REMSEN CENTRAL SCHOOL
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING
MAY 14, 2013
MINUTES
MEMBERS PRESENT: Steve Boucher, Donna Clark, Raymond Hamlin, Timothy Skermont
MEMBERS ABSENT:None
OTHERS PRESENT: Carl Klossner, Lou D’Ambro, Catherine Chandler, RTA members, Remsen students and Remsen community members
Mr. Steve Boucher, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance recited by all present.
Motion by Donna Clark, second by Raymond Hamlin:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approve minutes from
Meetings held April 16, April 23 and April 30, 2013; approve agenda dated
May 14, 2013; and approve additions to the agenda as follows:3.2F-Extra-Curricular Treasurer’s Report for April, 2013; 6.6-Remsen Barn FOTA Request;
6.7-Questar III Internal Auditing Services; 7.2-Final Retirement Notice; and
7.3-Substitute Teacher Appointments.” Vote: 4-0-0
Pre-K Lottery held for the purpose of picking students to attend PreK for 2013-2014.
1. Kole Kennerknecht ; 2. Tiarra Kistner; 3.Kailyn Helmer; 4. Alexis Stevens
5. Andrew Becker; 6-Grace Rogers; 7-Leah Krowick; 8-James Lehman;
9. Lexxis Mosher; 10-Riley Horn; 11-Gardner Walker IV; 12-Cory Helmer;
13. Alexis Helmer; 14-Rowan Jellerson-Zamek; and 15- Taylor Murphy
PreK-Alternates if one of the above 15 students cannot attend are: 16. Rykah Lyons;
17. Madelyn Prosser; 18. Brooklyn Helmer; 19. Connor Nelson; 20. Jasmine Petteys;
and 21. Daniel Mulhall
Motion by Timothy Skermont, second by Donna Clark:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approve warrants for payment;
accept Budget Status Report for February and March, 2013 which also includes Treasurer’s Monthly Report and Scholarship Balances Report; and accept Extra-Curricular Treasurer’s Report for April, 2013.” Vote: 4-0-0
Superintendent’s Report to the Board of Education included the following items:
- High School Concert will be held May 15th
- Oneida County Sheriffs held a pre-Prom safety event for out students.
- Prom will be held at the Beeches in Rome on Saturday, May 11th.
- Benchmark Exams at the high school will be held June 7 and June 10th
- Evacuation Drill held Friday, May 10th and went smoothly.
- APPR will need to be reviewed before June 30th and resubmitted by September 1st
- Calendar of events for May and June sent home with students
- May 15th – Instrumental Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the high school
- May 22nd – Vocal Concert to be held at 6:30 p.m.;
- No school on May 24th and June 21st
Board of Education Report – Superintendent Search continuing…finalists will visit the district on May 20 and May 21.
May 30 – Tentative Special Board of Education meeting to make final determination of new Superintendent of Schools.
Third and Final Reading of the following policies: Management of Student Allergies Policy; Smoking and Tobacco Use Policy; General Procurement Standards Policy ;
Competitive Bidding Policy; Non-Bid Purchasing Policy and School Lockers Policy.
Head Start Discussion – Mr. Klossner stated Head Start will not be able to start their program at Remsen for 2013-2014 and has withdrawn their proposal.
Motion by Donna Clark, second by Timothy Skermont:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approve recommendations
of Committee on Special Education from meetings held on April 15, April 16, April 19, April 22, April 23, April 26, April 30, and May 1, 2013.”
Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Timothy Skermont, second by Raymond Hamlin:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approve Contract for
Rental of Facilities for distance learning room for 2013-2014.”
Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Raymond Hamlin, second by Donna Clark:
WHEREAS, The Remsen Central School District (“District”) maintains the Remsen Central School District 403(b) Retirement Plan (“Plan”); and
WHEREAS, the Plan was duly adopted by the District’s Board of Education (“Board”); and
WHEREAS, THE Board desires to amend the Plan as regards section 2.7 Nonelective Employer Contributions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that section 2.7 of the Plan is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.7 Nonelective Employer Contributions
Employer Non-Elective Contributions shall be permitted under the Plan at the discretion of the Employer to certain class(es) of Employee(s), as specified or referenced in the Plan Adoption Agreement and/or consistent with terms and conditions of the Employer’s collective bargaining agreement(s), memorandum(s) of agreement, or similar written arrangement.
The Employer shall be solely responsible for determining that a contribution is Non-Elective. Neither The OMNI Group, Inc., nor any record keeper, nor any Participating Service Provider, shall have any right or duty to inquire into the amount or appropriateness of any Non-Elective Employer Contribution made by the Employer, the method used in determining the amount of any such contribution, or to collect the same.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Plan, as amended, is hereby approved and adopted.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the District has caused this Resolution and Amendment to be adopted this 14th day of May, 2013.” Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Raymond Hamlin, second by Donna Clark:
WHEREAS, the Board of Education of the Remsen Central School District desires to enter into a 4 year contract with the Madison-Oneida BOCES in order for the Regional Information Center to furnish certain services to the District pursuant to Education Law 1950(4)(jj), those services being: CoSer 602 Administrative Computer Services;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is
RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the Remsen Central School District agrees to enter into a contract with the Madison-Oneida BOCES for the provision of said services to the District not to exceed $66,136 plus related borrowing fees, plus yearly Regional Information Center support during the term of this contract, finalized by the Superintendent, subject to the approval of the Commissioner of Education, for a period of 4 years: 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16. 2016-17.” Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Timothy Skermont, second by Raymond Hamlin:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approve request of Remsen Barn
FOTA for use of paved areas for public parking; use of school buses to
transport visitors; and use of paved areas for exhibitor parking for September
28 and September 29, 2013.” Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Raymond Hamlin, second by Timothy Skermont:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education chooses not to hire Questar III
for internal auditing services for the 2013-2014 as this service is no longer
required for school districts with less than 1500 students.” Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Raymond Hamlin, second by Donna Clark:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education accept the Notice of Intent to
Retire of Robert Wilcox effective November 1, 2013, with regret.”
Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Timothy Skermont, second by Donna Clark:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education approve final retirement
notice of Carol Parker effective August 21, 2013.” Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Timothy Skermont, second by Raymond Hamlin:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education appoint Kyle Bronson of Cold Brook, New York and Julia Galime of Utica, New York as substitute teachers.”
Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Timothy Skermont, second by Raymond Hamlin:
“RESOLVED, that the Board of Education set date of May 30, 2013
for the sole purpose of determining Superintendent of Schools and discussion of the Employment Agreement for the new Superintendent.” Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Timothy Skermont, second by Raymond Hamlin to appoint Carl Klossner as Secretary Pro Temp for the remainder of the meeting. Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Donna Clark, second by Timothy Skermont to go into Executive Session at 7:50 p.m. to discuss specific personnel issue.” Vote: 4-0-0
Motion by Raymond Hamlin, second by Donna Clark to return to Regular Session at 9:00 p.m.
Motion by Raymond Hamlin, second by Timothy Skermont to adjourn the meeting at 9:03 p.m.
