4 Members present, 2 absent, quorum established. \u00a05 Guests (two parents)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Approval of Previous Governance Council (GC) Meeting Minutes<\/p>\n
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Review Jan 26, 2015 meeting minutes, no edits:<\/p>\n
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Motion to approve minutes \u2013 Charles Lakins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2nd \u2013 Lori Hagen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Passed unanimously<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Action on John Everette<\/p>\n
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Guest John Everette expressed interest in joining the Council and briefly discussed his background and motivations for serving. \u00a0John has been present at 2 previous GC meetings.<\/p>\n
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Motion to nominate John Everette to Governance Council \u2013 Lori Hagen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2nd \u2013 Charles Lakins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Passed unanimously<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Motion to Change Agenda<\/p>\n
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Charles Lakins requested a change to the agenda to move \u2018Old Business – Appointment of committees\u2019 to beginning of agenda to accommodate parent guests:<\/p>\n
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Motion to change agenda \u2013 Lori Hagen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2nd \u2013 Charles Lakins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Passed unanimously<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Old Business \u2013 Appointment of Finance Committee and Audit Committee<\/p>\n
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David Hood and Trish Payne expressed interest in being in Audit committee. \u00a0They both presented their background and experience. \u00a0Ms. Payne has a law degree and served on other boards. \u00a0Mr. Hood has experience in accounting and government contracts.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Virginia Trujillo appointed David Hood and Trish Payne to Audit Committee.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Finance Committee will include Lori Hagen and Chris Velasquez as GC members. \u00a0Audit Committee will include Charles Lakins and John Everette as GC members. Budget needs to be approved by Council by 25 April 2015.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Discussion on what bylaws indicate for duties of Audit committee and Finance committee. \u00a0Finance committee presents and develops budget, Audit committee is mostly involved during yearly audit activities. \u00a0More details in bylaws.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
School Finances (see Financial Agenda Packet attached \u2013 as of 31 January 2014)<\/p>\n
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Financial Statements for Review submitted. \u00a0Nothing out of the ordinary to report. \u00a0Expenditures report indicated that the Operational budget balance is in the black $100k, down a bit from previous due to some budgetary items that changed out of our control. \u00a0For example: \u00a0PARCC test will be approximately $5,000 when we were told it was going to be no charge. \u00a0Unemployment compensation percentage increased, was not in budget, increased from approximately 1.4% to approximately 5.32%.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Bank Reconciliation Reports submitted for review. \u00a0Nothing out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Payroll & Accounts Payable Disbursements submitted for approval. \u00a0Nothing out of the ordinary.<\/p>\n
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Motion to approve Accounts Payable disbursements \u2013 Lori Hagen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2nd \u2013 Charles Lakins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Passed Unanimously<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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Two (2) Maintenance, One (1) Increase, and One (1) Initial Budget BARs submitted for approval.<\/p>\n
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2 Maintenance BARs submitted to align Operational Fund budget with increase in benefit costs in Services and Instructional functions. $0 net change in both BARs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Increase BAR submitted to increase Operational Fund budget with cash assistance from Foundation. \u00a0$4,500 net increase.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Initial BAR submitted for initiation of a Target School Grant fund with cash from an award received from Scholarship America to Ms. Drawbond. \u00a0$500 net increase.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Motion to approve BARS \u2013 John Everette (his first motion!)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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2nd \u2013 Lori Hagen<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Passed Unanimously<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
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Three (3) Requests for Reimbursements submitted for review. \u00a0Lease assistance award and IDEA-B submitted. \u00a0Recruiting and GO Bond Libraries not submitted yet. \u00a0Authorization from PED received to obligate funds for GO Bond Libraries. \u00a0Mary discussed a sampling of items approved to submit for GO Bond Libraries.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Open Forum<\/p>\n
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Rita Hirschy suggested fixing our open meetings protocol to allow public to find agenda items, meeting minutes, etc. easier. \u00a0Right now, website has the data, but is quite difficult to find. \u00a0Mr. Peckens will come to our next meeting to discuss best way to show this data on the website.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Critical to have another meeting this month to get budget ready for approval by GC. \u00a0GC also needs documented training. \u00a0Assistant Attorney General offers free training on open meetings and is an option. \u00a0Mark Tolley and Judy Bergs are also willing to do budget training.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Principal\u2019s Report:<\/p>\n
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Mary Tarango submitted her report for the record, see attached report.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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80th \/ 120th day enrollment count average was 251.5, target was 250.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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4 students submitted PARCC opt out forms (12 students = 5% for our school). \u00a0No issues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Snow damage to tent and leakage in the building. \u00a0Pictures taken for insurance.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Lottery update \u2013 currently full for 6th, 7th and 8th grades. \u00a03 slots available for 5th grade.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
New Business<\/p>\n
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No new business<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Next Meeting<\/p>\n
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Monday March 16 \u2013 5 pm start time Finance Committee, 6pm start time regular GC meeting.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Monday March 30 \u2013 5 pm start time for Finance committee only.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Thursday April 16 \u2013 5 pm start time for Budget approval meeting with GC budget training.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Motion to adjourn \u2013 Lori Hagen<\/p>\n
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2nd \u2013 John Everette<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Passed unanimously.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Meeting Adjourned at 8:21pm<\/p>\n
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