LINDEN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
Organizational
Meeting
7201
(810) 591-9411
July 22, 2009
7:00 p.m.
The
Organizational Meeting was called for the purpose of organizing the operation
of the Linden Board of Education for the 2009-10 school year.
Call to Order The
meeting was called to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by ranking
officer,
Laura
Starrs.
Oaths of
Office Newly elected board
members, Rob Rossow and Mike Murphy,
were administered the Oath of Office by Evie Jensen and assumed their
seats on the Board of Education.
Board Member Laura Starrs, ranking officer, read
the Board Member Ethics portion of the By Laws.
Ethics
Appointment Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Maker to appoint Evie Jensen as recording secretary
of Recording for
the 2009-10 fiscal year.
Secretary All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
1-09
(P)
Appointment Moved
by Snyder, supported by Kursik to appoint Michael Engelter as the “administrator
to
of Treasurer assume
specified responsibilities of the Treasurer” for the 2009-10 fiscal year per
board policy.
2-09 All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
(P)
ELECTION OF
OFFICERS
Election of Steve
Murphy nominated Laura Starrs for the office of President, supported by Kursik.
President
There
were no other nominations for the office of President.
Close of Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to
close the nominations for President of the Nominations Board of Education.
For President All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
3-09
(P)
President Ballot
vote taken and read by recording secretary, Evie Jensen.
Elected All
votes cast for Laura Starrs as President.
4-09 Nay
votes: None
(P) All
yea votes.
Laura
Starrs elected President 7-0. Laura
Starrs accepted the position.
Election of Kursik
nominated Pam Snyder for the office of Vice President, supported by Maker.
Vice President
There
were no other nominations for Vice President.
Close of Moved
by Maker, supported by S. Murphy to close the nominations for Vice President of
Nominations the Board of Education.
For Vice All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
President
5-09
(P)
Vice President Ballot
vote taken and read by recording secretary, Evie Jensen.
Elected All
votes cast for Pam Snyder as Vice President.
6-09 Pam
Snyder elected Vice President 7-0. Pam
Snyder accepted the position.
(P)
Election of Steve
Murphy nominated Mike Murphy for the office of Treasurer, supported by Kursik.
Treasurer
There
were no other nominations for Treasurer.
Close of Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to close the nominations for Treasurer of the
Nominations Board
of Education.
For Treasurer All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
7-09
(P)
Treasurer Ballot
vote taken and read by recording secretary, Evie Jensen.
Elected All
votes cast for Mike Murphy as Treasurer.
8-09 Mike
Murphy elected Treasurer 7-0. Mike
Murphy accepted the position.
(P)
Election of Rick
Kursik nominated Steve Murphy for the office of Secretary, supported by Starrs.
Secretary
There
were no other nominations for Secretary.
Close of Moved
by M.Murphy, supported by Maker to close the nominations for Secretary of the
Nominations Board
of Education.
For Secretary All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
9-09
(P)
Secretary Ballot
vote taken and read by recording secretary, Evie Jensen.
Elected All
votes cast for Steve Murphy as Secretary.
10-09 Steve
Murphy elected Secretary 7-0. Steve
Murphy accepted the position.
(P)
ROLL CALL
Members Laura
Starrs, Pam Snyder, Mike Murphy, Steve Murphy, Rick Kursik, Scott Maker,
Present Rob
Rossow
Members None.
Absent
ADOPTION
OF AGENDA
11-09 Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Maker to adopt the agenda as presented.
(P) All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
SUPERINTENDENT
REPORTS
Superintendent Koledo
stated the district is waiting to see if their will be a need for an early
elementary
teacher.
Progress
has been made in the steps to contract with the GISD for a shared time special
education
director. Mr. Koledo stated the GISD will hire the
individual then
Mr.
Koledo stated he and Mr. Engelter are working with the Community Education
Director to
combine
her services with the Food Service department.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Terry Wright, resident,
complimented the Board on the uncontested nominations for officers. The
public
is happy. He wished the Board the best
of luck with the tough decisions that lay ahead of
them.
Gary
Hall, resident, suggested amended the policy on Public Participation at work
session to have
discussion
with the public during the meeting.
