Ponca City board approves consent agenda, raises insurance coverage and signs multiple contracts
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Summary
The Ponca City Public Schools Board approved the consent agenda and voted to increase liability limits and approve a set of contracts and memoranda of understanding, including an internship MOU with the Ponca City Development Authority.
The Ponca City Public Schools Board of Education approved the consent agenda and a series of finance and contract items at its meeting.
Board members voted to approve routine items including minutes from the May 12 meeting, contracts and agreements under $10,000, activity fund custodians, bond authorizations for the coming school year and administrator designations for federal programs. The superintendent noted the property committee reviewed the under-$10,000 items in advance and no members requested separate votes on those items.
On insurance, the board approved a resolution to join a statewide school-insurance group that, as discussed in the meeting, lowers the district deductible from $100,000 to $200,000 while raising the general liability coverage from $1,000,000 to $5,000,000. Board members confirmed the change in limits and then approved the motion by roll call.
The board also approved a renewal of a sublease agreement with the public buildings authority as presented by the district’s bond adviser, a memorandum of understanding with the Ponca City Development Authority to continue the district internship coordinator arrangement (the authority and district share costs), and a set of estimates and vendor agreements for roofing, speech and language services, energy and phone services, foreign-exchange student placement and other operational contracts listed in the packet. Several items (identified in the packet as items C through T) were approved in a single grouped motion; items A and B were held for a separate vote and then approved.
The board then voted to move into an executive session to discuss personnel matters including recommendations for termination, reassignment, resignation and employment, and negotiations with the ACT; the board returned to open session after the roll call approving the motion.
Board members present and recorded on roll calls during the meeting included Robin Riley, Judy True, Nancy Zimmerscheid, Anna Rollin and Joe Van Horn. Motions were approved by the board during the open meeting; where roll-call votes were recorded the minutes show aye votes from the named board members.
