February 19, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. Call To Order
This meeting is a meeting of the Board of Education in public for the purpose of conducting the School District's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There is a time for public participation during the meeting as indicated on the agenda. |
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Citizens' Comments
This portion of the agenda is for citizens to address any questions or comments to the Board. The Board will listen, take comments and questions under advisement, and not respond at this time. The presiding officer will refer questions to the superintendent for research and response. When called on by the Board President, the citizen may address the Board for up to three (3) minutes during the citizen comment period. Citizen comment timeframe is limited to 30 minutes. |
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4. Presentations
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February is CTE month. Students from the CTE programs would like to present a small gift to the board members. District Security and Safety Upgrades Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ****************************************************************************** |
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5. Information Item
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The National Junior Honor Society induction ceremony will take place on Tuesday, March 12 at 6:00 pm in the High School Cafeteria.
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6. Superintendent's Comments
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7. Adoption of the Consent Agenda
Items on the Consent Agenda are to be voted on as a single item by the Board. Board members may remove items from the Consent Agenda prior to the vote. Discussion of the items that have been removed will be added to the Action/Discussion Items listed on the agenda. A motion is needed to approve the items on the Consent Agenda. A roll call vote is required.
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SAMPLE MOTION: ROLL CALL VOTE
I move - "that all items on the Consent agenda be approved as submitted". |
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7.A. Approval of Minutes
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- February 5, 2024, Regular Meeting - February 14, 2024, Special Meeting ******************************************************************************
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7.B. Board Policy Update - First Reading
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Administration is recommending updates to board policy #0168.1-Open Meetings. A copy of the board policy was provided in board packets. This will be the first reading of the policy. Policy will go into effect upon approval of the second reading. Dr. Applegate will answer questions.
SAMPLE MOTION I move - "that the board approve the first reading of policy #0168.1-Open Meetings". ******************************************************************************
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7.C. Board Policy Updates - Second Reading
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Administration is recommending updates to board policy #1420-School Administrator Evaluation and #3220-Professional Staff Evaluation. Copies of board policies were provided in the 2/5/24 board packets. This will be the second reading of the policies. This motion will put the policies into effect. Dr. Applegate will answer questions.
SAMPLE MOTION I move - "that the board approve the second reading of policy #1420-School Administrator Evaluation and #3220-Professional Staff Evaluation". ****************************************************************************** |
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7.D. Payment of Bills
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A list of bills is presented for payment. Mr. Skabek will answer question.
SAMPLE MOTION I move - "that the following be approved for payment -Payroll Vouchers #14 and #15 -General Fund checks 70931 through 71038 ****************************************************************************** |
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7.E. Overnight Field Trip Request
Description:
Administration is recommending that the board approve the overnight field trip request submitted by Cheryl Rogers to allow 14 FFA student members to participate in the State FFA Convention in East Lansing, MI from February 27-March 1, 2024.
SAMPLE MOTION I - "move that the board approve the overnight field trip request as submitted by Cheryl Rogers". ****************************************************************************** |
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8. Action/Discussion Items
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8.A. Sale of Property
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Administration is recommending that the Board approve the sale of the vacant lot located at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Clay Street Tax Code #11-74-0960-0056-01-0, Niles, MI for the amount of $75,000. and pursuant to the bylaws of Niles Community Schools the Board gives the Superintendent Daniel Joseph Applegate the authority to execute the deed conveying the real estate and all other conveyance documents presented at closing on behalf of the school district.
SAMPLE MOTION - ROLL CALL VOTE I move - "that the Board approve the sale of the vacant lot located at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Clay Street Tax Code #11-74-0960-0056-01-0, Niles, MI for the amount of $75,000 and pursuant to the bylaws of Niles Community Schools gives the Superintendent Daniel Joseph Applegate the authority to execute the deed conveying the real estate and all other conveyance documents presented at closing on behalf of the School Board". ****************************************************************************** |
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8.B. Bid Proposal
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Administration is recommending that the Board accept the bid submitted by Pearson Construction of Benton Harbor, MI for the Niles high school softball field-Infrastructure for a base bid of $1,268,200, also alternate #3 at $95,340.00 and alternate #5 at $11,180.00. Dr. Applegate will answer questions.
SAMPLE MOTION I move - "that the board accept the bid submitted by Pearson Construction of Benton Harbor, MI for the Niles high school softball field- Infrastructure for a base bid of $1,268,200, also alternate #3 at $95,340.00 and alternate #5 at $11,180.00". ****************************************************************************** |
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9. Unscheduled Business
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10. Adjournment
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