OLD BUSINESS
First
Revisions to grades to be given in AP classes
at the end of each trimester. S. Murphy
indicated there needs to be a
Policy 5421- starting point, but he does not
agree with giving students credit for a student who does not complete
Grading the year long
class. Mrs. Snyder feels this revision
provides equity for all students. This
item will be placed on the August 19th agenda under Old Business for
the second reading/adoption.
Public
Comments:
Meg Walton, high school
teacher, stated teachers expressed their concerns with the possible revision
to this policy as AP is a
year long course and a transcript could be misleading to colleges/universities
with trimester grades. She indicated
this would put district in an ethical dilemma as AP classes have a year long
syllabus for completion and grade.
Elaine Porter, resident,
stated she understands the Board’s decision and suggested waiting until full
decision making process is complete, but don’t punish students until all
research is done.
Award Bid for Moved
by Snyder, supported by Maker to award the bid to Dugan Building Company to
install a High School storefront
glass wall system in the high school office entry at a cost not to exceed
$29,317.00. Sinking Office Window fund dollars will be used
to pay for this project.
Project
12-09 Public
Comments:
(P)
Amy
Kursik, parent, asked about the possibility of doing half the amount of window.
Sally
Satkowiak, parent, asked if there was another way to go, only take half the
wall out and place a
sign
by the office door indicating Main Office.
Meg
Walton, teacher, stated many visitors can’t find the office. She indicated a buzzer system would
be
a nightmare and secretaries do not have time to watch security monitors. We need to make the
high
school office consistent with the other buildings.
Gary
Hall, resident, stated the window will be a deterrent to possible problems and
provide better
security.
Terry
Wright, resident, stated changing to a half wall would require re-engineering
of the project,
which
would be like starting over and increase the cost.
Roll
call vote taken.
Yea
votes: Starrs, Snyder, M. Murphy, S.
Murphy, Maker, Rossow
Nay
votes: Kursik
Motion
carried 6-1.
Award Bid for Moved
by Snyder, supported by M. Murphy to award the bid for new windows at
13-09
(P) Public
Comments:
Terry
Wright, resident, stated this project would bring everything up to code when
this work is being
done.
Roll
call vote taken.
All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
NEW BUSINESS
Compensation Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Maker to establish compensation to board members at
for Board $0.00
for 2009-10.
Members All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
14-09
(P)
Establish Board Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by M. Murphy to adopt the Regular Board Meeting Dates,
Meeting Dates for
2009-10 per attached scheduled. The first
meeting of the month will be conducted as a
for 2009-10 non-action
Work Session. Special meetings will be conducted
as needed (Attachment A).
15-09 All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
(P)
Establish Board Moved
by Snyder, supported by Starrs to adopt the Board of Education Meeting
Meeting Agenda
format with the deletion of Student Board Reports.
Agenda Format
Amendment to Moved
by Snyder, supported by S. Murphy to amend the motion to place Student Board
Reports to Original Motion after
Superintendent Reports on the agenda.
16-09 All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
(P)
Amended Moved
by Snyder, supported by Starrs to adopt the Board of Education Meeting Agenda
with
Motion Student
Board Reports after Superintendent Reports on the agenda.
17-09 All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
(P)
Establish Work Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to adopt the Work Session Meeting Agenda with
Session Agenda the
deletion of Student Board Reports.
Format
Public
Comments:
Elaine
Porter, resident, stated one of the CBA classes she went to indicated a Board
president can
deviate
Public Comments with agreement of the Board.
Amendment to Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by M. Murphy to amend the motion to place Student Board
Reports Original Motion to after
Superintendent Reports on the agenda.
18-09 All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
(P)
Amended Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to adopt the Work Session Meeting Agenda
format with Motion Student
Board Reports after Superintendent Reports on the agenda. Board members would like to
19-09
get
clarification on Superintendent Reports after reports given.
(P) All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
Scott
Maker left at 9:00 p.m. due to work assignment.
