June 21 Sartell

CITY OF ST. STEPHEN

NOTICE: CHANGE IN MEETING TIME

The City of St. Stephen City Council will hold its business meeting on the regularly scheduled date: July 3, 2013. The business meeting will begin at 6 p.m. Please note the change in meeting time.

/s/ Cris Drais

City of St. Stephen City Clerk

Dated: June 17, 2013

Publish: June 21, 2013

ISD #748 SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SARTELL, MINN.

CALL FOR BIDS

FOR MILK AND BREAD PRODUCTS

(Annual Needs 2013-2014)

SECTION A  MILK

SECTION B  BREAD

Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education, District 748 Public Schools, Stearns-Benton Counties, Sartell, Minn., until 1 p.m., Central Time, Tuesday, July 9, 2013, for the purchase of MILK AND BREAD PRODUCTS as listed by section above and according to specifications on file in the Office of the Director of Business Services, District 748 Public Schools, Sartell District Service Center, 212 Third Ave. N., Sartell, Minn. 56377, at which time the bids will be opened publicly and read aloud in the board room located in the Sartell District Center, 212 Third Ave. N., Sartell, Minn. 56377, and tabulated for review by staff members who will make recommendations to the Board of Education for their consideration at a later meeting. At that time, copies of the tabulation will be available to interested parties or the bids otherwise made public and the Board will take action thereon.

Specifications and bid forms may be obtained from the Director of Business Services, District 748 Public Schools, Sartell District Center, 212 Third Ave. N., Sartell, Minn. 56377, 320-656-3721.

Bids are to be submitted in an opaque, sealed envelope addressed to the Director of Business Services, District 748 Public Schools, Sartell District Center, 212 Third Ave. N., Sartell, Minn. 56377, and clearly marked on the outside “Bid Proposal for MILK AND BREAD PRODUCTS.” Each bidder must furnish with each proposal a certified check or bid bond in the amount of 5 percent of the bid made payable to the Treasurer of District 748 Public Schools, Sartell, Minn. 56377, to be forfeited as damages in case the proposal be accepted and the bidder fails to enter into a contract with the Owner or fails to deliver services as specified according to the provision of these bid specifications. The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any informalities in bids.

BOARD OF EDUCATION

ISD #748 Sartell-St. Stephen Public Schools

Steve Wruck

Director of Business Services

Publish: June 21 and 28, 2013

REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 748

MAY 20, 2013

DISTRICT CENTER BOARD ROOM

The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 6 p.m. by Chair Michelle Meyer. Members present: Meyer; Mary McCabe, vice chair; Jason Nies, clerk/treasurer; Pam Raden, director; Krista Durrwachter, director; Dan Riordan, director; Brady Anderson, student representative; and Joseph Hill, superintendent.

Meyer thanked staff, guests and students for attending the board meeting.

A motion was made by Durrwachter and seconded by Raden to amend the following items on the agenda:

Addition: E5 Discussion: Interim Superintendent and Learning Services Director

All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Durrwachter and seconded by Nies to approve consent items a-c as presented below:

1. Minutes of the meeting held on April 15, 2013 and May 3, 2013.
2. Checks in the amount of $1,881,851.81 as presented:

General Fund                                                                        1,519,611.42

Food Service Fund                                                                 122,449.98

Transportation Fund                                                               80,876.57

Community Service Fund                                                       55,843.16

Capital Expenditure Fund                                                       38,174.35

Building Fund                                                                             62,719.21

Summer Rec Agency Fund                                                          2,177.12

Check numbers 151690 to 152065

Receipts in the amount of $3,565,100.36 as presented:

General Fund                                                                           3,133,041.28

Food Service Fund                                                                     216,234.82

Transportation Fund                                                                    15,174.60

Community Service Fund                                                           57,658.55

Building Fund                                                                                42,597.98

Debt Service Fund                                                                        29,587.63

Summer Rec Agency Fund                                                         70,805.50

Receipts 38473 to 38582

Wire transfers in the amount of $8,802.92 as presented:

General Fund                                                                                   2,946.12

Food Service Fund                                                                           5,679.57

Community Service Fund                                                                  177.83

Wire transfers 201200051 to 201200059

1. Accept the following donations:

1. Accept the resignation of Tessa Scheffler, ORE, effective 08-21-13; Amy Licht, cashier, effective

04-19-2013 and Gail McCarty, language arts teacher, SMS, effective 6-4-13.

Accept the retirement of Dave Angell, teacher, effective 6-30-13.

