001If you'll come up to the microphone after a moment of silence, she's going to lead us in our pledge. >> Don't be afraid. >> Attention. Salute. Pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you. >> All right. At our September meeting, we have an election of board chair and vice chair. So, how this will work is that here in just a second, we will open up Nominations do not require a second. I will compile a list of uh nominations and then once nominations are ceased we will vote on by the order in which they are received in and once someone receives a majority vote they will become chair take
002over the meeting and then we will move on they will move on to um elect a vice chair. So at this time I will open up the floor for nominations for board chairs. >> Uh hang on is uh Josh Cameron for chairman. >> Any other nominations? Seeing none. Um, all those in favor of Josh Cameron for board chair, please raise your right hand. All those opposed. All right. Motion passes 52. Nomination pass 52. Mr. Cameron will have another year as board chair. >> Thank you all for that. So, we'll move on to the nominations for vice chair. Um, are there any nominations for vice chairman? >> I'd like to nominate Mr. Bill Gibson for vice chair. >> Mr. Gibson has been nominated. Are there any other nominations? Any other nominations? Okay, then we will proceed
003to vote. All those in favor of Doug Gibbitson for vice chair by raising your right hand. All those opposed the vote is 52 M vice chair. All right, that brings us down to public input. um three minutes per person. Um only items on the agenda can be addressed. So do we have anybody >> on the list? >> All right. Okay. And that brings us to changes to the agenda. Um we do have a field trip that has been give to you. Um, JOTC Spartan race. Um, are there any objections to adding this to the agenda? All right. Have unanimous consent to add that to the agenda then. So, do I hear a motion to approve the agenda with field trip added to the consent? >> Mr. Chairman. >> Yes. Um, where do where in the
004agenda is it that we go to parliamentary? >> I do believe we'll probably have to do that stuff the next >> meeting. Next meeting. Okay. >> Yes, sir. >> Thank you. >> Anything else? >> So move. >> All right. The is moved to approve the changes to the agenda with the addition of the field trip. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All those in favor of approval of the agenda show by raising your right hand. against agenda is approved. All right. So then that brings us down to the consent agenda. Um, like I said, we had the uh field trip that has been included and then the minutes from June 5th and 26. Um, is there a move to approve the consent agenda? >> So, yes. Make a motion. Is there a second? >>
005We got all the second. Any discussion on that? There are none. We'll proceed to vote. All those in favor of approving and consent agend [Music] consent agenda. Now that's going to bring us down to committee reports. And y'all have probably got this um binder that we got at the meeting. There was a whole lot come down. So um I'm going to turn this over then to the policy committee chairman, Mr. Ibson, and let him sort of explain what's going on here and then we'll take it from there. There's quite a bit there. So I'll turn you over to >> All right. Uh yeah. Uh we got policies that look like a small city telephone book here. And because of the number and the nature of the policies that we have in front of us tonight,
006the policy committee would like to depart from the way we normally handle policy approval. Um and let me explain what we'd like to do. The majority of these policies fall into two categories. One is legislation came down from the last um legislative session and actually became law in July, but because we didn't have a schoolboard meeting in July, we weren't able to codify that into our policy. So, what we're doing is we're kind of playing catchup here. the policies that are required for us to have are already state law. So, um there are a number of policies that came down that says this is the verbiage that you as a local area school board must have in your policy. Those are not open for debate discussion. They are what we have to have. There's another
007uh class of these policies where the policies we have in place already meet the standards that the legislation put into effect and the only thing we're doing is changing the legal reference which is a little footnote that's on the back of the policy. All right. So, you know, there's virtually no change to those. Those policies are on this list. All right. So, the policies that we would like to not discuss unless you want to discuss them would be because if we do, we're going to be here for six, seven hours. It would be policy uh two through 17, policy number 19, policy 21 and 22 and policies 25 through 28 are those that fit into the category that I just mentioned. either, you know, we have no say on what those policies are going to
008be because the legis requires us to use that language or those policies are already in effect and we're just changing the little footnote on the back to correspond with that. Um, what we like, what I'd like to do is I'd like to move on from those unless there's objection from the school board and get to four or five policies that don't fit into that category that I'd like to discuss individually. Now, when I say discuss individually, I don't mean discuss and vote on them. I'd like to discuss them, have questions on them, if they're uh if they're to be referred back to the policy committee, fine. If in fact they're acceptable to the board, move on to the next one and then vote on everything at the end. Mr. Chairman, is there any objection to
009that? >> Okay. So first of all I guess I guess I would like to ask is there any objection to us taking those policies that I just mentioned and let me mention them again 2 through 17 policy 19 policy 21 and 22 and policies 25- 28 accepting those as presented by the legislature or as amended by the footnote. Is there any objection to that? >> Seeing none, then what I'd like to do is move on to the ones that we'd like to discuss individually. These are >> Yes, we have to make a motion. >> Oh, he's just like just he's wanting to explain them and then at the end >> all the ones that are >> the highlighted ones are >> I understand that but adopt the others. You want to do those separately? >>
010We're going to discuss those separately to vote on all of them at the end. 2 through 17. We're going to discuss those. >> I don't understand. That's what I'm asking. >> So, you could go ahead and make a motion. 2 through 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28. Make a motion to approve those and get them out of the way and then we come back. >> Well, we certainly can if that's a, you know, Mr. Mr. Chairman, I have no problem >> because you may not be including these yellow highlighted in yellow. >> Okay. >> In the next motion. >> All right. Well, that's fine. It's fine. But now, but again, what I would like to do then if we're going to do it that way is I would like to request >> Okay.
011>> Yeah. I would like to request to suspend the rules because we because these are already in force. All right. I would like to adopt these on first and final reading. So, I guess my first motion would be if we're going to do it that way, which is fine with me. I don't know. >> Well, I mean, if you include these yellow ones, >> I understand >> in the others that was one of the yellow ones, I may not want to vote on. >> Yeah, I understand. >> That was the problem I was running into there. >> No problem. >> Okay. Yeah. >> So, um what I'd like to do is suspend the rules, Mr. Mr. Chairman, >> for the purpose of approving um policies 2 through 17, 19, 21, 22, and 25 through 28
012and then I will make a motion, you know, to after we suspend the rules to uh pass those on first and final final reason. >> There's been a motion made to suspend the rules to pass Um these ones that are not highlighted on the first and final reading. Is there a second? >> It came out of committee that requires >> don't there's no debate on it either. So all those in favor of um suspending the rules to pass these that are not highlighted show by raising right hand all >> that's all right. All right so then motion to suspend the rules. All right. Now, I'd like to make a motion by u unanimous consent to pass the same those same policies. Our first and final reading. >> All right. >> Two through. >> Which one?
