February 28, 2017 at 7:30 PM - Regular Meeting

1. Opening the meeting

1.A) Call to Order, Roll Call, Pledge of Allegiance

2. Recognition of visitors/communication to the Board (Goals 2, 4)

2.A) Finance meeting update

3. Homer Council Report

4. Consent Agenda

4.A) Approval of the January 31, 2017, Regular Board meeting minutes, the January 31, 2017, Closed Session meeting minutes and the February 21, 2017, Finance and Operations Committee meeting minutes (Goal 4)

4.B) Motion to amend the minutes from the December 20, 2016 Regular Board meeting to clarify the salary increase and merit bonus for the 2016-2017 school year for the Superintendent as follows:
Blank motioned and Adolf seconded the motion to approve the amended contract for the Superintendent. The two year contract extension (2017-2018 and 2018-2019) includes a 2.2 % increase in base salary for the 2016-2017 school year and a merit bonus of $3,500 for the 2016-2017 school which is in line with all administrative merit bonus programs. (Goal 4)

4.C) Treasurer's report as of January 2017 (Goal 5)

4.D) Invoices payable February 2017 (Goal 5)

4.E) Personnel recommendations (Goals 2, 3)

4.E)1) Separation of Employment

4.E)1)a) One certified employee

4.E)2) Resignations

4.E)2)a) Two certified employees

4.E)2)b) One non-certified employee

4.E)2)c) One extra-curricular resignation

4.E)3) Letter of Intent to Retire

4.E)3)a) One certified employee - Mary Ann Johnson - Family and Consumer Science teacher at Homer Jr. High School - subject to compliance with the applicable requirements of TRS and the District's collective bargaining agreement

4.E)4) Requests for Leave of Absence (Beginning and end dates open to modification)

4.E)4)a) Two non-certified employee requests

4.E)5) Position recommendations

4.E)5)a) Two certified recommendations

4.F) One recalled employee

4.G) Review and approval of the job description for ESY (Extended Summer School Year) Principal (Goal 3)

4.H) Review and approval of the job description for Title I Summer School Principal (Goal 3)

4.I) Request for disposal of printer/copier equipment (Goal 5)

5. Informational Reports

5.A) Mid-year budget update

5.B) Enrollment projections for 2017-2018

5.C) Transportation update

6. Old Business

6.A) Motion to approve TRIA Architects to conduct a facility audit in the amount of $43,035.00 (Goal 5)

6.B) Motion to award a five-year lease of thirty-nine 71-passenger busses and 16 type C busses per District specifications to Midwest Transit for an annual lease payment of $632,039.00. This includes the trade-in of our existing fleet, with the exception of the 8 most recently purchased busses, at a value of $2,231,000.00. This includes upgrading cameras and GPS on the 8 busses the District will keep. (Goal 5)

7. New Business

7.A) Adoption of the 2017-2018 District calendar (Goals 2,3)

7.B) Motion to purchase the SchoolDude Inventory Direct and Facility Scheduling modules at a total one-time cost of $3,539.10 and an annual licensing fee of $7,115.55 beginning July 1, 2017 (Goal 5)

8. Discuss future Board meeting agenda items

9. Motion to go into Closed Session for discussion of the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity and discussion of the collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees.

10. Motion to adjourn