Red Oak Community School District
Meeting of the Board of Directors
Meeting Location: Virtual Classroom/ Phone/Internet
Red Oak Junior Senior High School Campus
June 27, 2022
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Red Oak Community School District was called to order by President Bret Blackman at 5:30 p.m. at the Red Oak Junior Senior High School Virtual Classroom.
Present
Directors: Bret Blackman, Roger Carlson, Jackie DeVries, Bryce Johnson via internet due to trip, Kathy Walker
Superintendent Ron Lorenz, Business Manager Deb Drey, Accounts Payable Clerk Heidi Harris
Approval of Agenda
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director DeVries to approve the agenda with the order of agenda items at the discretion of the meeting chair. Motion carried unanimously.
Good News from Red Oak Schools
The baseball team has a record of 9-13, which is the best record in several years. The team has a chance to equal or best the most wins of 10 in quite a while. The tournament trail begins this week against Missouri Valley at Treynor.
The softball team begins the tournament trail next week.
Ryan Johnson was named to the Hawkeye 10 Conference Summer Academic Team.
Consent Agenda
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director DeVries to approve the consent agenda as presented including meeting minutes, monthly business reports, open enrollment requests, contract renewals, and personnel considerations. Motion carried unanimously.
Facilities Assessment and Long-Range Planning
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Johnson to award the bid for facilities assessment and long-range planning to Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture. Motion carried unanimously.
Track Resurfacing
Motion by Director DeVries, second by Director Walker to accept the bid from Midwest Tennis & Track in the amount of $82,000 to resurface the track. Motion carried unanimously.
Pest Control Bid
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director DeVries to accept the pest control bid from Sellers Pest Control for FY23. Motion carried unanimously.
Fuel Bid
Motion by Director DeVries, second by Director Walker to accept the fuel bid from United Farmers Cooperative for FY23. Motion carried unanimously.
Snow Removal Bid
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director DeVries to accept the snow removal bid from Green Tree Company for FY23. Motion carried unanimously.
Continuation of June 27, 2022 Meeting Minutes-Page 2
Trash Removal Bid
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director Carlson to accept the trash removal bid from Batten Sanitation for FY23. Motion carried unanimously.
Property Insurance Renewal
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Walker to renew the district’s property insurance for FY23. Motion carried unanimously.
Adult Lunch Price
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director DeVries to set the adult lunch price at $4.13 per state requirement for the 2022-2023 school year. Motion carried unanimously.
Basketball Shooting Machine
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director DeVries to approve the purchase of a basketball shooting machine from Dr. Dish in the amount of $6,070. Motion carried unanimously.
Commercial Lawn Mower
Motion by Director Walker, second by Director DeVries to approve the purchase of a commercial lawn mower from Dickel Duit in the amount of $13,499. Motion carried unanimously.
Lexia Literacy Program
Motion by Director DeVries, second by Director Walker to approve the purchase of the Lexia Literacy Program in the amount of $17,850. Motion carried unanimously.
Adjournment
Motion by Director Carlson, second by Director Walker to adjourn the meeting at 6:19 p.m. Motion carried unanimously.
Board Work Session
President Blackman opened the work session at 6:26 p.m.
Susan Matlage-Simms from Mercer Health & Benefits LLC presented information regarding the district’s health insurance policy. Ms. Matlage-Simms discussed historical data regarding the district health insurance policy and explained how partial self-funding of health insurance would work and save the district money.
The board received information comparing benefit costs for teachers, secretaries, para-professionals, and transportation personnel with districts near Red Oak’s size, districts in the local Area Education Association, and the Hawkeye 10 Conference.
The board then discussed health insurance options that could help keep costs down. These included making a defined contribution instead of defined contribution, increase the deductible, or partial self-funding.
The work session was closed at 7:50 p.m.
Next Board of Directors Meeting Monday, July 11th , 2022 – 5:30 p.m.
Virtual Classroom/Phone/Internet
Red Oak Junior Senior High School Campus
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Bret Blackman, President Deb Drey, Board Secretary
