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Public NoticeIndependence Community School Board Meeting

Regular Meeting and Closed MeetingJune 15, 2020

The regular meeting of the Independence Community School Board was called to order at 5:00 pm by Chair Eric Smith on June 15, 2020 at the HS Auditorium. Members attending: Eric Smith, Kim Hansen, Matt O’Loughlin, Jennifer Sornson, Gina Trimble, Superintendent Russell Reiter, Board Secretary Laura Morine as well as administrators and directors. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. APPROVAL OF AGENDA - Trimble moved to approve the agenda. Hansen second, motion carried 5-0.CONSIDERATION OF ACTION ON CONSENT ITEMS – Sornson moved to approve items A – D. Hansen second, motion carried 5-0.

A. Approval of the minutes of the public hearing and regular meeting on May 18, 2020, the special meeting on May 26, 2020, the special meeting on June 1, 2020, and the special meeting on June 8, 2020.

B. Approval of Transfers/ReassignmentsNAME PREVIOUS ASSIGNMENT NEW ASSIGNMENT SALARY DATEMegan Rawlins JSH PE/Health and Extended JSH 1.0 FTE PE Teacher 2020-21 Salary* 8/18/2020 Learning Program/Talented and Gifted TeacherKay Reidy West Elem Instructional Coach Interim East Elem/ECC Principal $92,500 7/01/2020Angie Williams East Elem 5.5 hr Cook/FS Worker West Elem 5.5 hr POS $12.75/hr 8/24/2020 Operator, Cook/FS Worker*Pending 2020-2021 Negotiations

C. Approval of New hires (pending acceptable background checks)NAME ASSIGNMENT SALARY DATEAlicia Conner West Elem Sp Ed Teacher 2020-21 Salary * 8/17/2020Austin Pink JSH PE Teacher 2020-21 Salary * 8/17/2020Austin Pink .5 FTE Strength and Conditioning Coach 2020-21 Salary * 8/01/2020Austin Pink Assistant Football Coach 2020-21 Salary * 8/01/2020

D. Approval of Financial Reports1. Bills – Director O’Loughlin reviewed the bills2. Budget Report

ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS and PRESENTATIONSA. Comments from the Public – noneB. Comments from the Board/Superintendent – Smith thanked everyone that helped put on the special commencement

for a graduating senior that would be leaving for the military before the regular scheduled commencement. Hansen also expressed thanks for involved in the special ceremony. Hansen thanked Dan Putz and Donalyn Pogue for their many years in the district. Champs Cupboard meals will continue every Wednesday thru August 12th. Trimble was excited that the softball and baseball seasons have started. Supt. Reiter reported that Tia Shaffer was named Iowa’s 2020 American Association of Family and Consumer (AAFCS) Teacher of the Year. Congratulations Mrs. Shaffer. The National Honor So-ciety will have a short ceremony on June 21st. The Buchanan County Success Center’s graduation will be June 26th in the JSH lunch room. Commencement will be June 28th in the Auditorium. Building administrators are working on handbooks and the changes will be noted all together. Open enrollment numbers are improving. There are twenty new students open enrolling out (twelve families) Six of those students will be homeschooled. Twenty-five new students are open enrolling in from twenty-one families. Summer school plans are being finalized.

C. Presentations1. Return to Learn Plan – Erin Burmeister provided an update on the Return to Learn Plan that needs to be submitted to the Department of Education by July 1st. The administration and staff are working diligently on the plan and know that there will be adjustments, even after being submitted due to the fluidity of the situation. There may be changes to the school calendar and the Independence team is working with area schools to hopefully have some similarity in calendars. The final draft will be presented to the SIAC (School Improvement Action Committee) and then to the board for approval before July 1st.

