UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION
GROTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 06-6
REGULAR MEETING
June 9, 2009
President Nelson called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. in the High School
Library. Members present: Hanson, Larsen, Luttrell, McNamara, Nelson, Rix and
Schaller. Others present were Supt. Schuster, Principal Sweeter and Business
Manager Weber.
Moved by Larsen, second Schaller to approve the agenda with the following
amendments: under Old Business Item #5 – add authorization for Schuster to act
on the school’s behalf regarding building project issues, under Old Business
Item #5a – report on building project issues including Qualified School
Construction Bonds and soil excavation difficulties, under New Business Item #6a
– approve bus transportation for Valley City football camp trip and under New
Business Item #10a – declare low temp dishwasher surplus and advertise for bids.
Motion carried.
Moved by Luttrell, second Larsen to approve the following consent agenda items
as presented: North Central Special Ed Coop school of record agenda items, North
Central Area Interconnect school of record financial report, District minutes of
May 11 & 18, bills, financial reports, agency reports, school lunch report and
transportation report. Motion carried.
GENERAL FUND: Net Salary – 155,448.79; FIT – 11,081.68; Medicare – 5,917.94;
FICA – 25,303.80; SD School Benefits Fund – 47,913.02; American Funds Service
Co. – 2,288.00; Conseco Health Insurance – 207.10; SD Retirement – 25,106.82;
First National Bank HSAs – 280.32; Waddell & Reed – 3,067.19; Horace Mann –
123.00; Thrivent Financial – 285.00; Prudential Insurance –25.00; American
Family Life – 1,528.64; SDRS Spouse Option – 72.15; Delta Dental – 3,374.50;
Midwest Credits – 353.20; Accounts Management – 197.91; SD Supplemental
Retirement – 1,093.18; Aberdeen American News – notice, 168.22; Aberdeen Awards
– awards, 683.00; Academy Trophy – awards, 30.00; Agency Fund – advance
payments, 20,918.75; Ameripride – services, 482.05; AP Exams – fees, 390.00;
Avera St. Luke’s – cpr cards, 22.50; Beadle Floral – flowers, 292.90; Boston
Fern – corsages, 29.68; Rick Carlson – meals, 44.17; Churchill, Manolis, Freeman
– services, 17.60; City of Groton – utilities, 9,256.86; Cole Papers – supplies,
497.00; Dakotaland Autoglass – supplies, 16.65; Dependable Sanitation –
services, 696.00; Richard Donovan – meals, 37.45; Eide Bailly – services,
661.98; Evergreen Supply – supplies,542.80; Farnams – supplies, 99.70; Judy
Feser – postage, 15.15; Flute Talk – subscription, 10.00; GCR Tire Center –
tires, 267.50; Lynette Grieve – meals, 38.47; Carol Grimsrud – reimburse fees,
39.25; GASD Food Service – supplies, 782.93; Harlow’s Bus Sales – repairs,
3,527.29; Hillyard – supplies, 164.20; House of Glass – repairs, 85.80; Howard
Johnson – lodging, 1,422.00; J.W. Pepper – music, 336.97; J.W. Pepper Clinic –
registration, 85.00; James Valley Telecommunications – services, 604.53; Luck’s
Music Library – music, 30.50; Madison Central School District – region expenses,
32.83; Mid Central Ed. Co-op –meals, 120.00; Midstates Printing – supplies,
423.53; Northwestern Energy – utilities, 638.37; Office Equipment – supplies,
5.57; Paints ‘N More – UPS, 12.86; Pioneer Ford – repairs, 1,592.89; Roncalli
High School – region expenses, 84.77; S&S Lumber – supplies, 2,583.67; SDSNA –
registration – 115.00; Jodi Sternhagen – meals/gas, 52.36; Super Duper
Publications – supplies, 448.55; Trail Chevrolet –
repairs, 701.20; Wal-Mart Community – supplies, 121.07; Shaun Wanner – meals,
45.00; Mike Weber – title fees, 26.00; Deb Winburn – supplies, 6.36. Total
General Fund – 332,974.17.
CAPITAL OUTLAY: Agency Fund – advance payments, 3,340.44; American Band
Accessories – garment bags, 105.45; Automatic Building Controls – clock, 129.46;
Conde School District – stand, 40.00; Connecting Point – sleeves, 700.00; Don
Donley – project work, 1,020.00; S&S Lumber – rope, 141.90; Stan Houston
Equipment – IA tools, 1,635.92. Total Capital Outlay -- $7,113.17.
SPECIAL ED: Net Salary – 20,854.59; FIT – 821.98; Medicare – 746.44; FICA –
3,191.70;
SDSBF – 4,561.28; Conseco – 83.30; SD Retirement – 3,296.46; CUNA –25.00;
Waddell & Reed – 323.63; American Family Life – 263.56; Delta Dental – 565.71;
Agency Fund – advance payments, 967.50; Avera St. Luke’s – services, 6,507.00;
Groton Community Transit – passes, 198.75; Phyllis Haiar – mileage, 44.40; Gwen
Holinka – services, 930.00; North Central Special Ed Coop – fed. flowthrough
funds, 51,844.50. Total Special Education – $95,225.80.
BOND REDEMPTION: Standard & Poor’s – rating fee, 4,600.00. Total Bond Redemption
-- $4,600.00.
