November 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting
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1. Call Meeting to Order
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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 in the agenda.
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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The Board of Education will lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
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3. Roll Call
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The Board Secretary will administer roll call to establish that a quorum of the Board is present and to determine which Board members are present at the start of the meeting.
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4. Agenda Changes
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5. Public Comments - Participants are asked to keep comments to three (3) minutes.
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Please notify the superintendent in writing at least two business days before the scheduled meetings of the Board of Education if you wish to address the Board but do not speak English, or if you have a handicap or disability that may prevent you from speaking to the Board. At this time, the Board will listen to comments from the public and others regarding both agenda action items and items that are not on the agenda. Per Board Policy #0167.3 each statement made by a participant shall be limited to three (3) minutes. This is the only opportunity for public comment. The Board President may add a second comment if there are more than 20 community members seeking to speak.
The Board requests that, if you wish to speak, you provide us with your name, address, and affiliation with the district. Please limit your comment to three minutes. Comments should not be directed at individuals on the board, rather to the board as a whole. This is a meeting of the Board of Education being held in public. Board members will not respond to public comment but you may request a formal response for a later time. |
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6. Recognitions and Presentations
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6.1. Presentation
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Superintendent Lemmer will share a presentation on Pennfield Schools Community Partnerships. |
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7. Communications
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7.1. Student Representative Report
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7.2. Superintendent's Report
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8. Consent Agenda (Action)
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The following are offered as part of the consent agenda. The motion noted will allow for the authorization of all listed items, without discussion, unless a member of the Board requests that any one or all be considered individually.
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8.1. Approval of the Agenda
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8.2. Approval of Minutes
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8.3. Approve Check Registers
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8.4. Approve Electronic Funds Transfer
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8.5. Approve Finance Expenditure Report
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8.6. Communications to the Board
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9. Items Removed from Consent Agenda (Discussion and/or Action)
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10. Business Agenda (Discussion and/or Action)
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10.1. Approval of Retirement (Action)
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With reluctance, Superintendent Lemmer recommends the approval of Deb Funk’s retirement from Pennfield Schools.
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10.2. Approval of New Staff (Action)
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It is the recommendation of Superintendent Lemmer to approve Aimee Proulx as a District Sub for Middle School Spanish and Andrea Large as a 5th grade teacher at the Middle School.
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10.3. Approval of October Bond Bills (Action)
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It is the recommendation of the Director of Finance and Operations and the Superintendent that the Board of Education approve the bond bills for the month of October for Triangle in the amount of $763,973.16 A summary of services rendered is attached.
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10.4. Approval of the Summer Annual Tax Resolution (Action)
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The Director of Finance and Operations is recommending that the Board approves the Annual Tax Resolution to continue to collect 50% of the property taxes in the summer. This is an annual approval the board of education has to take each November.
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10.5. Approval of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the High School Piano (Action)
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Superintendent Lemmer is requesting the Board of Education approve the bid from West Michigan Piano in the amount of $133,170 for the purchase of a Steinway Grand Piano to replace the one that was ruined from the water damage last January at the high school. The funds for the purchase of the piano are coming from insurance funds specifically for the grand piano.
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11. Board Comments
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12. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Board President
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