Seneca R-7
Board of Education
November 20, 2008 Tentative until approved!
Deann Woodward, president, called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. with board members Harold DeVoe, Bill Lant, Tammy Blaylock, Joe Caputo and Gary Little present. Teryl Malone was absent.
Mrs. Woodward made one addition to the agenda under closed session:
IX. b. Discussion of Real Estate (due to going forward with building projects)
Mr. Cook briefly went over the consent agenda and informed the board that current enrollment for the district was up 20 students compared to this time last year. He also pulled out #R – Approval of Semester Graduates – which is not ready to be acted on at this time.
Mrs. Blaylock made the motion to approve the Consent Agenda, excluding #R. Motion was seconded by Mr. Lant, passed 6-0.
Mr. Cook made presentation of certificates to students in attendance for the following: District Band, Conference Softball, District Cross Country, Conference Football and District Choir. He also recognized People’s Bank of Seneca for being nominated at the Celebration of Schools Ceremony.
Mr. Lant made the motion to approve the additional bills. Motion was seconded by Mr. DeVoe, passed 6-0.
Matt DeLeo from Wells Fargo and Howard Neeley presented information concerning the bond money that will be used for the upcoming building projects. Mr. DeLeo informed the board that money from taxes won’t start coming in until January 2010.
Mr. Cook gave an up-date on the district’s health insurance
with Mercy Health, the FEMA project,
A special meeting was set for December 2nd at 4:30 p.m. for a board work session with the architects concerning the building projects.
Mr. Lant made the motion to approve the General Election
results for both
Mr. Lant made the motion to approve Patterson, Latimer, Jones, Brannon, Denham, Inc for the FEMA project manager for the amount of $18,750. Motion was seconded by Mr. DeVoe, passed 5-0 and 1 Abstain. Yes - Woodward, DeVoe, Lant, Caputo, Little. Abstain – Blaylock
Mr. DeVoe made the motion to approve the property and workman’s compensation bids from PERM Insurance Company. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Blaylock, passed 6-0.
The board gave Mr. Cook the approval to go ahead with the plans of moving the Early Childhood program out of the trailers and into the Longhouse over Christmas break.
A short break was taken at 7:22 p.m.
Mr. Little made the motion to go into executive session at 7:35 p.m. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Blaylock, passed 6-0 by roll-call vote.
Mr. Caputo made the motion to come out of executive session at 8:21 p.m. Motion was seconded by Mr. Little, passed 6-0 by roll-call vote.
Mr. Caputo made the motion to adjourn at 8:22 p.m. Motion was seconded by Mrs. Blaylock, passed 6-0.
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President Secretary