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[0:28] Okay. Okay. He's ready for us to begin. So, you can call the meeting to order.
[0:36] Okay.
[0:40] This meeting will now come to order. Won't you join me with a pledge to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America,
[0:55] and to the Republic, for which it stands, which it stands,
[1:02] one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, and justice, and justice, for all.
[1:24] Thank you.
[1:27] This evening's meetings being conducted in audio form only due to the Indiana State guidelines placed upon us regarding social distancing.
[1:36] These restrictions are a direct result of our state working to stop or curb the spread of COVID-19.
[1:44] Our meeting will be available for the public shortly after its adjournment.
[1:49] Thank you for your patience while we try to accommodate our list.
[1:52] Dr. Ruff,
[1:55] taking role call.
[1:58] Terry Nicholson.
[2:00] Here.
[2:02] Julie Hopper.
[2:04] Here.
[2:06] Bill Hoke.
[2:09] Here.
[2:11] Joe Kimmel.
[2:13] Present.
[2:15] Doug Pittman.
[2:18] Present.
[2:20] Chris Boyer.
[2:22] Here.
[2:24] All members are present and accounted for.
[2:29] To the board members this evening when asking a question or making a motion tonight please
[2:36] respond by stating your name first for clarity's sake for consent items this evening.
[2:44] We will be giving a verbal response of I or no.
[2:48] Majority will rule.
[2:50] For action items only, tonight's votes will be taken in the form of a roll call.
[3:00] We'll proceed with the consent items.
[3:03] Madam President, this is Joe Kimmel.
[3:05] I'd like to make a motion to approve the consent items which are claims, payroll, fund reports
[3:10] and minutes.
[3:12] We have a motion from Joe Kimmel.
[3:14] Is there a second?
[3:19] This is Terry Nicholson, I second the motion.
[3:24] Is there any discussion?
[3:25] If
[3:27] no discussion, all in favor.
[3:31] Signify by saying aye.
[3:34] Aye.
[3:35] Aye.
[3:36] Aye.
[3:36] Aye.
[3:37] All opposed, no.
[3:41] Motion carried seven to zero.
[3:43] We're now ready for item four.
[3:45] Action items.
[3:46] Recommendations of policy programs and personnel.
[3:50] Mr. Walker.
[3:51] Thank you, Madam President.
[3:53] I request that the Board approve using school board members space mile.
[3:58] signatures on all items for the April 13th 2020 school board meeting.
[4:06] Is there a
[4:06] motion to approve Mr. Walker's recommendation for a facsimile signatures on
[4:13] tonight's board meeting? This is Bill Hoek and I'll make that motion. We have a
[4:19] motion from Bill Hoek is there a second?
[4:24] I think we had more than one. Thank you
[4:31] for your motions in seconds.
[4:33] We are still working on this, everyone.
[4:36] Thank you for your goodness.
[4:38] Okay, all in favor, signify by saying aye.
[4:44] Aye.
[4:45] Aye.
[4:46] All opposed, no?
[4:51] Motion carried seven is zero.
[4:53] Item B.
[4:56] If I would ask the board consider approval
[4:59] of participating in the Food to School purchasing cooperative,
[5:02] Starting with the 2021 school year.
[5:09] I believe in front of us, we have the papers for the school purchasing cooperative and the items surrounding that.
[5:19] Do we have a motion to approve that?
[5:27] That in present. This is Terry Nicholson. I'll make that motion.
[5:31] Terry Nicholson makes that motion. Is there a second?
[5:36] Usually hopper seconds that.
[5:38] We have a second from Julie Hopper, is there any discussion?
[5:43] If no discussion, all in favor, signify by saying aye.
[5:47] Aye.
[5:48] Aye.
[5:49] Aye.
[5:50] Aye.
[5:50] Aye.
[5:51] Aye.
[5:53] Aye.
[5:54] and carried 7 to 0.
[5:56] We're ready for item C.
[6:00] Yes, you have in front of you a new five-year service maintenance
[6:04] and lease agreement for our copy and machines and printers.
[6:09] That's just within a few dollars of being the exact same contract
[6:14] that we had for the previous five years.
[6:15] So I was really pleased the way that came in.
[6:18] So I asked the board to consider approving the five-year service maintenance
[6:22] and lease agreement with Lane Company.
[6:25] Okay.
[6:27] We have a recommendation from our superintendent to stay with Lane company for the next five
[6:32] years.
[6:33] Do we have a motion to approve that?
