Regular Board of
Education Meeting – June 24, 2019
The regular meeting of the Pavilion Central School District
Board of Education was called to order at 7:00 PM by Board President Marirose
Ethington in the Board of Education conference room.
Board members present: Marirose Ethington, Jeffrey Finch (7:02 PM),
Rebecca (Becky) Dziekan, Kevin Stefan Margaret (Peg) Gaston, Callin (Cal) Ayers-Tillotson,
and Chris Jeffres,
Board members absent:
Others present:
Kenneth Ellison, Charles Martelle, Stacey Tallon, Jon Wilson, Donald
Childs and Mary Jo Pahl
Others Absent: Sheila Eigenbrod
Visitors: Nine (9) per sign in log.
APPROVE AGENDA:
** Moved by Chris
Jeffres; seconded by Cal Ayers-Tillotson to approve agenda with additions;
carried unanimously (7 votes).
CONSENT GROUPING:
** Moved by Peg
Gaston, seconded by Kevin Stefan to approve all items in the consent grouping –BOE
minutes from 6/10/19; CSE minutes from 6/4/19 and 6/6/19; Sub CSE minutes from 6/4/19;
CPSE minutes from 6/20/19; Appropriation and Budget Status Reports for A, C
& F funds as of April 2019; Treasurer’s Report as of April 2019; carried
unanimously (7 votes).
BUSINESS:
1.
Close
Up Report:
** Dan Chrzanowski and some of
the students who attended
the trip in the spring shared a few of the highlights from the week. Dan shared that he plans to use Close Up as a
recruitment tool for the new AP Government and Politics course he will teach
next year. They all thanked the Board
for their continued support of the Close Up program. No action Required
Amy Stappenbeck, the Elementary
Science Department Head and Beth Funderburk, the Fine Arts Department Head
presented information to the Board on their respective departments. The information that Beth Funderburk
presented is attached, Amy Stappenbeck presented on the following information:
They answered questions and the
Board thanked them for the information. No action required.
2.
Trap
Shoot Club Update:
** Jenny Harkins and Jason Flint,
the co-advisors for the trap club, along with one of the student members attended
the meeting to discuss the results
of the trap team this year, placing 3rd in the division out of 7 teams. They
also discussed the fun shoot and the ways in which the gun club, community, and
parent support was overwhelmingly positive while ensuring that safety was
highly enforced. They asked the Board
for their approval to make the Trap club a permanent club. Moved by Jeff Finch, seconded by Kevin Stefan
to allow them to run the club once again in the 2019-2020 school year as run
this year; carried unanimously (7 votes).
3.
Department
Head Reports:
** Chris Nickerson, the
Foreign Language Department Head and Kelly Washburn the Special Education Department
Head presented information to the Board on their respective departments. The information that each presented is
attached.
They answered questions and the Board thanked them for the
information. No action required.
4.
Appointments:
** Moved by Peg Gaston, seconded by Chris
Jeffres upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools to appoint
Gina Kingdon to the position of Co-Advisor of the SADD club for the 2019-2020
school year as the current contracted amount which will be shared with the
other co-advisor; carried unanimously (7
votes).
** Moved
by Jeff Finch, seconded by Cal Ayers-Tillotson upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools to appoint the list of additional summer school
employees as presented at the current contracted amount; carried unanimously (7
votes).
** Moved
by Cal Ayers-Tillotson, seconded by Peg Gaston upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools to appoint the list of mentors for the 2019-2020
school years as presented at the current contracted amount; carried unanimously
(7 votes).
5.
Year-End
Transfer authorization:
** Moved by Cal
Ayers-Tillotson, seconded by Jeff Finch to approve the necessary year-end
transfers as required with details for each transfer to be presented at a later
meeting; carried unanimously (7 votes).
6.
Water Tower Exemption:
** Moved by Jeff
Finch, seconded by Kevin Stefan to resolve to approve the resolution shown
below; carried unanimously (7 votes).
RESOLUTION
Whereas,
the Town of York and the Town of Covington have worked cooperatively to
construct a water tower on real property located on Peoria Road in the Town of
Covington, Wyoming County, New York (more particularly described as a portion
of Tax Map No. 13.-1-6.111) to provide potable water and fire protection to the
residents of the Town of Covington (“the Water Tower”);
Whereas,
the Water Tower is owned by the Town of York for the benefit of the residents
of the Town of Covington;
Whereas,
the Water Tower is located within the Pavilion Central School District (“the
District);
Whereas,
the Town of York and the Town of Covington have requested the District exempt
the Water Tower from real property taxes;
Whereas,
Real Property Tax Law § 406(2) permits the District to exempt the Water Tower
from real property taxes because it provides fire protection services;
Now,
therefore, the Board of Education of the Pavilion Central School District (the
Board) resolves to exempt the Water Tower from taxation.
7.
Non-Resident Tuition Student:
** Moved
by Chris Jeffres, seconded by Peg Gaston to approve Gibson and Maverick Eighmey
to attend Pavilion Central School as non-resident students, as per the
Non-Teacher’s contract; carried unanimously (7 votes).
** Moved
by Peg Gaston, seconded by Cal Ayers-Tillotson to enter executive session at
8:09 PM; carried unanimously (7 votes).
** Moved
by Peg Gaston, seconded by Chris Jeffres to return to regular session at 8:44
PM; carried unanimously (7 votes).
8.
Insurance
RFP Discussion:
** Moved by Peg Gaston, seconded by Cal
Ayers-Tillotson to accept proposal submitted by Utica Insurance for the
2019-2020 school year; carried unanimously (7 votes).
9.
PAA
Contract:
** Moved by Chris
Jeffres, seconded by Becky Dziekan, upon the recommendation of the
Superintendent of Schools to approve the Pavilion Administrators Association
contract for the period of July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2023; carried unanimously (7 votes).
10.
Non-Teacher’s
Contract:
** Moved by Kevin Stefan, seconded
by Jeff Finch, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools to
approve the Non-Teachers contract for the period of July 1, 2019 – June 30,
2023 as presented; carried unanimously (7 votes).
INFORMATION:
1.
Monday,
July 8, 2019 Reorganization and regular BOE meeting date
2.
Monday,
August 5 and 26, 2019 regular BOE meeting dates
** Moved by Peg
Gaston, seconded by Cal Ayers-Tillotson to adjourn at 8:45 PM; carried
unanimously (7 votes).
Mary Jo Pahl
Clerk of the Board