Board of Education Meeting

Galion Middle School Computer Lab
Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 6:30pm

    1. PRELIMINARY ITEMS

    1.1 Roll Call

    Meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM


    1.2 Pledge of Allegiance

    1.3 Adopt Agenda

    1.4 Acknowledgement of Guests

    Mr. Grubbs recognized all guests present at the meeting.


    2. RECOGNITION

    2.1 BELIEVE, ACHIEVE, AND SUCCEED AWARD

    Grant the Believe, Achieve, and Succeed Award to Matt Tyrrell


    3. TREASURER'S REPORT

    3.1 Approve Minutes - November 17, 2016 Regular Meeting

    3.2 Approve November 2016 Financial Report

    3.3 General Purpose External Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2016

    Notes to the Basic Financial Statement, Note 10 - Capital Assets (page 40) and Note 17 - Long Term Obligations (page 52)

     


    4. COMMUNITY INPUT

    5. REPORTS & DISCUSSION

    5.1 Student Board Representative
    Tristan Gosser

    5.2 Middle School Presentation
    Mr. Joe Morabito, Middle School Principal

     

     


    5.3 Superintendent Report

    6. SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS - PERSONNEL

    Approve the employment of the following personnel contingent upon subsequent receipt by the Board of a satisfactory criminal record check from the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Federal Bureau of Investigation as required by law and applicable state certification:


    6.1 Classified

    Accept the retirement resignation of Margie Sebrell, Primary School Secretary, effective July 1, 2017 with June 30, 2017 being the last day of employment.

    Accept the retirement resignation of Jeff Shipman, Maintenance Department, effective July 1, 2017 with June 30, 2017 being the last day of employment.

    Accept the retirement resignation of Cathy Jo Brown, Intermediate School Cook, effective August 1, 2017 with July 31, 2017 being the last day of employment.

    Approve the employment of Christopher Lewis as Custodian at the Galion Intermediate School, effective December 5, 2016.  Salary to be based upon the Custodian Salary Schedule for the 2016-2017 school year.

    Approve the employment of Elizabeth Rutledge, Administrative Office Executive Secretary/ EMIS Coordinator, effective December 12, 2016. Salary to be based upon the Administrative Office Executive Secretary/ EMIS Coordinator Salary Schedule for the 2016-2017 school year.

    Approve the following classified substitute personnel, *contingent upon state certification as applicable to position, for the 2016-2017 school year:

    Robert (Bob) Philbrick, Substitute Custodian

    David A. Givens, Substitute Custodian

    Lawrence A. Ernst, Substitute Custodian

    Timothy W. Pruner, Subsitute Custodian

    Barbara J. Hunt, Substitute Custodian

    William Hurlow, Substitute Bus Driver


    6.2 Extra-Duty Assignments

    Approve the following Extra-Duty Assignments for the 2016-2017 school year:

    High School Athletics

    Colton Moore, Boys Freshman Basketball

    Dan Gorbett, Baseball Varsity Assistant Varsity

    Bart Cass, Baseball Varsity Assistant

    Bethany Schaffner, Softball Varsity Assistant

    Colby Bright, Track Varsity Assistant

    Brent Tyrrell, Track Varsity Assistant

    John Anich, Track Varsity Assistant

    Jamie Valentine, Freshman Track

    Michael Moore, Freshman Track

    Jeff Court, Varsity Track Volunteer

     

    Middle School Athletics

    Bill Ganshorn, Boys MS Basketball Volunteer

    Gavin Ratcliff, Boys MS Basketball Volunteer

    Jacob Staiger, Boys MS Basketball Volunteer

    Kyle Strauch, MS Track

    Kevin Williams, MS Track

    Jamie Tate, MS Track

    Allison Roth, MS Track

     


    6.3 District Leadership Team

    Approve the following District Leadership Team (DLT) for the 2016-2017 school year to be paid the hourly contractual rate of $20.00 from grant funds:

    Todd Galownia


    7. Field Trips

    7.1 VARSITY BASEBALL TRIP TO MASON, WEST VIRGINIA

    Approve the Galion High School Varsity Baseball Trip to Mason, West Virginia as per attachment:


    9. BOARD DESIGNATIONS

    9.1 President Pro-Tem Appointment

    Recommend the Board elect a President Pro-Tem for the Organizational Meeting in January to lead the meeting until the Board elects the President for 2017.

    Dennis Long nominated and approved at the President Pro-Tem for the Janualr Organizational Meeting.


    9.2 Organizational Meeting

    Recommend the Board set the date for the Organizational Meeting of the Galion City Board of Education for Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. at the Galion Middle School Computer Lab.

    Amended to include: Regular Board of Education meeting for January, 2017 will take place immediately following the Organizational Meeting on January 12, 2017 at 6:00 PM at the Galion Middle School Computer Lab.


    10. EXECUTIVE SESSION

    An executive session is requested for one or more of the following matters to:

    _____ a. consider the appointment, employment, dismissal, discipline, promotion, demotion, or compensation of a public employee or official, or to consider the investigations of charges or complaints against a public employee, official, licensee or "regulated individual"; unless the person being investigated of charges or complaints requests a public hearing;

    _____ b. consider the purchase or sale of public property if the public interest would be hurt by the premature disclosure of the information;

    _____ c. confer with the public body's attorney for the purpose of considering disputes if a court action concerning the dispute is either pending or imminent;

    _____ d. prepare for, conduct, or review negotiations or bargaining sesssions with public employees;

    __XX___ e. consider matters required by federal laws, or rules, or state statutes to be kept confidential;

    _____ f. consider specialized details of security arrangements if the information could be used for criminal purposes.


    11. ADJOURN

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