Mount Olive Community Unit School District 5 Board met Jan. 19.
Here are the minutes provided by the board:
The board of education met in regular session in the library. The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by President Brunnworth. Present at roll call were Brunnworth, Essington, Osmoe, Remer, Rimar, and Skertich. Also present were Superintendent Murphy, Principal Baumberger, Principal Scheller, Secretary Butler, John Hanafin, Marcia Schulte, Dennis Parish, Ellie Parish, and Nicole Parish.
Motion by Remer, seconded by Rimar to adopt the agenda, approve the minutes of the regular school board meeting of December 15, 2021, and approve the minutes of the Truth in Taxation Hearing of December 15, 2021. All ayes. Motion carried.
Recognition, comments, and correspondence from employees and public: Dennis and Nicole Parish expressed their concerns regarding their daughter in school.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Osmoe to approve the bills and activity accounts as presented. Roll call: 6 ayes. Motion carried.
Financial Report for December 2021:
Mr. Murphy reported that the Education Fund is at $588,672.61. December was our last three payday month for the fiscal year. Our tort money will be shifted this month which will be reflected in the numbers next month. The Building Fund is at $691,203.23. We will shift salary money in this fund to the tort fund which will also be reflected next month. The Bond and Interest Fund, our copy lease fund, is at $15,203.23. The Transportation Fund balance is $288,616.69. The IMRF fund is at $168,458.56. Site and Construction is at $9,834.32. Working Cash Fund is at $158,114.05. Tort Immunity Fund is at $435,223.20. This fund will go down next month when we shift money according to the Risk Management Plan. Health Life Safety balance is $127,781.01. The total of all funds is $2,483,710.80. The Operating Fund balance is at $1,726,606.60. I will be making a phone call tomorrow to Macoupin County because we have not received all of our revenue as expected. We are waiting on about 10% of our expected yearly revenue.
Budget Report for December 2021:
Revenues vs. Expenses by fund: 58% vs. 57%
Ed Fund: 54% vs. 58%
O & M Fund: 98% vs. 34%
Tort Fund: 95% vs. 20%
Transportation Fund: 74% vs. 68%
IMRF: 95% vs. 55%
Motion by Remer, seconded by Essington to approve the financial report and the budget report for December 2021. All ayes. Motion carried.
Unfinished Business:
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Osmoe to approve the board policies as presented. All ayes. Motion carried.
New Business
Motion by Remer, seconded by Skertich to approve the TRS Savings Plan Resolution. All ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Remer to enter into closed session at 7:25 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: 6 ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Osmoe to return to open session at 7:58 p.m. Roll call: 6 ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Osmoe, seconded by Remer to accept the resignation of Jeremy Long as Jr. High girls’ basketball coach. All ayes. Motion carried.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Remer to hire Brandon Frizzo as unpaid assistant Jr. High boys’ basketball coach for the remainder of the season. All ayes. Motion carried.
Principal’s Report:
Mr. Baumberger reported the following:
∙ We currently have about 9 students interested in playing high school softball this school year. We will host more softball meetings to see if we can spark more interest in the sport this year.
∙ The Academic Foundation awarded money to the high school to be able to host a guest speaker. I’d like to thank them for their donation to this cause. The speaker will be here in early March for the students.
∙ Recently the high school has been participating in basketball tournaments. I would like to wish both teams good luck and I hope they have a great end to their seasons. Boys’ basketball and band student’s senior night will be coming up shortly.
Mrs. Scheller reported the following:
∙ The Academic Foundation also donated to the Jr. High to be able to host a guest speaker this spring. I’d like to thank them for their generosity.
∙ Recently, boys basketball hosted 8th grade night. They were able to come out of the game with a victory.
∙ Volleyball season is underway.
∙ I am glad to announce that our district is trying our best to keep students in-person learning during the COVID breakout.
Superintendent’s Report:
Mr. Murphy reported the following:
A. Sequence of Dismissal List & Seniority List
Last year we did not do evaluations so the sequence of dismissal list is similar to last year’s list. These lists will be given to both the certified and noncertified staff members as it is required annually by law.
B. COVID-19
Last week the 6th– 12th graders took an adaptive pause due to rising COVID cases and many test to stay students within the school. The increasing cases and testers became unmanageable in those grade levels, but we were able to keep our primary students in the school building. Because the students at home were able to follow the typical school day guidelines on their Chromebooks, we have counted those remote days as school days and will not have to make them up at the end of the school year. This week the early childhood and Kindergarten SMASE classrooms had to take an adaptive pause due to the amount of COVID cases in the classroom. Recently the Macoupin County Health department has announced they will now only complete contact tracing for schools. They are putting the trust in people to make the right decisions when it comes to their COVID exposure, contact tracing, and self-quarantining. The school has been requiring documentation when it comes to a positive COVID result or a required quarantine due to close contact. This will no longer be made available to us as easy as it was previously. We will now be depending on parents to inform us if their child needs to stay home due to COVID, especially if it occurred outside of school.
Steve Remer donated $1,400 to the industrial arts department. Thank you, Steve.
The next regular board meeting will be held on Wednesday February 16, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in the School Library at 804 West Main St, Mt. Olive, IL.
Motion by Skertich, seconded by Osmoe to adjourn at 8:20 p.m. All ayes. Motion carried.
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