013Are you talking about the ones in yellow? >> No, the ones that are not marked. So, two through 17. Number 19, number 21 and 22. And then 25 >> through 28 pass on first and final reading. Um second >> any second. All right. All those in favor show 7 that passes. So then that goes back to you're going to talk about one 18 20 is not at least on my >> Yes. 20 is >> 20 is not highlighted on my sheet, but it is one of them. And then 23 is 24. >> Yes. >> All right. And we're going to be discussing these uh for different reasons. Um now number policy number one is the um student board member policy. We approved unanimously in policy committee a uh a version of this. It was checked
014out with TSBA. They said it was not in compliance with the law. So they came back with a suggested policy which we uh via email uh voted unanimously to accept. uh that is in your uh packet here. And what it says is it see >> it's in committee reports. That's where I put it in your >> Oh, committee reports. Okay. Well, I'm not Okay. Could I could I borrow your I've got that in a different book. I've got so many policies in the Thank you. The what we were told is that with this policy, the actual verbiage of the legislature has to appear in the policy and then which it does. It says as required by state law, the board may authorize a high school student to serve as an advisory non- voting representative on
015the board during meetings that are open to the public. So that is that is there that is the state law. What we added if and when the board chooses to see a stu a student board member the board shall adopt criteria for selecting students to serve in this role. So what we are doing right now is we're authorizing the board at some point in the future when we so desire decide to do it to seat a student board member and at that point we will determine what procedure is to be used to do that. So is there any discussion on this also? >> Okay. >> Move we adopt that. >> What's that? >> I move we adopt that. Well, what we're going to do is I'm going to go through each one individually and we're
016we're going to vote on all of these at the very end rather than vote on each one as we go through. >> I didn't mind voting all those other because they're urgent. These are not urgent, are they? >> These are all state law. >> Yeah, these all have to be >> Yes, we are. >> Are we playing Are we playing catchup on this? >> Yes, we are. >> Okay. >> Yeah. >> Okay. polic and I will give you a chance to get to go through your book policy 5305 which is excuse me policy 5.110 which is listed on your sheet as number 18 compensation guides and contracts. So let me know when everybody is kind of at that point and we go to the proposed Okay, on this one, compensation guides and contracts. On the
017second page, you will see changes to lines 8 through 12 under the acred leave and benefits section. And because this does affect our staff, I'll let uh Dr. Ar take it from here. >> Thank you. So, what this allows is for a de um a deceased teachers estate to claim unused sick days. Um that would be for a certified employee. Um so this I don't I don't know that you know hopefully this doesn't happen very often at all. Um most of the time individuals um become um ill or something happens and they use their days. But this would happen in a tragic sudden event and you know if someone's been with us for 20 years and and they have these days then maybe their spouse could use these days to um help with any cost
018or or whatever may happen. So, um I don't see this, you know, being utilized much at all, but if it was to help one of our employees or their families, it could be beneficiary to them. >> And the policy committee did vote unanimously to adopt this. Is there any other discussion on this before we move on? >> Yes. Have we as a board ever had someone that didn't leave their money to a beneficiary? >> Uh if so, what happens to that money? >> So, >> I know one in the past that has. >> Yeah, they can leave it to whoever they so choose. Um >> but >> there is instances where they think they leave it to somebody, but it actually they didn't change the paperwork. It goes to somebody else. Uh there's but um
019whatever's on that document finance department has to honor >> the state. >> Yeah. Oh yeah. So >> state. >> Yeah. Does the So let me catch up here. So we're saying spouse dies and the other spouse surviving spouse will be paid those sickly days unused. Is that correct? Is that what you're saying? >> At the rate of $50 a day. Is that what it is? >> It's $50 a day. Well, I know the law if they're going to inherit the spouse is going to inherit this, then the spouse's name has to be on this, too. Within probate, >> we write the check to the estate. >> Huh? >> We write the check to the estate. We would So, I guess however the estate is settled out. >> Well, that's what I'm saying. I'll give you
020an example. My wife decided we had a wheel. My Corvette was in my name. I didn't want her name on the title, but to prevent probate, I had to put her name on the title of that car. He said, "So, anything you inherit from your spouse, uh, if you be jointly, then there's no probate. If not, you won't spend three months or more in a lawyer for probate." Does that kind of make sense? So, it's nothing wrong. I I'm not against this. Don't get me wrong. I'm just saying is there any way there could be a document prepared for the teacher to sign that their spouse inherits these >> or we've got a policy or something >> the the spouse would inherit so it would go to the spouse or it would go into the
021estate of the so for instance if >> if my wife had passed away and I was still working and then I suddenly had a heart attack, then my stuff would go into probate, then it would go into the estate which my kids would take. So, it just depends like it says teachers estate or designated beneficiary. So, what I'm trying the point I'm trying to make there's nothing wrong with them inheriting these sickly days. But this but to prevent probate maybe this is the only one thing that both the names not in say if if you died and you didn't have a will your wife basically is going to inherit everything but now you got to go through probate if something's in your name and not in her name >> right >> because that's what we're
022going through right now is now I hate to use myself example and just tell you uh I have no credit against this. I'm just trying to possibly prevent having to spend months probate if they can get this money. >> But >> so it's set up by law who gets the money. So the it either goes to the estate or >> they'll get the money. There's no that's not a problem. The spouse will inherit the money. Okay. But the other the spouse is that inherited their name is not on this. So it goes through probate >> unless the list >> but if now if it's if anything is owned jointly throughout your estate then there's no probate. And probate I have never gone through it. Maybe some of y'all have but it takes a while. It
023requires hiring a lawyer. And I'll vote for this. That's fine. I just wondered if anybody had any more experience in this to understand what I'm talking about. Apparently I don't. I've kind of went through it here in the past three or four months. So if if I die, I'm going tell you, and I have my wife that's been a fishery, don't have to come through. She automatically gets it because she's been a fishery. Anything that has my name on it personally, it has to go through the estate group. >> Well, okay, I understand. Yes. Let me go back to the wording. Does the wording say that the spouse will be designated as beneficiary? >> No. The beneficiary is the same as designated on their Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System. So the person that you put on
