WISHKAH VALLEY SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS                MINUTES OF MEETING

October 15, 2009                                                                                 6:00 P.M.

WISHKAH VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

CHAIRMAN _________________________________

SECRETARY­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­­________________________________

MEMBERS PRESENT                                              GUESTS

Mike Pauley, Chairman                                          Mary Eager                             

Jim Peterson, Vice Chairman                                    

Rick McDougall                                                          

Ray Yoder, Superintendent    

Sandy Sundling, Business Manager

1. CALL TO ORDER, VERIFICATION OF QUORUM, AND FLAG SALUTE

The meeting was called to order by the chairman, Mr. Pauley. Mrs. Gardiner and Mrs. Busse were not present for the meeting. The flag salute was said by all present.

 2. ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Mr. Peterson made a motion to adopt the agenda. Mr. McDougall seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

3. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WHO MAY WISH TO ADDRESS THE BOARD – None

4. APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA

Mr. McDougall made a motion to approve the consent agenda. Mr. Peterson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

5. OLD BUSINESS – None

6. NEW BUSINESS

A. Mr. Peterson made a motion to approve the letter of Resignation from Matthew Maurer JH Boys Basketball Coach. Mr. McDougall seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

B. Mr. McDougall made a motion to approve Alvin Sorsby as the Knowledge Bowl Coach. Mr. Peterson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

C. The Board opened and discussed the bids from:

Gas

            Pettit Oil – Diesel $1.88 per gallon and Unleaded fuel $1.87 per gallon without tax

Milk

            Dairy Fresh ½ pints – 2% 21¢, 1% 20¢, Fat Free 20¢, and Fat Free Chocolate 22¢

Propane

            Amerigas - $1.45 per gallon plus $10.00 annual tank rental

            Propane Etc. – cost of delivery to Aberdeen plus 32¢ per gallon plus $1.00 annual tank rental

            Ferrellgas - $1.42 per gallon plus $1.00 annual tank rental

Mr. McDougall made a motion to accept Dairy Fresh and Pettit Oil bids. Mr. Peterson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

Mr. McDougall made a motion to accept Ferrellgas propane bid. Mr. Peterson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

7. PRINCIPALS REPORT

Mr. Tyndell was not present for the board meeting. He submitted his report with the board packet.

8. SUPERINTENTDENT REPORT

Mr. Yoder reported on these items:

• There are 24 new reports in Title I, LAP, and Title 2D in addition to the reports already required.
• Core 24 – there is a new push nationally to base education on Core 24. Core 24 is designed for College Prep.
• There are 23 out of district students coming to Wishkah and 23 students going out (5 homeschooled and 18 to different schools).
• Snow routes will be published this year.
• The Levy for 2010 was passed for $340,000 but our levy lid is $335,226. When the levy was passed for 2 years in advance the assessed value for those years was not known yet. Now with the calculations and new assessment completed we can only collect $335,226. We now have to contact the County Assessor’s office and have them rollback the $340,000 to $335,226 with Resolution # 10-15-2009-1.

 Mr. McDougall made a motion to approve Resolution # 10-15-2009-1 Maintenance and Operations Levy Rollback. Mr. Peterson seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.

• There has been a levy committee meeting and there were 8 or 9 people present. They discussed the campaign; signs, advertising, etc.
• The letters have been mailed to people thanking them for their help with the school grounds this summer.

Mr. Yoder explained some additional informational documents in the board packet.

9. EXECUTIVE SESSION – None

10. ADJOURNMENT

Mr. McDougall made a motion to adjourn at 6:25 p.m.