Mormon Trail

MORMON TRAIL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Special Meeting

August 3, 2018    

President Marc Smiarowski called the special meeting of the Mormon Trail Board of Education to order at 5:35 p.m. in the Humeston Elementary District Office. Answering roll call in person was Marc Smiarowski. Answering roll call via cell phone were board members Evans and Funk. Cromer and Peasley were absent. Superintendent Kerry Phillips was also present via cell phone.  Board Secretary Peggy Rash was present in person. There were no visitors.

The agenda was approved with a motion by Evans and a second by Funk. Evans, Funk and Smiarowski voted aye. Cromer and Peasley were not present for the vote.

There were no consent agenda items.

Evans motioned to approve payment from insurance proceeds, not to exceed $12,500, to Fesler Auto Mall, Fairfield, to repair the 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid Titanium owned by the school that was recently involved in an accident. The motion was seconded by Funk. Evans, Funk and Smiarowski voted aye. Cromer and Peasley were not present for the vote. An estimate of $11,616.74 was given by Fesler for repairs to the school vehicle.

Funk motioned that the meeting be adjourned. Evans seconded. Votes of aye were heard from Smiarowski, Evans and Funk. Cromer and Peasley were not present for the vote. Smiarowski closed the meeting at 5:45 p.m.

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Mormon Trail Board of Directors will be held August 13, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. in the Elementary Library.

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              President, Board of Education               Secretary, Board of Education

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Date               Date

These minutes are written as recorded by the board secretary and subject to approval at the next regular board meeting.   Peggy Rash, Board Secretary/Treasurer

MORMON TRAIL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Special Meeting

July 12, 2018    

Vice President Pat Evans called the special meeting of the Mormon Trail Board of Education to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Humeston Public Library. Answering roll call were board members Evans, Cromer, and Peasley. Funk and Smiarowski did not answer roll call. Superintendent Kerry Phillips and K-12 Principal Becky Stripe were present Board Secretary Peggy Rash and Linda Horton, Humeston New Era were also present. Several guests signed in to participate in the Building and Grounds discussion.

There were no comments by visitors to the Board.

The agenda was approved with a motion by Cromer and a second by Peasley. Cromer, Peasley and Evans voted aye. Smiarowski and Funk were not present for the vote.

There were no consent agenda items.

Peasley motioned to accept the grocery bid received from Kohl’s. Cromer seconded followed by votes of aye from Cromer, Peasley and Evans. Smiarowski and Funk were not present for the vote. Kohl’s was the only bid received.

Superintendent Phillips made the recommendation that the Board accept the technology purchase quote from Firefly as presented by Kara Hilton. Cromer made the motion to purchase 40 – 14” Chromebooks at a total cost of $8920. The motion was seconded by Peasley followed by votes of aye from Cromer, Peasley and Evans. Smiarowski and Funk were not present for the vote.

The meeting was turned over to Brian Crawford from UNESCO at 6:05 pm.

Brian Crawford, Senior Business Consultant for UNESCO presented information to the group on hand to kick off the Master Facility Plan, continuing progress began by the Ad Hoc Building and Grounds committee in recent weeks. Bob Gunzenhauser presented information prioritizing ideas the Ad Hoc committee had come up with. This meeting had basically the same goal in mind as the group broke into two groups to discuss needs vs. wants. The discussion was open and informal. Ideas will be presented at the next gathering with UNESCO.

Smiarowski joined the group at 7:10 p.m.

Cromer motioned that the meeting be adjourned. Smiarowski seconded. Votes of aye were heard from Smiarowski, Cromer, Peasley and Evans. Funk was not present for the vote. Evans closed the meeting at 8:10 p.m.

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Mormon Trail Board of Directors will be held August 13, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m. in the Elementary Library.

____________________________ ___________________________

              President, Board of Education               Secretary, Board of Education

_________  _________ 

Date               Date

These minutes are written as recorded by the board secretary and subject to approval at the next regular board meeting.   Peggy Rash, Board Secretary/Treasurer

MORMON TRAIL COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

REGULAR MEETING

July 9, 2018    

President Smiarowski called the regular meeting of the Mormon Trail Board of Directors to order at 7:02 p.m. in the Humeston Elementary Library. Answering roll call were board members Evans, Peasley, Funk, Cromer and Smiarowski. Superintendent Kerry Phillips, Elementary / High School Principal Becky Stripe and Board Secretary Peggy Rash were also present. Linda Horton from the Humeston New Era and David Laing from MDL Insurance were also in attendance. Guests signing in were Laura Funk, Chris Hilton, Kimberly Hayes, Claudia Brown, Kara Hilton and Pam Woollis. 