REPORTSA. Building Administrator Reports

1. Junior-Senior High School Principal and Junior-Senior High School Assistant Principal2. West Elementary Principal and East Elementary/Early Childhood Center Principal

B. District Director Reports1. Activities Director Report2. Director of School Improvement Report3. Director of Technology Report4. Director of Food Service Report5. Director of Buildings & Grounds Report6. Director of Transportation Report

NEW BUSINESSA. Consider Approval of the Pizza Bid from Pizza Hut for 2020-2021 – O’Loughlin moved to approve the Pizza Bid from

Pizza Hut for 2020-2021. Trimble second, motion carried 5-0.B. Consider Approval of the Bread Bid from Pan-O-Gold for 2020-2021 – Sornson moved to approve the Bread Bid from

Pan-O-Gold for 2020-2021. Hansen second, motion carried 5-0.C. Consider Approval of the Milk Bid from Prairie Farms for 2020-2021 – Hansen moved to approve the Milk Bid from

Prairie Farms for 2020-2021. Trimble second, motion carried 5-0.D. Consider Approval of the Agreement between Clarke University Department of Social Work and Independence Com-

munity School District – O’Loughlin moved to approve the Agreement between Clarke University Department of Social Work and Independence Community School District. Trimble second, motion carried 5-0.

E. Consider Approval of the PowerSchool Access Agreement with Grant Wood Area Education Agency for 2020-2021. Sornson moved to approve the PowerSchool Access Agreement with Grant Wood Area Education Agency for 2020-2021. Trimble second, motion carried 5-0.

F. Consider Approval of the Lease Agreement with Moser Preschool and Daycare through July 31, 2021. O’Loughlin moved to approve the Lease Agreement with Moser Preschool and Daycare through July 31, 2021. Trimble second, motion carried 5-0.

G. Consider Approval of the Statewide 4-Year Old Voluntary Preschool Contract with Independence Community School District and Kidsville for 2020-2021.

H. Consider Approval of the Statewide 4-Year Old Voluntary Preschool Contract with Independence Community School District and Moser for 2020-2021

I. Consider Approval of the Statewide 4-Year Old Voluntary Preschool Contract with Independence Community School District and St. John for 2020-2021

J. Consider Approval of the Statewide 4-Year Old Voluntary Preschool Contract with Independence Community School District and Wee Care for 2020-2021. Trimble moved to approve the Statewide 4-Year Old Voluntary Preschool Contract with Independence Community School District and Kidsville for 2020-2021. Hansen second. Hansen moved to amend the motion to approve preschool contracts with Kidsville, Moser, St. John and Wee Care (items G, H, I and J) with the proposed edits. Trimble second the amendment. Motion carried 5-0 and all four preschool contracts were approved.

K. Consider Approval of the EMC Annual Insurance Proposal. Rusty Donnelly from Smith D&L Insurance presented the FY20-21 Insurance Proposal. The overall increase was 5%. O’Loughlin moved to approve the EMC Annual Insurance Proposal. Hansen second, motion carried 5-0.

L. Consider Approval of Creating a New Fund 35 – Elementary SAVE Projects in the Software Unlimited Accounting Software System to Track to East/West Elementary Building Projects. Trimble moved to approve Creating a New Fund 35 – Elementary SAVE Projects in the Software Unlimited Accounting Software System to Track to East/West Elementary Building Projects. Sornson second, motion carried 5-0.

M. Consider Approval of the Transfer of $4,112,948.00 from Fund 33 – Capital Funds to Fund 35 – Elementary SAVE Projects. O’Loughlin moved to approve the Transfer of $4,112,948.00 from Fund 33 – Capital Funds to Fund 35 – Elemen-tary SAVE Projects. Trimble second, motion carried 5-0.

N. Consider Approval of the Board Resolution to Transfer Funds of $10,000.00 for Protective Athletic Equipment. Trim-ble moved to approve the Board Resolution to Transfer Funds of $10,000.00 for Protective Athletic Equipment. Hansen second. Roll call vote: Smith – aye, Sornson – aye, Trimble – aye, O’Loughlin – aye, Hansen – aye. Motion carried 5-0.

O. IASB Legislative Priorities – the IASB Legislative Priorities were handed out for the board to review and they will be a decided on at the July regular board meeting.

