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Starmont board approves budget transfer, equipment purchases and staffing action
Summary
At its Nov. 10 meeting the Starmont Community School District Board approved a $6,388.82 transfer request to the Daycare Fund and multiple procurement and personnel motions, including a $22,000 equipment bid and a hiring vote in which President Julie Uhlenkamp abstained.
The Starmont Community School District Board on Nov. 10 approved a series of routine operational motions, authorizing a request to transfer $6,388.82 from the General Fund to the Daycare Fund and approving several purchases and contracts.
Board member Jacob Moellers moved that the district submit a request to the School Budget Review Committee to transfer $6,388.82 from the General Fund to Fund 62 (Daycare Fund) and to receive a one-time Modified Supplemental Amount of $6,388.82; Doug Puffett seconded and the motion carried 5-0. The board’s action will be submitted to the state SBRC for approval.
On procurement, the board approved a vendor bid of $22,000 for a truck equipped with a snow plow and sand/salt spreader after a motion by Doug Puffett and second from Tony Recker (vote 5-0). The board also approved a quote from Network Computer Solution of Eastern Iowa, Inc. for district WiFi in the amount of $3,750 (motion by Puffett, second by Recker, 5-0).
The board approved a three-year agreement with E3 at a cost of $3,000 per year and an initial setup fee of $500 (motion by Puffett, second by Recker, 5-0). The board also cast its vote for Mary Susan Ross as Keystone AEA Director District 3 (motion by Tony Recker, second by Vicki Althoff, 5-0).
On personnel, the board approved the consent agenda including routine minutes, financial reports, audits and contracts. During that action the board separately approved hiring Kerri Thole as an elementary para; motion to hire carried 4-0 with Board President Julie Uhlenkamp recorded as abstaining (motion by Tony Recker, second by Jacob Moellers).
The board approved the second reading of the Alternative School Policy and Regulation 503.08-R(1) (motion by Doug Puffett, second by Jacob Moellers, 5-0). Other agenda items such as applications for additional Modified Supplemental Amounts and improvements to the buildings and grounds shop were discussed but not acted on at the meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 7:40 PM after a motion by Puffett and second by Recker.
Votes at a glance • Agenda approval (with Korina Casey pulled from consent): carried 5-0. • Consent agenda (minutes, financials, contracts): carried 5-0. • Hire Kerri Thole, elementary para: carried 4-0, President Uhlenkamp abstained. • Second reading and approval of Alternative School Policy & Regulation 503.08-R(1): carried 5-0. • Keystone AEA Director District 3 — cast vote for Mary Susan Ross: carried 5-0. • SBRC transfer request and one-time MSA of $6,388.82: carried 5-0. • Approve truck/snow plow/spreader bid ($22,000): carried 5-0. • Approve WiFi quote ($3,750): carried 5-0. • Approve 3-year E3 agreement ($3,000/year + $500 setup): carried 5-0.
What’s next: The SBRC must act on the district’s transfer/MSA request; other approved purchases and contracts will proceed per district purchasing and contracting processes.
