NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

 

 

 

Notice

 

 

 

 

July 11, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

Regular Meeting

 

 

Safe School Grant

Update

 

 

 

Construction Update

 

 

 

 

Policy Review and

Discussion

 

 

 

Review of Board Goals/Discussion

 

 

Multicultural Recommendations/

Review/Discussion

 

 

Electronic School Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regular Agenda

 

 

Call to Order

Legal Meeting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA

 

 

Notice of the budget hearing was published in the Norfolk Daily News on Tuesday, July 5, 2005.

 

Regular Meeting

 

The Board of Education met on Monday, July 11, 2005, at 4:30 p.m. for the regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Administration Building Board Room.  Members present included Brad Krivohlavek, Jane McDaniel (present for the 4:30 a.m. meeting only), Alfredo Ramirez, Julee Pfeil, and Clark Froehlich.  Absent:  Paul Cazabon.  Also present were Superintendent Randy Nelson, Robert Waite, Dan DePasquale, and Doug Witte.

 

Brad Krivohlavek, Board President, called the meeting to order at 4:30 p.m. and declared a legal meeting of the Board of Education. 

 

Safe Schools Grant Update – Angela Simpson, Senior High Assistant Principal updated the board on the Safe Schools Grant.  She summarized the Emergency Response and Crisis Management Plan.

 

Construction Update – Mark Riley of Beckenhauer Construction updated the board on the progress of the construction at the various schools.

 

(See Exhibit A)

 

Policy Review and Discussion – Mr. Witte reviewed the Student Fee Policy changes being recommended and Dr. Nelson summarized the Early Retirement Incentive Pay changes being recommended.  Action will be taken at the 7:30 p.m. meeting on these two policies.

 

Review of Board Goals/Discussion – The board reviewed the top three priority goals for the 2005-06 school year.  Action plans are being developed and work will begin at the beginning of the school year.

 

Multicultural Recommendations/Review/Discussion – Dr. DePasquale reviewed the three recommendation of the Multicultural Committee.  The board gave general consensus that they felt all three were good ideas and recommendations and that they would be looking at these further as they develop their goals for the year.

 

Electronic School Board – Dr. Nelson reported that he has checked into the Electronic School Board idea which Brad and Alfredo saw at national convention.  Dr. Nelson stated that while this was a “neat” idea it was quite costly and gave cost figures.  He also reported that he was not able to come up with many schools that were doing this, especially the size of Norfolk.  The board was in general consensus to not pursue this idea at this time.

 

 

 

Executive Session

 

 

 

 

 

End Exec. Session

 

 

 

 

Recess

 

 

Regular Meeting

 

 

Legal Meeting

Call to Order

 

 

Amend Consent Agenda

 

 

 

 

Approve Consent Agenda

 

 

 

Minutes

 

Excused Absence

 

 

Update/Revisions of Board Policies

Student Fees

 

 

Bids

 

Bread Bid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claims

 

 

 

 

 

Replacement Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NCEA Rep for School Nurses.

 

 

Supt. Report

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Report

 

 

Instruction/Pers. Report

 

Student Serv. Report

 

 

 

Finance Report

 

Act. Committee

 

 

 

 
Executive Session -- At 6:35 p.m. it was moved by Jane McDaniel, seconded by Julee Pfeil, to move into executive session for the purpose of discussion of personnel issues and superintendent’s evaluation.  Roll Call:  Aye – Krivohlavek, Pfeil, McDaniel, Ramirez, and Froehlich.  Nay – None.  Absent:  Cazabon.  Motion carried.

 

End Executive Session – At 7:10 p.m. it was moved by Jane McDaniel, seconded by Alfredo Ramirez, to move out of executive session and to move back into regular session.  Roll Call:  Aye – Krivohlavek, Pfeil, McDaniel, Ramirez, and Froehlich.  Nay – None.  Absent:  Paul Cazabon.  Motion carried.

 

At 7:11 p.m. President Krivohlavek recessed the meeting.  Jane McDaniel left the meeting.

           

REGULAR MEETING

Consent Agenda

 

Brad Krivohlavek, President, called the regular meeting of the Board of Education to order at 7:30 p.m. and declared a legally advertised meeting.  He welcomed everyone.

 

It was moved by Julee Pfeil, seconded by Clark Froehlich, to amend the consent agenda to pull Early Retirement Incentive Policy from the consent agenda but to leave it as a regular action item.  Roll call:  Aye –Krivohlavek, Pfeil, Ramirez, and Froehlich.  Nay – None.  Absent:  Paul Cazabon and Jane McDaniel.  Motion carried.

 

It was moved by Julee Pfeil, seconded by Alfredo Ramirez, to approve the consent agenda items as amended.  Roll call:  Aye –Krivohlavek, Pfeil, Ramirez, and Froehlich.  Nay – None.  Absent:  Paul Cazabon and Jane McDaniel.  Motion carried.

 

Minutes   -- Regular Meeting, June 13, 2005

                    

Excused Absence – Paul Cazabon and Jane McDaniel (7:30 p.m. meeting)

 

 

Update/Revisions of Board Policies – The board approved student fee policy revisions on first and second reading as presented.

 

(See Student Fee Policy) – Exhibit B

 

Bids:

 

Bread Bid

 

Bids were solicited from two companies and advertised in the paper.  The following bids were received.  It is our recommendation that we go with Sara Lee.

