Livingston County
May 14, 2018 7:00 PM
Livingston County Board of Education Regular Meeting
1. Call to Order
2. Adopt the Agenda
Actions Taken

Order #267 - Motion Passed:  A motion to adopt the agenda after adding FFA Parliamentary Procedures as item 3(c) and removing Policy Review passed with a motion by Mr. Dennis Fleet and a second by Mr. Ronald Jones.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
3. Recognitions - Live RED Recognitions
3.a. Staff
Discussion

Mr. Zimmerman presented Mr. Geco Ross with the Staff LiveRED recognition as noted in the LiveRED report.

3.b. Live RED Report
Attachments
Discussion

Mrs. Amy Ramage presented the LiveRED report.

3.c. FFA Parliamentary Procedures Presentation
Discussion

Livingston Central High School's FFA role-played parliamentary procedures.

4. Public Comment
Actions Taken

Order #268 - Motion Passed:  Motion for a 10 minute recess passed with a motion by Mr. Dennis Fleet and a second by Mrs. Pam Salazar.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
Discussion

Mr. Michael Henson commented on trade school and school safety.

Sheriff Davidson commented about the funding of the School Resource Officer.

Mrs. Kelly Colwell commented about student discipline associated with a recent student walk-out protest.

Mrs. Kathleen Sullivan Cockrell commented on student safety and school finance.


5. Consent Items
Actions Taken

Order #269 - Motion Passed:  A motion to accept the consent items passed with a motion by Mr. Dennis Fleet and a second by Mrs. Pam Salazar.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
5.a. Minutes of Previous Meetings
Attachments
5.b. Payment of General and Title Program Claims
5.c. Acknowledge Personnel Report
5.d. SBDM Policy Review
Attachments
5.e. School-Wide Fundraisers
5.e.I. General Fundraisers
Attachments
5.f. Travel Requests
5.f.I. Student Travel
5.f.II. Employee Travel
Attachments
5.g. Grant Writer's Report
Attachments
5.h. Surplus
Attachments
5.i. LCMS and SLES Instructional Resources
Attachments
5.j. KHSAA Contract for Athletic Contest (Girls Basketball)
Attachments
5.k. LCHS FY19 Tentative Section 6 (SBDM) Budget
Attachments
5.l. Student Activity Account Budgets
5.l.I. LCHS
Attachments
5.l.II. NLES Combined and Individual Budgets
Attachments
5.m. Office of Vocational Rehabilitation Community Work Transition Program application
Attachments
5.n. Fidelity (Performance) Bond of Treasurer
Attachments
5.o. Approve 2017-2018 Amended School Calendar
5.p. Independent Auditor Contract
Attachments
5.q. Request for Reconfiguration-FRYSC
5.r. Approve Contract with Graves County Health Department for School Nurse Services
5.s. Advertise for Fuel Bids
Attachments
5.t. Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center Use Agreement
Attachments
5.u. KSBA School Energy Manager Program
Attachments
5.v. Nutrition and Physical Activity Report submission of Findings and Recommendations
Attachments
5.w. School Food Authority Net Cash Resource Reduction Plan
Attachments
6. Treasurer's Report & Finance Update
Attachments
Actions Taken

Order #270 - Motion Passed:  A motion to accept the Treasurer's Report passed with a motion by Mr. Ronald Jones and a second by Mrs. Pam Salazar.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
Discussion

Presented by Ms. Mary Dunning.

7. LCHS SBDM report to the Board
Attachments
Discussion

Presented by Mr. Scott Gray.

8. Professional Development
Attachments
Actions Taken

Order #271 - Motion Passed:  A motion to accept Livingston County Middle School and South Livingston Elementary School Professional Development Plans as part of the District Professional Development Plans passed with a motion by Mrs. Pam Salazar and a second by Mr. Dennis Fleet.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
9. Renewals with Peel & Holland for Liberty Mutual, KEMI, and Earthquake
Actions Taken

Order #272 - Motion Passed:  A motion to renew insurance policies with Peel & Holland for Liberty Mutual, KEMI, and Earthquake passed with a motion by Mr. Ronald Jones and a second by Mrs. Pam Salazar.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
10. Tentative Budget FY-2019
Attachments
Actions Taken