024your TCRS is the person who is the beneficiary unless >> Okay. There's a name on there, right? >> Yes. >> Okay. And I'm fine. I just put my name on. >> Okay. Give up my >> Is there any other discussion on this policy? >> Huh? >> Is there any other discussion on this policy? >> No, sir. >> Okay, we'll move on to the next one. >> Sure. >> Policy number 20. uh 5305 family and medical leave. I'll turn it over to Tommy on this one. Again, this one was voted on unanimously to adopt by the >> Sorry. still. So 5305 uh changes the language within for paid parental leave. That was a law that was put in place to provide certain school district employees um 30 days of paid parental leave for the birth, steel
025birth, adoption or newly placed minor child. Um so within that employees could take um days as they saw fit over the course of a year from the qualifying event. So for instance, you could take every Friday and Monday off for uh 15 weeks. We didn't have much of that but it must have happened somewhere in the state and they have gone in and now the employee has to be a set employee with the district for 12 months and they have to take these days um consecutively. So they've got to take 30 consecutive days or they have to in extenduating circumstances come to the director of schools but they cannot take them in less than a week at a time. Um so we're not given that option. We're given 30 days. Um they the employee has
026to come to us to get anything different. And um you know we're not looking at that. It would be some sort of extreme circumstance. >> Any discussion on policy 53.305? Okay. We'll move on to the next one. Uh if you'd like to locate this in your book, it's policy number 23, policy 6.200, attendance. And I'll give everybody a chance to locate that and this is the proposed policy. There are large changes on this to lines 18 through 34 under the caption nonchool sponsored extracurricular activities on the second page and to the section under release time courses beginning with line 35 also on the second page. This is all language from um state law and TSBA as you see noted in the um both of these. State law contributes to the changes and um it gives
027a principal design the ability to excuse more days than they had before. Um for reasons listed. And then release time of course is also state law related and it goes into how you can release, why you can release for uh these purposes for moral instruction, religious instruction, one class period per day. But it gives stipulations of of release time for that. And this was recommended unanimously by the policy committee to be adopted. Is there any discussion on this? >> Maybe I asked a question on that 5.305. I'm sure that was explained. But you said they had to be employed by the system for one year before they did. Right. >> That's a state law. They cannot come. They can't work in Marstown 6 months and then come down here and work six months and it
028will count up. It has to be at the state law. >> Yes. Has to be with us for a year. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yeah. Anyone follow any discussion on policy 6.200? Move on to policy 6.303 which is number 24 on your list. questioning students and searches. Um the existing policy that we have and a proposed policy on face value are very similar except for the legal reference small print on the last page makes big changes really affects this policy considerably. So um I will turn this over to Tommy again. This one uh was is recommended by the false committee unanimously to be adopted. So Tony, >> so this goes into state law um authorizes all searches to be done to be authorized by school principal and all principal initiated searches shall be conducted
029by a school security officer which we do not have any of those or a school administrator. So the principal has to initiate and the um search has to be conducted by what is deemed as the school administrator who has completed the state required training. At some of our schools we have designated um a school administrator. So for instance at Tabat Elementary Sandy Ramy is sometimes just there by herself. So if she's at a meeting or she's at um sick one day then there is a person who is authorized as a school administrator in her absence. So that uh can happen just like you know if I'm not in Michelle Walker steps in. So that is a new state law. So you know a teacher doesn't have the authority to come in the classroom and say
030somebody says somebody stole my dollar and the teacher goes through 10 backpacks to try to find that dollar. Um all searches have to go through the principal and all searches have to be conducted by a school administrator and anyone who is authorized to conduct a search has to complete a state required training. So we are in compliance with all of that. The state required training came out and all administrators have completed that at this time. Are there any questions on this policy? Okay. Then uh Mr. Chairman, on behalf of the policy committee, I would like to request suspending the rules so that we can pass policy 1.1021, policy 5.1 [Music] policy 5.35 policy 6.20 0 and policy 6303 by unanimous consent of first read. So you're making a motion to suspend the rules. >> I
031am making a motion to suspend for that purpose. Then we need to vote. All those in favor of suspending the rules for those that were highlighted in yellow in the right hand. >> All right. Nothing. And now I would like to move that by unanimous consent we adopt those same policies on first and final reading. So, >> all right. Is there a second? I'll second. >> All right. All those in favor of passing, I'll just do the number one 18 20 23 24 on first and final reading. Show by raising your right hand. Those policies pass. >> Thank you, Mr. >> Oh, one more thing. I'm sorry. Our our next policy meeting and the last one scheduled for this year is on September 22nd before the next work session uh at 5:30. Any revisions or
032new policy wording needs to be in Rhonda's hands no later than 300 p.m. on the September 12th. >> All right. Thank you. So that takes us to the select or ad hoc committee reports. um joint school board county commission committee meeting. When when did we decide the next one was going to be? October uh when we were out spring break or fall break, right? >> October 14th. >> Yeah, >> on the policy meeting you set up the 24th >> 22. 22nd I may not be in town. Okay, >> that's my anniversary. So, hey, I got to do what the wife says today. >> Okay. >> Sorry. That's 48 year >> joint committee. >> Yes. All right. >> Build maintenance committee. You got anything that Paul >> could I could everybody turn on their >> Sorry
033about that. >> Yeah. We spent on the 28th of August and uh we actually in May we had uh requested a maintenance needs list and we had gotten over went over those. Austin did. Uh we had 30 of the items checked off the list for completion. I think it was four that were still working being worked on. Um we also gone over various different projects that were coming up. I can tell Jefferson Elementary and the roofing projects um which the roofing projects I think we have the Jefferson middle school is still being worked on and uh over I think it was a Pont was it? No, it was one restaurant. Um but all the other ones seem to be pretty much finished up I believe and u looks like maybe another three weeks or so
034roughly. command on the Jefferson Middle School. I think that'll complete the FA the roofing phase projects of all the roofing. So, I kind of forward to seeing all that get done. Um, we also had uh beginning the year had some school zone lights put in over Rush Strong in New Market. Um, they seem to be working pretty well. We had one modem at Jefferson Elementary School that went bad and I think Austin was on that pretty quick. you got that taken care of. Um, and then we just kind of went over uh I think Mr. Bridgewwater talked about partnering with Lowe's or the partnership that we've been doing with Lowe's various projects. Um, and then um so we're going to see our next meeting will be October 21st at New Market Elementary at 6 p.m.
