PROCEEDINGS

Summerland Public School BOARD OF

EDUCATION

April 12, 2022

Summerland Public School Board of Education met in regular session, Tuesday, April 12, 2022, at the school. President Ed Nordby called the meeting, which was advertised in the April 6, 2022, newspaper, to order at 7:01 p.m. Nordby noted the Open Meetings Act posted in the room.

Roll call was taken at 7:01 p.m. Present: Candice Hoke, Marty Kerkman, Ed Nordby, Nate Schwager, Steve Thiele, Jeremy Wagner. Absent: none.

Motion by Kerkman, 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 was heard.

Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the consent agenda items, with the exception of the Hausmann Construction bill in the amount of $15,000. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Motion by Schwager, seconded by Hoke, to approve the Hausmann Construction bill in the amount of $15,000. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Wagner. Nay: none. Abstain (with conflict): Thiele. Motion carried 5-0-1.

Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time: Minutes of the March 15, 2022, meeting and monthly financial report.

Old business:

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on the Orchard building. The school lawyer from KSB Law, Steve Williams, was present via Zoom to present the legal ramifications of the sale of the building and answer questions from the board.

The board was presented a proposal from the Village of Orchard to purchase the building and contents. The proposal was to purchase the building and contents for $45,000, with a credit for the payments already made to the district for utilities since November. The district would agree to redo the heating, in the amount of $77,385. This would result in a net cost to the district of $39,840.88.

Motion by Schwager, seconded by Hoke, to approve the proposal from the village, increasing the purchase price to $50,000 and the district keeping the contents to be auctioned off. Voting aye: Hoke, Schwager. Voting nay: Kerkman, Nordby, Thiele, Wagner. Motion failed, 2-4.

Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Nordby, to approve the sale of the Orchard building, contents and all real estate for $10,000, to the Village of Orchard. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

New business:

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on the Ewing building. Nordby reported that there has been some interest in some of the Ewing property. The board would like any parties interested in the Ewing property to contact Mr. Finke before the next board meeting.

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on staff resignation. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Hoke, to accept the resignation of Amy Selting at the end of the 2021-2022 school year. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on policy. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Wagner, to approve policy updates, as corrected. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action to approve a contract with First National Capital Markets. Motion by Thiele, seconded by Kerkman, to approve the contract with First National Capital Markets. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on approving a website agreement with Apptegy. Supt. Finke presented the board with information on the Apptegy product and recommended the board go with using them for our website, mobile app and calendar information. The board agreed to purchase the Apptegy product. They will start work on it so it will be ready to launch when school starts in the fall.

Discuss, consider and take all necessary action on classified work agreements. Motion by Kerkman, seconded by Schwager, to approve work agreements to the current classified staff with a 3% increase. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

NASB update. Supt. Finke updated the board on current legislation. April 15 is the date to notify staff of reduction in force and we do not need to do that this year.

Administrative reports:

Greg Appleby, high school principal: NSCAS testing, student registration for 2022-2023, golf invite, district music, FFA banquet, academic awards, athletic banquet, seniors’ last day, graduation, sixth grade transition day, teacher schedule and activity assignments.

Cathy Cooper, elementary principal: math curriculum, MTSS, NSCAS testing, summer reading, class sections for 2022-2023, Title I spring Easter egg hunt.

Kyle Finke, superintendent: safety inspections, hours completed, seeding of some areas, copier purchases.

Supt. Finke recommended letting school out for the year on May 23, since we will have a sufficient amount of hours by then. The board was in agreement.

Executive session to discuss staffing. Motion by Hoke, seconded by Kerkman, to enter executive session at 8:38 p.m., to discuss staffing and is necessary to protection of needless injury to the reputation of individuals. Voting aye: Hoke, Kerkman, Nordby, Schwager, Thiele, Wagner. Nay: none. Motion carried 6-0.

The board came out of executive session at 9:23 p.m.

The next regular board meeting will be Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at 7 p.m.

Nordby adjourned the meeting at 9:24 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Sally Finch

Recording Secretary

Published April 21, 2022

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