High Plains
EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE
EDUCATIONAL COOPERATIVE
DRAFT
High Plains Educational Cooperative
Board of Director’s Meeting
August 16, 2019
6:30 PM
Attendees:
611 Marcy Fierstein, Director
611 Kim Cruz, Asst. Director
611 Mary A. James, Clerk
611 Chrissie Mangels, Treasurer
507 Jeff Rollins, BOD
214 Ron Smith, BOD
216 Kerry Tackett, Alt. BOD
209 Brian White, BOD
200 Ross Kuttler, BOD
374 Mike Bultena, BOD
371 Bobie Davis, BOD
476 John Krahn, BOD
452 Sheila Walker, BOD
494 Dan Kullot, BOD
210 Mike Persinger, BOD
452 Trent Horn, Supt.
466 Andy Trout, BOD
214 Dave Younger, Supt.
507 Mike Ward, Supt.
466 Jamie Rumford, Supt.
626 Kim Mauk, RSC
1. Call to Order
Ron Smith, Board President, called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M.
2. Approve Agenda
Mike Persinger moved to approve the agenda as presented in the packet. Andy Trout seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
3. Approve Minutes of Regular July Meeting
Mike Persinger moved to approve the minutes of the July meeting as presented in the packet. Ross Kuttler seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
4. Approve Accounts Payable
Mike Persinger moved to approve accounts payable as presented in the packet. Andy Trout seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
5. Comments from the Public
There were none in writing.
6. Committee Reports
Kim Mauk gave the report from the SWPRSC on upcoming workshops.
7. SWPRSC Board Appointment
Sheila Walker moved to appoint Will Hatcher, Satanta and Mike Persinger, Hugoton to the SWPRSC Board of Directors. Mike Persinger seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
8. Contracts
Mike Persinger moved to approve the contract for Karen Roth, Gifted Facilitor at Holcomb, Scott City and Leoti for the 2019-20 school year. Dan Kullot seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
Mike Persinger moved to approve contracts to North Central Kansas Special Education Cooperative for Orientation and Moblity services, Liberal, USD #480, for Audiology services, Scott Foor for Deaf and Hard of Hearing services and Craig Home Care for the 2019-20 school year. Mike Bultena seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
9. Staff
a. Negotiations
Mike Persinger moved to ratify the negotiated agreement between the board and the teachers as presented. Sheila Walker seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
b. Administrative Salaries
Mike Persinger moved to increase salaries for the administrative team as presented. Dan Kullot seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
c. Central Office Staff Salaries
Mike Persinger moved to increase the central office staff salaries as presented. Mike Bultena seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
d. August Inservice
Marcy, Kim and Ron Smith shared information from the August 7th All Staff inservice.
e. New Staff and Mentor Activities
The administrative team shared information from the new staff and mentors meetings Aug. 5th and 99h at HPEC.
10. Insurance Provider AETNA to Replace Providers Care
Mike Persinger moved to go with AETNA to replace the network provider, Providers Care. Mike Bultena seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
11. Administrative Team Report
a. Leadership Conference
The Administrative Team share information from the Leadership Conference they attended July 30th – Aug. 1st.
b. Board Committees
The proposed list of Board Committees for the 2019-20 school year were on the table. The board will be asked to take action on this at the September board meeting.
c. State Audit
Marcy shared with the board the state audit was done the week of July 22nd. It went very well.
d. KSDE IDEA File Review
HPEC will be reviewing files for compliance and uploading that information to the state. Files to be reviewed this year are IDEA and Gifted files for nine of our districts. This will be held Aug. 27th at HPEC.
11. Adjourn
Mike Persinger moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:30 P.M. Mike Bultena seconded the motion. Motion carries 12 yes, 0 no.
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HPEC Board President
