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PROCEEDINGS

Summerland Public School BOARD OF EDUCATION

February 15, 2021

Summerland Public School Board of Education held a regular meeting, Monday, Feb. 15, at 12 p.m., at the Ewing site.

President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was published in the February 10, 2021, newspaper, to order at 12 p.m.

The Nebraska Open Meetings Act was noted in the room by Nordby.

Roll call. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steven Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. All board members were present.

Possible motion on board member absence. All board members were present.

Approve agenda. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Wagner, to approve the agenda as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Public participation (15 minutes allowed). Public participation was heard.

Consent agenda. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Hoke, to approve the consent agenda items, with the exception of the bill from Hausmann Construction for $1,326,981.24. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Schwager, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the Hausmann Construction bill for $1,326,981.24. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Wagner. Nay: none. Abstain: Thiele. Motion carried 5-0-1.

Minutes of the January 11 meeting.

Minutes of the February 3 special meeting.

Minutes of the February 8 special meeting

Minutes of the February 9 special meeting

Minutes of the February 10 special meeting

Minutes of the February 11 special meeting

Monthly financial report.

Old business was discussed.

Building construction update. John Wieser, from Hausmann Construction, presented the current budget and what is left in the owner contingency. He also reported on the progress on the building.

The scoreboard committee reported on the advertising partnership proposal for the scoreboards. Superintendent Dale Martin reported on a proposal for a shelterbelt at the new site from Wettlaufer Landscaping.

Marty Kerkman reported that water rights paperwork has to be done by March 1. The Board directed Supt. Martin to go to NRD to get the paperwork signed. Marty will work with Martin on this.

Jacob Sertich, from Wilkins Architecture, reported on FFE and the status of the contingency budget.

Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to approve the scoreboard partnership proposal as presented by the committee. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on the purchase agreement for the Clearwater school building. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the purchase agreement, as presented, for the sale of the Clearwater school building. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

New business was discussed.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on obsolete equipment. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Thiele, to declare the listed items as obsolete. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider and take action on Early Retirement Incentive Program applications and agreement. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Hoke, to approve the Early Retirement Program applications from Cheryl Schwager and Jana Wilhelm. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on staff resignations. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Thiele, to accept the resignation from Laurel Miller. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Hoke, seconded by Schwager, to accept the resignation of Bill Tabbert. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to accept the resignation of Mike Sanne. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Schwager, seconded by Wagner, to accept the resignation of Cheryl Schwager. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Wagner, seconded by Schwager, to accept the resignation of Rachael Barlow. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Schwager, seconded by Thiele, to accept the resignation of Jana Wilhelm. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to accept the resignation of Scott Kraus. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on approving a certified staff contract. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Hoke, to approve the contract for Jacob Goldfuss as the agriculture education teacher for 2021- 2022. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on superintendent contract. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Schwager, to offer a contract to Kyle Finke for the superintendent position for the 2021-22 school year, beginning July 1, 2021. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action to reduce and reorganize the curricular and/or extra-curricular program offered by Summerland Public School beginning in the 2021- 2022 school year.

Martin presented the proposed number of certified staff positions. Discussion was held.

Superintendent Martin asked about the process going forward to come up with the recommendation for classified staff.

It was decided that the negotiations committee will meet to discuss classified staffing and also negotiate with the principals.

Motion by Thiele, seconded by Schwager, to approve the RIF resolution. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Schwager, seconded by Hoke, to approve the number of certified staffing positions for the 2021-2022 school year as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Review, consider and take all necessary action on the principal assignments for the 2021- 2022 school year. Motion by Hoke, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the principal assignments as presented. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Approve Public Entity Authorization Resolution. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Thiele, to approve the Public Entity Authorization Resolution for Cornerstone Bank. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

NASB update. The NASB update was available for the board.

Administrative reports were presented.

Greg Appleby (Ewing): Grounds contract for mowing, etc., has been completed, congratulations to four Bobcat wrestlers who qualified for state (Rafe Grebin at 126, Eli Thiele at 132, Colton Thiele at 195, Logan Mueller at 285), 15 kids are competing at speech meets, basketball subdistricts are beginning, Jim Schutt has agreed to be assistant golf coach, still working on an assistant junior high track coach, looking at having prom in Ewing, DC/NY trip for Ewing students, as of now, is moving forward.

Cathy Cooper (Orchard): Close-up trip is up in the air due to COVID regulations, we have several new local subs which is much appreciated, parent/teacher conferences were well attended, mowing bid accepted, MTSS training coming up Feb. 24, possible March meeting with all three sites to bring the staff together for a workday.

Mike Sanne (Clearwater): The National Honor Society chapters at Clearwater, Orchard and Ewing plan to conduct monthly meetings and outreach activities to boost morale, build relationships and become one Bobcat family, question about what to do with old trophies, planning for an auction sometime between June 7 and 13, a couple of small land tracts will be sold at this time also, the shop building will not be sold for now.

Martin reported that he had received notice of some additional money available through a grant, much like the first ESSER grant the district received. He indicated the hope is to use these funds for technology in the new building. The transportation coordinators and custodial staff are getting together to look at needs for next year. He also noted that he is following legislation (property tax relief) that may affect school districts. He also requested a staff work day on March 10. The board was okay with having no students on this day and providing work time for the staff.

COVID-19 update. Discussion was held concerning the mask mandate and whether or not to change the current policy. Motion by Schwager, seconded by Hoke, to make masks optional for preschool through third grade, starting immediately. Voting aye: Hoke,Schwager, Wagner. Voting nay: Kerkman, Nordby, Thiele. Motion failed 3-3.

The next regular board meeting will be at the Orchard site, in Orchard, March 16, 2021, at 6 p.m. Nordby adjourned the meet at 2:48 p.m.

Respectfully submitted

Sally Finch

Recording secretary

Published February 25, 2021

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