The following was sent via face book on May 21, 2011 at 1833
According to a Freedom of Information Act Request Record in my possession, you are soliciting "confidential"l sub-quorum comments from the members of the Auburn City Council. Do you think this is ethical? Are you just trying to avoid having to discuss the people's business in the open?
The record arrived on Tuesday May 17, 2011 at 6:08PM from the email, cityofauburn@iowatelecom.net
1. CALL TO ORDER
The May 16, 2011 East Sac County School board came to order at 5:00PM at the East Sac County Middle School without Brent Wilhelm who showed up just minutes later.
The evening’s agenda was approved unanimously without amendment.
The minutes of the April 19, 2011 meeting were approved unanimously without discussion.
2. SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
Superintendent Dr. Fiene commends the ESCEA
Dr. Fiene publically commendeded the East Sac County Education Association for the hard work they put in on the master contract.
Dr. Fiene informed the board that it is time to start work on the Instructional Support Levy.
3. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
The board discussed changes to board policies 400 and 500. Following are the policy changes that were suggested: 051611escdoc0001
According to East Sac County School Board President Chuck Brotherton, one parent contacted him with concerns about policy 501.5. Brotherton indicated that the parent was concerned that there would be no flexibility with the policy. At a previous meeting the board indicated that there would be considerations taken for people that are already attending one building or another.
Without further discussion the board adopted policies 400 and 500 with the proposed changes.
Other than a very general outline of what the policies are, there was no discussion on this item. These are the last policies that need to be approved and the board will vote to either adopt or not adopt these policies at the June 27, 2011 meeting.
The board approved the following 28E agreement with Kid’s World in Sac City, Iowa. This arrangement has been in place since 2002. The board amended the 28E agreement to reflect that it was now with East Sac County School instead of the Sac community School district and renewed the agreement on unanimous vote. Volunteers Marty Huser and Brent Wilhelm were appointed to the 28E board.
For clarity, the 28E board is a different entity that the Kid’s World Executive Board. The 28E board only meets when necessary. Following is a copy of the 28E agreement. 051611escdoc0009
Following is an outline of the new “Retirement Gold Card” program. 051611escdoc0010
Via unanimous vote, the board amended the proposed 20 year requirement to 15 years and adopted the program.
Following is a copy of the 2011 - 2012 East Sac County master contract that was approved by the board: 051611escdoc0011
This contract is the first East Sac County contract and represents a merging of the two groups of educators from each school. Contract negotiations are difficult in the best of times, and this one had to happen while the two groups learned to work with each other.
The cost of the new contract is a 3.6% increase or $150,000 increase from the current year. This increase includes salary, insurance and benefits. The salary increase was approximately half of the increase. The approximate total cost for 2011-12 will be $4,400,000.
The following is the list of certified contracts that were approved unanimously by the board. 051611escdoc0012
East Sac County School Business Manager John Kraft reminded the board that the steps in the above document do not necessarily equal the number of years a person has been working for the district.
The following is the list of fees that East Sac County School will charge in the 2011 – 2012 year. Note that there is an asterisk (*) after the “Preschool-Monthly” item. This is because the school is still waiting for the Iowa legislature to decide what they are going to do about school funding and this cost may change. Otherwise all fees are the same as the 2010-2011 school year. 051611escdoc0013
The June meeting will be held on June 27, 2011 at 4:45PM at the ESC Elementary School in Sac City, Iowa.
