001Call the meeting order. >> Any public comment? >> All right. First item is reorganization of school board by electing president, vice president, secretary. >> Any motions on that? We want to keep them the same. >> You guys okay with that? >> He said he was fine staying or whatever. He said he was good with whatever you all decided. >> You okay with that, Ken? >> I have a motion on just leaving the board as is. >> I'll make a motion to leave the board the way it is. >> Second. >> All in favor? uh dates and times regular schoolboard meeting uh normally third Thursday of each month. >> You guys good with that? >> I'll make a motion to keep everything same with the times and dates. >> Second. >> All in favor? Uh, annual
002salary set at $2,000. >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. >> All in favor? >> All right. Here's the minutes from uh the December 18th meeting. >> Two of them. Yes. Have a motion to approve the minutes from the December 18th meeting. Second. >> All in favor? I coming to you is the report be the accounts payable dated January 22nd of 2026. Six. >> Have a motion to approve the accounts payable voucher. >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. And all in favor? >> All right. Then here's some of those Right. Coming to you is the December monthly financial report. Then we need to sign these. And then um I got November's as well. We didn't have it at the December meeting, but here's November. Right. Need to appoint Melissa Ambry as school corporation
003treasurer at a bond of $30,000. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make the motion. >> Second. All in favor? I >> uh appoint Julie Harris, school corporation deputy treasurer. Her bond set at 30,000. I have a motion. >> I'll second. >> Second, Susie. All in favor? >> I uh appoint Julie Harris's middle high school extracurricular treasure. Set her bond at 15,000. A motion. Can second >> Susie. All in favor? >> I >> appoint Emily Reed as elementary school extracurricular treasury. Her bond at 15,000. Do I have a motion? >> Susie. A second. >> Second. >> Ken. >> All in favor? I >> and appoint Patrick A. Shoulders as school corporation attorney for the 20 26 calendar year. I have a motion. >> I'll make a motion. >> Susie have a second. All in favor?
004>> Does he just get a just >> as as needed? Yeah. There's no >> pain when we need it. >> Yes. Yeah. Yeah. All in favor? >> I need to adopt a resolution authorizing school corporation treasurer to transfer an amount not to exceed $425,000 from the education fund to the operations fund calendar year 2026. A motion. Can I have a second? >> Sure. >> Absolutely. >> All in favor? >> I may ask a question on that. Just out of curiosity. >> Is that just Are you only allowed to do that one time in the school year >> or if a calendar >> calendar year? Not one time. We can't exceed that amount. >> If we we have to stay under that percentage. >> Yeah. >> That that direct transfer without putting the rainy day in
005there, >> right? >> We have to or a certain percentage and that keeps us under >> but I mean let's say like this is from education to operations are you only allowed to do from education to operation one time in the calendar year or you can do it more long you don't >> I think we can do it more we just can't exceed the the yeah the percentage we have to stay under the we have to stay under the 425,000 >> we can we can transfer amounts different times >> okay but we have to make it for approval since we've already done it. >> Correct. >> Just give us authorization >> over that. >> Yes. >> Okay. >> If it's over that amount, then we'll have to do if we go over that amount, then
006we have to come back and redo some other things. >> Okay. All right. on per personnel considerations. Uh on Monday, January 20th, 2026, I accepted Ivy Kart's resation as high school social studies teacher effective at the end of the day on Friday, February 6, 2026. And then make recommendation to the board to approve Sierra Junior doing an internship in social work at countton city schools through Brussia University for the 20 26 2027 school year beginning in January of 2026. Any comment on that before we vote? We need she uh >> do what? I'm confused here because the way it's worded for the 26 27 school year wouldn't start until >> well it's it's it's it's it'll be >> it'll be this year and the start of >> next year >> next school year. >> Okay.
