ISD #2184 School Board meets April 16
APRIL 16, 2002
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 2184, ROCK COUNTY, LUVERNE, MINNESOTA.
A special meeting of the Board of Education, ISD #2184, was held in the District Office on Tuesday, April 16, 2002, at 12:00 p.m.
The following members were present: Don Bryan, Colleen Deutsch, Bill Stegemann, Steve Tofteland, and Becky Walgrave. Dan Kopp and Cary Radisewitz were absent. Also present: Superintendent Vincent Schaefer, Marlene Mann, Mary Jacobson, and Lori Ehde, Rock County Star Herald.
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Don Bryan.
Motion by Stegemann, second by Tofteland, to ratify the Master Agreement between Independent School District 2184 and the Luverne Education Association effective July 1, 2001 Ð June 30, 2003. Marlene Mann presented information about the agreement. There has been one Association leave day added (total 6 days); the curriculum/staff development compensation was increased from $17.00 per hour to $20.00 per hour; the insurance contribution will increase during the 2002-2003 school year to single contribution of $2,106 and family contribution of $6,100; one additional day of personal leave with sick leave deduction and full substitute deduction (total of 3 days); and a memorandum of understanding removing "continuous" from the severance package language for this contract only. The total package is 9.96% for two years - with 4.378% the first year and 5.585% the second year. Motion carried.
Marlene Mann presented the structural balance report. Motion by Tofteland, second by Walgrave, to accept the following:
RESOLUTION FOR STRUCTURAL BALANCE
WHEREAS, School District 2184 has a tentative agreement with the Luverne Education Association on a contract covering July 1, 2001, to June 30, 2003; and,
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, section 123B.749 requires a Board of Education to determine that any collective bargaining agreement does not cause structural imbalance; and,
WHEREAS, the School Board has reviewed the budget impact of this agreement taking into account current state aid formulas and reasonable and comprehensive projections of ongoing revenues and expenditures for the period of agreement, a summary of which is included;
WHEREAS, the attached calculations fulfill the disclosure and reporting requirements of said statute;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the School Board of Independent School District No. 2184, determines that the tentative agreement with the Luverne Education Association does not cause structural imbalance of the School DistrictÕs budget during the period of the agreement.
Motion carried. All members present voted in favor of this motion.
Motion by Walgrave, second by Deutsch, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried.
Dated: April 16, 2002
Rebecca Walgrave, Clerk
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