Gallatin RV School District Board Meeting December 16, 2021

Board of Education of Gallatin R-V School

District Regular Meeting
Thursday, December 16, 2021
High School Library

 

President Donovan called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m., with six members present.
Jesse Bird present Tim Bradford present
Pam Critten present Jeffrey Donovan present
Trent Dowell present Amy Heldenbrand present
Anita Riley absent

Dr. Copple, Principals Burke, Collins, Thogmartin, Activity Director Gann and Board Secretary Corwin were in attendance. Staff attending were Brant Burns, Amy Holder, Jessica DeVaul and Courtney Ray.
Guest present were Mark Higgins, Conrad & Higgins, LLC, Debbie Sweatman and Ronda Lickteig. Bird motioned, Bradford seconded to approve the agenda. 6-0

Critten motioned, Bradford seconded to approve Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. for the next meeting. 6-0

Bradford motioned, Bird seconded to approve the November 17, 2021, open minutes.6-0

Critten motioned, Bird seconded to approve the December bills except for check #94290 & #94255. 6-0

Critten motioned, Dowell seconded to approve check #94255. 5-0 Critten abstained.

Critten motioned, Dowell seconded to approve check #94290. 5-0 Bird abstained.

Dr. Copple presented his report.

Principal Burke presented his report.

Principal Collins present his report.

Board member Riley entered meeting at 6:13 p.m.

Principal Thogmartin presented her report.

Activities Director Gann presented his report.

Amy Holder and Brant Burns presented their FFA vocational report.

Mark Higgins of Conrad & Higgins, LLC, presented the final 2020-21 audit report.

Riley motioned, Heldenbrand seconded to approve the new COVID-19 protocols as presented. 7-0

Board reviewed the Belcher Scholarship applications in closed session.

At 6:29 p.m. the Board took a short break.

At 6:41 p.m. Bird motioned, Critten seconded to go into closed session for discussing personnel 610.021(3&13) and. student records 610.021 (6&14). Bird, yea, Bradford, yea, Critten, yea, Donovan, yea, Dowell, yea, Heldenbrand, yea, and Riley, yea.

The Board returned to open at 7:12 p.m.

Riley motioned, Critten seconded to submit Olivia Woody’s MSBA Future Builders Belcher Scholarship application to the MSBA committee. 7-0

Critten motioned, Riley seconded to hire Samantha Boyd as a Speech-Language Pathologist for the 2022-2023 school year. 7-0

Bradford motioned, Bird seconded to hire Cole Lockhart for Assistant Baseball Coach for the 2021-2022 school year. 7-0

Riley motioned, Critten seconded to accept the resignation for retirement of Barron Gann for June 30, 2022. 7-0

Bird motioned, Dowell seconded to accept the resignation of Superintendent Dr. Bryan Copple for June 30, 2022. 7-0

Bradford motioned, Dowell seconded to approve the 2020-2021 audit as presented. 7-0

Having no further business, at 7:16 p.m. the Board voted to adjourn on a motion by Dowell, Riley seconded. Bird, yea, Bradford, yea, Critten, yea, Donovan, yea, Dowell, yea, Heldenbrand, yea, and Riley, yea.