Board of Education Minutes

HARBOR SPRINGS BOARD OF EDUCATION

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

August 14, 2006

President Fuhrman called the regular board meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Middle School Large Group Instruction Room.

Members Present: Davis, Wendland, Burdick, Fuhrman, McDonald, Morse and Fischer (7)

Members Absent: (0)

President Fuhrman noted that they would excuse Tim Davis at 7:30 pm.

A motion was made by Wendland, seconded by McDonald to approve the agenda as amended. Remove II. B. and add II. D. Shift in JV Football Coach and V. Approve sound system package for auditorium. Motion carried unanimously.

Superintendent Larson discussed the following items:

  • Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation awarded CASA a $28,0000 Grant
  • The 7th Annual “Welcome Back to School” Picnic will be Wednesday, September 7, 2006 from 5-7 p.m.
  • The Harbor Springs Education Foundation Annual Golf Outing is scheduled for Wednesday, September 13, 2006
  • Note that Jud Silveus is the Head JV Coach and Steve Troup is assisting

President Fuhrman asked at this time if there would be any public input. No one responded.

A motion was made by Wendland, seconded by Morse to approve the minutes from the July 17, 2006 organizational meeting, the July 17, 2006 regular meeting, and the July 31, 2006 special board meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by Fischer, seconded by McDonald to approve the payment of invoices from General Fund in the amount of $368,286.78; Athletic Fund in the amount of $1,355.09; Community Schools in the amount of $4,448.34; Lunch Fund in the amount of $1,486.91. Motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by Fischer, seconded by Wendland to award Little Traverse Disposal the waste removal bid for the 2006-07 school year. Motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by Burdick, seconded by McDonald to award Envirosafe the pest control bid for the 2006-07 school year. Motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by Fischer, seconded by Burdick to approve the purchase of the sound system with Playtown Sound and upgrade the equipment with no cost increase. Motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by Fischer, seconded by Burdick to approve Gavin Fralick for the part-time High School Social Studies teacher for the 2006-07 school year. Motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by McDonald, seconded by Wendland to approve Kelcey Quinn for part-time Elementary Art teacher for the 2006-07 school year. Motion carried unanimously.

A motion was made by Wendland, seconded by Burdick to approve Mary Hoffman and Molly Rector to full-time for the 2006-07 school year. Motion carried unanimously.

President Fuhrman asked at this time if there would be any public input. No one responded.

Committee Assignments:

Finance Committee Rob Fuhrman, John Fischer, Laurie Wendland

Communication Committee Tim Davis, Janie Burdick, Gary Morse, Jan McDonald

Steering Committee Jan McDonald

MASB Workshop – August 18-19, 2006

Safety & Security Update:

Dr. Larson discussed the safety & security issues

  • Security cameras at the high school campus
  • Looking at security cameras to shay/ms campus
  • Attorney said we can’t require students to park on school grounds

Facilities Update

  • Fischer said next meeting is Thursday, August 17, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. but GMB will not be present
  • Side walk and ice melt is complete at no expense to us
  • A new sidewalk will be put in on the East end of high school campus because of two new homes
  • The backstop and fence are in for the new baseball field

President Fuhrman asked at this time if there would be any public input. No one responded.

A motion was made by Fischer, seconded by Wendland to adjourn the regular board meeting at 7:42 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.

Respectfully submitted,

Laurie Wendland

Secretary