coen Posted July 9, 2009 Report Share Posted July 9, 2009 Proceedings of the Board of Trustees District No. 2, Yellowstone County High School District No. 2, Yellowstone County Billings, Montana July 7, 2009 Call to Order The Agenda Setting Meeting of the Board of Trustees of School District No. 2, Yellowstone County, Montana, and the High School District, Yellowstone County, Montana was duly held at The Lincoln Center, 415 North 30th Street, Billings, Montana on Tuesday, July 7, 2009. The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by Vice-Chair Joel Guthals. Chair Goodrich was out of town. Roll Call Those attending were: Trustees Joel Guthals and Barb Bryan; Clerk Leo Hudetz, Superintendent Jack Copps, Scott Anderson, Thomas Harper and Rich Whitney. Becky Shay of the Billings Gazette was also present. Vice-Chair Guthals led those assembled in the Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. Guthals explained that the purpose of this meeting was to set the agenda for the regular meeting on July 20th. A draft prepared by Trustee Goodrich was presented. It was noted that there will be appointments to the Budgeting For Results Committee as well as Board appointments to committees. A status report on the Quick Start grant applications will be given by Superintendent Copps and Rich Whitney. Mr. Copps stated that Billings so far has only received $564,000 out of a possible $1.5 million available if the funds were distributed in proportion to student enrollment. They have tried to get information from the Department of Commerce and have been unable to receive answers for the discrepancy. For example, the small district of Eureka received over $400 thousand. Mr. Whitney stated that he has sent in a second application. The Skyview chiller and heat exchanger, our highest priority, were not approved; the Career Center and Facilities roof were partially funded. Deferred maintenance dollars will have to be used to fund the remaining portions of those projects. The budget for 2009-2010 will be discussed at a special meeting of the Board on Monday, July 13th. Mr. Hudetz stated that a special meeting needs to be set up between August 1 and August 15 to approve the budget. Superintendent Copps stated that the Board needs to approve their intentions for the budget in order for staffing to be in place in August. The Board will be asked to approve their intent to adopt the budgets at the July 20th meeting. Trustee Bryan stated that she is attempting to convene a meeting of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Facility Issues for Friday, July 10th. A one-year extension to the food service contract and a one-year extension to the transportation contract need to be approved. The Clerk’s salary needs approval. A Mandarin Chinese program is being piloted. This is a dual credit program with the University of Montana. There will be no cost to the district. These items will be on the July 20th agenda. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:30 p.m. _________________________________ Joel Guthals, Vice-Chair _______________________________ Nancy Coe, Recorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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