Notice August 25, 2005 Call to Order Nurses Neg. Agree. Classified Handbooks Middle School and Grant Bids Grant Bids Budget Information
NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Notice
of the second meeting of the month was published in the Norfolk Daily News
on Thursday, August 18, 2005.
The
Board of Education met on Thursday, August 25, 2005, for the second meeting of
the month at 12:00 p.m. at the Norfolk Public Schools Administration Office,
Brad
Krivohlavek, President, called the meeting to order at 12:03 p.m. and declared
a legally advertised meeting of the Board of Education.
Nurses Agreement – It was moved by Jane McDaniel, seconded by Alfredo Ramirez, to approve the nurses’ negotiated agreement as presented. It represents a 4.5 percent package increase (4% base pay raise) and 1 day personal leave and 1 day unpaid leave. They do not receive any fringe. Roll Call: Aye – Krivohlavek, Pfeil, McDaniel, Cazabon, Ramirez, and Froehlich. Nay – None. Absent: None. Motion carried
(Insert copy of Nurses Agreement) - Exhibit A
Classified Handbooks – Mr. Waite briefly summarized the few minor changes to the handbook and stated it was basically the same as last year’s booklet. It was moved by Jane McDaniel, seconded by Julee Pfeil, to approve the classified handbooks. Roll Call: Aye – Krivohlavek, Pfeil, McDaniel, Ramirez, and Froehlich. Nay – None. Abstained: Cazabon. Absent: None. Motion carried.
The discussion then turned to the dress code as outlined in the student handbook. This was discussed briefly with comments from board members and administration on why we have dress codes. It was noted that we need to work toward consistency when reviewing the handbooks in the future. It was noted that there is some inconsistency in the wording now.
Middle School and Grant Bids – Mr. Waite, Dr. Nelson, and Beckenhauer representatives (Buster and Mark) reviewed the Middle School bids with the board. They recommended the low bid in all cases except one. They all expressed their pleasure with the team process of working on the bid process (school, architect, and construction manager). A letter from Beckenhauer ‘s was presented which was written to Mr. Waite expressing their concern of L.B.A. Interiors.
It was
moved by Clark Froehlich, seconded by Julee Pfeil, to approve the construction
bids for
(Insert copy of Grant Elementary Bids) – Exhibit B
Bids – Middle School Budget Information Adjournment
It was moved by Paul Cazabon, seconded by Julee Pfeil,
to approve the bids for the Middle School as presented. It was approved on a recommendation from Beckenhauer Construction to not accept the low bid of LBA
and there is a concern of them not being a responsible contractor (see letter)
as they have not stayed within the timeline in past dealings with Beckenhauer. The
board accepted this letter and agreed to not use them as a low bidder. Roll Call:
Aye – Krivohlavek, Pfeil, McDaniel, Ramirez, Cazabon, and Froehlich. Nay – None. Absent:
None. Motion carried.
(See letter) – Exhibit C
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It was noted that the bids received from the Middle School were underbid enough to let the board go ahead and approve the Grant bids (these bids also had some value engineering done to them to help with the bid costs). Dr. Nelson thanked Beckenhauer’s for their help in getting more bidders for the Middle School project.
Jane McDaniel asked that an email be send the board members with the breakdown of the Grant bids.
Budget Information – Dr. Nelson distributed new budget information to the board for their discussion. Dr. Nelson reported that the assessed valuation came in very favorable and that the additional needs for 2005-05 is $1,300,000. The budget increase should be $350,004 or 1 percent increase. The levy is estimated to be 1.202997 which includes a .03 levy for the Building Fund. The total levy increase is .046234. Dr. Nelson reported that the good news is that the additional taxes for a $100,000 home is now estimated to be $46.23 instead of the $78.00 originally estimated.
At 1:07 p.m. President Krivohlavek declared the meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Randy A. Nelson, Secretary Brad Krivohlavek, President
Board of Education Board
of Education