035And we're going to see what other projects he got done. a lot of these projects that haven't been worked on summer either. Um, we just weren't able to get to this summer for I mean just pretty pretty big projects. We only get to so many. So, um, and then some of them I think had to do with the weather and, uh, just the manpower being able to get to them. So, that was pretty productive meeting. >> All right. Thank you for that. And remember, >> I understand we got the big tree saw. >> I'm not sure it's down yet. Is it down? >> It's coming down. >> It was It was over 7 foot >> through 7 foot. >> It was big. >> Yeah. The the work on that tree was tall. >> The old
036smoke tree. >> Yeah. There's a lot going on in Tallet with the property that was acquired. They're taking trees down, all sorts of stuff. That's coming along real well. Um, we got finance reports. I think Tommy's got some stuff here to hand out. >> Uh, let's that's for the budget movement. So, let's pass out. We're done. Okay. So, um we were able to close our books. Our goal is um August 31st and we got we met our goal before the the due date. Um a lot of in our office. I just want to commend Joy. >> She does an amazing job. She's a really hard worker. We also have Elijah in our office who helps with the accounting side as well. Um, full disclosure before we review this, um, these are unodudited financials. So, I
037do like to to let you all know that, um, we just closed our books. So, they'll be in our office auditing in October. So anything could be adjusted um including any type of adjustment to fund balance or reserves due to audit adjustments. So at the very top is the number you guys are looking for. Um general fund 141 the rollover was around $9 million. pause for that for a second. Last year, um, at the end of fiscal year 2425, our fund balance was around $1.8 million. We had spent it over several different maintenance projects and different types of items. Um, with that year-end rollover of around 9 million, your current unassigned fund balance as of July was around $10.9 million. Um there's a couple of um items that we can commend for this. Local option
038sales tax brought in $2 million above budget and I do have to keep that budget a little bit lower because we have a maintenance of effort with the school side on local option sales tax and it's based off of the amount I budget not necessarily the actual amount. So um there there is a $2 million we exceeded our budget on that. um property tax was a little around little shy of 300,000 and Tissa was around 200,000 I believe we had mentioned that to you all and we said we'll just leave that there um unless we need it so we knew it was going to be there um I will commend diesel fuel we saved almost $250,000 on that and um just different other items added up to around 6.2 So with all those items uh
039we come to around $9 million and that's where our role is consumed of. >> Fantastic. >> So I would like to end with that. Um I just want to say thank you to Dr. Arnold, his staff, his directors and this school board um for the commitment to financial responsibility and careful stewardship of resources. This is excellent budgeting and I appreciate you all and all the work you guys do. >> Thank you. >> We try to spend it all. [Music] >> Yeah, that's true. So we try >> get her down. >> Yeah. >> This later >> it's budget amendments. >> Budget amendments. >> All right. So thank y'all for those findings report. Think everybody's pleased to hear that. Um we don't have any unfinished business. So then that brings us to some new business here. We
040have um six items. So we'll start with item number one, resolutions number 2025-142, transportation surplus. Is there a motion on this resolution? >> So Mr. Chair, >> Mr. Ison has made a motion to approve the resolution. Is there a second? >> Any second? Any discussion? All those in favor of approving the motion to or resolution number 2025 142 transportation surplus. No by raising your right hand. All right. 740 against resolution passes. That takes us to uh number two there. Resolution number 2025 143 technology surplus. Is there a motion on that? >> Made a move to approve. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All second. Any discussion? All those in favor of approving resolution number 2025 143 technology surplus over your right hand. 740 against resolution approved. That takes us to capital project request. Uh
041you got anything to say on that first time? >> I can get to it. >> So I talked about these are split up into two categories. uh which is total of $400,000 and then 177 which is a total of $240,000. And um just want to remind you that that right now we are spitballing a number out there uh based on conversations um and kind of ideas from companies of what it may cost. So there is also projects that are going on right now that are ending. Some of them may have have $8,000 remaining or or you know $800 that we can end that project and roll into these this year's projects as needed through an internal budget amendment. So, um you know, just know these numbers are rough numbers, very rough, um that we have
042no clue if you know what the bids may come in at. Um for bleachers, that's just a rough number. The the closest one we have is the stadium wash, paint seal project. And why that's important, there's a lot of stuff underneath that stadium. So underneath that stadium is locker rooms, concession stands, um training room, some storage. So, we want to number one prevent water from coming through that stadium down onto and then also we want to prevent water from getting into cracks, crevices, freezing and busting that concrete. So, there's a few areas we need to correct there. So, any questions anybody has on this list? Yes, sir. >> Uh, I noticed the tennis courts are not on here. >> Yeah. around $10,000. Um we feel like we can cover that in um in our operational
043budget. >> Thank you. >> Um with the high school with the wash and paint the seal project, are we having issues currently with water coming down in there? >> Yes. >> Yeah. I I don't remember when this was done. Um it's been a long time ago. I'm going to say 12 um years or more probably. So um we are especially down towards the front water's getting in and busting some of the face of stuff. Also this provides a it is a antiskid coating. so that you know damp or somebody spills something and people don't slip and fall on it. Um so it's kind of like your deck or some other type just requires a a maintenance to it. >> I noticed there was some areas when I was there that like concrete was starting to
044get a little bit fragile. >> Um would they be repairing any areas like that too? Is it a a place you sit or a front facing area? >> Yeah. So, there's concrete that maybe is So, there's some face of some stuff that they will be repairing. There's repair work in there. Within the concrete itself, it is a pretty thick polymer that's applied coating that really does a good seal to it. Um, so there's some caulking that goes into the cracks. Um, so it's a pretty thorough process. It'll get pressure washed clean and then everything will get filled. Everything will get patched and repaired. Then the last thing they do is is the slip anti-resistant seal coat. Thank you. Yeah. Any other questions? >> All right. Is there a motion on the capital project request? >>
045Someone has moved to approve the capital project request list for 202526. Is there a second? Second. Second. Discussion. hearing none. All those in favor of approving the capital project request for 2025 126 is present. Show by ra motion passes. Next we have the director schools performance evaluation instrument. This is pretty much the same one that we've been using over the course of time at least I've been on here. >> Mr. Chair, if I may. >> Yes, sir. >> I make a motion that we uh adopt this evaluation format for the director of school evaluation. >> All right. Motion has been made to adopt this format for the director's evaluation. Is there a second? Second party has seconded. Any discussion? All right. All those in favor of adopting the form after presented for the director school
046performance evaluation instrument raising right hand 740 against motion passes. Thank y'all. And then that takes us to number five. Um, Rush Strong Playground. Is there a motion on the Rush Playground? >> All right, Mr. >> I move that the upper playground at the restaurant school be dedicated in honor of Maurice Moose Solomon with a sign exceeding $500 in recognition for his contribution to our school community and commitment to the well-being of our students and staff. Is there a second on that motion? >> Excuse me. >> Well, I have second before discussion. >> Yeah. Yeah, I got you here. >> Okay, I'll second. Discussion. You got anything you want to say, Paul? Um, anybody that knows Moose U knows he served their restaurant for 17 years and what he meant for that school and the kids.