[6:39] This is Joe Kimmel, I would make that motion.
[6:42] We have a motion from Joe Kimmel, is there a second?
[6:47] Julie Hopper, second.
[6:49] Is there any discussion?
[6:54] All in favor, signify by saying aye.
[6:58] Aye.
[6:58] Aye.
[7:00] Aye.
[7:00] Aye.
[7:00] All opposed?
[7:01] All opposed?
[7:02] No.
[7:03] Motion carried seven to zero.
[7:05] We're ready for item D.
[7:10] Yes, I would ask the board consider the following resolution of the pailey community school
[7:15] board of trustees regarding wage payments during emergency school closure, and I will read
[7:20] that resolution.
[7:23] The superintendent of pailey community school corporation may close any or all schools or district
[7:28] offices or dismiss them early because of a pandemic prevailing in the school district or any other
[7:34] emergency in the interest of health safety.
[7:37] Superintendent will take such action only after consultation with transportation, emergency
[7:42] management, health, weather awardees, or other agencies as necessitated by the circumstance.
[7:51] Properly notify the board of a decision to implement such an emergency closure.
[7:56] Whereas the board acknowledges that in case of a pandemic related emergency closure, school
[8:02] Employees may be instructed not to report the work.
[8:05] The work concludes that a need exists to address the wages of those employees who are
[8:10] idle and instructed not to report the work during such a closure.
[8:15] Whereas employees who are instructed not to report the work may suffer a loss of pay unless
[8:20] the work days are made up at a later date.
[8:22] The work concludes that continuing wage payments to employees salary and non-salary suffer a
[8:29] We'll also pay due to a pandemic-related emergency closure serves as the legitimate purposes
[8:34] of maintaining morale, reducing turnover, sharing the continuity of staffing when school
[8:40] reopens.
[8:42] Now, therefore, be it resolved that in case of pandemic-related emergency closure, the board
[8:47] utilizes continued wage payments to employees, salaries and non-foward, who are instructed not
[8:53] to report to work at the direction of the superintendent unless the workmates are scheduled to be
[8:57] made up at a later day. Such waste payments shall be limited to an employee's base pay and
[9:02] shall not include payments for other missed opportunities.
[9:07] Further this resolution applies
[9:08] only to closures and does not apply, for example, to instances necessitated by employee's
[9:15] own health condition or corn. And this would be retroactive back to when we dismiss school
[9:22] on March 13th. So that's the board to approve as presented please.
[9:27] We have a recommendation from our superintendent to consider the resolution for emergency school closures.
[9:35] Do we have a motion for that?
[9:38] This is Doug Pittman. I'll make that motion.
[9:42] Doug Pittman makes a motion. Is there a second?
[9:49] This is Jill Kimmel. I would make that second.
[9:52] Okay. I heard two people coming through.
[9:59] Okay, Chris Boyer makes that second.
[10:03] Is there any discussion or questions?
[10:07] If not, all in favor, say goodbye by saying aye.
[10:14] All opposed?
[10:16] No.
[10:19] Motion carried 7 to 0.
[10:21] We are ready for item E, the first reading of the neola policy.
[10:25] for
[10:38] relations. That's a copy of that in first reading for policy updates 31-2 and 32-1.
[10:50] Again, it's just, I think it's about the importance of using the old policy.
[10:54] The
[11:00] policies needed to be updated because of change in law.
[11:03] So are there any questions about any of the policies?
[11:12] I don't believe so. Thank you. We're ready for it.
[11:17] Item F and that would be personnel.
[11:19] I
[11:25] would like the board. I'd like to inform the board that on March 13th I accepted Joey Guerrero's resignation at bus monitor on special needs effective March 20.
[11:36] On March 10th, I accepted audit of Richard's resignation in the state of Stodin at senior high school effective March 10.
[11:43] I recommend the Board of Proof Employing Neil Dittmer as head varsity football coach for the 2021 and 21 22 school years of salary of $8,600 per year.
[11:55] I recommend the Board of Proof Employing Donovan Cruz as head varsity girls basketball coach for 2021 and 21 22 school years at also a salary of $8,600 per year and I would ask approval as presently.
[12:12] Okay. In the personnel considerations, I would like to go ahead and go with A and B, and
[12:19] those are the information, the resignations, moving down to C, Neil Dettmer, as head
[12:28] varsity football coach, and as stated earlier, we will be doing roll call for these recommendations
[12:36] for employment. So do we have a motion to approve Nile Deppmer as of our three
[12:44] coach? I'll make that motion a matter of president. Okay, and who's speaking? Bill Hogan.
