Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Monday, March 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, Tracy Enderson, Heather Ruehle, Jill Conlon, Amy Loder, and Stephanie Fay. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, Principal Jon Josephson and 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 Loder to approve the agenda with no additions or corrections. Second by Sikora. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert & Amy Sikora.
Board Learning- Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of December Marketing statistics. The next newsletter will come out the first week of May.
Communications- None to report
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion made by Fay to approve consent items. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
- Audit Report - Presented by Murray Stanley of Schnurr & Company
- RAEA Proposal - Amy Sikora presented the Association’s initial proposal.
- Board Proposal - RA Board presented the District’s initial proposal.
Minutes - November Board Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
Approval of Bills/Claims-
Financial Reports – Presentation by Mr. Lewis.
Activity Reports- Presentation by Mr. Lewis.
GT/RA shared activity report: Presentation by Mr. Josephson.
April Calendar – Approved including the Chanhassen trip.
Budget Guarantee Resolution - Motion by Enderson to approve. Seconded by Sikora. Motion carried.
Personnel: Motion to approve the Interim SBO Steve Rollefson and Board Secretary Dee Johnson to have access to the ECorp Program. The authorization will be at Iowa State Bank or any other financial institution where RA does financial business. The checking signature card will have the Board President, Board Vice-President and Board Secretary signatures on it. Motion by: Sikora. Seconded by Fay.
Appoint SBO -Motion to approve the hire of Chris Conlon SBO by Sikora. Seconded by Loder, Conlon abstained from voting. Motion carried.
Appoint Board Secretary- Motion by Sikora to appoint Dee Johnson as Board Secretary. Second by Fay. Motion carried. Oath was given by President Malm to Board Secretary Dee Johnson.
Open Enrollment- Motion by Enderson to approve the Open enrollment requests. Second by Sikora Motion carried.
Board Policy Review 800 & 900 series – tabled until April meeting.
Summer Lunch Program – Motion by Enderson to participate in a Summer Lunch Program. Seconded by Fay.
Summer Projects - Discussion was had on ideas for Summer projects inside and exterior to the building.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and then Mr. Lewis.
Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 8:54 p.m. Second by Fay.
Motion carried. The next board meeting will be April 11th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, Board President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