P. Closed Session – Hansen moved to go into closed session as provided in Section 21.5(1)(i) of the Iowa Code; to evaluate the professional competency of an individual whose appointment, hiring, performance or discharge is being considered when necessary to prevent needless and irreparable injury to that individual’s reputation and that individual requests a closed session. Sornson second. Roll call vote: Smith – aye, Sornson – aye, Trimble – aye, O’Loughlin – aye, Hansen – aye. Motion carried 5-0 and moved into closed session at 6:32 pm.Board exited closed session at 8:32 pm and no official business was transacted during this closed session.

Q. Superintendent’s Contract - Hansen moved to increase the Superintendent base salary by $600.00 for next year and add one year to the contract so it will expire June 2023. Trimble second, motion carried 5-0.ADJOURNMENT – Sornson moved to adjourn. O’Loughlin second, motion carried 5-0 and meeting adjourned at 8:36 pm.

Eric B. Smith, Chair Laura J. Morine, Board Secretary

Independence Community School District06/17/2020 08:22 AM June 15, 2020 Approved Board Bills

FUND 10 OPERATING FUND Vendor Name Description TotalAABLE PEST CONTROL SRV 160.00AHLERS AND COONEY, P.C. SERVICES 202.50

ALLEN, CASEY AND ANDY REFUND 140.00AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES SUPPLIES 6,797.48APEX LEARNING SUPPLIES 750.00BAEZ, BROOKE SRV 150.00BEATTY, JENNIFER REFUND 70.00BEATTY, SHANE REFUND 70.00BR BLEACHERS SERVICE 120.00CAM CSD TUIT 3,905.55CENTER POINT-URBANA CSD INSTRUCTION 70,760.14CENTRAL RIVERS AEA SUP/SRV 9,600.00CERTIFIED LABORATORIES SUPPLIES 671.85CITY LAUNDERING CO SRV/SUP 133.12CLAYTON RIDGE CSD TUIT 7,225.75CONSOLIDATED ENERGY COMPANY DIESEL/GASOLINE 1,422.43CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP SUPPLIES 436.67COPENHAVER, AMY REIMBURSEMENT 26.57CULLIGAN TOTAL WATER MONTICELLO IA SUPPLIES 35.40DAVIS, TIM SRV 7,580.00DECORAH MOBILE GLASS REPAIRS 206.32DONNELLY, JARED AND KELSI REFUND 70.00EDVENTURE-GA SUPPLIES 775.00ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & EQUIP SUP/IMPROV 264.79ESCHEN TARPY NAPA SUP/EQUIP 98.80FASTENAL COMPANY SUPPLIES 24.56FRANCK, DONALD AND TAMI REFUND 70.00G & L LAWN RANGERS LLC SERVICE 327.00HAUSERS WATER SYSTEM SUPPLIES 22.00HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SERVICES 52,696.60HEARTLAND PAPER COMPANY SUP/EQUIPMENT 7,230.78HOMAN, REGINA REFUND 70.00HOWARD, JOHN REIMBURSEMENT 70.00HUTCHENS, SHAWN SRV 75.00IMMANUEL LUTHERAN PRESCHOOL REIMBURSEMENT 6,100.77INDEPENDENCE CHIROPRACTIC CENTER SRV 285.00INDEPENDENCE LIGHT & POWER UTILITIES 16,153.46IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK SERVICE 116.25JILL MARIE PHOTOGRAPHY SRV 1,553.75JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL SUP/SRV/EQUIP 316.72JW PEPPER & SON, INC. SUPPLIES 14.00KIDSVILLE REIMBURSEMENT 