The Finance and Operations
Committee of the Board of Education of the
Approval of Committee
Minutes: A motion to approve the
minutes from the February 14, 2011 committee meetings was made by Mrs.
Schumacher, seconded by Mr. Buth. The
motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.
FINANCE TOPICS:
Requests for Early
Retirement:
Richard Nowlain, technology
education teacher at Jefferson High School- 30 years
Dennis Linse, associate
principal at
A motion to recommend to the
Board approval of the retirement request from Mr. Nowlain as presented
including the retirement provisions as outlined in the JEA Master Agreement and
the retirement request from Mr. Linse as presented including the retirement
provisions as outlined in the Administrative Retirement Program was made by Mr.
Buth, seconded by Mrs. Schumacher. The
motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.
Archaeological Investigations Proposals: Point of Beginning has received three proposals for
the district’s archaeological work. They
feel all three firms offer comparable services.
Point of Beginning is recommending that the district proceed with
entering into a contract with the low bidder, Great Lakes Archaeological
Research Center, Inc. (GLARC), at a cost of $1,000. This proposal covers the initial
archaeological investigation and reporting.
If no artifacts are found, this will be the extent of the school
district’s expenses. If artifacts are
discovered, additional work by the archaeologist will be required and fees for
those services will need to be negotiated at that time.
A motion to forward to the full Board a recommendation
to proceed with entering into a contract with Great Lakes Archaeological
Research Center, Inc. in the amount of $1,000 as recommended and forward for
full Board approval was made by Mr. Buth, seconded by Mrs. Schumacher. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.
Status of
Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds:
Mrs. Peachey noted that the district has received official notice that its
application for Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds (QECBs) has been approved
for $2,346,832, which is the balance of funds available in the program at this
time.
The Board has the option to delay the bond sale until
April 25, 2011 to buy more time to determine if any other QECB allocations
would be unused and thus become available for us to use. Alternatively, the Board could proceed with
the bond sale on March 21, 2011 as originally planned.
The estimated additional interest cost savings from
using the $2.3 million of QECBs is approximately $500,000.
Following a discussion of the options, a motion to
proceed with the bond sale to be formally approved by the Board on March 21,
2011 was made by Mr. Buth, seconded by Mrs. Schumacher. The motion passed on a unanimous voice vote.
OPERATIONS TOPICS:
Employment(s)
None
Resignation(s)
None
2012-13
Teaching Calendar: Mr. Swartz
noted that the JEA has withdrawn their tentative agreement on the 2012-2013
calendar. No committee action was taken.
FACILITY TOPICS:
Mr.
Swartz provided a brief update on the high school construction project. And
progress to date
Discussion of Possible
Topics for Future Meetings:
None
A motion to
adjourn was made by Mr. Buth, seconded by Mrs. Schumacher. The motion passed on
a voice vote.
ADJOURNMENT:
7:25 p.m.
BOARD
OF EDUCATION
Pati Fitzgerald, Board Secretary