Warsaw School Board Elects Officers, Sets Dates, Swears In New Members
January 9, 2019 at 6:16 p.m.
Warsaw School Board Elects Officers, Sets Dates, Swears In New Members
By David [email protected]
School corporation attorney Timothy S. Shelly, of Warrick & Boyn LLP, gave the oath of office to new board members Bradly Johnson and Michael Coon and re-elected members Heather Reichenbach and Jeremy Mullins. Johnson and Coon replace Dan Metzger and Matt Dick on the board, respectively, who did not seek re-election.
Reichenbach was then re-elected by other board members as president for 2019, with Randy Polston as vice president. Mullins was re-elected as secretary. Dick previously was the board vice president.
The schedule of 2019 meetings was then approved. Work sessions will be Feb. 19, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 18, July 24, Aug. 13, Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10, all at 4 p.m. Ten of the year’s 12 regular board meetings will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 14, Feb. 25, March 18, April 22, May 20, Aug. 19, Sept. 16, Oct. 14, Nov. 18 and Dec. 16. Regular board meetings that will immediately follow the work sessions will be on June 18 and July 24.
Reichenbach told the other board members that their committee assignments, which they had a draft copy of, would be released once it’s official. Conflict-of-interest disclosure statements are to be completed by each board member and returned by Monday’s regular January meeting.
Warsaw Community Schools Chief Financial Officer April Fitterling gave a brief report on the annual investments.
“It’s the same thing we’ve had in prior years,” she said, pointing out to the board the school corporation’s investments list.
The board then approved a resolution inclusive of a number of organizational items for the school corporation for 2019, which Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert went through.
It named Fitterling as the WCS treasurer, Stephanie Weldy as the executive secretary for the board and the copy fee for records obtained through Weldy as 10 cents per page. It named the officers for the board of finance as the same ones as the school board.
Base compensation for board members will not exceed $2,000 per year plus per diem of $112 for a regular meeting and $62 for committee meetings, which can not exceed state statute.
The cash management services for 2019 will be provided by one or more of the following: Lake City Bank, 1st Source Bank and Teachers Credit Union, all of Warsaw. One or more of those institutions also will serve as the primary but not exclusive investment institution for WCS.
Warrick & Boyn was appointed as legal counsel under the resolution, while the Times-Union was designated as the 2019 publication for advertisement of legal notices for the public.
Mileage reimbursement will be the IRS rate effective Jan. 1 at 58 cents per mile. The meal reimbursement rate, which includes tax and up to a 15 percent tip, was set at $40 per day, subject to IRS and out-of-state rate adjustments.
The resolution also lists the substitute teacher pay rate based on degrees earned, credit hours and length of service.
Bond for the corporation treasurer was set at $250,000; deputy treasurer, $150,000; and high school extracurricular account treasurer, $50,000; and the other extracurricular account treasurers in the school corporation at $15,000 each.
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School corporation attorney Timothy S. Shelly, of Warrick & Boyn LLP, gave the oath of office to new board members Bradly Johnson and Michael Coon and re-elected members Heather Reichenbach and Jeremy Mullins. Johnson and Coon replace Dan Metzger and Matt Dick on the board, respectively, who did not seek re-election.
Reichenbach was then re-elected by other board members as president for 2019, with Randy Polston as vice president. Mullins was re-elected as secretary. Dick previously was the board vice president.
The schedule of 2019 meetings was then approved. Work sessions will be Feb. 19, March 12, April 9, May 14, June 18, July 24, Aug. 13, Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10, all at 4 p.m. Ten of the year’s 12 regular board meetings will be at 7 p.m. Jan. 14, Feb. 25, March 18, April 22, May 20, Aug. 19, Sept. 16, Oct. 14, Nov. 18 and Dec. 16. Regular board meetings that will immediately follow the work sessions will be on June 18 and July 24.
Reichenbach told the other board members that their committee assignments, which they had a draft copy of, would be released once it’s official. Conflict-of-interest disclosure statements are to be completed by each board member and returned by Monday’s regular January meeting.
Warsaw Community Schools Chief Financial Officer April Fitterling gave a brief report on the annual investments.
“It’s the same thing we’ve had in prior years,” she said, pointing out to the board the school corporation’s investments list.
The board then approved a resolution inclusive of a number of organizational items for the school corporation for 2019, which Superintendent Dr. David Hoffert went through.
It named Fitterling as the WCS treasurer, Stephanie Weldy as the executive secretary for the board and the copy fee for records obtained through Weldy as 10 cents per page. It named the officers for the board of finance as the same ones as the school board.
Base compensation for board members will not exceed $2,000 per year plus per diem of $112 for a regular meeting and $62 for committee meetings, which can not exceed state statute.
The cash management services for 2019 will be provided by one or more of the following: Lake City Bank, 1st Source Bank and Teachers Credit Union, all of Warsaw. One or more of those institutions also will serve as the primary but not exclusive investment institution for WCS.
Warrick & Boyn was appointed as legal counsel under the resolution, while the Times-Union was designated as the 2019 publication for advertisement of legal notices for the public.
Mileage reimbursement will be the IRS rate effective Jan. 1 at 58 cents per mile. The meal reimbursement rate, which includes tax and up to a 15 percent tip, was set at $40 per day, subject to IRS and out-of-state rate adjustments.
The resolution also lists the substitute teacher pay rate based on degrees earned, credit hours and length of service.
Bond for the corporation treasurer was set at $250,000; deputy treasurer, $150,000; and high school extracurricular account treasurer, $50,000; and the other extracurricular account treasurers in the school corporation at $15,000 each.
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