047You know, I've known him for a long time, but uh I probably don't know him as long as good as the kids that went to school there. Um, you know, a teacher, they impact 20 kids, 25 kids every year. He impacts 500 kids every time he was there. Um, and if you wanted to see what it's like to to be around Moose and see what the kids what he meant to the kids, you can go to the fair. You can go I was just at the football game the other night. Had a hard time getting them because all the kids coming up. Um, you know, his heart was about the kids and uh, you know, with the new playground up there, I just think it's the right thing to do to honor him for his
048service over there. and doing it with >> I've kind of done a lot of thinking about this. I've talked to people u you know and kind of back and forth. U I had talked to Paul. I was kind of I was in favor of it. Then I kind of went away from it. I was at the ball game the other night. I did see loose come in. He couldn't take three steps before somebody come up and give him a hug. I swear the guy, you know, I'm well known in Starbucks, but this guy's well known more than I am really. And I I mean, I know we made I don't know. I just had to I had to send this. >> All right. Anyone else, >> Mr. Chairman? >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> Uh
049I cannot support this motion. I think that uh this honor of naming a portion of the school system building should be for educators only. We're setting the precedence here if we do this. Uh and it's a f first time kind of thing. And so I believe people who are involved in the educational process should be looked at for this type of honor and not somebody outside the education process. It is not a popularity contest as such or anything like that. Uh I don't expect as a school member to be chosen for something to be named and honored. I know people, you know, that kind of thing. But there are educators at that school that are also very deserving of this honor and some of them have retired and probably this should have been done for
050them. So that's nothing against anybody. It's just that's my thoughts on it. So I cannot support it now. Um, not saying that this this hasn't passed yet, but my question would be if this were to pass, would we have like a dedication type ceremony? Is that kind of the idea? Or would I mean, would there be any kind of public acknowledgement that the playground is being named after Mr. Song? Um, I mean, I don't think there has to be a full-blown out ceremony of it. Um, I think it would be right to maybe have him there when, you know, the signs erected and kind of presented for him. Um, community can show up be on a Saturday when school's not present. I know he still is a resource officer at one of the schools and
051um you know I think that it would be uh nice to do that for him. I cannot support it. I think the world move solely but we cannot afford to honor one person and not the other. We got a gentleman sitting right here with us tonight that has spent 40 years in the restaurant community working with the young people on their soft basketball. Correct. 40 years. Are we doing the right thing with saying Moose? You've been there 17 years. You deserve it more than Danny does. How about David Lockheart? How many years he's been on the school board? How Miss Janette Lloyd? They're not mentioned. How about Mr. Leroy was one of the finest school board members ever in in this in this place as a school board member. How can we afford or how
052can we represent and support some one and not support them all? Now, if we could come up with something that says we as a school board would like to recognize us, you know, past members, I can support it. But as far as pulling one person out of the pot just because he's been in there for 17 years and not not honoring anybody like Danny Martin that's been there 40 years, I cannot support this kind of a move. And to me that's just partiality. It's not favoritism. It's I mean we need to think of the whole thing as a as a group, not as an individual. Danny, I appreciate what you've done. You've done a fantastic job over 40 years and you met a lot of people. You talking about people coming to him, go out
053to the basketball game when Danny's out there. See what kind of support he gets. >> Mr. Chairman, I thank you. >> Thank you for that. And I listen to a coach here about the teachers and stuff, but I will have to say I found out that Carson Newman there's there's stuff up there that's named after people. It's not teachers. It's people that has done things, you know. Did any of them tell you how much money they donated? >> No, >> they won't either. >> And as far as myself, I don't care about recognition. I really don't. Uh, but you know, Paul had brought it up. It is our district strong. I will stand with Paul on this but as far as myself I could care less about and it's 43 years not so >> um
054it's kind of been a tradition the only way that school board members that I'm aware of and I could be wrong here or honored is if you go in the buildings there'll be a plaque there with a list of the school board members and the arch And that's the only thing I've ever seen in this county that dealt with school board members. I mean, that's just what, you know, I assume if you go down here to the Patriot Academy, Mr. Solomon's name is on a plaque down there. Uh, probably it's Mount Hord. >> Yes. >> I don't know. did a chamber at a high school remodel. >> I don't think we did the >> high school bar. >> It's just new construction, right? So that was the all all the years I've been here county
055that has uh and I've been on the board this started my 16th year and Bill I don't have you know I don't can't recall when I'm using trying to use my memory here of honoring the school board member you know other than just in that manner that's just about it you know >> I've been on it 20 years and I've never I've never had school board member to be honored in the 20 years that I've been on it. >> I I get a question. Maybe you can answer this for me. This might go. So I know he's on school board. He's here when I What else has he done at Rush Strong? >> The SRO was where he's been recognized. >> So he's been he's been SRO >> SRO for 17 years >> At Rush
056Strong alone. He still currently serves as an SRO at another school right now for our county. Oh, would you tell us why he's not there now? >> Well, why don't you tell us, >> Mr. Chairman? >> All right, listen. >> It works for the sheriff's department. Correct. That's what we >> I got your out. You got anything to add? >> Yeah. Okay. Well, let's I I really don't want this to get clouded up with uh the fact that he was a school board commissioner. It had nothing to do with the school board commissioner. I'm sure there's tons of people who served um you know, when it comes to naming things. I mean, I'm I personally feel like it's not about naming somebody something. It's it's what they what their commitment was to the community. And
057you know, all too often we always hear about the the servicemen. only time we ever you know acknowledge him under six feet under. um you know what he has served what he has done at our schools you know um he go any SRO there he's up at our school walking around being part of the community and he he did it for the 17 years you go up there any event any night not just during the day I don't care if it was a fall festival or a yard sale anything. He was always up to the school. He Mr. Jaring said, you know, how much money did he donate? Your time is way more valuable than any money you can donate. And it's not about being the commissioner. It's about what he did for our community
058and did for that school specifically. and I and I commend him for putting his life in in the line of the duty and protecting those kids and staff. So that's all I've got to say. >> All right. Anything else? All right. We'll vote on the move to uh upper play restaurant school be dedicated in honor of Maurice M not exceed $500 in recognition for his contribution to our school community and commitment to the well-being of our student staff. All those in favor of that motion show by raising your right hand. All those opposed. And that would be five to two. Motion passes. That takes us to six. JC HSA building. >> So I don't have any additional information to add to that, but but what I've shared at the work session that you know the
059bids came in at uh 8,000 9008 was the low bid. We roughly have about 180 some odd thousand that's in that. Uh just a reminder that the the amount of money placed in the account was never to cover the total cost of the building but to try to get a grant to match some things and and the grant was whenever former director was here former CTE director also and and the grant didn't happen and some the grant went away u so you know I have sent an email to um PR Principal Randy Rogers, a teacher Adam Martin, and Austin Bridgewater just asking for, you know, what what this is what we you know, is this really what we have to what you have to have? Is there something that you could do to lessen the
060cost? And then of course the uh the the board has some additional money that was talked about tonight. And so it's totally up to you all what what you if if there's anything you want to do or it's on the agenda if you want to move forward or if you want to wait, we can bring it back up later. But I don't have any additional information to add. >> M Can I ask a question? So there's zero amount money set aside for this project. >> There was 200,000 >> we've spent a little bit. There's about 180 something left. >> Okay. >> 88,000 is what we have. >> 188,000 >> pennies in there. >> So that leaves us about 430 short. >> 430 short. 430,000 short. Okay. 430,000 is what we would need in a motion.
