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Meeting Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. WELCOME TO GUESTS
3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
4. ANNUAL BUSINESS
4.A. Agenda approval
4.B. Approval of minutes
4.C. Approval of invoices
4.D. Review of millage proposed to be levied
4.E. Public discussion and review of 2022-2023 budgets for all departments
4.F. Act on 2022-2023 General Appropriations and authorize millage levy resolution
4.G. Other
5. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION - 2022-2023 Proposed SE/TE Budgets Review by Richelle Barker, Director of Finance
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
6.A. Board Committee Reports
6.B. Other
7. NEW BUSINESS
7.A. Act on proposed 2022-2023 Special Education/Technical Education budgets - SE/TE
7.B. Request permission to hire three additional full-time Instructional Aides - SE
7.C. Act on employee resignation - TE
7.D. Act on employee retirement request - ECE
7.E. Act on revised job descriptions - ECE
7.F. Act on employee resignation - ECE
7.G. Request permission to purchase a Dell PowerStore SAN - TechCo
7.H. Request permission to purchase an Informacast Emergency Notification Solution - TechCo
7.I. Act on DIISD FNB Safety Deposit Box resolution - GF
7.J. Act on updated Panorama invoice - GenEd
7.K. FINANCE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZATION - ALL DEPTS
7.L. Other
8. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
8.A. Departmental Reports
8.B. Superintendent's Report
8.C. Other
9. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Superintendent Evaluation
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Negotiations
11. ADJOURN
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Meeting: June 8, 2022 at 5:00 PM - Regular Meeting & Truth in Taxation Hearing
Subject:
1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Subject:
2. WELCOME TO GUESTS
Subject:
3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
Subject:
4. ANNUAL BUSINESS
Subject:
4.A. Agenda approval
Description:
Agenda will be reviewed for additions or deletions
Subject:
4.B. Approval of minutes
Description:
Board action on May 11, 2022, Regular Board Meeting and Executive Session minutes.
Subject:
4.C. Approval of invoices
Description:
Nancy deKoster will review invoices.  Invoices are on file in the business office.  Board members are welcome to peruse invoices at any time.  Please call Superintendent Huotari.
Subject:
4.D. Review of millage proposed to be levied
Description:
DISCUSSION  The millage proposed to be levied is as determined by the allocation boards for the ISD
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4.E. Public discussion and review of 2022-2023 budgets for all departments
Description:
DISCUSSION - Public discussion and review of 2022-2023 budgets for all departments.  LEA resolutions approving the General Fund budget for 2022-2023 have been received within the legislated time frame except for West Iron County.
Subject:
4.F. Act on 2022-2023 General Appropriations and authorize millage levy resolution
Description:
ROLL CALL VOTE
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4.G. Other
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5. PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION - 2022-2023 Proposed SE/TE Budgets Review by Richelle Barker, Director of Finance
Subject:
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Subject:
6.A. Board Committee Reports
Description:
No committees have met at this time.
Subject:
6.B. Other
Subject:
7. NEW BUSINESS
Subject:
7.A. Act on proposed 2022-2023 Special Education/Technical Education budgets - SE/TE
Subject:
7.B. Request permission to hire three additional full-time Instructional Aides - SE
Description:
We are requesting permission to hire 3 additional full-time Special Education Instructional Aides.  We plan to have 2 flex instructional aides in Dickinson County and 1 flex instructional aide in Iron County.
Subject:
7.C. Act on employee resignation - TE
Description:
We have received a letter of resignation from Erich Ziegler, TE Supervisor, effective June 30, 2022.  Erich has been the TE Supervisor for the past two years and has been a tremendous asset to the school district.  We wish him well and request the board accept this resignation with regret.
Subject:
7.D. Act on employee retirement request - ECE
Description:
We have received a letter of intent to retire from Maria Johns, Program Supervisor and Nutrition Coordinator, effective December 2022.  Maria has been with the District for more than 37 years. Maria's last day of work will be December 20, 2022.  We request that the board accept with regret.
Subject:
7.E. Act on revised job descriptions - ECE
Subject:
7.F. Act on employee resignation - ECE
Description:
We have received a letter of resignation from Heather Amundson, Associate Classroom Coordinator (Norway), effective at the end of program year 2022.  We request the board accept this with regret.
Subject:
7.G. Request permission to purchase a Dell PowerStore SAN - TechCo
Description:
We are requesting permission to purchase a Dell PowerStore SAN from Presidio.  The cost of this appliance and 5 years of Pro Support from Dell is $65,000.  The quote is from the REMCSave vendor Presidio, so this quote qualifies as competitively bid.  I also obtained a second quote from Sehi, another REMCSave vendor, for the HP equivalent solution and their quote was $69,000.
Subject:
7.H. Request permission to purchase an Informacast Emergency Notification Solution - TechCo
Description:

We are requesting permission to purchase an Informcast Emergency Notification Solution for the Consortium.  I am still working on getting firm staff and endpoint counts from our districts that would like to be included in this purchase.  Currently, the cost per staff is $11.87 per year and $8.63 per endpoint (IP speakers and strobes) on a 5-year contract.  This contract could potentially be $20,000 or more depending on local district participation.  The DIISD will purchase the initial license and refill and purchase additional licenses as local districts commit.

Subject:
7.I. Act on DIISD FNB Safety Deposit Box resolution - GF
Description:
We must adopt the First National Bank Resolution regarding who will have access to the DIISD Safe Deposit Box #683.  We will be authorizing Jennifer Huotari - Superintendent, Richelle Barker - Director of Finance, Helen Paquette - Accounts Payable/Purchasing.

 
Subject:
7.J. Act on updated Panorama invoice - GenEd
Description:
Our Panorama invoice that we received approval for at last month's board meeting has been revised to reflect a second year, per our request.  We ask that the board approve paying the updated Panorama invoice in the amount of $49,375, which extends our platform access for all districts through May 31, 2024.
Subject:
7.K. FINANCE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZATION - ALL DEPTS
Description:
We are requesting the board to grant permission authorizing the Finance Committee to approve all final budgets on behalf of the full board.
Subject:
7.L. Other
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8. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
Subject:
8.A. Departmental Reports
Description:
Does the board need any clarification at this time?
Subject:
8.B. Superintendent's Report
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8.C. Other
Subject:
9. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Superintendent Evaluation
Description:
Superintendent Huotari's evaluation in closed session per her written request.
Subject:
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION - Negotiations
Subject:
11. ADJOURN
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.  If any person requires special accommodations, please advise the Superintendent 24 hours in advance of the meeting - 779-2690.

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