001call this meeting to order. >> Public comment. >> Uh yeah, I don't think we I didn't get any slips. Did you, Mandy? >> Okay. >> Anybody wanted to speak tonight? It fell off slip, but we don't have any. So, we'll move on. >> First item on agenda is uh approval of the minutes, claims, and payroll. We have two sets of minutes. One for September 2nd regular meeting and the September 2nd executive session. Those are in your packet. Answer any questions if you have those. >> I move we approve the minutes, claims, and payrolls as presented. >> Second. Sorry, I can't >> properly move in second to approve the claims minutes, claims, and payrolls as presented. Is there any discussion? >> Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. Those opposed, same
002sign. Motion carries. >> Are you in? >> You're good. >> Next item on the agenda is personnel leave. Uh consideration of FMLA uh leave personnel items. Alexis Brown sub mener FML leave request January 6 2026 returning April 16th 2026. Uh next item is appointments. Mr. Dennison's uh recommending uh Kelly Knox as a substitute teacher for the district. And those are the two personnel items. >> I move we approve the personal items as presented. >> Second. >> It's been properly moved and second to approve the personnel items as presented. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. >> Policy updates. We've been going through policy review. Continue to do that as new policies come out uh either from the legislators or
003updated updates. We work with ISBA comprehensive policy program to update our policies. And the one up this evening is section 4320. It's attendance policy. It has been revised to comply with state statutes. >> I move we approve the policy items as presented. >> Second. >> Been properly moved in a second to approve the policy items as presented. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Those opposed same sign. Motion carries. >> The moment you've all been waiting for. The budget budget basics four funds that we utilize. There are other funds out there. We don't use those. Education fund basically for education related matters. Teachers, support staff, building administration, salaries, benefits, supplies, etc. That's connected to uh the instruction of students. operation funds, expenses like uh maintenance,
004custodial expenses, utilities, central office administration, transportation cost, school plan operations, school bus replacement plan, uh technology service and purchase services and equipment. You also had debt service. Think of debt service as your mortgage on your house. And so any debt that we have, we're paying off over time. Uh and then rainy day fund. Rainy day is for repair or replacement due to failure of any part or structure or equipment or any other emergency situation that we'd have. Fund sources, state funds generated for the education fund and also operation. We transfer monthly uh from the education fund. That's where all the dollars come in at or those dollars come in at. We transfer uh 15% to operations. Local property tax is the other part of operations. Uh we transfer those funds as well. Uh and then
005debt service is expense driven meaning that depending on how much debt we have is dependent on how much uh we can raise in that column. Uh and then unused and unencumbered tax funds can go to rainy day and those are transferred funds. Think of that as a savings account. So state supported funds education a portion of operation. It's the amount of revenue generated for the education fund and a portion of that uh comes from state tuition support. State tuition supports made up of two different counts. October one ADM count which is average daily membership and a February count. Um and so when I do the budget or Mandy and I do the budget, we combine both of those to come up with basically an average uh academic honor diploma figures in as well. uh special
006education grant or count uh that's a December one count. So that gets adjusted come December. career and technical education uh dollars come in and and a few dollars and I mean very few for non non-Englishly speaking count some other miscellaneous fees uh fees uh which are very few like uh building rental and stuff like that license excite tax commercial vehicle tax financial institution tax and local option income tax which we don't have um the how we create the budget Um, I have a spreadsheet, Excel spreadsheet that has several different tabs underneath it. Uh, and on the main tab, I have 35 different columns and 621 rows. the it takes the salary, the projected increase, projected uh um compensation is added, health insurance, life insurance, long-term disability, teacher retirement, FICA for the 2526 contract or what
007I'm projecting to be that. Also, I project out the 26 and 27 because this is on a calendar year and I come up with the amount for 26. So I think it's uh uh 916. No, wait a minute. 9 24 94s and and the rest is the other u the other portion. And so education fund this is expenses or projected expenses. That's the way we built the budget. 72% of salaries $4.8 million. uh benefits is uh 1.2 million almost 1.3 or 19% purchase services is 5% and then supplies materials equal 4%. So um not a lot when you if you're looking at reducing this amount or our amount gets reduced. It's really people that you're going to have to reduce. Operations a little bit different because of purchase services. Uh salaries 32% 11% for benefits.
