UNOFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF EDUCATION

GROTON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 06-6

REGULAR MEETING

October 12, 2009

President Nelson called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. in the High School Library. Members present: Luttrell, McNamara, Nelson, Rix and Schaller. Absent: Hanson and Kjelden. Others present were Supt. Schuster, Principals Dalchow and Sweeter and Business Official Weber.

Moved by McNamara, second Schaller to approve the agenda with the following changes: under Administrative Reports add Item D – ASBSD Board Report handouts and under Administrative Reports add Item E – Western Area Power Administration input request. Motion carried.

Moved by Luttrell, second McNamara 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 agenda items, District minutes of September 14 and 28 and bills. Motion carried.

GENERAL FUND: Net Salary – 182,779.53; FIT – 12,059.07; Medicare – 6,337.04; FICA – 27,096.46; SDSBF – 31,728.02; American Funds Service Co. – 2,309.00; Conseco – 207.10; SD Retirement – 27,038.58; First National Bank HSAs – 307.77; Waddell & Reed – 3,140.00; Horace Mann – 133.50; Thrivent – 285.00; Prudential – 25.00; American Family Life – 1,602.67; SDRS Spouse Option – 47.28; Delta Dental – 4,036.08; SD Supplemental Retirement – 1,490.78; Agency Fund – advance payments, 14,477.31; Ameripride – services, 482.05; Bob’s Piano Service – tuning, 355.00; Kathryn Bury – meal, 6.62; Churchill, Manolis, Freeman, Kludt, Shelton – fee, 125.00; City of Groton – utilities, 281.50; Cole Papers – paper, 1,187.74; Comfort Inn – lodging, 70.00; Nancy Cutler, supplies, 147.00; Dakota Electronics – services, 30.00; Dakota Supply – seal, 1.63; Dakotaland Autoglass – supplies, 46.57; Days Inn – lodging, 186.00; Joann Donley – supplies, 45.92; Melinda Eikamp – supplies, 39.52; EMC Insurance – premiums, 11,038.00; Farnams – supplies, 311.40; Game Film Solutions – services, 199.00; GASD Food Service – supplies, 911.85; Groton Community Transit – fees, 137.25; Janet Harder – supplies, 52.55; Harlow’s – parts, 185.08; Hillyard – supplies, 591.70; House of Glass – supplies, 86.87; Interstate All Battery Center – repairs, 161.85; J.W. Pepper – music, 287.44; James Valley Telecom. – services, 723.93; Greg Kjellsen – golf expense, 90.24; McGraw-Hill – supplies, 1,691.89; Midstates Printing – supplies, 97.50; Nasco – supplies, 17.91; Office Equipment – supplies, 20.29; Paints ‘n More – UPS , 19.05; SASD – handbook, 165.00; School Specialty – 314.16; SDWLA – registration, 150.00; Sheraton – lodging, 1,157.00; Stan Houston Equipment – supplies, 28.35; Kelly Storm – mowing, 60.00; Subway – supplies, 108.00; Super 8 Madison – lodging, 141.06; Superior Specialty – supplies, 343.14; Taylor Music – supplies, 338.50; Treeline Tree Service – services, 600.00; Wanda Stange Prorate – testing, 240.00; Mike Weber – meal, 5.53. Total General Fund - $338,379.28.

CAPITAL OUTLAY: Agency Fund – advance payments, 6,436.91; City of Groton – 9,710.26; Connecting Point – software, 959.00; Dependable Sanitation – services, 1,286.12; Hillyard – vacuum, 376.59; House of Glass – hardware, 1,393.11; James Valley Telecom. – phone, 195.00; Northwestern Energy – utilities, 170.40; November Learning – texts, 73.50; SD Magazine – subscription, 19.00; Stan Houston Equipment – tools, 210.00; Subscription Services – magazines, 1,532.14; Taylor Music – stand, 1,489.00; Varsity Spirit – uniforms, 2,117.50; Xerox – copier leases, 2,670.98. Total Capital Outlay - $28,639.51.

