East Central Reporter

Casey Westfield Community Unit School District C-4 Board of Education met Feb. 27.

Here are the minutes provided by the board:

1. Roll call 7:00PM

ROLL CALL	Present	Absent
Becky Clement	X
Erin Fain	X
Tracy Gelb	X
Joe Hickox		X
Wendy Navel	X
Jeremy Perie	X
Jason Sharp	X

2. Recognize visitors

Julie Tutewiler

Lyn Cochenour

Nancy Smitley

Shane Todd

3. Approve Consent Agenda

a. Minutes of the regular and special meeting on January 23, 2023

b. Minutes of the special meeting on February 6, 2023

c. Destruction of closed session records 18 months and older as authorized by Board Policy 220 and 220-E1

d. Current invoices for payment and review of the financial and budgetary reports 

e. Raise capital outlay threshold from $500 to $5,000 for easier bookkeeping purposes effective July 1, 2023

f. Approve course description book

MOTION	Consent Agenda	YEA	NAY
	Becky Clement	X
	Erin Fain	X
1	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox
	Wendy Navel	X
	Jeremy Perie	X
2	Jason Sharp	X

4. Approve Enterprise Zone resolution a. Nancy Smitley spoke about 4 new locations, one inside the district that expands the solar project. The 3 others are in Marshall.

MOTION	Enterprise Zone	YEA	NAY
2	Becky Clement	X
	Erin Fain	X
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox
	Wendy Navel	X
1	Jeremy Perie	X
	Jason Sharp	X

5. Award of Monroe roof bid to Advanced Commercial Roofing for $74,420.

6. Administrator reports

MOTION	Monroe Roof Bid	YEA	NAY
2	Becky Clement	X
	Erin Fain	X
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox
	Wendy Navel	X
	Jeremy Perie	X
1	Jason Sharp	X

HS principal Jim Sullivan shared excitement with the boys basketball team playing in the sectional tournament. Superintendent Jon Julius said transportation reimbursements would be lower this year since all schools are in person, making transportation funds less abundant. He also said Roosevelt’s air conditioner compressor needs repaired soon at a cost of about $25,000

7. Addendum

8. Approve adjourning to closed session under c1 (employment), c6 (sale of district property) of the open meetings act 7:14PM

MOTION	ALL IN FAVOR	YEA	NAY
	Becky Clement	X
	Erin Fain	X
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox
1	Wendy Navel	X
2	Jeremy Perie	X
	Jason Sharp	X

9. Approve reconvening to regular session 9:48PM

MOTION	ALL IN FAVOR	YEA	NAY
	Becky Clement	X
	Erin Fain	X
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox
	Wendy Navel	X
2	Jeremy Perie	X
1	Jason Sharp	X

10. Approve consent agenda

a. January 23, 2023 Closed Session Minutes

b. Accept resignation of Tracy Brewer as Title I teacher

c. Accept resignation of Melody Dubridge as Monroe LBS 1

d. Accept resignation of Cheryl Patterson as part time custodian

e. Accept resignation of Rick Knust as assistant football coach

f. Accept resignation of Audrey Glidewell as HS tennis coach

g. Accept resignation of Lynn Burke as bus driver

h. Employ Sara Richardson as HS tennis coach

i. Employ Mel Gray as bus mechanic/assistant maintenance - effective date of Feb. 10, 2023

j. Employ Dawn Bonds as bus driver

k. Employ Tammy Wilson as bus driver/custodial pending bus license acquisition

l. Employ Kevin Curry as bus driver

m. Employ Nicholas Mellenthin as HS social studies teacher/assistant football coach

n. Employ Jeff Fritchnitch as head football coach

o. Approve JSHS assistant principal contract

MOTION	ALL IN FAVOR	YEA	NAY
	Becky Clement	X
	Erin Fain	X
1	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox
	Wendy Navel	X
2	Jeremy Perie	X
	Jason Sharp	X

11. Approve old unit office bid – tabled. The district will advertise this again.

12. Adjourn 9:49PM

MOTION	ALL IN FAVOR	YEA	NAY
	Becky Clement	X
	Erin Fain	X
	Tracy Gelb	X
	Joe Hickox
	Wendy Navel	X
2	Jeremy Perie	X
1	Jason Sharp	X

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