Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting Held Monday, October 13, 2014

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING HELD MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2014

The Piggott School District Board of Education met in a Regularly Scheduled Meeting on Monday, October 13, 2014 in the District Administrative Office. Members present were Neil Morgan, Jeff Benbrook, Hope Burns, Brad Dunlap and Chris Roberts.

The meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by the Vice-President, Neil Morgan.

The Board cast ballots for officers for the 2014-2015 Board year. The results of the election were as follows:

Board Member Ballot President Vice President Secretary

Neil Morgan Neil Morgan Jeff Benbrook Hope Burns

Jeff Benbrook Neil Morgan Jeff Benbrook Hope Burns

Hope Burns Neil Morgan Jeff Benbrook Hope Burns

Brad Dunlap Neil Morgan Jeff Benbrook Hope Burns

Chris Roberts Neil Morgan Jeff Benbrook Hope Burns

The final results of the election for School Board Officers for the 2014-2015 Board year are: President-Neil Morgan, Vice-President-Jeff Benbrook, Secretary-Hope Burns.

A motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to approve the consent agenda. The motion passed 5 to 0.

The first item on the agenda was an expulsion hearing for McKenzie May and Zack Bishop.

There was no one present to represent the students so Board President, Neil Morgan said they would move on to other business and give them 15 minutes to appear.

A motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to adopt the attached resolution to elect Hope Burns as disbursing Officer for the Board Year October 13, 2014 – October 12, 2015. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Hope Burns to approve the attached Statement of Assurances. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Brad Dunlap to purchase a router to connect the two campuses at a cost of $2,696.70 plus tax from CenturyLink with a yearly maintenance fee of $206.70. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to rent Broad Band Equipment for $298.00 plus tax per month from the Department of Information Systems. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Brad Dunlap to purchase a Variquest Promo-Perfecta 2400 Plus Package for $4,995.00 plus tax from VariQuest due to it being the only company that provides the Variquest machine to be purchased with Title VI funds. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to purchase a copier from Hunton Office Supplies in the amount of $11,516.57 plus tax due to it being the closest to the copiers we have now and local service to be purchased with ALE Funds. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Hope Burns to approve the bid from Watson Oil Company at 2.98 per gallon for 87 octane gasoline for 1,000 gallons. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to approve the bid from D & G Plumbing & Heating Inc., in the amount of $3,685.00 for a 2 ½ ton complete HVAC system for Barbara Batey’s Office and Classroom. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Brad Dunlap to approve the attached changes to policy numbers 3.1 Licensed Personnel Salary Schedule , 7.23 Health Care Coverage and the Affordable Care Act, and 8.1 Classified Personnel Salary Schedule. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Board President, Neil Morgan also read the policy on Board Members Duties.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to approve the bid for shades for the Softball and Baseball Fields in the amount of $12,406.10 from Davis Playgrounds due to quality and portability to be paid for with the joint use agreement. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to approve the bid for shades for the Little League Field in the amount of $12,406.10 from Davis Playgrounds due to the quality and portability to be paid for with the joint use agreement. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Hope Burns to approve the attached bid from Clean Solutions for supplies for the 2014-2015 school year. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, a motion was made by Neil Morgan to change the beginning time of the Board Meetings to 5:30 P.M. beginning November 10, 2014. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Neil Morgan, Board President, stated that there was no one present to represent the students being recommended for expulsion and they had been notified of the place and time the hearing was to be held. At 6:50 P.M. Mr. Morgan stated that the Board had given the representatives for the students being recommended for expulsion 15 minutes after the starting of the meeting to get to the meeting.

Upon the recommendation of the superintendent, a motion was made by Jeff Benbrook to expel McKenzie May and Zack Bishop for the remainder of the first semester of the 2014-2015 school year with the loss of all credit for the 1st semester of the 2014-2015 school year. The motion passed 5 to 0.

Superintendent, Mrs. Powell told the Board that the Fall Training meetings would be here for Board Members on November 20, 2014 and December 1, 2014. She told the Board that the Federal Monitoring was coming up and that the District had received a Broadband grant from the State in the amount of $15,132.50.

Board President, Neil Morgan welcomed new Board Member Chris Roberts.

Board President, Neil Morgan adjourned the meeting.

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President Secretary