December 8, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

I. OPENING
If you have questions or comments related to items not on the agenda, you may address the Board during Part II of the agenda. For public comment related to items which are listed on the agenda for discussion and possible legal action, you may provide input during the time the Board discusses the item.  In either case, please complete a "Request to Speak" Form and submit it to the Board Secretary before the meeting is called to order. Your name will be called when it's your turn to speak. Citizens are asked to restrict their comments to three (3) minutes. Groups wishing to speak should select a spokesperson to represent the view of the group.   Before you begin to speak, please identify yourself by clearly stating for the record your name and address.

I.1. Call to Order

I.2. Roll Call

I.3. Pledge of Allegiance

I.4. Moment of Silence

I.5. Adoption of Agenda

II. Public Comments for Items not on the Agenda
(Action taken as a result of this open call for public comments or requests regarding items that are not on the agenda will be limited to directing the staff to study the matter or to reschedule the matter for further consideration at a future Board Meeting. Board Members are permitted to respond to criticism from the public but may not discuss or take legal action on matters raised during the open call to the public.  If you have submitted a Request to Speak form, the Board President will call upon you and ask that you please identify yourself by clearly stating for the record your name and address). 

III. Board Meeting Minutes Not Previously Approved

III.1. Meetings
October 6, 2022 - Regular Meeting
November 10, 2022 - Regular Meeting & Executive Session

IV. Presentation and Reports
(Notice must be specific as to the type of report that will be given, subject matter and who will be making the report. The Board may engage in discussion but will take no action during the meeting.)

IV.1. Superintendent's Report
Superintendent Mike Westcott will give an update on the Camino Real and Fir stormwater infiltration mitigation plan. 

IV.2. Board Member Report(s)
All current Board members may welcome newly sworn Board member Misty Cox.  Board members may also recognize Mr. Chip Currie for his years of service to the Governing Board.

IV.3. Administration Report

• Principal Genie Gee will recognize Kelcy Lyons as the Mingus representative for the Yavapai County Educational Foundation Educator Tribute magazine. 
• The Verde Valley Medical Prehospital Office will present a Lifesaving Award to Dave Beery, Mingus administrator, for providing lifesaving CPR to a distressed citizen in the community.

V. ACTION ITEMS - CONSENT
(Specific information on routine vouchers and personnel will be available at the District Office 24 hours prior to Board Meetings. Please see the Governing Board Secretary during regular office hours. All items listed hereunder are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and will be discussed separately.)

V.1. Approval of Routine Vouchers

V.1.1. Expense
#1014 - $138,910.00
#1015 - $   2,000.00
#1016 - $ 32,132.88 

V.1.2. Payroll
#10 - $421,307.86
#11 - $    1,487.67
#12 - $407,036.03
#13 - $407,151.98

V.1.3. Bookstore Activity

V.2. Personnel

• Certified
• Classified
• Administration
• Retention Stipends
• Job Description- Bilingual Student Liaison

V.3. Donation

• Hope Closet Report
• Pioneer Title

V.4. Sport Sponsors

• Triple Threat Club Sponsors

V.5. Travel Request
FFA would like to travel to Denver, Colorado February 27th through March 3rd to attend the National FFA Next Generation Conference.

VI. ACTION ITEMS - DISTRICT BUSINESS
(Specific items of District business as listed for consideration - may include various categorical areas as the business of the District necessitates Board discussion, deliberation, and action)

VI.1. Revised MOU with Friends of the Verde River (FVR)- Consideration and possible approval of a revised MOU with the Friends of the Verde River (FVR) regarding the Camino Real & Fir Stormwater Infiltration.

VII. INFORMATION AND DISCUSSION ITEMS
(Matters about which the Board may engage in discussion but will take no action during the meeting)

VIII. EXECUTIVE SESSION

VIII.1. Executive Session- The Board may vote to convene an Executive Session to discuss personnel matters related to the Superintendent’s annual evaluation and performance pay pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.03(A)(1) and District Policy CBI, CBI-E. If convened, the Board will either move to a different location to hold the session or will ask those in attendance to leave the room and take with them all materials and ensure that no recording devices are left in the room.  Only members of the Board and those individuals whose presence is reasonably necessary for the Board to carry out its executive session responsibilities may attend the executive session. All business conducted in executive session is confidential.

IX. ACTION ITEMS - DISTRICT BUSINESS

IX.1. Superintendent’s Performance Pay- Consideration and possible approval of the Superintendent’s performance pay as specified by the Superintendent’s 2021-2024 contract, Exhibit A, and related to the Superintendent’s goals for the 2022-2023 school year.

X. Requests for Future Agenda Items
(The Board will not propose, discuss, comment, or take legal action during the meeting)

XI. ADJOURNMENT