August 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Special District Board Meeting

Description:  This Special District Board meeting is being held to complete the August 13th meeting agenda, which was ended early due to a power outage in the Blachly area during the meeting. 

Description:  Public comments are accepted until the start of each meeting. To submit a comment, turn it in to the board secretary or email it in advance. A fillable Public Comment form, referred to in the attached AR, can be downloaded by clicking the menu/settings button. Written comments sent to comments@blachly.k12.or.us will be read during the meeting and should take less than three minutes. Verbal comments are limited to three minutes per person, with a total maximum of 15 minutes for all comments.
 

Description:  One of our banks, Selco, is requesting, in addition to the resolution you have previously voted on, minutes with the exact wording removing past employees/board members and adding new.

Description:  The newly elected Chair will accept nominations for the 2025-26 Vice-Chair. All nominee(s) should be named and the nominee(s) should accept the nomination before voting on any nominee occurs. Then motions and seconds should be done in the order of nomination. A majority vote is necessary to select the Vice-Chair. 

Description:   District Board will appoint the Board Secretary. 

Description:  The Board generally decides to serve as its own Local Public Contract Review Board, although it could contract with another public agency to do so. Refer to Policy DJC-Bidding Requirements.

Description:  §Designate The Register Guard the official district newspaper;
§Establish regular monthly board meeting day as the second Wednesday, at 6 pm, at Triangle Lake Charter School;
§List official depositories of funds (Local Government Investment Pool, U.S. Bank, Oregon Community Credit Union, and SELCO Credit Union);
§Designate Superintendent Brittany Bottensek, or an appointed designee, as chief administrative
officer, clerk of the district, federal program coordinator, custodian of funds, executive officer, and administrator of the food services fund;
Authorize Superintendent Brittany Bottensek, ___________ (new board chair), ____________ (new board vice
chair).
§Designate Molly Rust as the one who shall prepare or supervise preparation of the budget document under the direction of the executive officer;
§Adopt new minimum pay rates for substitute teachers in 2025-26 at $248.65 per 9-hour day for the first 10 days in one assignment; after the first ten (10) days the pay rate becomes $248.65 per 9-hour day.
§Designate Brown & Brown Northwest, as the official insurance agent for the district. Our property and casualty insurance is through Property and Casualty Coverage for Education (PACE). Sam Jones is our account executive. Our premium for 2025-26 will be $104,801. Additional carriers sponsored by PACE include Fuel Tank coverage from ACE American Insurance Company for 529 Workman’s Compensation insurance coverage by SAIF is estimated at $19,125.22, and separate Crime Coverage for Triangle Lake Charter School, price to be determined.
§Designate Pauly, Rogers and Co., P.C. as financial auditors for Blachly School District and Triangle Lake Charter School;
§Designate PACE crime coverage of up to $1,000,000 with $10,000 deductible each in lieu of surety bonds for the Superintendent and financial managers (ORS 332.525);
§Designate The Hungerford Law Firm and the OSBA Legal Department as district legal counsel.

Description:  To authorize the General Fund (Fund 100) to loan money to the individual grant funds, the food services fund (Fund 295) and athletics fund (298) to be repaid by the end of the ensuing fiscal year.

Description:  The next Regular Board Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 at 6pm.