DEER ISLE – STONINGTON CSD SCHOOL COMMITTEE
“Launching life long learners and responsible citizens able to keep our island community vital.”
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
July 20, 2006
Board Members Present: Walter Kumiega, Skip Greenlaw, Aimee Hunt, Jim Adams and
Mark Cormier
Board Member Absent: Joseph Babbitt
Staff Present: Robert Webster
Citizens & Guests Present: None
Chair Kumiega opened the meeting and declared a quorum at 6:35 p.m.
2. Moment of Silence
A moment of silence was observed.
3. Citizen’s Comments
There were no citizen comments
4. Approval of the Agenda
Motion by Hunt, second by Greenlaw, to approve the agenda as amended with the addition of action items on heating oil and bread bids and deletion of the action item on the nomination of a head cook. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.
5. ACTION ITEMS
A. Personnel Nominations
1. Webster nominated Mark Arnold for a probationary contract as a technology teacher/integrator at a salary of $43,036. He and Hunt, who was on the interview committee, explained that the other applicants for the second technology position were not acceptable. The grade levels of Arnold’s specific teaching assignment will be determined once it is known whether or not the second technology position can be filled with a qualified candidate. Motion by Adams, second by Hunt, to approve a probationary contract year at a salary of $43,036 with Mark Arnold for the 2006-07 contract. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.
2. The head cook nomination was deleted from the agenda.
3. Webster nominated Lori Ann Thompson Eaton for the vacant high school educational technician position at a wage of $11.80 per hour. Motion by Greenlaw, second by Cormier, to approve a probationary educational technician employment agreement with Lori Ann Thompson Eaton at $11.80 per hour for the 2006-07 contract year. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.
4. Webster recommended appointment of a chair for a Safety Committee that MSMA’s workers compensation representative has recommended school districts form. After discussion of possible people to fill the chair role, Webster was asked to discuss this with the administrators and bring a recommendation back to the Board. Motion by Greenlaw, second by Adams, to table the appointment of a chair for a Safety Committee until a later meeting. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No.
B. Bids
1. Heating Oil
Webster reported that R.L. Greenlaw had not signed the contract for a set cash price for 2006-07 for 35,000 gallons of heating oil payable by September 9th. After review of the other bids, there was a motion by Cormier, second by Hunt, to approve the award of the contract to Eaton Oil at a pre-buy bid price of $2.30 per gallon. Vote: 5 Yes; 0 No. Greenlaw requested that Webster determine if 35,000 gallons was necessary and asked that the amount purchased be reduced to 30,000 gallons or a lower amount if the current heating oil inventory in the school’s tanks justified a smaller purchase. Webster will contact Eaton and Heannseler to see if the bid prices are still valid considering the recent increases in the cost of crude oil.
2. Bread Products
Cedar Cottage Bakery and LePage Bakery submitted bids. Motion by Greenlaw, second by Cormier, to award Cedar Cottage Bakery of Sedgwick a contract for sandwich bread for white, wheat and multigrain bread at $2.25 per loaf. Vote: 5 yes; 0 no. Other bread products will be purchased from LePage as needed.
There was additional discussion of re-advertising the head cook and second technology positions as well as scheduling the interviews with engineering firms for the high school renovation project.
7. Adjournment
Motion by Greenlaw, second by Hunt, to adjourn the meeting at 7:25 p.m. Vote: 5 yes; 0 no.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Superintendent of Schools