Grand Island Central School District
Board of Education
Organizational Meeting Agenda
Monday, July 12, 2010
Middle School Little Theater
NOTE:
Janet Schuster will administer the Oath of Office to Paul Krull, Donna
Tomkins and Neil Seaman before the start of the meeting.
I.
CALL
TO ORDER, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, EMERGENCY FIRE EXIT ANNOUNCEMENTS, CELL
PHONE/PAGERS/COMPUTERS SILENCED
II.
ELECTION
OF OFFICERS:
A.
Board President for 2010-11 and Oath of Office
B.
Vice President for 2010-11 and Oath of Office
III.
ITEMS
REQUIRING BOARD ACTION:
A.
Motion approving the following Board of Education appointments (items
1-35), effective July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011:
1.
District Treasurer: Debra
ElHoussieny
2.
District Clerk: Janet
Schuster
3.
Assistant District Clerk: Robert
Christmann
4.
Internal Claims Auditor: Carol
Kaufman
5.
Internal Auditor: Blasι
Nicolia
6.
Records Retention & Disposition Officer:
Janet Schuster
7.
Title IX Coordinator: Robert
Christmann
8.
Title I Coordinator: Karen
Karmazin
9.
Chapter 504 Coordinator: Cheryl
Cardone
10.
Sexual Harassment Complaint Officer:
Robert Christmann
11.
Safety Risk Management Officer: Erie
1 BOCES
12.
Civil Service Appointing Officer: Robert
Christmann
13.
School Physician: Dr.
Ehlenfield
14.
Designation of Official Newspapers Island Dispatch
15.
Community Education: Jenepher
Banker
16.
Director of Interscholastic Athletics:
Jon Roth
17.
School Attorneys & Law Firms:
a)
John DelMonte (Real Estate)
b)
Harter, Secrest & Emery (General & Negotiations)
c)
Goldstein, Ackerhalt & Pletcher (Special Education)
18.
School District Auditor: Lumsden
& McCormick
19.
Central Treasurers of Extra Classroom Activity Funds:
a)
High School Toni Brown
b)
Middle School Kathy Mogavero
20.
District Financial Institution:
a)
JP Morgan Chase
b)
First Niagara Bank
c)
Key Bank of New York, A.A.
d)
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
e)
HSBC
f)
Citizens Bank
21.
Mandated Members to the Committee of Special Education as per New York
State Regulations
22.
Mandated Members to the Committee on Preschool Special Education as per
New York State Regulations
23.
AIS Parent Involvement Policy Kaegebein Elementary as per attached
24.
State Certified Impartial Hearing Officers as per SEDs Impartial
Hearing Officer List
25.
Mileage reimbursement at the Current IRS Rate
26.
Lease Buses to Other School Districts on an Emergency Basis:
Loraine Ingrasci
27.
Chief School Officer to Certify Payroll
28.
Facsimile Signatures of Treasurer Approved for Use for all Bank Accounts
29.
Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Support Services as Purchasing
Agent, Including Advertising and Opening Bids, According to law.
a)
Alternate Purchasing Agent: Robert Christmann
b)
Alternate Purchasing Agent for Purchase Orders Only:
Toni Brown
30.
Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Support Services:
a)
Authorization to Invest School District Funds in Accordance with Sections
1604-A and 1723-A of the NYS Education Law, School Policy and Procedures, and
any Other Pertinent Regulation
31.
Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Support Services to be the
Designee for:
a)
Monitoring Expenditures of Federal Funds
b)
Monitoring the Carryover of Title I Funds from One Year to the Next
c)
Assuring that Grants of Federal Funds for Title I Programs are used to
Supplement and not Supplant State and Local Funds
d)
Review of Fiscal Expenditures
32.
Chief School Officer or Designee to Approve Attendance at Conferences,
Conventions, Workshops, Field Trips
33.
RESOLUTION that the Chief School Officer of the Board of Education is
hereby Authorized to Borrow Maximum Allowable Amounts by Law on Tax Anticipation
Notes and Revenue Notes
34.
Authorization to Establish Petty
Cash Funds:
a)
High School Sandra Anzalone
$100
b)
Middle School Bruce Benson
$100
c)
Huth Road Elementary Kerri Nowak
$100
d)
Kaegebein Elementary Mary Haggerty
$100
e)
Sidway Elementary Denise Dunbar
$100
f)
Interscholastic Athletics Kathleen Tim
$200
g)
Transportation Jack Burns
$100
h)
School Lunch Office Debra ElHoussieny
$200
i)
Continuing Education Jenepher Banker
$100
j)
Buildings & Grounds Tom Rachow
$100
k)
High School Library Rachael Grabek
$25
B.
Motion approving the following Board of Education Committee appointments:
1.
Erie County Association of School Boards Delegate and Alternate
Appointments:
a)
Delegate Assembly
b)
Legislative Committee
c)
Budget & Finance Team
2.
New York State School Board Association Delegate and Alternate
Appointments:
a)
Annual Business Meeting
3.
Appointment of PTA Delegate and
Alternate Liaisons
4.
GISBA Committee (1)
C.
Motion approving the following general organizational items:
1.
Designation of Authorized Signature on Checks Treasurer or Assistant
Superintendent for Finance and Support Services
2.
Designation of Authorized Signature on Transfers from Savings Account to
Checking Accounts Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Support Services
or Superintendent or Debra ElHoussieny as District Treasurer
3.
Authorize Chief School Officer to Approve Budget Transfers between within
the School District Accounts Subject to Board of Education Approval
4.
Authorized Signatures for Vehicle Registrations Superintendent or
Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Support Services
5.
Bonding Personnel (for information only) The following are bonded
through the General Liability Policy of the School District:
a)
District Treasurer
b)
Central Treasurers (Extra-Curricular Accounts)
c)
District Courier
6.
Annual Contract with Catholic Charities for $1,500 for EAP Services
D.
Motion approving the extension of the intramural programs to home
schooled students through June 30, 2011.
IV.
ADJOURN