Cairo Association of Teachers - Newsletter



CAT Tracks for April 2, 2009
SPECIAL BOE MEETING...MINUTES

The Cairo Board of Education held a Special Meeting on Thursday, April 2, 2009. Scroll down below the agenda for the unofficial minutes...


I. Call To Order - 6 p.m.

II. Roll Call - Coleman, Stubblefield, Gooden, and Burris. (Brown arrived at 6:30 p.m.)

III. Recognition and Comments from Employees and Public - None.

IV. Approval of Agenda - Special Meeting - Motion made, seconded, and passed.

V. Personnel - Skipped without mention.

VI. Closed Session - The BOE voted to enter closed session at 6:02 p.m. The BOE voted to exit closed session at 7:02 p.m.

VII. Requiring Action/Decisions By Board of Education

  1. Address Any Action Deemed Necessary By Board On Matters Considered In Executive Session

    a. Transfer of Funds - Motion made, seconded, and passed to transfer $100,000 from the Education Fund to the Transportation Fund.

    b. Re-Hire Non-Tenured Staff - Motion made, seconded, and passed to hire all non-tenured, certified staff. (See hiring lists below.)

    c. Payout Re: Garrison Building - Motion made, seconded, and passed to pay ernest money in the amount of $2,130 to U.S. Grant Properties.

    d. Acceptance of Gift: 25 Used Computers - Charlie Richey - Motion made, seconded, and passed to accept gift with the intention of placing the computers in Bennett Elementary to set up a computer lab.

    e. Renewal Property/Casualty Insurance - Motion made, seconded, and passed to renew liability insurance in the amount of $1 million, with an additional umbrella coverage of $4 million.

  2. Other - The superintendent announced that the BOE members had been invited to the National Honor Society induction ceremony to be held on April 6th at 6 p.m. in the CJSHS Library.

    Since there was a conflict between that ceremony and a scheduled BOE-CAT negotiations session, it was agreed that the negotiations session would be held, but delayed one hour to 7 p.m.

VIII. Adjourn - A motion was made, seconded, and passed to adjourn at 7:09 p.m.