Laura Funk, School Nurse, spoke to the Board about drug testing training she went to recently. The Board is considering implementing mandatory drug testing for all employees in the district. Currently, only bus drivers are required to be tested.

David Laing was present to talk to the Board about the school insurance renewal. He mentioned the additional coverage for the new buses hasn’t been finalized. He also recommended adding cyber liability insurance. 

The agenda was approved with a motion by Cromer followed by a second by Peasley. All voted aye to approve.

The consent agenda which included the previous meetings minutes and open enrollment requests that meet requirements, was approved with a motion by Funk and a second by Evans. All present vote aye to approve the motion. There were no new open enrollments requests into or out of the District reported.

Evans made a motion to accept the resignation of Joyce Sinclair as Elementary School crossing Guard. Cromer seconded followed by all ayes. The Board would like to thank Joyce for her many years of keeping Mormon Trail’s elementary students safe while crossing the highway on their way to school.

Evans made a motion to renew the District’s Insurance policy with MDL Insurance. The motion was seconded by Cromer and all present voted aye.

A dairy bid from AE Dairy was accepted with a motion by Funk and a second from Cromer. All present voted aye that Anderson Erickson’s bid will supply milk, cottage cheese and yogurt to the District this school year. Anderson Erickson also supplies and maintains the coolers used to store the milk. There were no other bids submitted.

A bid received from Agriland FS to supply the District’s propane for fy 2018-19 was accepted with a motion by Evans, a second from Peasley followed by an aye vote from Funk, Peasley, Evans and Smiarowski. Cromer abstained. Motion passes. Agriland’s bid of $1.013/gallon (including safety hazmat fee) was the only bid received.

Cromer made the motion to renew the District’s financial software with Grant Wood AEA for another year. Funk seconded followed by all aye votes.

Peasley made the motion to pay hourly subs $8.25 an hour and to pay certified teacher subs $110 a day this school year. Funk made the second followed by all aye votes. Motion passes.

Evans motioned to approve Great Western Bank and ISJIT as the District’s depositories for fy 2018-19. Funds are not to exceed $2,000,000 each. Cromer seconded followed by all aye votes.

The following positions were approved for fall sports pending background checks and proof of licensure:

*Motion by Cromer. Second by Peasley. All votes of aye. Varsity/JV volleyball – Josh Stiles

*Motion by Funk. Second by Evans. All votes of aye. Junior High volleyball – Amy Horton

*Motion by Evans. Second by Cromer. All votes of aye Varsity football – Travis Johnson

*Motion by Cromer. Second by Peasley. All votes of aye. JV football – Sam Moore

*Motion by Peasley. Second by Funk. Motion passes. Aye: Peasley, Funk, Cromer and Smiarowski Nay: Evans. Junior High football – Bill Hoover

*Motion by Cromer. Second by Evans. Motion passes. Aye: Peasley, Funk, Cromer, Evans. Smiarowski abstains. Volunteer assistant football: Jason Newton and Marc Smiarowski.

Motion by Funk, Second by Cromer to approve the sharing contract with Wayne CSD for the shared TAG position. Motion passes with votes of all aye. Mormon Trail holds the contract for instructor, Adam Hysell. Time is shared 50/50 with Wayne CSD.

Cromer made the motion followed by a second from Peasley to make two corrections to the 2018-19 2019-20 Master contracts. P 12: add additional language that was left out; p 13: change 1/8 to 1/9.Motion passes with all votes of aye.

Last under action items, Cromer made a motion to approve the bills and financials. Funk seconded followed by all aye votes. Motion carries. 

Principal Stripe and Superintendent Phillips briefly updated the Board on what was happening in the District. Stripe reported that summer school was coming to an end as was softball and baseball. Stripe said the summer school kids went to the swimming pool for swimming lessons. Phillips talked about plans for entry ways at both Humeston and Garden Grove. Gym floors will be refinished at Garden Grove and Humeston this month

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Cromer motioned to adjourn the meeting. Funk seconded followed by all ayes. Smiarowski closed the meeting at 8:32 pm.

The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Mormon Trail Board of Directors will be held August 13, 2018 @ 7:00 pm in the Elementary Library.

____________________________ ___________________________

              President, Board of Education               Secretary, Board of Education

_________  _________ 

Date               Date

These minutes are written as recorded by the board secretary and subject to approval at the next regular board meeting.   Peggy Rash, Board Secretary/Treasurer