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Solanco board approves tax-collection contract, procurement and software renewals; appoints treasurer and accepts personnel report
Summary
The Solanco School District board voted to designate the Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau as its tax collector, approved participation in an IU13 electricity procurement program and renewed a hosted financial-information software agreement; the board also appointed a treasurer and approved routine personnel actions.
At its May 5 meeting the Solanco School District Board of School Directors approved a slate of administrative and contract actions: designating the Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau as the district’s tax collector, renewing participation in the IU13 electricity procurement program, renewing the hosted Financial Information Software (FIS) agreement, appointing a board treasurer for the coming year and approving the personnel report.
Sandy Tucker, the district business manager, said the move to the Lancaster County Tax Collection Bureau will shift real-estate and interim tax collection away from the district office and allow the bureau to print and mail tax bills once the tax levy is set. Tucker said the bureau charges a fee for the service and that the district anticipates some personnel savings by moving the function.
On procurement, Tucker described the IU13 electricity procurement program as a cooperative purchasing arrangement that pools districts to obtain more favorable electricity blocks; she said the district has participated for many years and identified Direct Energy as the coordinator/consultant. Tucker told the board she estimated the program’s cost at about $90,000 per year (described in the meeting as “1¢” in the contract calculation), and the board approved the attached agreement.
The board also approved renewal of the hosted FIS/CSIU software that provides payroll, personnel and fund-accounting applications; Tucker said the district will no longer use the software’s tax-billing and tax-collection modules after the move to the Lancaster bureau. Trustees approved the personnel report, which included three support-staff resignations, hires of a high-school physical-education teacher and an elementary music teacher and recommendations to grant tenure to eligible teachers following satisfactory evaluations.
Procedural notes: motions on these items were moved and seconded and approved by voice vote. The board also voted to appoint Mr. Roden as board treasurer for the next year. Public comment during the meeting included one speaker identified as Bryce; an executive session on the superintendent’s evaluation followed the public meeting and the board adjourned without additional votes.