 

 

 

 

 

Bread Bid

 

 

 

 

 

 

Milk Bid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gasoline Bid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sanitation Bid

 

Sara Lee

Wonderbread

6” Coney Buns, each

$.0963

$.1042

Dinner Rolls, each

$.0781

$.1042

White Bread

$0.94

$1.25

Hamburger Buns, each

$.1000

$.1042

Sub Buns, each

$.125

$.1688

 

Milk Bid  --

 

It is recommended that Roberts Dairy be awarded the bid to provide milk and milk products for the 2005-1006 school year.  Bids were solicited from Roberts Dairy and Meadow Gold and advertised in the NDN with the following being received:

 

                    Product                               Roberts Dairy                Meadow Gold

½ Pint Cartons White Skim Milk                    .19114                         .160

½ Pint Cartons White 2% Milk                      .2057                           .170

½ Pint Cartons Chocolate Skim Milk             .1996                           n/a

Vanilla Ice Cream Mix                                    1.68                             2.00

½ Pint Orange Juice                                        .168                             .170

 

While the bid from Meadow Gold Dairy is lower than the bid from Roberts, Meadow Gold is unable to delivery to our 14 different sites on a daily basis, and as a result, has withdrawn their bid.  We simply do not have the storage capacity for anything else.

 

Gasoline Bid

 

It is recommended that Meisinger Oil Co., Inc. be awarded the bid to provide the Norfolk Public Schools gasoline for the upcoming school year.

 

Bids were solicited from Meisinger Oil Co., Inc.,  Zoubek Oil Company, and Farmers Coop in Battle Creek.  It was also advertised in the paper.

 

Their bid is as follows

 

 

 

 

Meisinger Oil Co., Inc.

Clear Diesel #2 $2.005, subject to refiner increases and decreases

Unleaded $1.905, subject to refiner increases and decreases

           

 

Sanitation Bid

 

It is recommended that Waste Connections of Nebraska,, Inc., be awarded the bid to provide sanitation pickup services for the 2005-2006 school year according to the schedule developed by the District.

 

Bids were solicited from four companies and advertised in the paper.  Only one company submitted a bid.  It is:

Vendor

Bid Price

 

 

            Waste Connections, Inc.

                        $37,651.20

 

Pest Control

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claims

 

 

 

 

Waiver of Tuition for Foreign Exchange Student

 

 

 

Approval of Substitute Pay for 2005-06

 

 

Replacement Staff for CSRP/Reading Specialist and Early Childhood Center

 

 

 

 

Early Retirement Incentive Policy

 

 

 

 

 

Supt. Report

 

 

 

Financial Report

 

 

 

Act

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claims

 

 

 

 

Foreign Exchange Student

 

 

 

 

 

Approval of Substitute Pay for 2005-06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Claims

 

 

 

 

Reports

 

NPS Foundation Grants

 

Supt. Report

 

 

 

 

Fin. Report

 

 

 

Inst./Per. Report

 

 

Student Serv. Report

 

 

 

Finance Report

 

 

 

Activities Report

 

 

 

Future Meetings

 

 

Adjournment

 

 

Pest Control

 

It is recommended that Olson’s Pest Technicians be awarded the bid to provide pest control services for 2005-2006 to the Norfolk Public Schools.  Bids were solicited from three firms and advertised in the paper.  The following bids were received:

 

Vendor

Bid Price

 

 

            Olson’s Pest Technicians

$591.50/month

            Schmitz Pest Services

$639.00/month

 

 

Claims – Approved claims for General Fund in the amount of $249,585.23,  Cooperative Fund in the amount of $74,815.02; Reserve/Depreciation Fund in the amount of $83,673.58, and Special Building Fund in the amount of $122,994.51.  Payroll was also approved.

 

Waiver of Tuition for Foreign Exchange Student –The board approved the waiver of tuition for Isabell L. Vinke of Germany to attend Norfolk Public Schools this year as a foreign exchange student.  This student has been approved by the Student Services’ Office.  She will be staying with Jeff and Lynette Walmsley and is sponsored through Youth for Understanding USA.

 

Approval of Substitute Pay for 2005-06 – The board approved a $5 per day increase for substitute teachers for the 2005-06 school year.  This would allow the per diem pay to go from $78 per day to $83 for the first 10 days of teaching and $83 to $88 per day starting on the 11th day.

 

Replacement Staff for CSRP/Reading Specialist and Early Childhood Center – Approved the following staff members:

 

ü      Claudia Olsen – CSRP/Assessment – Lincoln Elementary

ü      Karen Burke – Early Childhood Center

 

Regular Agenda Items

 

Early Retirement Incentive Policy – It was moved by Clark Froehlich, seconded by Julee Pfeil, to approve on first reading the newly revised Early Retirement Incentive Policy.  This will replace 403.0.  This policy gives retirees a 3-year window to retire early and collect a larger payout package.

 

Reports

 

Superintendent’s Report -- Dr. Nelson reported on the following:  Update on Construction Projects; Update on Budget Workshops, and Update on Legislative Issues.

 

Financial Report – Mr. Waite reported that we should collect at least 100%of our tax money this year which is unusual.  He also reported that the district is in very good shape financially.

 

 

Inst./Pers. Report

 

 

Student Serv. Report

 

 

Finance/Act. Report

 

Activities Committee

 

Future Meetings

 

 

 

Adjournment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 


Instruction/Personnel Report –Dr. DePasquale reported on Norfolk’s Three-Tier Reading Model.

 

Student Services Report -- Mr. Witte, Director of Student Services, reported on Student Fee Policy and Annual Kindergarten Conference.

 

Finance Committee – The Finance Committee will meet Monday, July 18, 2005.

 

Activities Committee Report – No meeting held this month.

 

 

The second meeting of the month/budget workshop will be held on Thursday, July 28, 2005, at 12:00 noon at Central Office.  The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 8, 2005, at 4:30 and 7:30 p.m. 

 

President Krivohlavek adjourned the meeting at 8:05 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Randy A. Nelson, Secretary                                       Brad Krivohlavek, President

Board of Education                                                    Board of Education