061Correct. >> To build. >> Yes. >> Yeah. As presented in the bid. >> Yes. >> All right. We got Is this official? We got 10 million. >> It's 10.9 million. >> 10.9 million. We ought to round that off to about 10. I'd like to make a motion, Mr. Chairman. >> All right. >> I move that we utilize $430,000 from fund balance >> general fund general >> 141 fund balance for the construction. of the Jefferson County High School building. >> All right. Is there a second on this? >> I'll second that motion. >> All right. >> Any discussion, Mr. Chair? >> Well, they they got the first >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. >> Uh, I think this is overdue. probably money there still going to have over $2 million in 141 fund you know and this
062maybe we can get something going and have this ready what we looking at a year maybe with less probably >> I don't know >> yeah last >> it says it would start contract days um 180 days an estimated start would be October October 25th, but that was when the bid was open last last >> by the end of the school year >> so we can be ready for next school year. >> Bill, you got anything you want to add since you? No, I would like >> just to let you know, I contacted Senator Seal's office to find out, you know, even though the grant that we were looking at is no longer available, if there was any money available in the state to help us out with this. Um, he contacted the Department of Education
063and the Department of Agriculture. Um he called me back and said the department of agriculture said or education said that we have an innovative school program um a grant that was made to us or granted to us for 3 million and out of that we used 2.2 I contacted Dr. Arnold and he said that the money that we haven't used has pretty much been committed already for CTE instructors. So if in fact is is that am I pointing you right? >> Yeah. There's not really 800,000 available. Uh so there's something called the FUR uh what is the FUR? What does that stand for? >> Final expenditure report. So the state department sees that money. Somebody does down there. Uh but by the time we close up the books, get money reissued, there's probably around 400
064and something thousand uh that's going to open this year. And then most of that goes to those salaries of employees that are that the board voted for the innovative school model to start the CTE at the middle schools. >> I guess what I was saying is the money that supposedly there has pretty much been spoken for. So it's not available for the egg building. He has not heard back from the agriculture department yet. So I mean there may or may not be a grant there. Um I also at the same time I spoke to Dr. Arnold. Um he said but he says just like he said he spoke to um the egg director. Um do we really need this much of a building? Can we downscale it? I understand County has a building that they
065said didn't cost anywhere near this. Uh if that is satisfactory for them, maybe something similar could be satisfactory for us. So, I would kind of like to wait, you know, before committing money to find out what we really need and how much how much we think it's going to cost and to find out if there's anything available from the state um from the agriculture department. And I was hoping he would get back to me before tonight, but he has because they haven't got back to him. So I would have to say this probably sounds that I don't want the building. I just don't think we know how much it's going to cost and I would prefer not to commit money to it until we do. Thank you. >> So uh I got the drawings on
066it and um spoke with Mr. Martin and he addressed a little bit of concern about the outside part where he they were telling him he could only use 8ft stalls. He said I really needed 10 to 12t stalls I guess for the animals when they put them in there. I mean this is an architecture for they can't figure out how to make a 10 or 12oot stall with farmers out there doing it all the time. We got one on our own fair mountains like that. So, um I'm not opposed to getting this thing moving. I maybe in more question about maybe is this a little overkill for what we need or uh we maybe like to work a lot more closely with Mr. Martin who's over the egg and getting the building. We're going to
067spend some money. Let's get the building right. you know, originally told me, you know, I don't need air conditioners. I just want to need some fans. Not having an air condition. There's probably a couple of $100,000 extra more than that we anticipated it to be to begin with. You know, when I look at the drawings, it's literally 40 foot outside, concrete slab, 40 foot inside, bare wall to wall, and a little storage closet in the corner for $700,000. 600 >> 685 85,000 >> $618,98. So that >> seems a little excessive to me. >> Yeah. That includes site work. uh you know you got to get access road in there be able to turn around trailers. So uh the Mr. Martin was involved in this process. He saw the plans. U you know I will tell
068you he he I mean you know just like whenever we're doing the renovation at Jefferson Elementary School people have input but they don't have final say. Uh um he's had input. That 40x40 area is wide open for animal stalls to be purchased at the co-op. They can put a round pin in there. They can put a head gate. They can, you know, mix and match it for cattle or sheep or whatever they have brought in. Uh one thing is anything we do outside of what's been bid is going to cost money. So we have so many days to accept or reject. Um anything we change or have to go back to a architectural firm whether that's Lewis Group or somebody else. If it's somebody else then that's drawings and additional cost that we've already done.
069So just know that that anything that gets redone is additional cost and a rebid process to send it back out. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> If we was to approve this motion tonight and if there was money to come through that like maybe we're waiting on uh I mean we've approved this. Can't this money go back in? We use what we you know what we >> I I can't ask that. I don't know about the >> I mean >> we'd be done before we got a grant approved. >> Okay. But if we get a grant approved that money cannot come back to >> they're not that I don't see them approving. Normally they would not approve a grant for a project that's in process. If we was to get that grant after this is built,
070can we not use the grant to make the stalls inside and to do whatever has to be done inside? >> I'd say you'd have to use the whole amount. >> I'm sure we can figure out a way to use it. We do everything else. >> I'm I'm not sure that you wouldn't what you say you're going to use the grant for if it was in the construction of the building. That stuff might not fall under that. I'm not sure. I will say this. I've talked to Mr. Martin some of them and um I mean I I've said it. I'd love to have myself a nice half a million dollar building, but I think I could get get by with something a lot cheaper. And if there are if they're willing to and he he seemed
071like he was, you know, go back to the drawing board, so to speak, save a little money. I'm I'm all about saving some money. I mean, we wouldn't have that $9 million if somebody wasn't, you know, that's going to roll over trying to save a little bit. So, I think they're willing, you know, to to wait a little bit and get things how they want them. I'm not opposed to it either. I'd love to see this. I'm an old egg boy myself. That's the reason I got to college was going through that FFA program over there. And I I want to see this for him. And but I want to see it done right. I want to see it done where it's going to benefit them and the people's money, you know, the taxpayers. So,
072anybody else? Yes, sir. You mentioned the word wait. How long have we waited on a school in Jersey City? Just you don't have to answer. How long are we going to have to wait? Simply because of the word wait. I'm in favor. We got the plans. We got the motion. Let's Let's do something. Let's wait. We're going to wait. We're going to save money. We want to get a different bid. What did he say about redrawn rebid chairman? >> Yes. >> Are you there, Bill? >> Yes, sir. >> U county watches YouTube. I would hate to think that we want to construct a building based on what they did. >> Okay. Nothing personal. Uh but you know, we got to think about our own building. It's been discussed. They're happy. Like you said, I don't
073know how long this been going on now. I mean, you know, I know what it's like to get this. It's here. We got the money. Let's do it. uh and we can have it up and running in a year for these kids. Uh a lot of people uh sometimes overlook CTE I you know we spend money spent $ three and a half million dollars for a performing arts center. You know, we remodeled a football field for 2.4 million. What we done for the hat department, those kids deserve it, too. See, they deserve it right now. They enjoy what they do. You, you know, showing their cattle or whatever they, you know, and uh so it's this has been on the books long enough. And kind of like Bill alluded to, we put it off and
