Meeting Details
July 9, 2019
6:30pm - 8:30pm
2 hr
Administration Office, 1051 S Main St, Tipton, IN 46072
Purpose
N/A
1.
Call to Order/Welcome
2.
Pledge of Allegiance
3.
Approval of Consent Agenda Items
A member of the Board may request any item to be removed from the consent resolution and defer it for a specific action and more discussion. No vote of the Board will be required to remove an item from the consent agenda. A single member's request shall cause it to be relocated as an action item eligible for discussion. Any item on the consent agenda may be removed and discussed as a nonaction item or be deferred for further study and discussion at a subsequent Board meeting if the Superintendent or any Board member thinks the item requires further discussion. (ByLaw 0166.1)
It is recommended that the following Consent Agenda Items be approved:
Approval of the Agenda
Approval of Minutes
- June 13, 2019 Regular Session
- June 13, 2019 Executive Session
- July 2, 2019 Executive Session
Approval of Claims
- Payroll Claims June 21, 2019
- Payroll Claims June 28, 2019
- Payroll Claims July 5, 2019
- Accounts Payable Claims
Approval of Personnel Report
Approval of Field Trips (Overnight and/or Out-of-State)
Approval to Accept Donations
- Donations for TMS Gymnasium improvements received from Mr. Jason Hare ($1,000), Hoosier Sign Guy ($750 discount on decal quote) and Quigley Law Office ($250)
4.
Superintendent's Report
- TMS Principal
- TES Assistant Principal
- County Fair
- Back to School Night, July 25, Tipton County Health Department
4.1
Department Reports
Facilities & Transportation, Scott Wessel
Technology, Steven Gingerich
4.2
Financial Report
The monthly report provides you with a summary of the monthly revenue versus expenditures. For June, our expenditures were less than the revenue by $16,919, giving us a cash balance of $904,289 in the Education Fund. The other funds listed in the middle of the page include Debt Service with a cash balance of $1,424,857, and the Operations Fund with a cash balance of $3,146,788 (having receiving the tax draw for June). The year-to-date interest at 1st Farmers is $88,891. As approved last month, we will begin reducing the transfer from Education fund to Operation Fund from 18% to 14% beginning with the July transfer. The projections show that we should end the year with a cash balance in the Education Fund of $683,733.
4.3
Other
5.
Old Business
6.
New Business
6.1
Consideration to enter into an agreement with ESS to provide substitutes for TCSC.
It is getting more and more difficult to find substitutes for all departments within the school corporation. ESS is a company that more and more schools are turning to help in this effort. It is felt using this service would be of benefit to TCSC. The major change is that the substitutes would be employed by ESS rather than TCSC. There are several advantages to this:
It is recommended that TCSC enter into an agreement with ESS to provide substitutes for TCSC.
6.2
Consideration to approve the 2019-2020 Mileage Rate.
Mileage may be reimbursed at a rate established annually by the Board. (Policy 6550) Our current rate of reimbursement is $0.545 (fifty-four and one-half cents) per mile. The federal rate of reimbursement as of January 1, 2019, is $0.58 (fifty-eight cents) per mile.
For 2019-2020, it is recommended that the rate of mileage reimbursement be established at $0.58 (fifty-eight cents) per mile.
6.3
Consideration to approve the School Treasurer's Surety Bonds for 2019-2020.
The annual renewal of the School Treasurers' Bonds needs to be approved. A listing of those bonds is found on the attached memo.
It is recommended to approve the School Treasurers' Surety Bonds for the 2019-2020 school year.
6.4
Consideration to approve bus routes for 2019-2020.
Each year, the bus routes that are used by the school corporation are reviewed and changed as students move in and out of the school corporation. With the passage of SEA 2 by the legislature this past year, that review takes on a new meaning and new requirements for the safety of the students. Specifically, SEA2 provides that if a school bus driver must load or unload an elementary school student at a location on a U.S. or state route, the superintendent must present the school bus route to the school board for approval. As of last Friday, only one route has a situations where a student is required to cross a highway to get on or off the school bus: Route #26 on IN 28.
It is recommended that the Board of School Trustees approve Bus Route #26 as presented.
6.5
Personnel
7.
Other Matters to Come Before the Board
7.1
Advisory Committees
- August 19, facilities/Technology Advisory Committee
- September 16, Personnel Advisory Committee
- October 14, Business Affairs Advisory Committee
7.2
Schedule of Events
- July 16-21, Tipton County Fair
- July 25, Back to School Night (Dept of Health)
- July 29, Schools’ Offices Open
- July 30, Online Registration Available
- August 1 & 2, Teacher Academy
- August 5, New Staff Orientation
- August 5-7, TMS Rocks, 9:00 - 2:00
- August 6, White Card Night
- August 6, Walk-In Registration, 2:00-7:00 PM
- August 7, Blue Devil Kickoff, 9:00-12:00 (Freshman Orientation)
- August 8, Staff Day
- August 9, First Day for Students
- August 12, Tipton Academy, 7:30-9:30 AM
- August 13, School Board, 6:00/6:30
- August 19, Facilities/Technology Advisory Committee, 5:30
- August 28, Board Meeting, 5:30 (Public Hearing, Budget)
- September 2, Labor Day – No School
8.
Comments from Community
9.
Adjournment