Designation of Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to
re-designate the institutions listed as
Depositories/ depositories
of the school district and the individuals specified be the authorized signatories
Signatories for
the listed accounts for the 2009-10 fiscal year (Attachment B).
for 2009-10 All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
20-09
(P)
Designation of Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Kursik to designate Michael Engelter and Pam Dickie
as the Electronic Electronic
Transfer Officers, which authorizes them to complete electronic transfers on behalf
of the Transfer Board
of Education.
Officers All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
21-09
(P)
Approval of Moved
by Kursik, supported by Snyder to approve the law firms of Collins & Blaha
and Thrun Law
Legal Counsel Firm,
P.C. as legal counsel for the
for 2009-10 All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
22-09
(P)
MHSAA Moved
by Snyder, supported by Kursik to approve the continuation of our MHSAA
Membership membership
for the 2009-10 school year (Attachment C).
for 2009-10 All
yea votes. Motion carried 7-0.
23-09
(P)
Approve Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to approve the invoices for the month of
July, 2009 in the Invoices for amount
of $3,132,150.96.
July, 2009 Roll
call vote taken.
24-09 Yea
votes: Starrs, Snyder, M. Murphy, S.
Murphy, Kursik, Rossow
(P) Nay
votes: None
Motion
carried 6-0.
Cast Ballot for Moved
by Kursik, supported by S. Murphy to cast the ballot for the GCASBM for 2009-10
officers.
GCASBM for All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
Officers for
2009-10
25-09
(P)
Designation of Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by M. Murphy to designate Steve Murphy as the
representative and GCASBM Working Mike
Murphy as the alternate to serve on the GCASBM Working Committee for 2009-10.
Committee All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
Representative/
Alternate
26-09
(P)
Approve Moved
by Kursik, supported by Snyder to approve the amendment to the Michigan Schools
Energy Amendment to Cooperative
Interlocal Agreement (Attachment D).
the MISEC All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
Agreement
27-09
(P)
Certification of Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to designate Laura Starrs, Rob Rossow and Rick
Kursik
Delegates/ as
voting delegates and Pam Snyder, Mike Murphy and Steve Murphy as alternates to
represent Alternates for Linden
Community Schools at the 2008 MASB Delegate Assembly on October 22, 2009.
2009 MASB All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
Delegate Assembly
28-09
(P)
Employment of Moved
by S. Murphy, supported by Snyder to approve the employment of Jennifer Addy as
an art Elementary Art teacher at
Hyatt Elementary effective August 31, 2009 with a pay rate of $36,318.00, BA
Step 1, hire Teacher date
of July 22, 2009. Union affiliation-
LEA. This offer of employment is
conditionally based upon a 29-09 satisfactory
result from the criminal history check, PA 99, PA 83 and the Professional
Misconduct Act
(P) PA
189.
All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
Employment of Moved
by Snyder, supported by S. Murphy to approve the employment of Natalie Cavett
as a special CI Special education
teacher at Hyatt Elementary School for the CI classroom effective August 31,
2009 with a Education pay
rate of $36,318.00, BA Step 1, hire date of July 22, 2009. Union affiliation – LEA. This offer of Teacher employment is conditionally
based upon a satisfactory result from the criminal history check, PA 99, 30-09 PA 83
and the Professional Misconduct Act PA 189.
(P) All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
Employment of Moved
by Snyder, supported by Kursik to contract with Cathy North to provide athletic
director Athletic Director services
for
31-09 A
final contract will be brought back for Board approval.
(P) All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
BOARD
REPORTS/RECOMMENDATIONS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pam
Snyder hopes Board members will respond to the GISD survey regarding GISD
mailings.
Rob
Rossow stated he is happy to be part of the Board and that everyone has been
very helpful.
Rick
Kursik welcomed Rob Rossow and congratulated Laura Starrs and being the new
Board
President.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
None.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
32-09 Moved by Snyder,
supported by Kursik to adjourn to Executive Session per Section 8(c),
Collective (P) Bargaining,
and Section 8(h), Pending Litigation, Grand
Black Community Schools, et al v. Jeffrey Wright,
Genesee
Roll
call vote taken.
All
yea votes. Motion carried 6-0.
Regular
Meeting re-convened at 10:43 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Board
President Starrs adjourned the meeting at 10:45 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
________________________________
Steve M. Murphy, Board Secretary