08-13-2018

Groton School

August 13

Meeting Minutes

UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION

GROTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 06-6

REGULAR MEETING

August 13, 2018

President Smith called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Conference Room.  Members present: Fjelstad, Gengerke, Harder, Pharis, Rix, Smith and Weismantel.  Others present were Supt. J. Schwan, Principals Sombke and B. Schwan, and Business Manager Weber.

Moved by Harder, second Weismantel to approve the agenda with one amendment under New Business Item #4a – consider replacing domestic hot water heater. Motion carried.

There were no potential conflicts of interest reported.

Moved by Rix, second Harder to approve the following consent agenda items as presented: school of record agenda items for North Central Special Ed Coop, District minutes of July 9, bills, financial reports, agency reports and investments, public school exemption #19-01 for students in grade1, 6 and 7, public school exemption #19-02 for a student in grade 11, public school exemption #19-03 for a student in Kindergarten and open enrollment applications #19-15, #19-16 and #19-17 for students in grades 7, 8 and 9 respectively from the Aberdeen School District.  Motion carried.

GENERAL FUND:  Net Salary – 62,527.23; FIT – 6,680.00; Medicare – 2,338.44; FICA – 9,998.76; Washington National – 98.40; SD Retirement – 7,547.18; Waddell & Reed – 625.00; Horace Mann – 250.00; AFLAC – 611.54; Delta Dental – 1,085.98; SD Supplemental Retirement – 402.29; Wellmark – 17,608.00; Reliastar Life – 154.58; Avesis Vision – 66.10; A & B Business – library supplies, 378.98; Advance Auto Parts – parts, 562.24; Agency Fund – advanced pays, 4,925.13; Allied Climate Professionals – fan repair, 3,387.76; Automatic Building Controls – fire alarm monitoring, 480.00; Blick Art Materials – supplies, 1,122.52; Carson-Dellosa Publishing – supplies, 128.66; Dakota Doors – service door, 311.68; Rebecca Erickson – coaching course, 35.00; Adam Franken – CTE conference meals, 34.31; GCR Tires – tires, 103.66; Groton Area School – NSF fee, 10.00; Groton Chiropractic – bus physicals, 285.00; Groton Daily Ind – legal ads, 166.00; Groton Ford – repairs, 784.16; Harry Implement – mower repairs, 444.92; Hauff Mid-America Sports – BB/FB supplies, 2,630.14; Lance Hawkins – certification fee, 35.00; Hillyard/SF – supplies, 1,884.00; House of Glass – repair, 436.83; Jerke Irrigation – repairs, 278.75; Chris Kucker – certification fee, 35.00; Matheson Tri-Gas – IA supplies, 48.55; McGraw-Hill – activity books, 1,072.11; Meadow Creek – golf entry fee, 35.00; Menards – parts, 38.97; MJ’s – repairs/fuel, 487.83; Northside Implement – repairs, 2,832.12; Northwestern Energy – natural gas, 444.47; Pine Hills – golf entry fee, 30.00; rSchooltoday – widget renewal, 75.00; S&S Lumber – supplies, 315.21; Scholastic – supplies, 2,088.76; School Specialty – supplies, 2,629.32; Joseph Schwan – conference meals/gas, 68.55; SD Teacher Placement Center – membership, 420.00; Teacher Direct – supplies, 355.42; Shaun Wanner – certification fee, 35.00.  Total General Fund - $139,429.55.

CAPITAL OUTLAY: A & B Business – furniture, 3,420.27; Agency Fund – advanced pays, 6,546.50; CDW Government – iPad Otterbox Defenders, 779.10; Cerebellum Corporation – instructional CDs, 14.93; Choice Financial – tablet leases, 42,512.49; Cole Papers – wet/dry vac, 723.65; Don Donley – project work, 1,775.00; Golden West – 60 Fujitsu computers, 66,600.00;Golf Team Products – clothing, 608.00; Hauff Mid-America Sports – supplies/equipment,  13,474.44; Marco – copier lease, 4,991.26; Nasco – supplies, 45.01; NCS Pearson – subscriptions, 4,443.50; Pauer Sound & Music – sound equipment, 11,807.00; Realityworks – supplies, 3,007.85; Really Good Stuff – materials, 163.36; Renaissance learning – subscription, 3,634.50; S&S Lumber – materials, 512.88; School Specialty – supplies, 1,826.19; Software Unlimited – online subscription, 2,036.96; Teacher Synergy – supplies, 29.84. Total Capital Outlay - $168,952.73.

