Arbon School Board Meeting

December 16, 2014

The Arbon School Board meet on December 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. members Jason Williams Melinda Campbell and Jake Evans were present as were Debbie Curry, Todd and Juli Fitch and clerk, Cheri Evans.

The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the agenda. The motion was moved by Jake and seconded by Jason to approve the minutes.  The bills were reviewed. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve them. The total M & O expenses for the month of December is $34,010.23. The school received $46,503.05 from the State Department $9,887.97 from REAP funds and $9.85 from interest on investments. The school M & O balance is $148,138.84. The Plant Facility received and $2.81 from interest the Plant Facility balance is $46,613.81. The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to approve the financial statement.

The Christmas Program will be on December 18th at 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.  Skills for Debbie’s class starts in January on every Friday and Robin’s class will have different parties in the afternoon on these Fridays.  The 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school audit was gone over.  The motion was moved by Jason and seconded by Jake to accept the audit.  It passed unanimously.

Juli will call Hank Povey, Regional Supervisor of Student Transportation, to get the specs that are required on a new bus before we start the process of getting one.  Todd asked the Board if they had ever thought about contracting the busing.  They said they hadn’t really thought about it so they asked him to look into it and get back with them with some figures.

Evans Pump just repaired the old rain gutter heat tape at no charge so we did not have to install new.

The next meeting will be held on January 13, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The motion was moved and seconded to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.