Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5 Board of Education met June 19.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
The Board of Education met in Regular Session on June 19, 2019 in the Library. The meeting was called to order at 8:01 p.m. by President Brunnworth. Present at roll call were Brunnworth, DeVries, Markezich, Osmoe, and Skertich. Remer and Rimar were absent. Also present were Superintendent Murphy, Principal Baumberger, Principal Scheller, Secretary Butler, Olivia Ervin, Nick Krumwiede, and Marcia Schulte.
Motion by Osmoe, seconded by Skertich to adopt the agenda, approve the minutes of the Budget Hearing of May 22, 2019, and approve the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting of May 22, 2019. All Ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Brunnworth to approve the bills and activity accounts as presented. Roll call: 5 ayes, 2 absent. Motion carried.
Financial Report for May 2019:
Mr. Murphy reported that the Education Fund is sitting at $816,594.97. If you refer to last year, we are above where we were that year and from 2017 we have had significant gains. This is based on our new evidence based funding. The Building Fund is sitting at $428,310.90. We have electricity and gas that come from this fund, but I see no major bills coming out soon. The Bond and Interest Fund is at $13,568.01. This is our copy lease account. The Transportation Fund balance is $254,724.29. Our last lease payment, of over $82,000, for our buses was in this month’s bills. The fund balance will go down next month because of this payment. The state has made three categorical payments and there has been talk about a fourth one coming in this year. The IMRF Fund is at $80,488.29. We will receive about $80,000 from local property taxes because the EAV has risen. Site and Construction, we are in the positive, is now at $39.16. In the next month, we will be back in the negative because of summer projects. We will be budgeting differently to have more wiggle room available when needed. Working Cash Fund is at $99,677.45. Tort Immunity Fund is $64,988.97. We will be paying our workmen’s compensation and liability insurance in the next month from this fund, so it will go down. We will still be collecting local property taxes which will raise the fund back up. Life Safety balance is $68,456.94. If the matching grants come out, we will be able to receive more money for this account. The total of all funds is $1,826,849 and the Operating Fund balance is at $1,599,307.60.
Budget Report for May 2019:
Revenues vs. Expenses by fund: 95% vs. 91% Ed Fund: 94% vs. 93%
O & M Fund: 101% vs. 89%
Tort Fund: 101% vs. 95%
Transportation Fund: 100% vs. 63%
IMRF: 101% vs. 87%
Motion by DeVries, seconded by Osmoe to approve the Financial Report and the Budget Report for May 2019. All ayes. Motion carried.
Unfinished Business:
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Brunnworth to approve the High School Handbook for the 2019-2020 school year. All ayes. Motion carried.
New Business:
First reading of the extracurricular handbook and coaching handbook by Mr. Baumberger.
Motion by DeVries, seconded by Markezich to approve the Intergovernmental Agreement for Mt. Olive to join the Southern Macoupin Consortium for Innovation and Career Pathways. All ayes. Motion carried.
First reading of the 6:135 Accelerated Placement Program by Mr. Murphy.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by DeVries to accept Prairie Farm’s milk bid for the 2019-2020 school year. Roll call: 5 ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Brunnworth, seconded by DeVries to accept Aunt Millie’s bread bid for the 2019- 2020 school year. Roll call: 5 ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Brunnworth to accept Kohl Wholesale’s food bid for the 2019- 2020 school year. Roll call: 5 ayes. Motion carried.
Principals’ Reports:
Mr. Baumberger reported the following:
I am pleased to report that this year’s graduating class statistics have been recorded. Within the class of 2019, 70% of our graduates have enrolled and been accepted to attend college, 12% have enrolled in the armed forces, 9% are undecided, 3% chose employment, 3% went for an apprenticeship, and 3% continued special education services in conjunction with DHS.
We have had continued issues with PowerSchool and running honor roll. I believe we have the issue resolved for the 4th quarter, but fear it may become an issue again come 1st quarter next school year. Honor roll for the 4th quarter has been submitted for the public in the local paper.
Mrs. Scheller reported the following:
The Illinois Assessment of Readiness preliminary data for English, Language, Arts are in. The data showed noticeable growth in scores.
The new playground equipment is scheduled to be delivered the 3rd week of July and installed in the last week of July.
August 6th we will be hosting a Back to School Carnival from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Activities will include: immunizations by the health department, physicals, lead screenings, and fingerprinting. We will also have games and activities with the National Guard.
Superintendent’s Report:
Mr. Murphy reported the following:
A. Summer Projects
The summer janitor workers and custodians have power washed the entire building. They cleaned out the rock area and added flower pots to the school grounds. We will be oil and chipping half of the parking lots. Rock and chip will be added to help some drainage in the lots. We will be adding baffling to the multipurpose room for noise cancellation. The new playground will be installed in the last week of July. The classrooms are being cleaned and painted. The high school office will be getting some new floors and countertops. We will also be receiving our new smartboards.
B. E-LearningDays
For the upcoming school year, we may be able to turn two snow days into e-learning days. These snow days will count towards attendance and will have school work provided on these days. We have the resources to have a plan in place for these out of school snow days to work and count as a normal school day.
C. Novel Solar Energy
This company reached out to our school district regarding putting solar panels in place. Their proposal explained that if the school would install solar panels, we would reduce our power bill in half for the next 5 years and save $21,000. Because they wanted the proposal to be signed that same day, I had to say no to the offer. I would consider this if the opportunity would come up again and I had time to present it to the board.
D. State Funding
We received an additional $375 million instead of the $350 million we received last year. If we stay in Tier 1, we should receive more than the additional $77,000 that we received last year. When the enrollment numbers are adjusted, it is possible for us to shift to Tier 2 which would cut our additional money received in half. In early July, we will find out which Tier we will be assigned for the year and I will report the number back to the board. The state will be focusing on giving more money to the schools who fall into the Tier 1 category, rather than the Tier 4 category. We will apply in the fall for a property tax relief grant and find out in January of 2020 if we will receive it to reduce our property taxes.
E. Academic Foundation
We met with the academic foundation last night and they are going to produce a video about the school district and the community. Some of the members were interested in simply recording 30 second clips made promoting positivity about our community and school. The cinematographer will be coming in late September to work on this project. We would also have an opportunity for our website to be updated.
Motion by Osmoe, seconded by Markezich to enter into closed session at 8:48 p.m. for the following purposes as allowed under the Illinois Open Meetings Act (5 ILCS 120/1 et seq.): Discussion of the appointment, employment and dismissal of employees of the public body and collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives. Roll call: 5 ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Osmoe, seconded by DeVries to return to open session at 9:27 p.m. Roll call: 5 ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Osmoe, seconded by Skertich to hire Leah Pastrovich as the 1st grade teacher for the 2019-2020 school year. All ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by DeVries, seconded by Markezich to hire Jamie England as half time P.E, half time Technology position for the 2019-2020 school year. All ayes. Motion carried.
The next board meeting will be held on Wednesday July 17, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the School Library at 804 West Main St, Mt. Olive, IL.
Motion by DeVries, seconded by Markezich to adjourn at 9:31 p.m. All ayes. Motion carried.
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