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Jasper Community Consolidated School District 17 Board met April 15

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Jasper Community Consolidated School District 17 Board met April 15.

Here is the minutes provided by the board:

Board Members Present: Blaine Norton, Chris Otey, Eric Gruen, Lachelle Thompson, Chris Barbre & Derek Demaret

Board Members Absent: Rennie Cates

The consent agenda, which includes minutes of previous regular board meeting, executive session, bills and payrolls were then approved on a motion by Chris Otey and seconded by Chris Barbre. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

A motion was made by Lachelle Thompson and seconded by Eric Gruen sell Dr. Mills’ laptop computer him at the price of $1.67 as surplus property. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

A motion was made by Chris Otey and seconded by Chris Barbre to authorize superintendent & bookkeeper to start FY 20 budget. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

A motion was made by Lachelle Thompson and seconded by Chris Barbre to award FY 20 dairy bid to Prairie Farms. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

A motion was made by Lachelle Thompson and seconded by Eric Gruen to award FY 20 bread bid to Bimbo Bakery. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates –absent

A motion was made by Chris Barbre and seconded by Lachelle Thompson to adopt Press Policy as presented after second reading. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – no

A motion was made by Chris Barbre and seconded by Chris Otey to approve IGA with New Hope to share Speech Pathologist for FY20 school year. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

A motion was made by Lachelle Thompson and seconded by Eric Gruen to approve salary of BookkeeperTreasurer, Meredith Simpson, as $27,000. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

A motion was made by Chris Barbre and seconded by Chris Otey to eliminate executive session minutes from September 2016. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

A final motion was made by Chris Barbre and seconded by Chris Otey to adjourn at 6:54 p.m. The votes were as follows:

Blaine Norton – yes Lachelle Thompson – yes

Chris Otey –yes Chris Barbre –yes

Eric Gruen – yes Derek Demaret – yes

Rennie Cates – absent

http://www.jasperpolecats.com/images/Board_Minutes/Board_Minutes_2019-04-15.pdf

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