Student Representative Report:  Student representative Brady Anderson, a senior at Sartell High School, reported on the high school highlights.

• The Student Voice group met and will have strong, committed leadership for the 2013-14 school year.  This group also met with Kyle Breitkreutz, director of technology, to discuss the upcoming access opportunities for the 13-14 school year
• Several end-of-the-year and celebration activities are underway including senior awards night, student council dance and graduation
• Several of our athletic teams will compete in conference and section tournaments in the upcoming weeks

School Board Committee Report:

Benton-Stearns

• Benton-Stearns Board approved the director and assistant director contracts
• BSED hosted a ‘paperwork night’ for special education staff to get support and work on end-of-the-year paperwork

Board Policy Committee

• The Policy Committee continues to review policies on a routine basis

Community Education Advisory Committee

• St. Stephen was well represented with the mayor and the city clerk attending
• Classes have had an increased amount of participation while streamlining and offering fewer classes overall

Legislative Committee

• Bill was passed to support all-day, every-day Kindergarten starting the 14-15 school year
• Bullying legislation that was presented did not pass

Negotiations Committee

• The committee continues to work with the Sartell Education Association
• The committee is currently meeting with the paraprofessional union to discuss the process

Sartell Senior Connection

• This group continues to meet and have several successful programs
• The SSC determined when there is a snow day, the Senior Center is also closed

Superintendent Search Committee

• Meyer, Durrwachter and Raden are the board members serving on this committee
• Minnesota School Board Association has been contacted and RFPs are in process of being distributed to search firms

Stearns County Collaborative: Patrick Shepard, family resources director from the Tri-County Action Program, presented on the Local Collaborative Time Study and programming that can be supported.

District Music: Kay Nelson, SMS music teacher, and Marlene Dingmann, ORE music teacher, presented information on the process of aligning and updating district music curriculum.

Ramp Up to Readiness College and Career Planning at Sartell High School: Noel Meyer, SHS counselor, along with Brenda Steve, SHS principal, shared information about the Ramp Up to Readiness program starting at SHS in the 2013-14 school year.

Preliminary Budget Assumptions FY2012-2014: Steve Wruck, director of business services, presented up-to-date information on budget assumptions for the 2013-14 school year.

1^st Draft of 2013-2014 Budget/Deferred Maintenance Plan:  Steve Wruck, director of business services, presented the first draft of the 2013-14 budget and deferred maintenance plan.

District Academic and Activities Calendar: Amy Trombley, communications coordinator, presented the first draft of the 2013-14 print calendar.

A motion was made by Durrwachter and seconded by Riordan to HAVE SECOND READING AND APPROVE THE REVISED POLICIES 214, 701, 701.1,702, 703, 704, 706, 707 AND 708.  All in favor.  Motion carried.

A motion was made by Durrwachter and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE THE BUDGET REVISION FOR 2012-13 BUDGET YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2013. All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Riordan to APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR NON-RENEW THE PROBATIONARY CONTRACTS AS PRESENTED FOR Lacie Adelmann, Anna Burbridge, Hsing-I Chan, Melissa Dummer, Amber Dziengler, Wendy Goltz, Jill Haehn, Teresa Heck, Gregory Jamison, Leah Olk, Sean Rebischke, Karl Scharnweber, Britany Soldner and Jenna Stoneking. All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2013 AS A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY FOR THE LOSS OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY OF FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2013 CLOSING DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Raden to APPROVE THE 2013-14 RESOLUTION FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE. All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Riordan to APPROVE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES MARY LINDELL AND SHAWN SULLIVAN TO THE SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 748 BOARD FOR THE 2013-14 SCHOOL YEAR. All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made by Riordan and seconded by Durrwachter to APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OF THE SCOREBOARD LEASE. All in favor. Motion carried.

A motion was made McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE PERSONNEL OMNIBUS RESOLUTION. All in favor. Motion carried.

New Employees or Changes:

Contract Renewal:

Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings:

1. Policy meeting, Tuesday, June 4, 2013 @ 3:35 p.m.
2. Finance and Operations Committee Meeting, Thursday, June 13, 2013 @2:00 p.m.

The Board completed official review of Policies 714, 801, 802 and 807.

The Board had the second of three readings of proposed New Policy 215.

The Board had first of two readings of revisions of Policies: 705, 710, 712 and 805.

There was continued discussion about the transition of the position of interim superintendent being fulfilled by Mike Spanier, current director of learning services.

A motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 p.m. was made by Riordan and seconded by Nies. All in favor. Motion carried.

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Jason Nies, clerk/treasurer