[12:54] Bill Hogan makes the motion for Nile Deppmer. Is there a second?
[12:58] Is Doug Pitman now second that motion?
[13:04] Thank you.
[13:04] Thank you.
[13:04] It makes a second.
[13:05] Is there any, let's
[13:10] see, is there is there any comment or a question?
[13:15] Madam President, this is Terry Nicholson.
[13:17] I've got some comments.
[13:18] I'd like to make about hiring of this coach.
[13:22] Go ahead.
[13:24] Okay.
[13:25] In the spring of 2019, pay only schools hired a very respected Indiana coach.
[13:31] He was an excellent educator, a good man, and well over 100 games, three
[13:36] sectionals in his 20 years of being a head coach. His coaching methods were
[13:41] sound. He was a man of great football knowledge. That coach was Brian
[13:45] Gleasing. To a few people both in and around the program, he was guilty and not
[13:50] wandered around here. He was guilty of what? He was guilty of bringing in a new
[13:55] system. He was guilty of changing things. He was an outsider. He was not one of us.
[14:00] out there, a new coach come in here and change our youth system, our junior high and high school teams.
[14:07] Mr. Dittmer during his interview admitted he did not give 100% in his coaching this last fall.
[14:12] As assistant head coach, he was the key person in leading the other coaches, parents and fans, to accept a new coach.
[14:19] But because he was passed over for the head coach's position, his feelings were hurt and chose instead to undermine the new coach in hopes he would leave.
[14:27] One of his assistant coaches was overheard to say that if we have a losing season, maybe
[14:32] they will let him go.
[14:34] Mr. Dittmer could have stopped the sniping in the very beginning, but before the football
[14:39] team had had its first practice, certain people were not going to accept an outsider.
[14:45] Does the end justify the means?
[14:48] Mr. Dittmer helped cause these problems and then get rewarded as a result.
[14:53] What does this say about a man's character?
[14:54] The players and coach policing gave it their best efforts and ended with a 6 and 5 record.
[15:00] I'm waiting season. Unfortunately, that cannot be said about Mr. Dittmer and his staff. All was done to coach Gleasing and the players was reprehensible. Let's just pretend the sorry affair didn't happen. Thank goodness our football program doesn't have to change. Thank you, Madam President.
[15:19] Thank you. Are there any other comments?
[15:26] Yeah, this is a different format being audio stuff.
[15:33] So I just want to record to reflect that, you know, that is an opinion of one board member
[15:42] and not necessarily flex the opinion of the board.
[15:50] Okay. Thank you.
[15:52] Is there anything else anyone would like to admit or add here?
[16:01] If not, we'll go ahead with our vote.
[16:04] This will be a roll call.
[16:06] We will start with Chris Boyer.
[16:09] Yes.
[16:13] Doug Pittman. Yes.
[16:18] Joe Kimmel. I vote yes.
[16:23] Bill Hoke. Yes.
[16:29] Julie Hopper. Yes.
[16:33] Terry Nicholson. No.
[16:39] The vote for the roll call stands at six in favor. One opposed.
[16:50] Let us move
[16:50] on to Donovan Cruz,
[16:55] a recommendation for employment of Donovan Cruz for varsity girls,
[16:59] basketball coach.
[17:03] Do we have a motion to approve Donovan Cruz?
[17:10] This is Doug Pittman. I will make that motion.
[17:15] Doug Pittman makes the motion. Is there a second?
[17:18] This is Bill Hoek. I'll make the second.
[17:21] Bill Hoek makes the second. Is there any discussion?
[17:28] Question or comments?
[17:33] If not, roll call vote.
[17:35] Chris Boyer. Yes.
[17:41] Doug Pittman. Yes. Joe Kimmel. Yes. Bill Hoke. Yes. Julie Hopper. Yes.
[17:57] Yes. Terry Nicholson. Yes. The row call vote stands at seven in favor. Zero opposing.
[18:10] This concludes the personnel considerations and we are now ready for yes sir. We never
[18:17] voted on A and B.
[18:21] We do straight down didn't we? We did. I'm sorry. Thank you. We will go
[18:28] So now with A and B together, if that is-
[18:32] The jail can one with the last year's approved vote.
[18:35] Joe Kim will make the motion for both of those to be approved.
