Regular Meeting
ESTHERVILLE LINCOLN CENTRAL COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
October 20, 2014
SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
The Estherville Lincoln Central Board of Education held its regular meeting on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 5:15 P.M. in the High School Media Center. Board members present were: Jodie Greig, President, Kathy Miller-Cornwall,Vice President; Duane Schnell, Nancy Anderson, Mike Karels. Others present were: Tara Paul, Superintendent; Kate Woods, Board Secretary/Treasurer, Mike Tidemann- EDN, Brad Leonard, HS Principal; David McCaulley, MS Principal; Shane Kalous, Elementary Principal; Lili Jensen, Frank Christenson, Curriculum/Alt. HS Director, Andy Umthun(5:42pm), Will Dible, Jason Kollasch
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL President Greig called the regular meeting to order at 5:16 p.m. Board members present were Schnell, Miller-Cornwall, Karels, Anderson
AGENDA APPROVAL Motion by Karels second by Schnell to approve the agenda with addition of
Lakoda Kelber and moving Mark Allen(Shive-Hattery) before highlights.
Motion carried 4-0.
RECOGNITION OF VISITORS President Greig welcomed all those in attendance and had visitors introduce themselves.
PUBLIC INPUT None
CONSENT AGENDA Motion by Anderson, second by Schnell, to approve the consent Agenda as presented.
Motion carried 4-0.
Items approved under the consent agenda are as follows:
Minutes from the September 15, 2014 meeting.
Bills
Hires - Sadie Rosenboom, RWC Lifeguard; Renea Stevens, Basketball Cheer Sponsor; Sonja Christenson, Wrestling Cheer Sponsor; Lakoda Kelber 7-12 Vocational Ag Teacher BA - Step 1, FFA Sponsor - Step 1.
Finance Reports
Shive-Hattery Update Mark Allen from Shive-Hattery updated the board on the project.
Highlights Will Dible -Standards Based Grading in 8th Grade Science
Reports/Information Administrator reports were informational.
Jeff Herzberg(via Meeting Zoom) introduced Pat Brown, AEA board member, and updated the board on the services provided by the AEA.
ITEMS FOR ACTION/DISCUSSION
Unfinished Business
Board Policies – 408-9 Series 3rd reading of the 408-9 Series. Motion by Schnell, second by Anderson to approve policies 408-9 as presented.
Motion carried 5-0.
New Business
SBRC Request – Special Ed Deficit Motion by Schnell, second by Karels to approve the SBRC Request for Special Ed deficit of $ 339,622.
Motion carried 5-0.
Appointments, Depositories Motion by Anderson, second by Karels to approve the following appointments, depository levels and committees.
Board Secretary/Treasurer Kate Woods
Legal Counsel Fitzgibbons – Kevin Sander
Level 1 & 2 Investigators Mindy Brechwald & Brad Leonard - Level 1
Brent Shatto - Level 2
Depositories & Limits Northstar Bank - $10M; Bankers Trust -
$10M; Bankplus - $2M; Northwest - $500K;
Employees Credit Union - $250K
Official Newspaper Estherville News
RWC Committee School: Paul, McCoy, Woods
City: Seylar, Jensen, Clayton
Community: Johnson, Heywood,Stokes
LAN Representative Jodie Greig
District Improvement Council Kathy Cornwall
Negotiations Duane Schnell & Mike Karels
Technology Nancy Anderson
Emmet Co Conference Board Nancy Anderson
Building Committee Kathy Cornwall and Mike Karels
Piper Jaffery – Financial Advisors
Early Childhood Council – Nancy Anderson
Motion carried 5-0.
Early Graduation Request Motion by Karels, second by Miller-Cornwall to approve the early graduation request as presented.
Motion carried 5-0.
Snow Removal Bids 2014-15 Motion by Karels, second by Schnell to approve the 2014-15 snow removal bid from ABC Services.
Motion carried 5-0
Maintenance Position Motion by Schnell, second by Anderson to approve the hiring of an additional maintenance position due to the upcoming building project.
Motion carried 5-0.
Policies – 1st Reading 410 Series 1st Reading of the 410 Series, no action
Set Public Hearing Date Motion by Anderson, second by Karels to set the public hearing date for the Early Start Date Waiver as November 17, 2014 at 5:10pm.
Motion carried 5-0
Items For Next Month’s Agenda: SBRC Request – Open Enrollment, ELL, 2nd Policy Reading
Adjournment – Motion by Schnell, second by Miller-Cornwall to adjourn the meeting at 7:15pm. Motion carried 5-0. The next regular meeting will be November 17, 2014.