074put it off. I mean, it's up to $600 something thousand now. Why? Because we didn't do it earlier. So, uh, things go up. Right. Now's the time. We've got the money. Uh, we got plans. All we got to do is vote again and turn the director schools loose and they have what the pavilion that they deserve. to show their work. The kids deserve it. Not me. It's for the kids. It's everything's in place. Good. I'm good. Mr. Chair, >> Mr. Chair, I hope we call question. >> We have somebody else on the floor. Oh, I'm sorry. I thought everybody had their choice. >> I mean, I was wrong. >> Okay. All right. Well, let's vote. All those in favor of the motion made by coach to utilize $430,000 from general fund 141 fund balance for
075the construction of the JCHS a building by raising your right hand. 34. All those opposed against motion fails. All right. That is then the new business budget. So budget. Which one of these I request that be put on nextgenda? >> Yes, we can do that. Commissioner. [Music] >> Yes, sir. If you don't care, there's >> two for each. >> Yeah, >> it's part of a budget amendment that I'll explain. We have >> we have some big budget amendments that are presented to you all. So, I think it might be good if I go through it and explain these additional to what we have in our packet. >> You weren't those weren't included in your packet, but it it goes along with the budget amendment. >> I I like visuals, so I thought I even printed
076in color for you all. It's a big deal. So, um I thought that would be easy to see. >> You should have one that has proposed on it and then current. Yep. It doesn't go with 141 number one though and I can mention when it what you all have presented before you goes with 141 budget amendment number two but number one I did want to explain on um it is using fund balance of $230,11. This is that innovative school models grant that you were just speaking on behalf of. Um during our budget cycle, we budgeted more revenue and and plug in the expenditure portion of part of it. So we're trying to align it up with the actual grant budget here. And that's going to um assume a portion of fund balance since our budget
077showed more revenue for the grant and we didn't plug in a portion of the expenditures through the budget process. So that's why it's utilizing fund balance. And if you recall when we approved our budget, it did show a little over $100,000 that was going to increase the fund balance. So this will offset that. It's about three pages long. So if you have any questions, be happy to go line by line. Anybody got anything? Any questions on the first general fund amendment 141? Number one, those first three pages. All right. Number two. Are you going to take them one by one or do you want me to >> just let I don't mind hanging out if you want me to? >> All right, that work. >> All right, all those in. Is there a motion? So
078approve. All right, make a motion. Is there a second? >> Paul has seconded. Any discussion on general to to approve general fund 141, number one, item one. All right. All those in favor of the president general fund 141 number one item one it's over raising right hand be 740 p that passes then number two. >> Okay so there are 12 items on number two. Um we're using fund balance of $100,000 and reserve balance of a little shy of $2 million. Um, with your fund balance being around 10.9 and approving the last amendment and this amendment, it'll put you around 10.6 million. Just for information. Um, item number four is utilizing reserves and that's for HBAC repairs. And if if those funds aren't utilized, we throw them back right into the reserves on the balance sheet.
079Item number five is using reserves and this is um basically required due to student needs. We have to we have to supply these positions and so that's why we set up a reserve to cover this portion a year in item number six are reserves and that was a grant that was reserved. So we're just bringing those grant funds back into this fiscal year. Item number seven and eight are also utilizing reserves along with item 9, 10, 11, and 12. And I don't want to skip over all the others, but item 12 is what I want to explain with the handout. So, if you have any questions on the other ones, I'll be happy to answer those. Okay. So item number 12 um this this popped up in our office. We're always trying to think of
080ways um to help the employee and about 20 some odd years ago uh there was a percentage that we utilized of how much our employer portion would be contributed towards insurance options for the employees. and we've just always used that, never really re-evaluated why we've we've never increased it going through for the different plans. So, your most expensive plan that you have at the top is the premier option and these are the options that the employees have currently. So, I proposed this to Dr. Arnold and he said, "Let's present it." Uh, good idea. I'm not quoting him, but I think that's how he felt. So, here we are. um what what we're proposing is the premere the middle portion of what I've highlighted on the current is increased on the proposed. So instead of offering
081a smaller portion to the standard and a smaller portion to the limited on behalf of the employer, which would be Jefferson County Schools, we would increase that, which in essence could lower the employee portion or they could have the option if they're not able to afford family coverage, maybe with that um portion that we're covering, maybe they're able to bring their family on. So if we were to do this with the schools, this would actually go into effect in December because enrollment period is in October. So we would be able to notify the employee through the enrollment period, let them know, hey, we're paying more on other plans for the employer contribution and if you want to adjust, now's the time during the enrollment period. So what we're proposing in this item number 12 is
082just setting aside funds in a reserve since we didn't budget for this for December through and essentially it's through August because we have July and August deferred payroll for teachers and certified staff and some classified. But um this is just a ballpark of what we think it could potentially cost. And in essence, even if we didn't do this, we could potentially be paying that anyway because through enrollment, people may say, "Hey, I want to move from standard to premiere." And that's where we're paying the top dollar already. So, um, really we're just trying to prep and since I just gave you the financials for year end, we thought it might be smart since we might just go ahead and throw them in reserves and those funds would just be earmarked for a year end if
083we have to have a budget amendment to move it over to cover our insurance coverage for those employee if they so choose to change their their coverage. I know it's a lot. It took me about two days to ask questions and figure it out. So, I'm happy to answer any questions. >> So, this would be for pretty much uh the 25 26 school year. This would take us all the way through. >> It would um it so how we how we do it, it actually our premiums are paid in December for January. >> So, we would be paying um December, January, February, March, April, May, June, July, and actually August. So that's why the school portion I'm proposing this to the county as well and that's only six months but the schools or seven months
084but the schools is nine months because we have those two months of deferred payrolls in the summer >> and this would be for primarily anybody who is now covered under the the insurance for teachers. >> It's all full-time employees that are offered the state insurance and so they have different options right here. you see their options premier standard limited. >> Um I'm not too familiar with health savings. I think we may have a couple of employees that choose that. But right here um we've always paid at that higher amount on the premiere, but on the standard and the limited we have that percentage spreadsheet that we've always followed and just kind of lowered the portions on behalf of Jefferson County Schools. So this would keep it the same as Premier. So it does essentially make
085standard and limited more affordable and this is just setting funds aside and if we don't need them we'll put them in fund balance at your end. It's just prepping. So I I did want to mention to you that's what that item is for. It's a little complicated. So um but we're just requesting to set funds aside and to go ahead and offer this for the employees through enrollment in October. And I think it would be a great Great thing to add to the employees. >> Anybody else? >> I would make a motion. >> Okay. >> I move I would like to make a motion to uh approve 141 basic on >> items through second. Any discussion? >> I do have This is probably not something for you. This is probably for Dr. Arnold on item
086number eight just in the in the small print assigned funds for magic AI signature. What what is it? What is magic AI software? >> Yeah. So it's a so we are well Danielle. Yeah. So we're we're AI software is out there, >> right? So, um, AI software like if you get on chat GPT, that's a widebased that's not something we want our kids on. So, this is school software that deals with educational and not educational, higher educational, but K through 12 education. >> So, is magic just a trademark? >> Yeah, it's a name. That's it. That's all. Thank you. Any other discussion? All right. All those in favor motion approve general fund 141 number two items one by raising your right hand four zero against that passes. >> Thank you. >> Anything on number three?
