Board of Education

Board of Education
Andrea Robare , President
Craig Jackson, Vice President
Phyllis Klein
Scott Sayward
Bruce Hale

Willsboro Central School Regular Meeting
Board of Education August 28, 2007

Members Present:
     Andrea Robare , President
     Craig Jackson, Vice President
     Phyllis Klein
     Scott Sayward
     Bruce Hale

Others Present:
     Stephen Broadwell, Superintendent of Schools
     Brandy Sweatt, District Clerk
     Win Belanger
     Lori Lincoln-Torrance

Executive Session
Motion by Phyllis Klein, seconded by Bruce Hale, voted and carried (5-0) to enter into executive session at 6:00pm.

Motion by Craig Jackson, seconded by Scott Sayward, voted and carried (5-0) to end executive session at 6:27pm.

Meeting called to order at 6:28pm, by Andrea Robare

New Business
Mr. Harold MacDougal took the Board of Education on a tour of the facilities.

Approval of Minutes
Motion by Phyllis Klein, seconded by Bruce Hale, voted and carried (5-0) to approve the minutes from the regular meeting on 8/14/07.

Business & Finance
Motion by Craig Jackson, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to approve of the transfers dated August 21, 2007.

Motion by Phyllis Klein, seconded by Bruce Hale, voted and carried (5-0) to approve the transfer of $17,500 from the general fund to the cafeteria fund as recommended in our external auditor’s letter.

Motion by Bruce Hale, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to approve for the district to retain the state limit of undesignated fund balance each year (this year the percentage is 3%).

Motion by Craig Jackson, seconded by Scott Sayward, voted and carried (5-0) to approve as per the auditor’s recommendation for long term planning in regards to the GASB 45 requirement, add $583,681.52 into our employee benefits insurance reserve fund.

Motion by Bruce Hale, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to approve of the 2007-08 tax rate of $12.99 / 1000. This is a decrease of $1.67 from last year and a decrease from the projected rate at budget time. This reflects a tax rate percentage decrease of over 13%. This is based on an assessed value of the school district of $364,922,557.

Motion by Craig Jackson, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to accept the proposal and agreement with Harris Beach to serve as Bond Counsel for the capital project to be voted on in October 2007.

Motion by Phyllis Klein, seconded by Bruce Hale, voted and carried (5-0) to receive and accept the Internal Claims Auditor report dated 8/28/07.

Board Policies
Motion by Craig Jackson, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to accept the first reading of Communication Among Individual Board Members.

Personnel – Consent Agenda
Motion by Phyllis Klein, seconded by Bruce Hale, voted and carried (5-0) to approve the appointment of Kristen Young as a building substitute at a rate of $75.00 per day.

Motion by Craig Jackson, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to accept the resignation of Terry Ashline as Teacher Aide. She will be taking a Teacher Assistant position effective September 1, 2007.

Reports from Superintendent

Mr. Broadwell told of an EPA report that he received from an inspection last year and we received three (3) violations against us, for the fuel tanks at the bus garage. We were fined $900.00. The problems have been fixed and Mr. Broadwell sent a letter and check confirming compliance.

Motion by Scott Sayward, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to give permission to donate or dispose of some specialized special education equipment that is no longer used.

Reports from Board Committees

Mr. Bruce Hale gave a brief update to the board on the Old School committee and the discussions held at the meeting on August 21, 2007.

Adjournment
Motion by Scott Sayward, seconded by Phyllis Klein, voted and carried (5-0) to adjourn the meeting at 8:03pm.