Robein School

Board of Education Meeting

July 26, 2001

The meeting was called to order by Mrs. Short at 6:04 p.m.

Members Present: Mr. Buttice, Mr. Greuter, Mr. Sherwood, Mrs. Short, Ms. Skaggs (arrived at 7:20), Mr. Visocky, Superintendent Sally Masear was also present.

Members Absent: Mr. Knight

Guests: Mrs. Davies and Mr. Vandemore

Approval of Minutes:

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Visocky to approve April 25 minutes as written and June 19 as amended. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Citizens’ Request: None

Treasurer’s Report:

Discussion of transfer of loan from Working Cash Fund to Fire and Life Safety Fund, in order to cover shortfall in Life Safety Fund. There was discussion of the flower sale items were paid from the bleacher fund, therefore causing a shortfall in the bleacher fund. There was also discussion of how we can account for state track meet funds. Mrs. Masear said she would talk to auditors about realigning funds to better monitor State Track meet funds.

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Sherwood to approve treasurer’s report. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Warrants:

Mr. Visocky inquired if item #63 was for the 3 year lease on the minibus. Mr. Buttice inquired in item #133. The bill was for 3 cell phones and pager service, but was to be split three ways among the other grade school districts. It was also determined that the pager service was no longer necessary and it could be cancelled. On the imprest fund, Mrs. Short inquired why the student council lunch was taken out of the gifted and travel fund. She also inquired the reason for the bank charges. Mr. Sherwood inquired if check #4245 was for the food coop.

Motion by Mr. Buttice/Mr. Sherwood to approve the warrants. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion Carried.

Superintendent’s Report:

Mrs. Masear reported the roof complete and no leaks so far. The damaged blacktop was not satisfactorily repaired. Mrs. Masear called Mr. Quinn at Thomas Roofing about re-patching the blacktop. Mrs. Masear reported on several drawings and bids for office furniture she has obtained to remodel the main office. She said some of the drawings need to be revised to be more user friendly. She also reported on bids for carpeting she received from Ralph’s Floor Fashion. She said the carpeting could be laid out as early as next week if approved. She commented the office will be painted before any carpet or furniture is installed.

There was general discussion on projected class sizes and the possibility of splitting larger classes for the upcoming year. Mrs. Masear discussed tax breakdown for the 2001-2002 school year and how they compared to last year.

Committee Reports: No committees met

Audience Participation: None

Old Business:

Discussed baseball meeting that took place on June 25. Budget hearing was set for August 16 at 5:30 p.m.

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Greuter to hire Ronald Searle as baseball coach for the 2001-2002 school year at the designated rate of $25.00 per player. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion Carried.

Motion by Mr. Buttice/Mr. Visocky to hire Cindy Dallinger as softball coach for the 2001-2002 school year at the designated rate of $25.00 per player. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Visocky to retain the position of permanent substitute teacher for the 2002-2002 school year. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

New Business:

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr.Visocky to set time and date for budget hearing at 5:30 p.m. on August 16, 2001. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Buttice to approve intergovernment agreement with East Peoria Community High School District 309 for 1.0 day psychologist and 1.0 day social worker. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Sherwood to approve cooperative agreement between Robien District #85, TMCSEA, and Peoria District #150 for processing Medicaid claims. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Greuter to approve interagency agreement between Robein School District #85 and Illinois State Police for processing background checks. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Buttice to approve purchase of carpet for all three office rooms from Ralph’s Floor Fashion in the amount of $754.88. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Sherwood to approve milk bid from Steven D. Pauli and Sons for the 2001-2002 school year. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion Carried.

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Sherwood to approve bread bid from Interstate Brands Corporation for the 2001-2002 school year. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Visocky to approve renewal property/casualty insurance with Illinois School District Agency in the amount of $19,932 for the 2001-2002 school year. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Motion by Mr. Buttice/Mr. Sherwood to approve renewal of Workers’ Compensation Self-Insurance Trust in the amount of $5,868 for the 2001-2002 school year. Motion voted. Yeas-5, Nays-0. Motion carried.

Other Business:

Working on scheduling training for EdVision software.

Executive Session:

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Sherwood to enter executive session. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried. The board entered executive session at 7:25 p.m. for the purpose of discussing the employment of personnel. Motion by Mr. Sherwood/Mr. Visocky to return to open session. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried. The board returned to open session at 8:51 p.m.

Adjournment:

Motion by Mr. Visocky/Mr. Greuter to adjourn the meeting. Motion voted. Yeas-6, Nays-0. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

The next regular meeting is scheduled for August 16, 2001 at 6:00 p.m.