SPECIAL ED: Net Salary – 1,974.08; FIT – 50.00; Medicare – 67.50; FICA – 288.60; SD Retirement – 250.50; Agency Fund – advanced pays, 320.99; Avera St Luke’s – services, 3,948.00; Rebecca Erickson – supplies, 37.15; School Specialty – supplies, 105.84; Teacher Created Resources – supplies, 157.81; Judy/Gene Williamson – mileage, 176.40.  Total Special Ed - $7,376.87.

CAPITAL PROJECTS:  Bryan Rock Products – agrilime, 1,958.71; Krueger Brothers – sand/gravel, 2,491.20; Patios Plus – concrete work – 25,043.92. Total Capital Projects - $29,493.83.

ENTERPRISE: Food Service: Net Salary – 1,801.22; FIT – 227.11; Medicare – 68.32; FICA – 292.16; SD Retirement – 294.96; AFLAC – 82.81; Wellmark – 763.00; Reliastar Life – .65; Avesis Vision – 19.06; Ricardo Figueroa – refund, 5.00; Lowell Harms – refund, 100.25; Lisa Keller – refund, 12.20; Nathan Tunheim – refund, 4.23; Neil Watje – refund, 20.15.  Total Fund 51 - $3,691.12.  OST: Net Salary – 9,511.82; FIT – 626.32; Medicare – 332.12; FICA – 1,420.12; SD Retirement – 877.20; Bahr’s Jungle – pizza, 186.07; Groton Area – mileage refund, 2,933.28; S&S Lumber – spring, 1.99.  Total Fund 53 - $15,888.92.  Total Enterprise Funds - $19,580.04.

AGENCY FUND: Total - $48,557.58.

RECEIPTS: Local Sources, Taxes – 1,013,045.11; Other Local Sources – 26,948.87; County Sources – 3,339.23; State Sources – 22,938.00.  Total Receipts – $1,066,271.21.

Members of the public were allowed five minutes to address the board on any topic of their choice.  With no public members present to speak, the board proceeded with their remaining agenda items.

There were no reports made by committee.

The following topics were discussed in administrative reports: Project Stand Up for School Safety, Back to School information, faculty in-service agenda, position openings, elementary kitchen grout work, school lunch benefits, elementary enrollment, grant management system, teacher evaluations, security camera system, intercom/bell system, agrilime spread at the elementary thanks to donated labor from Scott Hanlon and T.J. Harder, MS/HS class scheduling, dual credit classes, 6th grade orientation on August 21st, welcome back picnic and deferred tax revenue collected.

Moved by Weismantel, second Pharis to approve 2018-19 bus routes.  Motion carried.

Moved by Gengerke, second Fjelstad to authorize Eide Bailly to conduct the FY 2018 School District Audit.  Motion carried.

Doug Dykstra from GenPro Energy Solutions provided a presentation on energy efficiency.  No action was taken.

Superintendent Schwan presented elementary playground replacement proposals from Lein Transportation.  A quote to replace the north area amounted to $58,225.85 and a quote to replace the south area was $43,717.20.  Funding from the elementary remodeling project could be used via change order on the original contract.  Moved by Weismantel, second Gengerke to replace both areas at a total cost of $101,943.05.  Motion carried.

Superintendent Schwan presented a proposal to replace the domestic hot water heater for the GHS Arena addition as a result of equipment failure. The cost was estimated at $18,935.75.  Moved by Rix, second Fjelstad to replace the domestic hot water heater.  Motion carried.

Moved by Gengerke, second Pharis to accept resignation from Kandi Weismantel as Elementary Paraprofessional.  Motion carried.

Moved by Gengerke, second Weismantel to accept resignation from Deb Kurth as Elementary Paraprofessional.  Motion carried.

Moved by Pharis, second Gengerke to approve Jasmine Schaller as volunteer girls’ soccer coach.  Motion carried.

Moved by Rix, second Fjelstad to approve Wyatt Kurtz as volunteer boys’ soccer coach.  Motion carried.

Moved by Harder, second Weismantel to adjourn at 8:40 pm.  Motion carried.

 M. J. Weber, Business Manager

Steven R. Smith, President             

The addition of signatures to this page verifies these minutes as official.

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