[18:40] Is there a second?
[18:46] I will make that second.
[18:48] Violet Tucker.
[18:50] Is there any discussion?
[18:53] If none, all in favor, say aye.
[18:57] Aye.
[18:59] Aye.
[18:59] All opposed, no.
[19:03] Motion carried.
[19:04] 7-0.
[19:07] This concludes the personnel.
[19:10] Now we are ready for item five, superintendent's report, and board discussion.
[19:17] Thank you, Madam President.
[19:19] First of all, our financial report that was in your packet,
[19:24] the, for the month of March,
[19:26] we had an education fund, total expenditures of $750,000, $268.00, take our $100,000 transfer
[19:34] for operations off that our actual education fund expenditures for the month was $656,268.
[19:43] That was 7.69% of our appropriation with our target each month is 8.33, so we were
[19:51] 4.64% below our monthly target for the year.
[19:56] So far, year-to-date expenditures, two million, two hundred and fifty thousand, five hundred and seventeen.
[20:03] Year-to-date actually percentage, twenty-six point four-seven.
[20:07] Our target after three months is twenty-five percent.
[20:10] So we're behind that one four-seven.
[20:13] But as you can see there we're really digging out from that gym for a three-pay road.
[20:24] Four hundred and seventeen dollars.
[20:25] You can see there where we had our, it
[20:33] was back in to the edge from it's taken out for
[20:37] this comment.
[20:41] The year so far, our year-to-date revenue, 2 billion, 414, 218, year-to-date expenditures,
[20:47] 2 million, 558, 517, we are 100 to 5.98%, we should be 100% or lower, so 5.98% behind
[21:00] We've really dropped from 36% in January and 22% behind in February.
[21:06] Those numbers look good.
[21:08] As far as the operations fund, the month of March, we had expenditures of 206,352%.
[21:19] Again, our targets 8.33, so we were good by 3.11% and in from the year,
[21:27] We hear to date expenditures are 823,000, 740, $2
[21:34] .85, we should be at 25%, so we're
[21:36] to the good by 4.15%, and at the bottom there you'll see actual cash balance.
[21:46] I want
[21:55] to share that just today I put on the website, frequently asked questions on how the
[22:02] COVID-19 is affecting pay-to-least schools, this will be a working document that I can update
[22:08] daily or whenever we have new questions come in or we get new answers to those
[22:14] questions. So folks can go to our website and click on that FNQ to still be
[22:21] indistributed on Mondays and Thursdays, true
[22:25] elementary, Lynn School, Southeast, Fire Station, and Young's Creek Community Center.
[22:32] So folks are having trouble getting food, just send me an email and myself or
[22:38] someone will make sure that you get to deliver to your house.
[22:45] A new era that we're all going through, and I just want to thank everybody for their
[22:50] social distancing and doing the things that they can do to slow the spread of this virus,
[22:56] and we're so looking forward to the time when we can get our RAM family gathered up again
[23:01] and function as a regular school year and the way we normally do this.
[23:06] Thank you.
[23:07] Thank you very much. Is there anything else that should come before the, I'm sorry, go ahead.
[23:14] This is Joe Kimmel. I just, would you just repeat for everyone? Some people may not be aware of it.
[23:20] The restrictions to school are in and the expectations for what happens with the rest of the school year.
[23:26] Yes, right now, school buildings are closed except for essential employees only through the end of this week,
[23:35] at which point I will get with Dr Lopez and see what his thoughts are to let
[23:42] other folks in. If we need to do another week we'll do so. I want to thank
[23:46] everybody for following that. I've not seen anybody trying to speak in the
[23:51] buildings. I appreciate that. As far as the rest of the school year, the state is
[23:55] given each school direction that there will be no more face-to-face learning going
[23:59] on the remainder of this school year. And we are doing two days of eLearning slash extended
[24:06] learning a week. Rube made the seventh. Those are on two days and third days. And then
[24:13] May 7th will be the last day that the kids will have to do. The eLearning that following
[24:20] week is our scheduled last week of school and it'll give us hopefully time to get everything
[24:25] wrapped up in that last week.
[24:33] Okay, just text on there if you need any help
[24:36] to live in food, let us know. Okay, thank you, sir.
[24:42] Is there anything else any
[24:44] old or new business?
[24:48] Is there anything else that should come for the board
[24:50] this evening?
[24:54] If not, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Our next meeting will be
[24:58] May 11th. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you.
[25:09] Thank you.