FOOD SERVICE: Net Salary – 5,210.52; FIT – 195.00; Medicare – 178.38; FICA –
762.72; SDSBF – 592.22; SD Retirement – 549.32; American Family Life Assurance –
50.40; Delta Dental – 97.18; Doug Abeln – lunch refund, 17.00; Agency Fund –
advance payment, 235.99; Ameripride – services, 125.62; Jon Anderson – lunch
refund, 5.00; Morrie Bartell – lunch refund, 16.25; Rick Carlson – lunch refund,
6.75; Russell Claussen – lunch refund, 11.60; CWD – foods, 5,278.68; Dean Foods
– dairy product, 2,058.13; Earthgrains Company – bakery product, 960.83; Matt
Finnesand – lunch refund, 113.25; Steve Giedt – lunch refund, 10.00; Heather
Halsey – lunch refund, 14.10; Floyd Hansmeier – lunch refund, 15.00; Rod Kappes,
lunch refund 27.65; Curtis Krueger – lunch refund, 7.00; Rod Larson – lunch
refund, 16.45; Jennifer Lucero – lunch refund, 6.80; Mary Lund – lunch refund,
76.45; Tammy Severson – lunch refund, 27.85; SNA – membership, 36.00; Jeff
Stolle – lunch refund, 137.35; Sysco – foods, 405.83; US Foodservice – foods,
1,333.50; Kim Zerr – lunch refund, 17.92. Total Food Service – $18,596.74.
AGENCY FUND: Total - $48,309.65.
MAY RECEIPTS: Local Sources, Taxes – 1,026.549.69; Other Local Sources –
90,221.18; County Sources – 5,298.19; State Sources – 117,818.00; Federal
Sources – 56,372.27. Total Receipts - $1,296,259.33.
Members of the public were allowed five minutes to address the board on any
topic of their choice. With no public members present to speak, the board
proceeded with their remaining agenda items.
The board acknowledged second reading of new Policy JFB – Complaint Policy for
Federal Programs.
Moved by Larsen, second Schaller to approve new Policy JFB. Motion carried.
Ann Gibbs, Carol Knecht, Jane Kroll, Deb Winburn, Janel Lone and Deb Winburn
presented budget figures from the 2009-10 K-6 Science Curriculum Review. Kristen
Gonsoir, Travis Kurth, Jodi Sternhagen, Jim Stearns and Jana Duncan presented
budget figures from the 2009-10 7-12 Science Curriculum Review. Moved by Rix,
second Luttrell to approve the presented budget with modifications to in-service
training, additional classroom textbooks where needed and the elimination of the
science fair for 2009-10. Motion carried.
There were no issues discussed in committee reports.
Rix and HKG representative Scott Sikkink reported on the Pre-Construction
Meeting held on June 4th. The board reviewed the building site and visited about
excavation and drainage issues.
Moved by Luttrell, second Schaller to authorize Schuster, Nelson and Rix to act
on the school’s behalf with regards to building project issues. Motion carried.
The following items were discussed in administrative reports: students from
Conde attending Groton in 2009-10 and related bus service, ASBSD Resolutions,
curb & gutter projects, EMC Property Casualty/Liability Insurance and
Northwestern Energy 1st half natural gas contracted rate at $.835 per therm.
Moved by McNamara, second Larsen to approve Open Enrollment Application #09-1
for a Kindergarten student from the Langford School District to the Groton Area
School District. Motion carried.
Moved by Schaller, second Luttrell to approve Open Enrollment Application #09-2
for a 12th grade student from the Northwestern School District to the Groton
Area School District. Motion carried.
Moved by Schaller, second Hanson to approve Open Enrollment Application #09-3
for a 9th grade student from the Northwestern School District to the Groton Area
School District. Motion carried.
Moved by Hanson, second Rix to approve Open Enrollment Application #09-4 for a
6th grade student from the Northwestern School District to the Groton Area
School District. Motion carried.
Moved by Schaller, second Rix to approve Open Enrollment Application #09-5 for a
4th grade student from the Northwestern School District to the Groton Area
School District. Motion carried.
Moved by McNamara, second Schaller to approve Shaun Wanner’s request to rescind
his letter of resignation as head football & head boys’ track coach for the
2009-10 school year. Motion carried.
Moved by Larsen, second Hanson to approve bus transportation to Valley City, ND
for summer football camp trip. Motion carried.
Shaun Wanner and Brian Schuring addressed the board concerning the school’s
extra-curricular activity policy rules as they relate to SDHSAA sanctioned
sports and Club/Recreation team sports.
Moved by McNamara, second Larsen to request energy quotes for 2009-10 from local
distributors with quote opening on June 29th. Motion carried.
Moved by Luttrell, second Hanson to request official newspaper quotes for
2009-10 with quote opening on June 29th. Motion carried.
Moved by Hanson, second Luttrell to declare eight 27” Mitsubishi TV’s from the
NCAI room surplus property and advertise for sealed bids. Motion carried.
Moved by McNamara, second Hanson to declare low temp dishwasher from the Kitchen
surplus property and advertise for sealed bids. Motion carried.
Moved by McNamara, second Luttrell to authorize Weber to publish the 2009-10
Groton Area School District Budget with an 8:00pm Public Hearing set for July
13th. Motion carried.
Moved by Rix, second Luttrell to approve ASBSD Protective Trust Participation
Agreement for South Dakota School Benefits Fund Health Insurance for 2009-10.
Motion carried.
Moved by Hanson, second Rix to waive fee and approve Facility Use Agreements for
basketball and volleyball camps in June. Motion carried.
Moved by Luttrell, second Hanson to go into executive session at 10:25pm to
discuss personnel and staffing issues for 2009-10. Motion carried.
President Nelson declared the board out of executive session at 11:00pm.
Moved by Rix, second Luttrell to adjourn. Motion carried.
M. J. Weber, Business Manager Dorene Nelson, President
The addition of signatures to this page verifies these minutes as official.