Business Affairs Advisory Committee

Administration Office, 1051 S Main St, Tipton, IN 46072
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 5:30pm - 6:30pm

    1. Food Service Bids

    We have received one bid for Food Service Management:  our current vendor, Aramark.  Only one other company made an inquiry about the RFP - Taher, Inc. (Minnesota).  As indicated in the RFP, a mandatory meeting was scheduled and held on March 28, 2019 at Tipton Middle School beginning at 2:00.  Aramark was the only company to attend this meeting. 

    Bids were received and opened at 2:00PM on Friday, April 5.  Present at this opening were : Kevin Emsweller, Dawn Benefiel, Adam Proulx (Aramark) and Julie Shelton (Aramark).

     

    Attachments
    Financial_Statements_-_Aramark_Bid.pdf
    Memo_-_Food_Servcie_Bids_2019.pdf
    Financial_Statements_-_Aramark_Bid.pdf
    Memo_-_Food_Servcie_Bids_2019.pdf
    2. Public Access/Release of Board Information

    There has been an increase interest in having board information more readily available to the public.  Discussion.

    3. School Safety
    • Relocation drill - We chose to postponed the evacuation drill that was scheduled for March 22.  The new date is April 19.
    • SRO (Training/Absences) - Modifications to MOU (ECA/Absences).  During the course of the year, we have made some modifications to the MOU regarding the SRO.  Two of the would include: use of the SRO during home varsity activities and providing a substitute officer through the TCF.  One additional conversation that will be discussed with the TPD is better coordination regarding training for the SRO. Mr. Wessel has been asked to audit the number of days the SRO has worked for TCSC and to provide an evaluation of the program.
    • Screening Devices (Raptor).  We are looking at purchasing the Raptor system.  Hopefully, we will have some funds from the 2018-2019 Homeland security Grant.  If not, we may need to wait until the next round of grants.
    4. Calendar Considerations (Spring Break)

    Absenteeism of staff and students on the Friday before Spring Break (March 22) was unusually high.  While there was some illness going around (7), there were a number of personal days used (15). This creates a hardship on those who report to work and compromises effective instruction taking place on that day. (Eight support staff were also absent.)  Considerations may be given to possibly not have school on Friday before Spring Break and/or not allowing personal days on days before a break (Fall, Thanksgiving, WInter, Spring).

    5. Other
    6. Next Meeting

    The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 15 at 5:30 PM.

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