PROCEEDINGS SUMMERLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION JUNE 15, 2021

PROCEEDINGS Summerland BOARD OF EDUCATION JUNE 15, 2021

Summerland Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, June 15. President Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the June 9 paper, to order at 6:03 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the board room.

Roll call was taken. Board members present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele and Jeremy Wagner. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the boardroom. Possible motion on board member absence. All members were present. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Wagner, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Public participation -15 minutes allowed. Public participation was heard.

Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the consent agenda items, with the exception of the Hausmann Construction bill in the amount of $1,881,495.24. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Schwager, to approve the Hausmann Construction bill in the amount of $1,881,495.24. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Wagner. Nay: none. Abstain: Thiele. Motion carried 5-0-1.

Minutes of the May 10 meeting and monthly financial report were reviewed.

Bullying policy. Nordby opened the public hearing on the student bullying policy at 6:07 p.m. There was no public participation. Nordby closed the hearing at 6:08 p.m.

Hearing to review, consider, receive public opinion and take action to approve the parent involvement policy. Nordby opened the public hearing on the parent involvement policy at 6:08 p.m. There was no public participation. Nordby closed the hearing at 6:09 p.m.

Hearing to review, consider, receive public opinion and take action to approve the student fee fund policy. Nordby opened the Student Fee Fund Policy Hearing at 6:09 p.m. There was no public participation. Nordby closed the hearing at 6:10 p.m.

Action was then taken. Motion by Hoke, seconded by Thiele, to approve the student bullying policy, the parent involvement policy and the student fee policy. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Old business: building construction update. John Wieser, from Hausmann Construction, presented the board with a update on the project and budget.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on the irrigation bids. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the irrigation bid from Schilousky Lawn Care in the amount $23,700. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider, and take all

necessary action on obsolete equipment.

Motion by Hoke, seconded by Schwager, to approve the listed items as obsolete. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

New business: review, considerand take all necessary action on girls’ wrestling. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Schwager, to approve girls' wrestling as an official sport for Summerland Public School. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider, and take all necessary action on meal prices and a milk bid. We will need to set the meal prices for the upcoming school year, as well as act on the milk bid.

Motion by Thiele, seconded

by Kerkman, to accept the Hiland

Dairy bid for milk. Voting aye: nHoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Hoke, seconded by

Thiele, for the hot lunch prices to remain the same, with the exception of seconds, which will go from .75 to .80. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on amending the 2021-2022 negotiated agreement.

Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Thiele, to add video board operator to the negotiated agreement extra duty schedule at the rate of 7% of the base. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0. This will be sent to the Teacher Association for approval.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on accepting a bid for providing and installing the phone system for the new school building. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Wagner, to accept the bid from Heartland Communication for the phone system in the amount of $17,495. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Discuss, consider, and take all necessary action to ratify and adopt school policies. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the recommended changes to the Summerland district policies, waiving the second reading. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on the Orchard school building. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Hoke, to enter into executive session at 7:41 p.m., to strategize, with respect to the purchase/sale of property. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0. The board came out executive session at 8:37 p.m.

NASB update. The NASB update

was available for the board.

Administrative reports. Mike Sanne, Clearwater, reported: auction at Clearwater was a success. There was a large crowd and everything sold very well. Multicultural reports for the year are available.

Cathy Cooper, Orchard, reported: staff was busy organizing/ packing for the move; elementary schedules have been completed by guidance counselor Denise Meyer; elementary sections are completed and have been made available to parents; multicultural reports for the year are available; work has been done on updating the handbooks.

Greg Appleby, Ewing, reported: Camps have been taking place with great attendance. Weight rooms are open. Moratorium will be July 5 to 10. Still looking for another junior high football coach. Science chemical removal has taken place. They will return when it is time to move the chemicals to the new building. Driver’s education will be starting soon. Summer school will be happening at the Ewing site.

Candice Hoke reported that allnthe paperwork is finalized for the Summerland School signs in each ncommunity. LOVE Signs will be installing them next week.

Superintendent Martin congratulated Clearwater and the successfully completing the sale of their building and property.

On behalf of the board of education, Sally Finch congratulated Dale Martin on his upcoming retirement and presented him with a token of appreciation for all he has done for the district.

Multicultural reports. The multicultural reports are available. ESSERS allocation. Superintendent Martin reported to the board that the ESSER III funds have been announced. Twenty percent of the grant must be used for learning loss and the rest is to used for the implementing of prevention and mitigation strategies in order to continuously and safely open and operate schools. State health standards update. Discussion was held concerning the state health standards. The board is looking at drafting a letter to NDE concerning the content of the standards.

Adjourn. The next regular board meeting will be held in Ewing at the Ewing School on Monday, July 12, 2021 at 6 p.m. Nordby adjourned the meeting at 9:09 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Sally Finch

Recording Secretary

Published June 24, 2021

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