Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education
Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes
Monday, March 13, 2023
6:00 PM
Board Room
The Ruthven-Ayrshire Board of Education held its regular meeting with the following in attendance:
Darin Malm, Tracy Enderson, Jill Conlon, and Heather Ruehle. Administration in attendance included Superintendent/Elementary Principal Marshall Lewis, MS/HS Principal Jon Josephson, Board Secretary Dee Johnson, and SBO Josh Bader.
Absent were Susan Sikora, Stephanie Fay and Amy Loder.
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 Enderson to amend and approve the agenda by holding the Budget Hearing and Budget Resolution first and then Welcome Visitors and Guests and continue on. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Budget Resolution - Motion by Enderson to approve the Budget Resolution. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Budget Hearing - President Malm opened the budget hearing to the public at 6:03 pm. After discussion the budget hearing closed to the public at 6:10 pm. Motion by Ruehle to approve the 2023-2024 Budget. Seconded by Conlon. Roll call vote: Ruehle, Enderson, Conlon, Malm - Ayes. Nays - None. Motion carried.
Welcome Visitors and Guests - Beyond Broken Connie Rienert
Board Learning - Connie with Beyond Broken: Presentation of February’s Marketing statistics.
Communications-
Business & Action Items –
Consent Items - Motion by Conlon to approve the Consent Items. Seconded by Enderson. Motion carried.
Minutes - The February Board and Joint Board Meeting Minutes were reviewed and approved as is.
Approval of Bills/Claims: Presented by Bader
Financial Reports - Presentation by Bader
Activity Reports- Presentation by Bader
Activity Calendar for April- Motion by Ruehle to approve the April Calendar. Seconded by Enderson. Motion carried. The next school board meeting will be held on Monday, April 10th @ 6:00 pm.
Personnel - Motion by Enderson to approve the hiring of Ezra Meyer - Elementary Teacher. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried. Motion by Conlon to approve the hiring of: Mike Nichols - HS Boys Track Coach, Adam Mickelson - JH Baseball Coach, Mackenzie Hoffman - JH Softball Coach, Madison Hough - JH Softball Coach and Alexis Chase - Assistant HS SB Coach, all upon completion of the proper coaching certification. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
AEA Purchase Agreement - Motion by Enderson to approve the AEA purchasing agreement for the 2023-2024 school year. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
IA LGPR Agreement - Motion by Enderson to renew our annual LGPR Agreement. Seconded by Conlon. Motion carried.
Milk & Bread Bids - Motion by Enderson to send out Milk & Bread Bids for the 2023-2024 school year. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Board Policy - Motion by Conlon to approve the 1st reading of the 500 series with changes as discussed. Seconded by Ruehle. Motion carried.
Principal and Superintendent Reports - Reports were given by Mr. Josephson and Mr. Lewis.
Open Enrollment- Open Enrollments were discussed.
Adjourn - Motion by Enderson to adjourn the meeting at 8:41 PM. Second by Conlon. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be April 10th at 6:00 PM.
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Darin Malm, President Dee Johnson, Board Secretary