Order #273 - Motion Passed:  A motion to approve the Fiscal Year 2019 Tentative Budget to include $100,000 for SROs with actual and reasonable expense for a School Resource Officer or Officers, and commissions pursuant to KRS 160.500 and OAG 16-013, passed with a motion by Mr. Ronald Jones and a second by Mr. Dennis Fleet.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
Discussion

 Increase of CERS percentage paid by the board (from 19.18% to around 21.48%)

Proposed budget $25,000 for School Resource Officer salary, additional expense (tentative allocation as we work on details)

Additional $150,000 for a minimum of $1/hr salary increase for all Classified Staff

$30,000 for Legal Shield Expense     

Additional $4,000 for Nat'l Board Certifications    

FY 18/19 Tentative State Grant Allocation Decrease of around $60,000*,  includes elimination of Professional Development (about $12k)    

FY 18/19 SEEK Funds forecast reduced -$129,341    

High School 101 Program (transition)

Summary- Over $200k increase in expenditures with a decrease in revenue of about $200k




11. Salary Schedules
Attachments
Actions Taken

Order #274 - Motion Passed:  A motion to accept the 2018-2019 salary schedules and extra service stipends as presented to include a 2% raise for certified employees passed with a motion by Mr. Dennis Fleet and a second by Mrs. Pam Salazar.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
Discussion

Consider a pay raise of at least $1/hour for each classified position.  This action will reflect a 4% or greater increase for classified employees.  This will impose a fixed cost to the district of about $150,000 a year. Considerations to include a 2% increase for all certified employees.

12. Certified Evaluation Plan
Attachments
Actions Taken

Order #275 - Motion Passed:  A motion to adopt the 2018-2020 Certified Evaluation Plan passed with a motion by Mr. Dennis Fleet and a second by Mrs. Tina Culver.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
13. LCMS SBDM report to the Board
Attachments
14. KDE Onsite Review
Attachments
Actions Taken

Order #276 - Motion Passed:  A motion to accept the systems structure passed with a motion by Mr. Ronald Jones and a second by Mrs. Tina Culver.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
Discussion

In an effort to improve and clarify roles and communications, the following adjustments to the district's system are being made:

  • Chief Education Officer- adds clarity for the “chain of command” at the Board office and is descriptive of the roles and responsibilities of the DPP.
  • Secretary- Projects/Budgets is being changed to Secretary- Accounting Supervisor to provide clarity to roles and responsibilities.
  • Systems Officer- the Board office has absorbed the positions of Supervisor of Instruction and also Finance Officer. The Systems Officer will assume a variety of tasks to assist the Chief Education Officer, Finance Officer, and the Superintendent. Duties will specifically include finance. The assigned finance duties will provide the necessary experience to allow this person to assume the role of Finance Officer when the position becomes available. No stipend included.
  • An increase from 20 hours a week to up to 40 hours a week is recommended for the Grant Writer/Communications Assistant.  The additional time will be used to improve communications.



15. Data Breach Update
Attachments
Discussion

The district's obligations to investigate and report the data breach has concluded.  The services of Smart Path Technologies have been very helpful while they have been able to contact Google to remove the data file from all their caches.

16. Closed Session pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(c)(f)
Actions Taken

Order #277 - Motion Passed:  A motion to go into closed session pursuant to KRS 61.810(1)(c)&(f), passed with a motion by Mr. Dennis Fleet and a second by Mrs. Pam Salazar.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
17. Return to Open Session
Actions Taken

Order #278 - Motion Passed:  Motion to return to Open Session passed with a motion by Mr. Dennis Fleet and a second by Mr. Ronald Jones.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes
18. Actions Related to Closed Session
Discussion

There were not any actions related to closed session.

19. Adjournment
Actions Taken

Order #279 - Motion Passed:  A motion to adjourn meeting passed with a motion by Mr. Ronald Jones and a second by Mrs. Pam Salazar.

Member Votes
Mrs. Tina Culver Yes
Mr. Dennis Fleet Yes
Mr. Ronald Jones Yes
Mr. David Kitchens Absent
Mrs. Pam Salazar Yes