SPECIAL ED: Net Salary – 22,523.89; FIT – 1,064.83; Medicare – 812.04; FICA – 3,472.20; SDSBF – 4,676.95; Conseco – 83.30; SD Retirement – 3,630.94; Waddell & Reed – 187.28; Thrivent – 133.50; American Family Life – 192.16; Delta Dental – 627.70; SD Supplemental Retirement – 50.00; Agency Fund – advance payments, 652.68; Avera St. Luke’s – services, 1,417.60; Groton Community Transit –fees, 6.00; NCS Pearson – forms, 97.50; North Central Special Ed Coop – 57,480.89. Total Special Ed - $97,109.46.

CAPITAL PROJECTS: HKG Architects – services, 2,749.05; JDH Construction – services, 194,750.00; Standard & Poor’s – services, 3,680.00. Total Capital Projects - $201,179.05.

FOOD SERVICE: Net Salary – 4,903.86; FIT – 260.60; Medicare – 170.72; FICA – 730.02; SDSBF – 604.02; SD Retirement – 544.24; American Family Life – 50.40; Ameripride – services, 189.37; Child & Adult Nutrition Services – commodities, 434.70; CWD-Aberdeen – foods, 7,026.04; Dean Foods – dairy products, 2,185.06; Earthgrains – bakery products, 754.47; Frito-Lay – chips, 127.01; Kyla Larsen – refund, 124.68; Medco supply – ointment, 26.40; Natural Abundance – foods, 27.75; Sysco – foods, 2,119.21; US Foodservice – foods, 2,878.92; Woodman Refrigeration – repairs, 415.18. Total Food Service - $23,572.65.

AGENCY FUND: Total - $45,806.76.

RECEIPTS: Local Sources, Taxes – $28,397.81; Other Local Sources – 358,938.84; County Sources – 6,675.76; State Sources – 18,197.00; Federal Sources – 103,487.00. Total Receipts - $515,696.41.

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.

Moved by Rix, second Schaller to approve September Financial Report, Agency Accounts and Investments. Motion carried.

Moved by Luttrell, second Rix to approve September School Lunch Report. Motion carried.

Moved by Schaller, second McNamara to approve September Transportation Report. Motion carried.

Schuster presented the quarterly internal control assessment. Areas of review included students handling money and school store.

The update on the East Side Building Addition included bathroom remodeling, new construction and financing.

　Moved by Rix, second Schaller to authorize an additional short-term loan of $200,000 from the General Fund to the Capital Projects Fund with the interest rate of 0% per annum on the unpaid

balance. The entire principal amount shall be fully and immediately repayable upon receipt of Capital Outlay Certificate sales, Qualified School Construction Bond sales or a combination of the two, but not later than December 1, 2009. Motion carried.

Schuster reported that FFA Alumni would be meeting soon to discuss the option of replacing or repairing the current greenhouse.

The following topics were discussed in administrative reports: Dakota Step Summit, ASBSD Regional Meeting, K-12 Summit in Pierre November 20 & 21 with Gubernatorial candidates,

Teacher Leadership Conference, DIBELS/RtI Trainer, Dakota Step Writing Workshop, Child Care Stimulus Grant, Mrs. Gonsoir in San Antonio advising for the NAEP, Medicaid Time Studies seminar Oct 20, Flu Shots and Health Screening Nov 9 from 2-4:30pm, ASBSD Board Report topics and Western Area Power Administration input request.

Moved by Rix, second Luttrell to hire Solien & Larson Engineering to conduct a walk-through structural inspection of the High School and Elementary facilities. Motion carried.

Moved by Schaller, second McNamara to hire Rose Long as assistant debate coach for the 2009-10 school year for $2,512. Motion carried.

The board officially congratulated Darlyne Johnson for representing Groton Area School District and Region 4 as Teacher of the Year for 2008-09.

Moved by McNamara, second Schaller to approve open enrollment application #09-28 for a child in grade 11 from the Aberdeen School District. Motion carried.

Moved by McNamara, second Luttrell to declare list of classroom overhead projectors as surplus property. Motion carried.

Moved by Schaller, second Luttrell to adjourn at 9:15pm. Motion carried.

M. J. Weber, Business Manager Dorene Nelson, President

The addition of signatures to this page verifies these minutes as official.

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