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MINUTES
DOUGLAS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING
DECEMBER 15, 2009
5:00 P.M.
The Douglas County Board of Education met in a special called meeting in the board room of the administrative office building at 9030 Highway 5. Chairman James Bartlett, (Post 2), called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Also present were board members: Mr. Michael J. Miller, (Post 1); Mr. Larry Barnes (Post 3); Dr. Sam Haskell, Vice Chairman (Post4); and Mr. Jeff Morris (Post 5).
Staff members present were Mr. Don Remillard, Superintendent; Dr. David Whitfield, Chief of Staff; Mr. Dudley Spruill, Chief Operating Officer; Mrs. Kay Turner, Chief Financial Officer; Mrs. Elaine Hopkins, Associate Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction; Mrs. Suvess Ricks, Association Superintendent of General Administration; Mrs. Karen Stroud, Director of Community Relations; and Mrs. Melanie Nicholson, Secretary to the Superintendent.
SETTING OF AGENDA: On motion by Dr. Haskell, seconded by Mr. Barnes, unanimous approval was given to accept the agenda as written.
FINANCE
A. Presentations of Bond Underwriters
Four firms made presentations for proposals for bond underwriting. The following firms made presentations: Merchant Capital, Jamie Wilson, Meredith Camp, and Andrew Tripp; Sterne-Agee, Matthew Arrington and David Lucas; Morgan Keegan, Bill Camp; CitiGroup, Bryce Holcomb and Guy Logan.
Mr. Bartlett thanked the firms for their presentations. Mr. Bartlett said that the Board plans to vote on this at the January 4, 2010 Board of Education meeting.
PERSONNEL
A. Approval of Superintendent Search Brochure
On motion by Dr. Haskell, seconded by Mr. Barnes, unanimous approval was given to approve the Superintendent Search Brochure as presented.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
On motion by Dr. Haskell, seconded by Mr. Barnes, unanimous approval was given for the Board to go into Executive Session to discuss personnel.
The Board went into Executive Session at 7:26 p.m.
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Donald J. Remillard, Superintendent James M. Bartlett, Chairman