The Board of Education of Independent School District #330 held its regular meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2005, in the Media Center in Okabena.  Larry Diemer, John Stenzel, Dale Hesemann, Steve Droll, Jill Liepold and ex officio Becky Cselovszki, Superintendent, were present.  Deb Mathias, Cindy Scheevel, Tracy Freking, Don Steen, Dave Henkels, Anthony Baldwin and student council representative Whitney Place were also present.

John Stenzel, chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. A quorum was declared with five of six members present.  Liepold moved, seconded by Diemer, to approve the agenda with the additional items.  The motion carried.  Droll moved, seconded by Hesemann, to approve the minutes of the regular board meeting of June 21, 2005.  The motion carried.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to approve the Treasurer’s report. The motion carried.  Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to approve the payment of the following bills.  The motion carried.

  GENERAL FUND     $ 54,468.54
  FEDERAL PROGRAMS          5,447.23
  ATHLETICS/ACTIVITIES            894.57
  FOOD SERVICE             452.23
  COMMUNITY EDUCATION         2,608.02
  DEBT REDEPTION        77,673.12

  TOTAL         141,543.71
  TOTAL GROSS PAYROLL JULY 2005    126,033.33
  FIXED CHARGES        19,564.98

Deb Mathias gave the Activity Director’s Report.  The pre-season joint fall sport meeting with SVRLB will be on Thursday, Aug. 11, at SSC.  The site will alternate each time.  It will start with combined informational meeting from the MSHSL and then will be divided into the different teams.  A coach’s handbook will be completed at that time.

Mathias then gave the TEAM report. They have received 20 applicants for the kindergarten assistant and special education paraprofessional positions.  Summer school for the elementary will begin July 25, 2005.

Cindy Scheevel gave the Dean of Student’s report.  Summer school was completed last week.  The Basic Skills Testing course for reading, writing, and math will conclude this week.

Anthony Baldwin of Acordia, a Wells Fargo Company, presented an insurance coverage proposal.  The items that were reviewed were an appraised value and present coverage of properties, school leaders legal liability coverage, extra expense coverage, money and securities, depositor’s forgery, and employee dishonesty coverage, and molestation coverage.  Superintendent Cselovszki will get information to the Board about the present coverage.  No action was taken.

Becky Cselovszki then gave the Superintendent’s report.  MSBA will be having Phase I and II training soon for those interested.  The tuckpointing project is done.  G+R Control is finished with the lighting at the high school.  The new boiler at the elementary school was inspected.  Also, Carpet Plus will replace the carpet in the elementary library.  The School Kick-Off Picnic will be a potluck and will be held on August 28.

John Stenzel and Superintendent Cselovszki went to the Heron Lake City Council meeting on July 5.  It was decided that a subcommittee of the Building and Grounds committee, two City Council members and a potential land buyer would meet.  Cselovszki will notify the committee.  Don Steen then addressed the Board with concerns with the development, followed by Dave Henkels.  They were notified that the Board was only investigating possibilities of any development and their concerns will be considered with any final decisions.

Heron Lake-Okabena is the fiscal host of the English Language Learner Consortium grant.  We will be receiving $3,000 of the total grant.  A Legislation update was given.  Three Board terms will be up for reelection this fall.  John Stenzel and Dale Hesemann re-filed for their terms and John Volk filed for the third vacancy.  Staffing in the elementary will be adjusted to enable two sections for the incoming Kindergarten class for the morning classes.

Stenzel moved, to approve the following: RESOLUTION authorizing and awarding sale of general obligation aid anticipation certificates of indebtedness, Series 2005 and fixing form and terms thereof in connection with the Minnesota tax and aid anticipation borrowing program sponsored by the Minnesota School Boards Association and greater Minnesota Educational Cooperative service units.  Hesemann seconded the motion, and the vote was taken.  Voting in Favor:  ALL (Stenzel, Droll, Diemer, Hesemann, and Liepold).  Voting Against: NONE.  The motion carried and the RESOLUTION passed.

Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to approve the Hy-Vee Shop-N-Share fundraiser and a school logo magnet sale fundraiser for the cheerleaders.  This will offset costs of camp, football uniforms and a breakaway sign.  The motion carried.

Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to approve the fundraiser for having concession stands at the baseball games for the Jr. Class Post Prom.  The motion carried.

Stenzel moved, seconded by Liepold, to approve an open enrollment for a secondary student from the JCC school district.  The motion carried.

Bids for bread and milk were opened and reviewed by the Board.  Diemer moved, seconded by Droll, to approve the bid from Interstate Brands Company for bread products for the ’05-’06 school year.  The motion carried.

 ½ pt Skim milk  $.1651   ½ pt 1% milk              $ .1547
 ½ pt Choc skim milk $.1644   ½ pt orange juice $ .1647
 5# cottage Cheese $ 5.80   5# sour cream  $ 5.62
 6 oz individual yogurt  $  .40   ½ gallon soft serve $1.88

Liepold moved, seconded by Droll to approve the bid from Joe’s Diary for milk products.  The motion carried.

 1 ½ lb. White Sandwich  $1.00 1 ½ lb. Wheat Sandwich  $1.03
 1 ½ lb. Buttertop Wheat  $1.03 1 ½ lb. Rye Sandwich  $1.05
 Hamburger Buns/dozen  $1.15 Wheat Hamburger Buns/8 count $1.10
 Hot dog buns/dozen  $1.15 Hoagie buns/ dozen  $1.25

Stenzel moved, seconded by Droll, to approve Attachment 99 performance criteria for the school year ’05-’06 Health and Safety levy.  The motion carried.

Diemer moved, seconded by Liepold, to approve the non-certified salaries for school year ’05-’06 and school year ’06-’07.  The motion carried.

Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to adjourn the meeting.  The motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Jill Liepold, Clerk

SOUTHWEST STAR CONCEPT SCHOOL
Board of Education Re-Organizational Meeting
July 19, 2005

The Board of Education of Independent School District #330 held its re-organizational meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2005 in the Media Center in Okabena.  Larry Diemer, Dale Hesemann, Jill Liepold, Steve Droll, John Stenzel, and ex-officio Becky Cselovszki were present.  Stenzel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. with five of the six members present.  A quorum was declared.

Droll moved, seconded by Diemer to:
a. Set the salary of the chairman at $20.00 per month
b. Set the salary of the clerk at $25.00 per month
c. Set the salary of the treasurer at $10.00 per month
d. Set the board members salary to $30.00 per meeting
e. Appoint Betty Hill to be census taker and set the salary to $250.00 per year.
f. Set the meeting date, time, and place to be 7:00 p.m. on the Third Tuesday in the Board Room in Heron Lake or the Media Center in Okabena.
The motion carried.

Droll moved, seconded by Liepold to:
a. Select the Tri-County News as the official district newspaper
b. Select the official banks to be the First State Bank of Okabena for payroll and the Heron Lake State Bank for all other accounts
c. Select Wolff Etter as the school district auditor
d. Set activity admission fee to $5.00 for adults and $2.00 for students
e. Set annual activity pass $40.00 for adults and $20.00 for students and seniors
f. Set student activity fee at $30.00 per activity, with a family maximum of $150.00
g. Set student technology fee at $25.00 for secondary students and $15.00 for elementary students.
The motion carried.

Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to authorize petty cash of $600.00 at the elementary office.  The motion carried.

Diemer moved, seconded Liepold to authorize revolving fund of $10,000 for the High School office.  The motion carried.

Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to set the school business expenses per diem at $35.00 for day meetings and $20.00 for evening meetings.  Meal expenses per diem are set at $6.00 for breakfast, $7.00 for lunch, and $15.00 for dinner.  The motion carried.

Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll to set hot lunch fees:
 Elementary   $1.25
 High School  $1.50
 Adult   $2.50
 Milk      .20
The motion carried.

Hesemann moved, seconded by Droll, to adjourn the re-organizational meeting.  The motion carried.

Respectfully submitted,

Jill Liepold, Clerk