July 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Organizational Meeting

Description:  Public opportunity to comment on agenda items.

Description:  The following Slate of Officers is proposed for 2025-26: 

• President: Michael Flowers
• Vice President: Erin Schor
• Treasurer: John Wolenberg
• Secretary: Lori Zajac
• Trustee: Caitlyn Salow

Description:  "BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

1. 1. The Regular meetings of the Board of the Ingham Intermediate School District shall be held at 6:00 PM at the offices of the Board on the THIRD TUESDAY of each month, with the following exceptions: the April meeting will be held on the SECOND TUESDAY, the September and June meetings will be held on the THIRD MONDAY and that no further notice of such regular meetings shall be required to the members of said Board; and 

1. 2. A regular meeting may be rescheduled by a majority vote of the members elected and serving on the Board at a properly convened meeting and no further notice of such rescheduled regular meeting shall be required to be given to the members of said Board; and
       
2. 3. A regular meeting may be rescheduled by the President of the Board by serving on the members a written notice of the date, time, and place of the rescheduled meeting; and 

1. 4. A special meeting of the Board may be scheduled by a majority vote of the members elected and serving on the Board at a properly convened meeting, and no further notice of such a special meeting shall be required to be given to the members of said Board; and
       
2. 5. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President of the Board or any two members thereof, by serving on the other members a written notice of the date, time, and place of the special meeting; and
       
3. 6. A Board meeting or board hearing required by statute may be scheduled by a majority vote of the members elected and serving on the Board at a properly convened meeting, and no further notice of such meeting or hearing shall be required to be given to the members of said Board; and
       
4. 7. A Board meeting or Board hearing required by statute may be called by the President of the Board by serving the other members a written notice of the date, time, and place of the meeting or hearing.

A meeting or hearing for the purposes herein and for the payment of a per diem allowance, means the convening of the Board at which a quorum is present for the purposes of deliberating toward or rendering a decision on school matters, held in compliance with statute, and of which the public was required to be notified pursuant to the Open Meeting Act.

Notice may be served by:

• Delivering the notice to the members personally at least eighteen (18) hours before such a meeting is to take place.  
• Leaving the notice at the member’s residence with an adult person of the household at least eighteen (18) hours before the meeting is to take place; or
   
• Depositing the notice in a government mail receptacle enclosed in a sealed envelope plainly addressed to the member at the member’s last known resident address, at least seventy-two (72) hours before the meeting is to take place.

Service as prescribed above may be provided by a member of the Board, or any employee of the Board.

The Board shall be entitled to reimbursement for out-of-pocket actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

Upon the written request of an individual, organization, firm or corporation, and upon the requesting party’s payment of a yearly fee of $10.00 for printing and postage of such notices, the Board shall send to the requesting party by first class mail a copy of any notice of Board meetings in accordance with M.C.L. 15.266.

All resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict with this resolution be and the same are hereby rescinded."

Description:  It is recommended that the Board set June 15, 2026 as the date for the Public Budget Hearing for the 2026-27 budget and July 21, 2026 as the date for the 2026-27 Organizational Meeting. Both meetings will be held in the Thorburn Education Center at 6:00 pm.

Description:  "RESOLVED, that Chase Bank, Independent Bank, the Michigan Liquid Asset Fund Plus (MILAF) (Fifth Third Bank is the MILAF custodian bank) and the Michigan Cooperative Liquid Assets Security System (Michigan CLASS) (UMB Bank is the Michigan CLASS custodian bank) are hereby designated depositories of Ingham Intermediate School District and that funds deposited herein may be withdrawn upon checks or other instruments of the Ingham Intermediate School District.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that all checks, drafts, notes, or orders drawn against the general account, payroll account, accounts payable account, Flexible Spending Plan account, HRA account and substitute teacher pay account at Chase Bank, Independent Bank, MILAF and Michigan CLASS shall be signed by any one of the following:

            Superintendent
            Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business

RESOLVED FURTHER, that all wire transfers drawn against the working capital funds at Chase Bank, Independent Bank, MILAF and Michigan CLASS shall be made by business office staff as designated in writing by one of the following with an appropriate method of confirmation obtained:

            Superintendent
            Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business

The accounts that funds may be wire transferred to will be limited to specified named institutions and authorized in writing by one of the following:

            Superintendent
            Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business

RESOLVED FURTHER, that electronic fund transfers are hereby authorized through the Automatic Clearing House (ACH) and that:
 

1. the Board Treasurer or the Electronic Transfer Officer (ETO) are designated as authorized agent(s) to complete such transactions on behalf of the Board; and
2. that the Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business is designated as the ETO; and
3. that an officer or employee designated by the Board Treasurer or ETO is responsible for the District’s ACH agreements, including payment approval, accounting, reporting and generally overseeing compliance with the ACH policy; and
4. that the officer or employee responsible for the disbursement of funds shall maintain, within the electronic general ledger software system, documentation detailing the goods or services purchased, the cost of the goods or services, the date of payment and the department levels serviced by payment; and
5. that a system of internal accounting controls to monitor the use of ACH transactions will be maintained by the District, including the approval of ACH invoices before payment.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that any one of the following are hereby authorized to rent a safe deposit box or boxes in the vault of Chase Bank, Independent Bank or Huntington Bank in the name of Ingham Intermediate School District:

            Superintendent
            Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business

RESOLVED FURTHER, that any one of the following are hereby authorized to have access to said safe deposit box or boxes, subject to the provision of the lease thereof:

            Board President
            Board Treasurer
            Superintendent
            Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Secretary shall certify to each aforementioned bank the names of the present officers of Ingham Intermediate School District named above and shall thereafter as changes in the personnel of said offices are made, immediately certify to said banks a complete list of officers who are authorized to act in accordance with this Resolution, which said banks shall be fully protected in relying on such certifications and shall be indemnified for any claims, expenses or loss resulting from the honoring of the signatures of any officer so certified, or refusing to honor any signature so certified; and that this Resolution shall remain in force until written notice shall have been received by said banks, and that receipt of such notice shall not affect any action taken by said bank prior thereto:"

RESOLVED FURTHER, that all contracts, agreements, and purchase orders may be signed by any one of the following within dollar limits established by the Superintendent:
           
            Superintendent
            Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business
            Executive Director of Finance

RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Secretary may designate the Executive Assistant to the Superintendent to complete specific responsibilities as needed, and the Treasurer of the Board may delegate specific responsibilities to the Assistant Superintendent, Finance and Business as needed.

Description:  The Employee Blanket Bond, which covers employee theft for all employees and board members for $1,000,000, is offered to the Board for approval.

Description:  The recommendation is made to appoint legal counsel for the Ingham Intermediate School District, as follows:

Thrun Law Firm, P.C. 
2900 West Road, Suite 400
PO Box 2575
East Lansing, MI 48826-2575

Steven Lowe, P.C.
PO Box 430
Haslett, MI 48840

Clark Hill, PLC
200 Ottawa Avenue N.W., Suite 500
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
500 Woodward Ave., Suite 3500
Detroit, MI 48226

Miller Johnson
45 Ottawa Ave SW, Suite 1100
Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone
150 W. Jefferson, Suite 2500
Detroit, MI 48226

McDonald Hopkins, LLC
600 Superior Avenue, E Suite 2100
Cleveland, OH 44114