001All right. Like to call this meeting to order at six o'clock. I hope. Can you do roll call? >> Mr. Albury here. >> Mr. Arnold >> here. >> Mr. Burley. >> Hi. >> Mr. >> Hi. >> Angus >> here. Riser >> here. >> Mrs. here. Miss Ben. >> Mr. Brand >> here. Okay. Meeting minutes from meeting on June 23rd, 24th, and July 8th are included in the packet. Move that the board of education approve the attachment movement of Massachusett 23 24 July 8th as presented. All second >> roll call. >> No. >> All those in favor? >> I passes. I need a motion to approve the agenda. >> I move that the board approve the agenda as presented. >> I'll second it. >> Those in favor. >> All right. The election of officers has to
002happen at this meeting. So we need a president motion for >> I'll move that the board of education of um I'm sorry nominate Elise Bley to the office of the president. >> I'll second a motion. >> Okay. Um we vote now. All those in favor. >> Is there any discussion? Sorry. >> Oh yes. Discussion every once in a while. >> Sorry. We have a motion second for discussion. >> Doing a great job. Elise. >> Yes. Keep it up. Great job. So elect. >> All right. We'll do a roll call on this one. >> Mr. Al. >> Hi. >> Mr. Arnold. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Bley. >> Hi. >> Miss Kangas. >> Hi. Miser. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Hi. >> Okay. Very charging. >> All right. Now, we need a vice president, everybody. >> 602. I
003made my record. Three minutes. >> I've been trying to be it for years. >> I move that Melanie Suarez to be nominated for office of vice president. >> I second that motion. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> She want to do it? >> Um, thank you. Okay, let's do a roll call. >> Mr. Arnold, >> hi. >> Berley, >> hi. >> Mr. Sulla, >> hi. >> Miss Kangas, >> hi. >> Mrs. Ryzen, >> hi. >> Mrs. Aera, >> hi. >> Mr. Ali. >> All right. Now, we need to nominate a secretary, please. I'll move that Dan Alib be nominated for secretary. >> I second that motion. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Thank you. Mr. >> Hi, Mrs. >> Hi, >> Miss Kangas. >> Hi,
004Mrs. Riser. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Aera. >> Hi, >> Mr. Algary. >> Hi, >> Mr. Arnold. >> Hi. >> Okay. And we need a treasurer. We'll get Jennifer Kangas be nominated for treasurer. >> Second. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Prabola. Hi >> Miss Kagas. >> Hi >> Mrs. Riser. >> Hi >> Mera. >> Hi >> M. >> Hi >> Mr. Arnold. >> Hi >> Mrs. Ber. >> Hi. >> Okay. We have no school presentations tonight. This is now our first opportunity for public participation. Um board bylaw 254 states that the board of ed will have two opportunities for public participation at each meeting. For efficiency on two evenings where meetings are expected to run long. It's been requested that the board hold just one opportunity for public participation at
005its meetings on July 14th and July 15th. So, we need a motion to suspend our board policy, which will mean that we will have one public participation instead of two tonight and tomorrow night. I'll move that the board of education suspend policy 255044's organizational meeting on July 14th, tonight, and special meetings July 14th and 15th to all the young public participation. >> Second. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor say Oh. Any discussion? >> No. >> All those in favor say I. I. >> Any opposed? >> Okay. Moving on to administrative and board updates starting with superintendent. >> You know what? Sorry, I just moved right along. >> Would anyone in the in the room like to speak? >> Okay. Be suspended. >> I know. Apologize folks. Apologize. Yes, my normal
006queue is gone. So, >> oh no. >> No updates. >> No update. >> Um for brevity, I just want to um the board has been asked about our candidate profile. So, I do want to just say in this public meeting that the candidate profile that the board put together is currently on the superintendent search website um under the update for June 24th when we officially sort of accepted that. So, as people are asking us, we can point them to the search website. Any updates from our students? I >> think so. The Toronto Club has been bonding over the summer. I know that I think I dread is still doing its thing. That's >> everyone's on vacation, >> I think. So, >> oh, cross country just got to camp yesterday. >> They're up north near Claire.
