August 14, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting

Description:  To make a public comment please click the Public Comment AR attached below. You can download this form by clicking the menu/settings button and it is fillable. Please submit your form to the comments email listed below. Submission deadline for public comment is noon on Tuesday prior to the scheduled board meeting.  Comments may be submitted in writing and/or verbally presented to the board—either format must meet the request deadline above. Comments submitted solely in writing will be read into the record during public comment and should take less than three minutes to read.  Verbal comments will be limited to 3 minutes per person and 15 minutes maximum total for public comment. 
comments@blachly.k12.or.us
 

Description:  The board will convene an Executive session Pursuant to ORS 192.660(2):
(d)
To conduct deliberations with persons designated by the governing body to carry on labor negotiations.
(h)
To consult with counsel concerning the legal rights and duties of a public body with regard to current litigation or litigation likely to be filed.
 

Description:  June 12, 2024, regular board meeting minutes & August 6, 2024, special board meeting minutes are attached for review.

Description:  Business Manager Molly Rust has provided the June and July check register to the board for review.

Description:  Attached is policy EBBB for first read.

Description:  K-5 Discovery Education 
6-8 Open SciEd
9-12 Patterns 
 

Description: 

Grade	K	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
On Campus	16	14	17	12	20	21	10	21	19	14	18	20	12	214
TLCS Online	17	20	23	22	21	31	22	15	13	12	4	3	2	205

Total Enrollment: 419

Description:  Teachers Whitney Davis and Amie Brecheisen have resigned from Triangle Lake Charter School. 

Description:  Triangle Lake Charter School presents the hire of Taylor Ritchie for the Science teacher position, Kevin Denton for the Band/Music teacher position, Breanna Brown for the secretary position and Joan Werber for the bus driver position. 

Description:  The school has had the FFVP grant in the past for K-8 students, and the board has decided each year to approve paying for 9-12. This year we were not awarded the FFVP grant. The board will need to decide to fund the program 100% with general fund dollars or eliminate the program. 

Description:  The current Chair will accept nominations for the 2024-25 Chair. All nominee(s) should be named and the nominee(s) should accept the nomination before voting on any nominee occurs. Then motions and seconds should be done in the order of nomination. A majority vote is necessary to select the Chair. 

Description:  The newly elected Chair will accept nominations for the 2024-25 Vice-Chair. All nominee(s) should be named and the nominee(s) should accept the nomination before voting on any nominee occurs. Then motions and seconds should be done in the order of nomination. A majority vote is necessary to select the Vice-Chair. 

Description:   District Board will appoint the Board Secretary. 

Description:  The Board generally decides to serve as its own Local Public Contract Review Board, although it could contract with another public agency to do so. Refer to Policy DJC-Bidding Requirements.

Description:  §Designate The Register Guard the official district newspaper;
§Establish regular monthly board meeting day as the second Wednesday, at 6 pm, at Triangle Lake Charter School;
§List official depositories of funds (Local Government Investment Pool, U.S. Bank, Oregon Community Credit Union, and SELCO Credit Union);
§Designate Superintendent Adam Watkins or Acting Superintendent Brittany Bottensek, or an appointed designee, as chief administrative
officer, clerk of the district, federal program coordinator, custodian of funds, executive officer, and administrator of the food services fund;
Authorize Superintendent Adam Watkins or Acting Superintendent Brittany Bottensek, ___________ (new board chair), ____________ (new board vice
chair).
§Designate Molly Rust as the one who shall prepare or supervise preparation of the budget document under the direction of the executive officer;
§Adopt new minimum pay rates for substitute teachers in 2024-25 at $238.41 per 9-hour day for the first 10 days in one assignment; after the first ten (10) days the pay rate becomes $238.41 per 9-hour day.
§Designate Brown & Brown Northwest, as the official insurance agent for the district. Our property and casualty insurance is through Property and Casualty Coverage for Education (PACE). Sam Jones is our account executive. Our premium for 2024-25 will be $89,412. Additional carriers sponsored by PACE include Fuel Tank coverage from ACE American Insurance Company for $529 Workman’s Compensation insurance coverage by SAIF is estimated at $14,787.73, and separate Crime Coverage for Triangle Lake Charter School, price to be determined.
§Designate Pauly, Rogers and Co., P.C. as financial auditors for Blachly School District and Triangle Lake Charter School;
§Designate PACE crime coverage of up to $1,000,000 with $10,000 deductible each in lieu of surety bonds for the Superintendent and financial managers (ORS 332.525);
§Designate The Hungerford Law Firm and the OSBA Legal Department as district legal counsel.

Description:  To authorize the General Fund (Fund 100) to loan money to the individual grant funds, the food services fund (Fund 295) and athletics fund (298) to be repaid by the end of the ensuing fiscal year.

Description:  Board Chair Pennel will open up the discussion to the board about making changes to the way public comment is handled.

Description:  The next Regular Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 11th, 2024 at 6pm.