008Um equipment supplies. So in that equipment supplies would be heating and cooling things along low lines. Uh the school buses in there. Um purchase services could be utilities. Oh no, that's professional services and utilities and dues and fees is down below it 18% and purchase services is 20%. Dead service. This is really goes back to when we did our construction. Start with the gym, the entry the gym and the and the egg area uh our egg band uh which was 2018. that pays off and is done in 2020 or 37. That's the biggest chunk uh 973,000 or 63%. The fieldhouse which was pays off in uh December of 40 um is uh fieldhouse is 19% and then the parking lot and tennis courts gets paid off in 2028. That's 286,000. So there's some fees that
009go along with that. Um but that's that's the overall for the for the debt service and rainy day. U basically for the last several years I've had 185,000 in in rainy day. If we need more, if we take more, if we don't use it, this is the allocation or the authority, the authorization to spend it. So we don't use it, we don't use it. So that's a good thing. So, consideration of the school budget. Um, I'm looking for the 2026 school budget, school bus replacement plan, 2026 through 28 capital projects plan. It will be advertised in Department of Local Government Finance website posted on the school's website. It's no longer in the in the paper and the budget hearing is scheduled for October the 7th at 7 p.m. And I think we are in the
010flex space for that. So one more on the financial uh that's consideration of transfer student uh students. We had a few more I think three more um that requires the board's approval and so um and like it it indicates this is since the last meeting so requesting authorization for the budget advertising and the transfer students. I move we approve the financial items as presented. >> Second. It's been properly moved and seconded to approve the financial items as presented. Is there any discussion? >> Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. >> It took a lot longer to put that together than it did to say it to say that. Thanks, Mandy, for your report. >> Miscellaneous consideration of the AWS welding certification. The learning
011network in Clinton County Adult Education would like to offer a AWS welding certification this fall at Ross City High School. Training would span 7 weeks from October 20th, December 13th. Course occurs on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday from 5:30 to 8:30. Students complete over 70 hours instruction and certification exam leading to transferable workforce credentials. Uh certification program will be instructed by Jesse Davis and will be held in our department. uh out of state conference. Uh I learned yesterday that I've been selected to present at the uh AASA National Conference in Nashville, Tennessee on February, actually I'm presenting on February the 12th. Conference is 12th through the 14th. uh we will be highlighting or I'll be highlighting our safety in innovations provides access to national best practice as far as the conference and fosters collaboration with other leaders.
012Um so requesting opportunity to attend that. And then the last item, you better hurry. We have uh the white van that I purchased seven years ago. Government surplus for $2,000. Um, the dealership we took it to, we had lights on the dash and and uh took it in and and they said, I don't know who crawled underneath it, but somebody crawled underneath it and said the frame was rusted through, so it wasn't safe to drive. So, we put it on on government surplus, have it posted with the the disclaimer that you're buying it as is where it is, and the and the frame is rusted through and the dealership said it's not safe to drive. Our current bid is $920. So, you got one more day. Um, if you want that vehicle, it's only got
01337,000 miles. Um, when we got it, it had 17,000 miles. So, we drove it for seven seven years and uh put 20,000 mi on it. The place it came from was USDA at at O'Hare. Their place was a mile from the airport. They would drive back and forth every day for 17,000 miles for 10 years. So, Um, that's the uh surplus equipment item. It's up for auction on publics surplus.com. >> I move we approve the miscellaneous items as presented. >> Second. >> Been properly moved and approved. Seconded to approve the miscellaneous items as presented. Is there any discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor see by saying I. >> I. >> Those opposed same sign. Motion carries. field trips. FFA have several um working with uh to do cemetery cleanup. Sweet corn picking that's already
014been done. Soil judging was on the 11th. They're back to clean up the cemetery again on the 22nd. AP envir uh environmental science is going to SIA on the 24th. And then first grade's head to Indianapolis Zoo on the 7th of October. Uh PBIS is uh has their celebrations. It's trips in Lafayette on the 8th and the 10th and selected choir students to IM Indiana Music Educators Association Choir Festival in Indianapolis on um the 20th of uh October. Conference requests. Um Mrs. Herman, Miss Herman is headed to an adult literacy conference West Lafayette. Uh Mrs. Daringer and Mrs. Heater and Mrs. MASH to hands-on minds on make uh and take learning tools for early learners on the 8th West Lafayette, Mr. Benson and Mugo and Chris Miller to Purdue's AI uh conference uh on education
015in West Lafayette, Taylor Mink and Valerie Bennett transforming student behavior pathways to positive change at Purdue on uh November the 18th and that is all our conferences and field trips. So with that, >> okay, our next board meeting will be Tuesday, October the 7th at 7 p.m. Uh it says flex pay please. So that will ask for a motion to adjourn. >> I move the meeting. >> Second proper move and second to adjourn the meeting. All those in favor signify saying I. >> I. Those opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Thank you for coming.