007>> Perfect. All right. Um, moving on to our consent items. We have a large number of consent items. These are things that we typically do every July to sort of uh renew them for the next year. Do we have a motion? I move that the board of education approve the consent items involved. >> Second. >> We have a motion and and a second. Any discussion? All those in favor of approving the consent items involved, please say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Moving on to our action items, starting with the Despa Successor Agreement. Our packet includes a tenative successor agreement with the Dexter Educational Support Personnel Association. It was ratified by Despa on June 26, 2025. We have a motion. >> I move that the board of education ratify the attached successor agreement with the
008uh Dexter Educational Support Personnel Association. One second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Um, it has uh worked for quite some time to be able to hit the agreement all finalized. It salary increase adjust some care things. Good negotiation process. >> Okay. Since it's an action item, let's do the roll call for >> Miss Gangas. >> Hi. >> Miser, >> I >> Mr. Oliver, >> hi. >> Mr. Arnold, >> hi. >> Mrs. Berley, >> hi. >> Mr. Sabola, >> hi. >> Okay. Non-spiking resolution. On April 15th, 2025, a settlement was breached on an 8-year-old legal case regarding school employees and the Office of Retirement Services, OS Calculations. The settlement included a process for local boards to affirm that payments given to employees who retire were not intended to create a spike
009in their retirement calculations. The attached resolution was crafted by our attorneys to provide the necessary documentation for retirees from Dexter Community Schools. I'll move the board of education approve the attached retirement non-speaking resolution. >> I second a motion. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? We've already approved one back in April back in the spring. This is an updated one by so we get it again. >> Yeah. Contract >> ideally we'll get it in with a cycle that happens only. Um if there's some change with the settlement they have an almost final settlement. there's some other change I can say there things but the idea was to get it into that July or business meeting excitement >> is there really even an option here I mean if we said no what would
010happen >> um all it is if OS so what they said in their settlement was they set up two groups they set up a group A and a group B and group A was anybody that retired before 20 202 2020 or something yet and group B was anybody who retired be or was active and retired before June 30 of 2025. They haven't identified a group C. So the question is is the group C is it defined in group B or is there different >> and then what they said is that they capped what an increase could look like for an individual employee who was not part of a collective bargaining as at 8%. So, we get roles. Um, I can think of some like uh I don't want to point out this specific some of
011our directors or our individual contract employees because of their salaries, they could end up with say they make $50,000 and they get a 10% raise. It's would not count. There'd be at least 2% wouldn't count, but it wasn't meant to spike it. at the 10,000 or 10% raise on 50,000 was a huge number. >> So it's really we it impacts they're not sure how it's going to impact yet because the first batch of retirees after the settlement we're done but they still have a group C to figure out. So they're going to have appeals. This is if someone appeals that what it does is you've provided that employee with the opportunity of the documentation to give doesn't matter the district district already paid the minister's cost. >> Thank you. >> It just helps that employee
012have an opportunity. >> Okay. Ready to vote? >> I Mr. Albury Mr. Garner. >> Hi, >> Berley. >> Hi, Mola. >> Hi, >> Miss Kankas. >> Hi. >> Custodial equipment purchase. This evening's packet includes three quotes for custodial equipment and a recommendation from director of facilities, Ryan Schuler. I'll move that the board of education authorize the purchase of equipment outlined in the attached recommendation from Imperial Dade for a total amount not to exceed $115,146. >> I'll second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> Yeah. Dirt. >> What is this for? >> Cleaning the carpets. Extracts dirt residue. >> Yeah, we make everything last as long as we can. Million square feet stuff. >> So these are replacement of items that we are use in our buildings and the funding is coming from
013>> ideally it should come from bond. Uh I trying to see the resolution again. >> I don't think it said which not the recommendation. >> 2017. >> Okay. >> Yeah, why not? >> Melanie, you can amend any motion >> to come from the 2017 bond money >> and I'll second that. >> Okay. Any other discussion >> and wait a vote? >> Okay, Mr. >> Hi, >> Mr. Oliver. >> Hi, >> Mr. Arnold. >> Hi, >> Mrs. Herderley. >> Hi, >> Mr. Sapola. >> Hi, >> Miss Sangus. >> Hi, Mr. Royer. >> Hi. >> Okay. Board memberships, MASP and MASB legal trust fund. Information regarding MESB memberships is included in an attached memo from CFO Christy B. >> The board of education renew its membership, the Michigan Association of School Boards at annual cost of 6,9428
014and the Michigan association of school boards legal trust fund at an annual cost of $238. Well, you have a motion and a second. Any discussion? That seems like a bargain. >> It is. >> We get a board gets a lot of support from ASP. That's very true. >> All right. Ready for roll call vote. Mr. >> Oliver. >> Hi. >> Mr. Arnold. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Berley. >> Hi. >> Mr. Sola. >> Hi. >> Miss Kangas. >> Hi. M. Riser. >> Hi. >> Mrs. >> Hi. >> MHSAA membership resolution. Our packet includes an MHSA membership resolution for 2526 school year. We the Dexter Community Schools join U Michigan High School Athletic Association and agree to participate according to its rules and regulations. >> I second the motion. >> We have a motion and a second.
