  Motion by Enderson to approve the HS Incentive out of state trip request.  Seconded by Ruehle.  Motion carried. 

Adjourn - Motion by Enderson  to adjourn the meeting at 9:03 p.m. Second by Sikora.  Motion carried.

The next board meeting will be December 13th at 5:30 PM.

 

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                 Darin Malm, Board President                                                 Dee Johnson, Board Secretary