007I guess >> she's she's doing an internship. It's two semesters and that semester started in January. >> Yes. So, her second semester is going to be in the spring is the way I understand it. >> It'll be the be the fall be our fall fall semester. >> That's the way Brussia wrote up their contract. So, that's the way I wrote up that so they matched. Yeah, >> I know it. I was confused by it. That's why I >> it but it's it's it's >> basically the the spring semester 26 and then the fall semester >> 26 27. >> Yeah. Just the way it's working. >> Yeah. >> Um intern it's an internship not costing us anything on the internship. >> So how will she be here? Do you know >> 15 hours a week and
008then the second part of that is we're going to on on the other days if we need as need. >> So on B, do I have a recommendation or do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. Do >> I have a second? >> Second. >> All in favor? >> All right. The second part of that is recommended to approve Sierra Munior as a substitute teacher come to the city school on an as needed basis. We don't normally >> No, but we're just >> Yeah, but being she's an interning here, I just want to make sure we cover everything that we're okay with her subbing with >> in addition to that. >> Okay. >> Have a motion. Ken second. >> Susan. All in favor? >> Back to a just what are you going to
009do after February 6? Is that position? >> Find find somebody. I've got a couple fillers out there on some retired teachers. Um if not u we will do >> cross that bridge later. >> If I have if I have to go up and teach some I can do that. I'm licensed in in most of that anyway. >> What she had in social studies? >> Yes. social, US history, world history, government sociology. Uh I think she's doing a current events. >> Is she doing a psychology? >> I can't remember. She's doing a psych. I can't remember, but >> yeah, >> I think there's one of those in there as well. >> Yeah. >> So, she had six, >> correct? Yes. All right. Build trips and meetings. I don't have anything coming up. Uh and then under
010other and old and new business, we have our procurement that we have that we have to vote on. It's uh for our food and and working through the SIC to make sure I have to sign the contract on that. I need board approval to >> to sign it. Well, I'll make a motion that you have a second. >> All in favor? Are we all done with the special aid co-op? We are, are we? We're not part of that anymore. Still part >> we pay for that now. We had it was pretty high up. >> It's It's still uh I want to say 30,000 doctors 32,000 a year >> trying upset about it trying to get it reduced. >> Yeah. No, we're there's there's no way we could afford everything that we have to have. >>
011There was a part of that over something, wasn't it? That we >> speech pathology. >> We're not part of that part of it. >> They took that from us. We were on our own contracting on our own. >> Okay. >> And we're paying $100 an hour on that >> on a basis. >> No, it's every every every week. We're hitting about 16 hours a week. We're on pace to pay almost $60,000. >> Who does that? >> Uh it's a company called Solient. Uh it's virtually it's done virtually. >> Um Tiffany is is the lady that does it. I think she's based out of Massachusetts. Um she does it. She gets online meets and then the co-op will send a assistant over to be with the kids by >> we have on that >> 40 40
01241 42 >> Yes. >> It's a big number. >> That's a big number. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> A lot of kids qualify for speech. >> Yeah. have a motion to adjurnn this one. >> All in favor? Jim Bob was the previous president. >> Bob was going to start this one. Am I supposed to call? >> I think annual meeting of the board of finance. Call the meeting to order. >> Right. First order of business need to elect a president and a secretary. Who's the secretary on that? >> I guess you just elect me. And you know you got to fill you got to reorganize that board, >> right? >> Have anybody wants to be president of that? >> You got it again. >> And I'll be the secretary. >> Have a motion to elect
013Jim Bob Wson for the president of the finance board. >> Motion can second. Susie. All in favor? I Have a motion to elect Susan In whistle as the secretary of the finance board. >> All in favor? >> All right. Item number three, you should have report December 31st, 2025. County School Board has a checking account balance of 219,33320 and the German American Bank at Tel City, Indiana at an interest rate of N0%. >> Hold on any of this. >> It's just information. >> Yeah. I go with that. Uh recommend that the board approve the following financial institution to receive school corporation funds. Fifth Third Bank, German American Bank. Have a motion. >> I'll make a motion. I have a second. Can all in favor? And then um item five, great report on financial condition in
0142025 calendar year with a cash balance of $220,5120 on December 31st, 2025 with an enrollment of only 189 students. The school corporation financial consition condition was financial fiscally adequate at the end of the 2025 calendar year and had adequate financial resources. >> And with that, do I have a motion to adjurnn? Second. All in favor?