Bremen City School System

Board of Education Meeting

September 11, 2006

The Bremen Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, September 11, 2006, at 6:00 p.m. in the Warren Sewell Administration Building. All board members were present with Brandall Lovvorn arriving late. After the pledge and invocation by Chairman Daryl Sellers, the meeting was turned over to Superintendent Dr. Stanley McCain who proceeded with the business portion of the meeting.

The minutes of the August 14, 2006 meeting were read and approved by consent. Dr. McCain reviewed the agenda for the September meeting and the board approved the agenda with consent agenda after a motion by Rob Walker and second by Gordon Parrish (vote 4-0). The board heard a financial report from the superintendent. The board reviewed a report from Mr. Ronnie Mesimer on the school activity accounts for the year ending June 30, 2006. Under “New Business” the following actions were taken: The board accepted bids for site work for the new middle school with Reid Construction; accepted proposals for geo-technical work with Applied Engineering; approved an architectural contract with Alan Bell Architect, approved the delivery method for the summer renovation project for Jones Elementary and Bremen High School; approved the establishment of two accounts and placement of funds with First Georgia Banking Company; received an updated administrative procedure on the identification of homeless students; approved a two year lease of a mobile classroom to be used primarily by the After-School Program; approved fundraising requests from Bremen High, Sewell Middle and Jones Elementary Schools; approved the use of facilities request by the Bremen Police Department; heard a report from Mr. David Clay on the graduation coach work at Bremen High School; approved the technology budget and purchase of equipment as presented by Mr. Ben Arguilla; and approved the extension of the Grand Canyon trip to biology students. Under “Personnel” the board approved the resignations of Ms. Rebecca McClure, Ms. Shannon Robinson, and the retirement of Ms. Ruth Blue. The board hired Ms. Mekia Womack, Ms. Tara Nix, and Ms. Frances Williams. The board approved the maternity and family medical leave of Ms. Leslie Pruitt and approved the substitute teacher list.

Financial Reports

Financial reports as presented for August 2006 were approved by the board (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 4-0).

General Fund $ 1,993,999.96

Haralson County Bond Proceeds Account II $ 326,921.41

Haralson County Debt Service Account II $ 858.89

Haralson County Sales & Use Tax SPLOST II $ 409,351.23

Carroll County Bond Proceeds SPLOST II $ 19,414.77
Carroll County Debt Service SPLOST II $ 598.30
Carroll County SPLOST Sales and Use Tax II $ 448,699.61

School Nutrition Program $ 81,428.40

Bremen High School $ 247,571.50

Sewell Middle School $ 81,792.49

Jones Elementary School $ 117,607.70

Jones Elementary Williamsburg Trip MM Acct. 20-14-397 $ 12,529.14

Jones Elementary Williamsburg Trip $ 4,468.47

New Business

Bremen City Schools accepted bids for site work for the new middle school with Reid Construction Company as the low bid. The board awarded a contract to Reid Construction Company contingent upon all performance and payment bonds with liability insurance being in place. The performance and payment bonds were delivered to Dr. Stanley McCain today and the engineers will confirm the liability coverage prior to beginning work on the project (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 4-0). The board accepted proposals for geo-technical work for the new middle school construction site with Applied Engineering as the low bid. The board awarded the contract to Applied Engineering (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 4-0). On a vote of 5-0 the board approved an architectural contract with Alan Bell Architect for the Bremen High and Jones Elementary Capital Outlay Project to provide modifications and renovations at these two schools (Motion: Gordon Parrish, Second: Rob Walker). The board approved by consent the superintendent’s recommendation that the delivery method for the summer renovation and modification capital outlay project for Jones Elementary and Bremen High School be the design-bid-build method. The board received quotes from banks on the placement of the bond proceeds with First Georgia Bank quoting the highest return on the funds for the school system. The board approved by consent the establishment of the two accounts and placement of funds with the First Georgia Banking Company. An updated administrative procedure on the identification of homeless students was received by the board. The board approved by consent the two year lease and set up of a mobile classroom at Jones Elementary to be used primarily by the After School Program. The rental and associated cost will be paid by this program. Fundraising requests from Bremen High School, Sewell Middle School and Jones Elementary School were approved by consent. Also approved by consent was the use of facilities request by the City of Bremen Police Department for use of the Bremen High School wrestling complex. Mr. David Clay gave a report to the board on his work as graduation coach at Bremen High School. Mr. Clay discussed his responsibilities and ideas for the future of the program. The board approved the technology budget and purchase of equipment to update our school system network as presented by Mr. Ben Arguilla. The board approved the extension of the Grand Canyon trip to biology students. The board did stipulate that there should be one responsible adult per five students.

Other

The board received their training summaries and certificates for the previous year and also designated Mr. Brandall Lovvorn as legislative liaison (Motion: Daryl Sellers, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0).

Personnel

In the area of personnel the board approved the resignations of Ms. Rebecca McClure, Jones Elementary lunchroom, and Ms. Shannon Robinson, para-professional at Jones Elementary, and the retirement of Ms. Ruth Blue, Bremen High School custodian (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0). The board hired Ms. Mekia Womack as special education para-professional at Jones Elementary, hired Ms. Tara Nix as special projects coordinator at the After School Program, and hired Ms. Frances Williams for the Jones Elementary lunchroom (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0). The board approved the maternity and family medical leave of Ms. Leslie Pruitt (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish, vote 5-0). On a vote of 5-0 the board approved the substitute teacher list (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Gordon Parrish).

Executive Session

On a motion made by Rob Walker and second by Cliff Coats (vote 5-0) the board went into executive session to discuss land acquisition and sales. After coming out of executive session (Motion: Rob Walker, Second: Cliff Coats, vote 5-0), the board voted to sell 900 square feet of property located outside of the construction area at the new middle school site to Mr. Ted Grizzard for $500, with Mr. Grizzard paying all associated costs (Motion: Daryl Sellers, Second: Rob Walker, vote 5-0).

The meeting was adjourned.

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Dr. Stanley McCain, Superintendent

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Daryl Sellers, Chairman