015Any discussion? >> This honestly is a procedural thing. If we wanted, we technically would not have to be members, but we would have a way to play against it. That's the reality. >> Any questions? I don't see the list with first line. >> I just put the wrong one. >> Yeah. [Music] >> You're looking for the list of schools who purch >> and when we do a declaration before >> we do a declaration in the spring with our enrollment and we pick programs. So like all bed is on there. They're technically part of the high school. Early college alliance is on there. Middle college. We check them all often because kids are delicious. >> Okay. You're welcome. >> Mr. Arnold. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Berley. >> Hi. >> Mr. Sepola. >> Hi. >> Miss Kangas.
016Hi. >> Mrs. Riser. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Aera. >> Hi. >> Mr. Alre. >> Hi. Okay, moving on to board compensation. Board bylaw 2306 states that board members shall receive compensation annually for their service with the amount to be determined at the annual organizational meeting. Last year, the board set the amount at $840 annually. The board must take action this evening to set the amount of compensation for the 2526 fiscal year at the board of education approved annual compensation for the members and $840 annually 2526. I second that motion. >> We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> I just want to note that number has not changed in decades. >> It's like 2002. >> It's a long time. >> Yeah. >> The uh the 1998 bond by was 1998. >> Still paying
017that's different. >> That's the maximum. >> Yeah, we're still >> compensation. Any other questions about board compensation? >> No raise. Okay. >> No raise. >> No. Uh, let's roll call. Sorry. >> Um, Mrs. Berley. >> I. >> Mr. Sola. >> Hi. >> Miss Kangas. >> I. >> Mrs. Riser. >> Hi. >> Mrs. Aerrera. >> Hi, >> Mr. Alre. Hi. >> Mr. Arnold. >> Hi. >> Okay. 2526 school loan revolving fund annual loan activity application. This evening's packet contains a resolution and a memorandum as well as supporting documents from CFO Christy Beley explaining school loan revolving fund annual loan application activity application for 2526. I'll move that the board of education authorize the attached resolution to reflect the anticipated activity with the school revolving. I'll second we have a motion and a second discussion. >> Yeah.
018Why we have 1998? >> Because we're still paying >> still paying on those bonds. >> It would have been probably a building say sometime in 94 addition >> you high school >> high school high school. Can you just give the three sentence explanation of what we're voting on for people who are watching? >> Yeah, I'm staring at the screen. I can see myself. Um, so we're in the school loan revolving fund. So, this is the annual authorization to be able to keep money in that fund to participate so that we can continue at the 8.5 bills and not have it go up at that. So this allows us to borrow money when the tax revenue is not yet. >> Yes. >> Okay. This is really a tie into the things we've been talking about related
019to the bond and thereafter. >> Yeah. Just part of the annual procedure as we have for doing this. >> Okay. Any other questions? And we'll do last call. >> Mr. Sa. >> Hi. >> Miss Mrs. Riser. >> Hi Mr. Hi. Mr. Alre. Hi M. >> Arnold. Hi Mr. I All right. There is no discussion tonight. Are there any board comments? We do have one information item. Our committee roster has been updated. There have been no change in anyone's position. Although we experimented with not having chairs for some of these committees over the last six months, and that was a communication difficulty. So, a chair has been named for every community that committee that has more than one board member on it. And we will adjourn at 6:18, which might be a record. >> Well, usually
020go for ice cream. I don't.