Board Minutes 2024.01.17

Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes 

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 

6:00 PM 

Board Room 

The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance: President Darin Malm, Vice-President Susan Sikora, Director Rob Allen, Director Amy Loder,  and Director Jill Conlon. Administration in attendance included Superintendent Marshall Lewis, Principal Courtney Cook, and SBO/Board Secretary Josh Bader.  Absent: Director Stephanie Fay and Director Heather Ruehle.  All motions were unanimous unless otherwise noted. 

Call to Order - Vice President Malm at 6:00 p.m. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. 

Review of District Mission Statement -Conlon 

Approve Agenda - Motion by Sikora to approve the agenda. Seconded by Loder. Motion carried. Board Learning -Connie with Beyond Broken presented 

Teacher Sharing/Presentation - None at this time

Communications-None at this time

BUSINESS & ACTION ITEMS

Consent Items - Motion by Conlon to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Allen. Motion carried. Minutes Dec. 20, 2023 Regular Board Meeting Minutes. 

Approval of Bills/Claims: Presented by Bader 

Financial Reports - Presentation by Bader 

Activity Reports- Presentation by Bader 

Activity Calendar- Sikora moved to approve the February, 2024 Board Calendar with the next board meeting on February, 21, 2024 at 6:00 pm.  Conlon seconded the motion.  Motion carried.

Master Calendar Public Hearing- Public hearing for the 2024-2025 school year opened at 6:55 pm and closed at 7:11 pm with no comments.  Conlon moved to approve the 2024-2025 Master Calendar.  Seconded by Allen. Motion carried.

Bank Signer- Sikora moved to approve SBO/Board Secretary Josh Bader to be authorized to have access to the ECorp program.  This authorization will be at Iowa State Bank or any other financial institution where Ruthven-Ayrshire does financial business.  The checking signature card will have the Board President, Board Vice President and Board Secretary signatures on it.  Seconded by Loder.  Motion carried.

Joint Meeting Date and Sharing Meeting Date- Sikora moved to propose Feb. 12th or 22nd for the joint meeting and March 4th or 5th for the sharing meeting.  Seconded by Allen.  Motion carried..

Board Policies-Loder moved to approve the following policies waiving the 1st reading. Policy 503.8R1 and 505.5. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried. 

Personnel- None at this time.

Administration Reports/Recognitions/Good News Sharing

Reports were given by Mrs. Cook, Principal and Mr. Lewis, Superintendent. 

Information items- None at this time.

Open Enrollment-None at this time.

ADJOURNMENT- Conlon moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:24 p.m. Seconded by Siklora. Motion carried. 

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Board President, Darin Malm                                                      Board Secretary, Josh Bader