087>> Well on number three item number one is actually you all just approved that. That's that 141 portion of your capital projects plan. This is just in budget amendment form. And um item number two is using reserves. Um this is beginning of the year, so we're moving all our reserves over to the budget. So we are using a total of $68,36.98 from reserves. Um that includes item number two and item number five is reserves. And I do want to make a note. I have um we've already pre-posted item number five. That was for the Talbit property. We closed on it back in July 24th because that's why we're already working on it. So, um it may look a little odd, but since we haven't met since then, we've already posted those funds. >> All right.
088Is there a move or a motion to be made on that? >> Second. >> Any discussion? All right. All those in favor of approving general fund 141 number three items one through five raising your right hand against budget in the passes number four federal fund anything on >> this one it's really just aligning we budgeted back in the spring and now we're aligning um all with actual revenue that they've awarded us or taken away >> there a motion I'll make a motion to approve. Is there a second? >> Second. >> All second any discussion, question. All right. All those in favor of approving budget amendment for federal funding 142 number one items one through seven. Show raising your right hand. Zero against that passes. And then the last one's number five, capital funds project. >>
089That's part of your capital projects plan that you all just approved. Um this is due to the projected will tax revenue. So these projects um we we'll have to watch cash flow on this since this comes in each month as we do our projects. >> All right. Is there a motion on budget amendment five there? >> So second Cool. Any discussion? All those in favor of approving budget amendment for capital projects fund 177 number one show by raising your right hand against. All right. Thank you for that. I know them numbers. That's a lot. Appreciate you everybody that works on that keeps us up to date. All right. Scope commissioner input. >> Gotcha. Yes. >> Well, more than one. First of all, I would like to thank the policy committee. Y'all got an excellent job.
090That's a lot of policy to go through and time consuming and you presented it well. Even IS, but you're doing a good job. Uh second, I would like to request that J County High School I Building be added to next meetings under new business and I give you another month to think about it. Okay? And that kind of thing. Uh, and the third item, uh, it's been a long hot summer for me and I appreciate your prayers, your work, your phone calls. Thank you. Good to see back. I pulled up in here and seen blue jeep and I said he's here. Glad to see him here. >> They work. Prayers work. They do. >> Appreciate Appreciate what you do. Does anybody else I have a question pertaining to the playground at Grammar School? You said
091the amount. How much money did you have on that Paul? >> Not to exceed 500. >> Huh? >> Not to exceed 500. >> Where is the 500 coming from? That would just be out of the general budget. >> Be out of the general budget. >> Yes. >> But that's regardless that's >> right. Will not exceed that amount. >> And I'll just be honest, it's probably going to cost just a little bit over $300. >> Yeah. Um I got Whoops. Uh I got a call from a couple of parents uh about Jefferson uh County High School and the speeding going on up and down Dumplin Valley Road. I brought a concern to Dr. Arnold and Mr. Bridgewater about putting some flashing lights there to draw attention to the signs that are already there. Say you're entering
092a yellow school zone. Please slow down. Um uh they suggested that we get some solar panels fighting lights within two days. We have those things. I don't know that they're up, but I want to thank Dr. Arnold and Mr. Bridgewwater for the quick action on that. I'm always looking towards the safety of our students and I know they are too and m you know Mr. Arnold say he's he gets calls constantly about people on that road. So that's great. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> I've got a question and this this may not concern us. Uh and I'm going to use I'm sure there's more schools than just restaurant, but will you come from the church to the school? There's a crosswalk there and the paint sp is that something that we can get with
093the road commissioner about getting that repaint. It's not on their property. >> We didn't have anything to do with painting that. I'm not sure who painted that or who got approval. So that doesn't have anything to do with those. Probably be the church in the road department. >> So I actually spoke to Joe about two weeks ago. Met him over there. We had the flashing signs put up and I've had several people call me about concerns of is as nice as those flashing signs. It'll slow down people. Spoke with pastor at First Baptist Church right there. Um kind of put our heads together. Joe's going to put two speed humps. I don't mean the kind that's going to rock your your car off the wheels, but they're going to put two really really is excited
094about this. And uh the only thing is the the humps have to be painted yellow, the crosswalks repainted white. And I asked Joe if he could somehow get us the right kind of paint for that because they do need to be repainted. The crosswalks we do >> I've asked him if he could uh be generous enough. He hasn't said yes, but it's something that we can do. >> Yeah. Well, he he said he he would at least lead us to where we at least get the proper way or whatever. He said he take care of what that means on their end. >> I don't know. Yeah, I ran into that with I don't there was an employee called me mad about walking across the road. I just told him, "Don't park on the other side
095of the road. We got plenty of spots over on our side of the road." I don't know. But I wouldn't. >> That's true. >> So there's probably 25 vacant spots since we paved that road. >> That crosswalk's mainly for kids school. show. So, but some of them like to park over there for whatever reason. I don't know. But >> well, I do know that a lot of times parents if they were going to spend any kind of time over at the school, a lot of times they'll park at the church and then just walk across and not take up those spots in front of the school. So, and I know that while we were standing there at the school though, and grant it wasn't school time as far as the flashing lights, school was in
096session. There was probably six vehicles in a matter of 15 minutes that were doing no less than 40 up there. The fastest of all was probably the nail probably slowing down real fast. So, Any other items for input announcements? I think we went through that on all those in favor. Move to adjourn. Danny moves to adjurnn. Second. >> Doug second. All those in favor. Yeah.