from the January 8,
2008 business meeting of the Uintah School District Board of
Education
2008-09 Vernal
Approval to Travel for Vernal Jr. High Wrestlers: A motion was made by Perry Taylor to approve the request for Vernal Jr. High Wrestlers to travel to Wasatch Jr. High on January 16, 2008. Shane Frost seconded the motion; motion carried unanimously.
Approval of Early Retirement Plan: A motion was made by Shane Frost, seconded by Perry Taylor, with JoAnn Cowan as the only dissenting vote, that an Early Retirement incentive be granted to those employees that have 30 years of service in Uintah School District and have submitted their application, on a form specified by administration, no later than Friday, February 1, 2008 by 4:30 p.m. to the Human Resource office. Each employee making application will qualify for an amount equivalent to 50% of the difference between the salary schedule lane and step the employee is on less the amount of step 5 of the respective salary schedule lane and step. This annual amount will be paid for up to a period of 5 years or until the employee qualifies for Medicare. The qualifying employee, through an interview process, will be determined to participate in one of the following two options:
Option 1 – The amount qualified for will be paid into a special pay plan designated by the Business Office. If an employee elects this option, the employee will forfeit participation in the district’s medical insurance plan at any time.
Option 2 – The amount qualified for will be paid into a medical trust account. With this option, the qualifying employee will have the option to participate in the district’s medical insurance plan.
Sick leave payouts of all employees leaving the district will be subject to one of the two options above.
This offer of Early Retirement is for this year only and in no way should be considered the Board of Education’s commitment to the future Early Retirement offers.
Creation of Audit Committee: A motion was made by Shane Frost to approve the creation of a school district audit committee. Scott Ruppe seconded the motion. Those in favor: Scott Ruppe, Shane Frost, JoAnn Cowan, and Dr. Rodney Anderson. Those opposed: Perry Taylor; motion carried.
A motion was made by Shane Frost that the audit committee will be comprised as follows:
1 Board Member - Scott Ruppe
Superintendent –
Business Administrator – J. Randall Upton
2 at-large members
Perry Taylor seconded the motion; motion carried unanimously.
Approval of Capital Outlay Projects for Fiscal Year 2009: A motion was made by JoAnn Cowan to approve the FY 2009 Capital Outlay with the changes and corrections made by the Board of Education. Shane Frost seconded the motion; motion carried unanimously. (Changes by the Board – remove the request for Lapoint Bus Garage Add-On and the service truck for Transportation.)
Approval of Wireless Service
Contract: A motion was made by JoAnn Cowan to award the
Approval of Lease Revenue Bond Refinance: A motion was made by Scott Ruppe to move ahead with the bond refinancing plan as presented. Shane Frost seconded the motion; motion carried unanimously.
Personnel: Appointment of Personnel: The Uintah School District Board of Education approved the appointments of the following individuals:
Tauni Benson – Intervention Aide, VMS
Delene Jaques – Reading Tutor, Maeser
Renita Clerico – Food Services Worker, Todd
Gayle Whitmire – Literacy Tutor, Davis
Resignation of Personnel: Letters of resignation have been received from the following employees:
Cort Pierce, Girls Soccer Coach – effective Dec. 12, 2007
Cheryl Williams, Sweeper, Lapoint – effective Dec. 21, 2007
Michelle McClelland, Connections Aide, Davis – effective Nov. 30. 2007
Transfer of Personnel: The following personnel have been transferred as follows:
Evan Smith, Math Teacher, WMS – to Lead Teacher WMS (for the remainder of the 07-08 school year)
Christopher Jones, Special Ed. Teacher, VJH – from Special Ed., VJH to Special Ed. and Math, WMS (for the remainder of the 07-08 school year)