Board of Education Regular Meeting School District of Seward 410 South Street Seward, NE 68434 Monday, December 12, 2022 7:00 PM Attendance Taken at 7:00 PM. Paul Duer: Present Jill Hochstein: Absent Jana Hughes: Present Ryne Seaman: Present Danielle Shipley: Present Shawn Svoboda: Present 1. Preliminary Procedures 1.1. Call meeting to order & announce Open Meetings Act is Posted 1.2. Public Notice as publicized per board policy The public notice was publicized in the Seward County Independent and posted at city hall, library and courthouse. The public notice was dated December 7, 2022. 1.3. Roll Call 1.3.1. Action to excuse board members if necessary Motion to excuse Jill Hochstein from tonight's meeting Passed with a motion by Paul Duer and a second by Jana Hughes. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 1.4. Pledge of Allegiance 1.5. 1.5 Mission The school district of Seward--where every student, every day is a success--affirms that all students will have the skills to become productive and contributing members of a global community. In cooperation with family and community members, the district is committed to the development of each student academically, emotionally, socially, and physically. 1.6. Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Paul Duer and a second by Jana Hughes. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 2. Public Forum: (The Board President reserves the right to place time limits on individuals and topics.) 2.1. Public Forum on Agenda Items: This is your opportunity to speak to items on the agenda. If you are not a part of the presentation of the agenda item you need to speak now. Thank you for your participation. There was none. 2.2. Public Forum on Any Topic: This is your opportunity to speak to any topic concerning the school district. Since it is not an agenda item the board cannot discuss or take action at this time on the matter. Future discussion can be requested as an agenda item. Thank you for your participation. There was none. 3. Reports 3.1. Administrator Reports Written reports were received from the administrators. 3.2. Student Board Report Madison Dominy presented her report to the board. 3.3. Superintendent's Report The National School Board Conference is April 1-3, 2023 in Orlando. The mechanical Update on HVAC is we are going to have to change out the High School Jace along with webx. We will have to do the other schools in the next year or so. There is a lot of talk about special education funding in the Legislative along with Pillan's foundation aid. The Nebraska Department of Education has hired McPherson & Jacobson LLC to lead the commissioner search. Dr Fields updated the board on staffing. Dr. Fields thanked Jana Hughes for her service on the board of education and wished her luck on her new journey. 3.4. Board of Education Report Paul Duer, Danielle Shipley and Ryne Seaman discussed the sessions they attended at the state school board conference. 3.5. FFA Team Presentation Drew Covalt, Ryley Hain and Zack Vrbka presented their sales pitch on an Agricultural product they have created. 4. Discussion Items 4.1. State Assessment Results Dr. Dominy discussed the state assessment results. 4.2. 2021-2022 Annual Report Dr. Dominy provided the draft of the annual report to the board. 5. Action Items 5.1. Discuss, consider, and take action to approve a resolution canceling the employment contract of Brandon Watson Motion to approve Resolution 033 to cancel Brandon Watson's teaching contract Passed with a motion by Jana Hughes and a second by Danielle Shipley. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 5.2. 2023-2024 Calendar Motion to approve the 2023-2024 Seward Public Schools School Calendar. Passed with a motion by Jana Hughes and a second by Paul Duer. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 5.3. Freezer/Cooler Bids Motion to approve the bid of $59,900 from Lee's for a cooler/freezer combo. Passed with a motion by Jana Hughes and a second by Shawn Svoboda. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 6. Future Agenda Items officer election committees 7. Consent Agenda 7.1. Approval of Minutes 7.2. Approval of Financial Reports 7.2.1. Treasurer 7.2.2. Budget 7.2.3. Activities 7.2.4. Athletic 7.3. Approval of Claims 7.3.1. General Fund - $1,595,214.25 7.3.2. Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund - $138,198.75 7.3.3. Bond Fund - $1,498,568.75 7.3.4. Unemployment Fund - $416.00 7.4. Approval of Consent Agenda Motion to approve the consent agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Paul Duer and a second by Jana Hughes. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 8. Enter into Executive Session to discuss collective bargaining Motion to enter into executive session to discuss collective bargaining at 8:22 pm Passed with a motion by Jana Hughes and a second by Danielle Shipley. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 8.1. Restate the reason to move into Executive Session 8.2. Exit Executive Session Motion to exit executive session at 8:39 pm Passed with a motion by Jana Hughes and a second by Paul Duer. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea 9. Adjournment Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:39 PM with the next study session and regular board meeting scheduled for Monday, January 9 at 5:30 and 7:00 PM Passed with a motion by Jana Hughes and a second by Danielle Shipley. Paul Duer: Yea, Jana Hughes: Yea, Ryne Seaman: Yea, Danielle Shipley: Yea, Shawn Svoboda: Yea Prepared by: Heidi Covert Paul Duer Secretary Salaries for November, 660,830.49; Jones Bank, 19,442.85; Tennessee Child Support, 9.99; NIC Nebraska, 547.50; Jones Bank, 171,438.71; Nebraska Child Support, 1,160.00; ASPIRE, 10,125.00; Jones Bank, 20,522.39; Tennessee Child Support, 9.99; NPERS, 177,371.08; NE Dept. of Revenue, 32,790.92; Pay Flex, 3,673.48; ACT, 5,605.50; Amazon, 2,536.79; Americom, 544.00; Ameritas, 946.32; Apple Inc, 2,254.00; Awards Unlimited, 553.26; Axt, Scott, 2,201.53; Baker & Taylor, 32.89; Bisbee, Jill, 250.23; BlueCross BlueShield, 222,356.84; Butler County, 125.58; Calm Strips, 171.15; Campbells Cleaning, 16,125.00; Canon Financial Services, 1,204.04; Capital Business Systems, Inc, 3,384.45; Card Services, 1,090.88; Central Nebraska Rehabilitation Services, 7,741.13; City of Seward Utility Dept, 28,608.73; CDWG, 26,038.97; Computer Hardware, 662.00; Cornhusker International Trucks, 250.55; Culligan, 491.35; Dana F. Cole & Company, LLP, 6,875.00; DAS, 238.13; Department of Motor Vehicles, 100.00; Doane, Maggie, 150.00; Dominy, Jessica, 150.00; Dominy, Matt, 331.93; Doug Hayek, 300.00; Erin M. McCartney , 102.00; ESU 6, 18,129.64; Farmers Cooperative, 1,334.20; Fields, Josh, 600.00; Fields, Kevin, 49.45; Goldsmith Tree Service, 4,975.00; Grainger, 426.93; Gumdrop Books, 3,798.47; Hall-Schmeckpeper, Shannon, 150.00; Heather Guarantee LLC, 174.22; High Noon Books, 108.90; Hire Right, 137.60; Holiday Inn Kearney, 109.95; Inland Truck Parts & Service, 5,495.46; John Deere Financial, 51.24; JWPepper, 220.99; KSB School Law, 594.00; Kully Supply, 1,333.79; Liz's Sweet Stuff, 36.00; Madison National Life, 2,769.65; Martin's Flag Company, 58.91; Matheson, 414.15; McGraw Hill, 432.05; Mechanical Sales, Inc, 204.20; Meehl, Jan, 2,325.00; Midwest Alarm Services, 250.00; Midwest Auto Parts, 700.31; Midwest Automotive, 101.65; Midwest Turf & Irrigation, 2,776.98; NCS Pearson, 270.81; Nebraska Association of School Boards, 125.00; Nebraska Sports, 57.70; Nebraska State Fire Marshal, 240.00; Nova Fitness Equipment, 87.03; Novak, Sandy, 20.46; Oborny, Krystin, 62.97; Omaha Marriott, 1,756.00; One Source, 190.00; O'Reilly, 198.86; Oriental Trading, 427.26; Pac N Save, 683.81; Paper Tiger, 30.00; Pay Flex, 117.30; Pitney Bowes, 744.78; Precision Alignment LLC, 725.96; Pyramid School Products, 2,312.34; Royuk, Kyle, 7.00; Safety Kleen, 295.45; Sam Glenn Inc, 1,500.00; Seward County Chamber & Development, 6,175.00; Seward County Independent, 191.77; Seward Lumber, 193.02; Sodexo, 897.50; Steve Spangler Science, 32.18; TK Elevator Corporation, 380.58; Time Warner Cable, 114.98; Unite Private Networks, 1,293.81; UNUM, 525.60; Uribe, 1,959.00; US Cellular, 217.45; Vajgrt, Matthew, 709.38; Verizon, 157.43; Voss Lighting, 344.20; WaterLink, 757.38; Wells Fargo, 1,222.06; Wells Fargo, 593.48; WHC NE, LLC, 1,804.58; Windstream, 2,161.09; WoodRiver Energy, 4,066.15; Busco Inc, 3,075.32; Sodexo Inc, 80,440.92; Marty Telecky, 945.25; 84,461.49. SCI — December 21, 2022 ZNEZ
