001meeting for the Social Circle Board of Education on July 4th, 2025 is called to order. The first item on our agenda is prayer and it will be followed by the pledge of allegiance. Our father who in heaven be named will be done on earthres. us forever. Amence to the flag of the United States of America and to the stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Next we have the approval of the agenda. Mr. Wimler, are there any changes? >> No, ma'am. No objection. >> All right. Do I have a motion to accept our agenda as presented? >> Do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any discussion? With no further discussion, those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed, like sign? Motion carries unanimously. Presented are
002the minutes from the following meeting. Excuse me. The minutes from the following meetings. A regular board meeting held June the 12th. The first budget hearing held June 25th. The special called meeting and second budget hearing both held on July the 8th. Do I have a motion to approve the meeting minutes as presented to us? >> Do I have a second? >> Any discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed like sign? Motion carries unanimous. At this time, it's my privilege to invite the honorable uh Judge Bruce E. Wright to come forward and administer the oath of office for our newly appointed school superintendent, Mr. Matt Renoard. It's an honor to be here tonight. Very excited meeting Mr. Rimlar here. uh we have a little connection in North Georgia.
003So, but I think that he'll do a wonderful job here for the citizens and the children social circle. So, uh with that being said, we're going to go ahead and take care of this other you raise your right hand and I say I'll say I and you state your name. You don't have to repeat this after. You just respond at the end by stating I will or I do this. I >> do solely swear or affirm that I will truly perform the duties of local school superintendent of the city of social circle school district to the best of my ability. I do further swear or affirm that I am not the holder of any unaccounted for public money due this state or any political subdivision or authority thereof and that I will manage the finances
004of the local school system in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations that I am not the holder of any office of trust under the government of the United States any other state or any foreign state which I am by the laws of the state of Georgia prohibited from holding that I am otherwise qualified to goal set office according to the constitution and the laws of Georgia and that I will support the constitution of the United States and of this great state. So help me God. >> I will. Congratulations. [Applause] [Music] Thank you, Judge Right, for being here with us tonight. We appreciate you very much. Um, and I just want to take a minute and thank our board. Um, we did a long, exhaustive, thorough, um, superintendent search and I think that we made
005a great choice and so it's very exciting to um, to see it all come to final fruition. >> Um, so now I will turn it over to Superintendent Remlar. >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you. for Superintendent Comments. Um, we have a lot of great things that we always do around social circle city schools and so we're going to do this over a video this time. So this is always memorialized in our board agenda minutes and we posting elsewhere. So this time I'd like to direct you to the screen to see what's going on at social circle. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] So real quick, we had a lot of great things this summer. We saw some pictures of the kids having
006fun, having a good time. That's what we always enjoy. We have a lot of stuff coming up next week. Welcome our teachers back. We've got a lot of things going on. We hope the community come out and join us. And then lastly, we saw on there we recognized with the the John Hancock award for handwriting from Social Circle Elementary School. We're doing some great things at elementary school. So hopeless more about that soon as well. Just recognized this week for great job. >> All right. So, next on our agenda is public participation. However, we do not have anyone participating in tonight's meeting. Uh, next we will receive a finance update from our CFO, Miss Nicole Cross. >> Good evening. First, we'll have our construction update. And this is as of June 30th. So a lot
007has happened since then but any being close some of the numbers um so currently as of June 30th we have so of 31.8 million we have received 16 of the 18.6 million allocation from the state. So we're at 90% reimbursement state and the f 1.8 million will come to us the project is fully complete. You'll have a resolution that you'll approve and I'll submit it to the state and we'll receive the final funding from them at that time. We have about 4.1 million remaining in the project at the end of June. Are there any questions? >> Well, we have one. >> Yes. I probably but the damage of heavy sewer line is our insurance or the builder's risk or anything that cover any of that >> that came out of our reserve funds that we
008have contingency that we have built with >> that's something we we talked about thoroughly came out of our >> Okay. >> Can y'all speak louder and into the mics directly because I'm having a hard time hearing you. >> Yes, ma'am. Fresh way was allocated to the Christian Learning Center this month. So we won't have an update on that. But next we'll go into our general fund. So we're 92% of the fiscal year complete. 94% of general fund budgeted revenues and 90% of general fund budgeted expenditures. Incumbrances for the general fund are right at 426,000. Our special revenue funds federal award remain at 1.7 million. We spent 89% of those funds with the majority of we have through the end of September to spend our federal funds. Next, we have our school food service fund. Service
009revenues are 96% of revenue and expenditures are at 114%. Currently, expenditures exceed revenues by right around 281,000. There are no incumbrances in the school food service fund. And next, we have our SPLAST fund. Glass collections received in May for April collections totaled right around 27,000 from Walton County and 2900 from Newton County. This is even with the prior year for both counties. Incumbrances for this gloss fund total right at 6 million with most of these call construction and furniture and techn school. Are there any questions? Good. All right. Do I have excuse me? >> Do I have a motion to approve the May financial report as presented? So move. >> Do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed?
010Like sign. Motion carries unanimously. Thank you, Miss Cross. Um, we're going to move on to the action items for the board. First, we have an action item to approve the fisc year 26 budget. Do I have a motion to approve the budget as presented? So move. >> Do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone oppose like sign? Motion carries unanimously. Next, we have an action item to approve the fisc year 26 millage rate, which I'm happy to announce is at 16.89 mills, a roll back from last year's rate of 17.258 258 mills. Do I have a motion to approve the fiscal year 26 mill rate as presented? >> Do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any discussion?
011>> All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> Anyone opposed? Thanks sign. Motion carries unanimously. Next, we have an action item to approve and certify the high quality instruction materials as required by House Bill 307. Social Circle City Schools will continue to use benchmark advance, which is on the state list of approved highquality instructional materials for literacy. Do I have a motion to approve and certify the highquality instructional materials for Social Circle City Schools for the 2526 school year as presented? Okay. >> Do I have a second? >> I >> Any discussion? >> All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed to like sign? Motion carries unanimously. Next, we have an action item to approve the following fiscal year 26 contracts. PlaySafe, City of Social Circle
012for our school resource officers, GSBA risk management services, EcoTurf, Proscapes, the Intergovernmental Agreement for the GET services, and the Foothills Collaborative Operating Agreement. These contracts have been reviewed by the board and is are presented for approval in a single slate. Do I have a motion to approve these contracts as presented? >> Do I have a second? >> I second. Any discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. >> Anyone opposed like sign? Motion carries unanimously. Next, we have an action item to consider the following personnel recommendations from our superintendent. For certified staff, John Buckley, teacher at SBHS part-time. And for classified staff, we have the recommendation of Pam Gant for administrative assistant with our special education department and Wayne Langford, interim technology director. Do I have a motion to accept these recommendations
013from our superintendent? >> Do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed like sign? Motion carries unanimously. Next, we have an action item to consider the following overnight chaperone as recommended by our superintendent for Sandra Chase. Do I have a motion to accept this recommendation from our superintendent? >> Do I have a second? >> I second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor, please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed like to sign? Motion carries unanimously. Do I have a motion to adjourn the meeting? So move. >> Do I have a second? I >> all those in favor please signify by saying I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed like sign? Motion carries unanimously and meeting is a
014journ. Thank you.