5,835.52KLUESNER SANITATION SRV 4,604.74KRIVACHEK JANITORIAL SUPPLY SUPPLIES 98.74MARCO INC SUP/SRV/EQUIP 491.71MARCO INC SUP/LEASE 96.23MARTIN, KRISTINE REIMBURSEMENT 47.73MERGEN, STEVE AND AKAESHA REFUND 70.00MOSER PRESCHOOL REIMBURSEMENT 4,085.00OELWEIN PUBLISHING COMPANY ADS/LEGALS 646.45POSTEL, AARALYN SRV 150.00PRINT EXPRESS~MILLER PRINTERIE SRV/SUP 13.10REED, CHERILYN REIMBURSEMENT 140.00SAWSTOP, LLC SUPPLIES 285.00SCHOOL BUS SALES VEHICLE/SUPPLIES 434.31SIDLES, NIKKI REIMBURSEMENT 70.00SIGNS AND MORE SUP/IMPROV 98.80SPAHN & ROSE LUMBER CO INC SUP/IMPROV/EQUIP 59.16ST. JOHN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REIMBURSEMENT 6,366.02STELTER, TABRA REFUND 70.00SUNRISE HITEK EQUIP/SUP 2,550.00SUPERIOR CLEANING SERVICES LTD SERVICE 3,260.98TIMBERLINE BILLING SERVICES LLC SERVICES 1,488.63U.S. CELLULAR TELEPHONE 197.07VISA CARD SERVICES SUPPLIES 2,300.21WIELAND & SONS LUMBER INC SUPPLIES 1,093.75 Total: 231,351.41FUND 61 SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND ABILDTRUP, JONI REFUND 116.50BARNES, BETH REFUND 33.90BURKE, MICHELLE REFUND 42.00DAVIS, SANDRA REFUND 38.44DAVISON, JULIE REFUND 64.60EMS DETERGENT SERVICES SUPPLIES 254.70FISCHELS, KELLEY REFUND 133.00FISCHELS, WENDY REFUND 101.35JOHNSON, CARA REFUND 14.85JONES, MIKE REFUND 10.80LISS, CHRISTY REFUND 76.80MARTIN BROS DIST CO SUPPLIES 15,352.69MCCORMICK, ALICIA REFUND 56.35MCFERRAN, BARB REFUND 29.70MEYER, PATTI REFUND 26.90PAN O GOLD BAKING CO SUPPLIES 1,019.20PIZZA HUT, NPC INTERNATIONAL- SUPPLIES 565.80PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY INC DAIRY 7,302.98PUFFETT, MOLLY REFUND 21.65SCHARES, ANGELA REFUND 17.80STIRM, SHEILA REFUND 38.00TURNER, JAN REFUND 39.35WILLIAMS, MICHELLE REFUND 27.50WILTSEY, VONDA REFUND 46.25WOOD, MARGARET REFUND 148.95 Total: 25,580.06FUND 21 STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND ENVISION SUPPLIES 252.00ISBA DUES/FEES 175.00NATIONAL FFA ORGANIZATION DUES/FEES/SUP 163.00PATIK, KIM OFFICIAL 45.00TROTT TROPHIES SUPPLIES 189.90VISA CARD SERVICES SUPPLIES 463.45 Total: 1,288.35FUND 33 LOCAL OPTION SALES & SERVICES TAX CHAPMAN AND CUTLER LLP SRV 7,500.00CUSTOM CONCRETE LLC IMPROVEMENT 13,911.45MILLER QUARRY IMPROVEMENT 1,656.86PIPER SANDLER & CO SRV 118,310.00UMB BANK, N.A. SRV 600.00VISA CARD SERVICES SUPPLIES 31.35 Total: 142,009.66FUND 35 ELEM SAVE PROJECTS HSR ASSOCIATES INC SERVICES 53,296.80 Total: 53,296.80FUND 36 PHYSICAL PLANT & EQUIPMENT CDW GOVERNMENT LLC SUP/EQUIP 5,600.00ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & EQUIP SUP/IMPROV 7,092.24GRAYBILL COMMUNICATIONS EQUIP/SUP 1,734.85SPAHN & ROSE LUMBER CO INC SUP/IMPROV/EQUIP 4,597.50 Total: 19,024.59FUND 40 DEBT SERVICES FUND VISA CARD SERVICES SUPPLIES 63.35 Total: 63.35Published in the Independence Bulletin Journal on June 27, 2020.

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