January 20, 2020 Board Meeting Minutes
January 21, 2020
MINUTES OF REGULAR BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF EDUCATION
7:00 P.M, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2020
BOARD MEMBERS
Paul Schmit, Presiding Officer
Jim Scott, Vice President
Sandy Owens, Secretary/Treasurer-Board of Education
Loren Haselhorst
Lisa Linville
Cody Backer
Superintendent of Schools
Jeff Hoesing
The regular meeting of the Randolph Board of Education was called to order at 7:01 pm by Paul Schmit on January 20th, 2020 with the following present: Members: Paul Schmit, Jim Scott, Sandy Owens, Loren Haselhorst, Lisa Linville, Cody Backer, Superintendent Hoesing, Principal Miller, Principal Bartels, Tiffany Kalin recording secretary. When considering the agenda, Secretary/Treasurer, Sandy Owens and Lisa Linville declared a potential conflict of interest and indicated they will abstain from voting on the agenda item of approving School Depository (First State Bank). The appropriate NADC form for this will be kept on file with the board minutes. Paul Schmit announced and informed the public that a current copy of the open meetings act is posted in the Board room.
Motion was made by Haselhorst and seconded by Owens to hereby determine that this meeting was preceded by published notice in the December 25th, 2019 Randolph Times and is hereby duly convened in open session. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Mr. Hoesing took nominations for the election of Board President. Nomination by Owens for Paul Schmit for President was seconded by Scott no other nominations were made. Paul Schmit was declared President on voice vote with Schmit abstaining motion carried 5-0.
The meeting was then turned over to President Schmit.
Nomination by Linville for Jim Scott for Vice President was seconded by Backer and no other nominations were made. Jim Scott was declared Vice President on voice vote with Scott abstaining motion carried 5-0.
Nomination by Backer for Sandy Owens for Secretary/Treasurer was seconded by Haselhorst and no other nominations were made. Sandy Owens was declared Secretary/Treasurer on voice vote with Owens abstaining motion carried 5-0.
Motion was made by Linville and seconded by Schmit that Robert’s Rules of Order be suspended and a unanimous ballot be cast for Recording Secretary – Secretary of BOE (Tiffany Kalin), Official Newspaper (Randolph Times), and School Attorney (PGH & G Law Firm). On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Scott and seconded by Haselhorst to approve the school depository (First State Bank). On roll call vote motion carried 4-0. Abstain from voting were Owens and Linville.
Motion was made by Scott and seconded by Linville to approve the School Board Teams as presented:
Americanism Committee: Sandy Owens, Loren Haselhorst, Cody Backer
School Improvement: Jim Scott, Lisa Linville
Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment: Sandy Owens, Loren Haselhorst, Cody Backer
Student Life and Community Services: Cody Backer, Lisa Linville
Policy and Procedures: Loren Haselhorst, Sandy Owens
Technology: Jim Scott, Lisa Linville, Loren Haselhorst
Grounds/Facilities/Transportation: Jim Scott, Paul Schmit, Cody Backer
NASB Government Relations: Paul Schmit
Preschool Advisory: Paul Schmit
District Level Safety: Lisa Linville
On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Haselhorst and seconded by Owens to approve the regular meeting minutes of December 16th, 2019. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Scott and seconded by Owens to approve the January 2020 claims. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Linville and seconded by Owens to approve the 2020-21 Supt. contract. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Scott and seconded by Backer in approving additional volunteer coaches, as presented, for the 2019-20 school year.
Parents and a staff member were present during audience communication to share thoughts on selection of Jr. High uniforms, color of uniforms, consistency of appearance among players and impact on team spirit and school pride. After discussion, a majority of the board informally indicated that the coaches should continue to be the ones to make the decision on outfitting their respective teams.
K-6 Principal Miller, 7-12 Principal Bartels and Superintendent Hoesing gave their monthly reports to the board.
Motion was made by Linville and seconded by Haselhorst to enter into executive session at 8:28 p.m., for the protection of needless injury to the reputation of personnel, to discuss administrative management decisions. On roll call vote motion carried 6-0.
Motion was made by Scott to exit executive session at 9:09 p.m.
Meeting was adjourned at 9:09 p.m.
Notice is hereby given that the next regular board meeting of the Randolph Board of Education will be Monday, February 17th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. The regular meeting will be held at the high school board room and is open to the public. An agenda is kept continually current and is available for public inspection in the Superintendent’s Office during regular office hours.
I, the undersigned, the duly qualified and acting Recording Secretary of the Randolph Board of Education, Randolph, Nebraska, hereby certify that the attached and foregoing minutes are a true and correct copy of a meeting of the Randolph Board of Education, held in open session at Randolph, Nebraska on the 20th day of January, 2020 which meeting was preceded by published notice.
Respectfully Submitted
Tiffany Kalin
Recording Secretary
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