Call to Order

The regular meeting of the Dansville Central School Board was called to order on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. by President Mary Ann Holden, at the Dansville Primary School, 284 Main St., Dansville, NY

 

 

Roll Call

Members Present:

Tony Witte                             Andy Starr

Phyllis Greene                        Mary Ann Holden

Peter Bacon                           

David Mapes

 

Member Absent:  Susan DeMuth

 

Also Present:  Interim Superintendent, David DeLoria; Business Manager, Joanne Greene, Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds, Paul Sick; PR Coordinator, Melonie Coley, and 4 guests.

 

 

Minutes of Previous Meeting Approved

Moved by Mapes, seconded by Starr, to approve the minutes of the November 14, 2006 Regular Meeting with one correction.

Attachment V– A –11/28/06

 

          Yes – 6               No – 0     

 

Motion Carried

 

 

BUSINESS

 

Resolution to Vote on Project for Replacement of Bleachers Funded through Capital Reserve Fund

Motion by Bacon, seconded by Mapes to approve the following resolution:

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS FOLLOWS:

1.      A special meeting of the qualified voters of the Dansville Central School District shall be held as set forth in a prior resolution of this Board of Education.

2.      The following notice shall be added to said Notice of Special Meeting:

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the following proposition will be submitted for voter approval at such time:

 

PROPOSITION #2

 

            Shall the following resolution be adopted to wit:

 

            RESOLVED THAT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE DANSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO UNDERTAKE CERTAIN CAPITAL

 

IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTING OF ADDITIONAL

RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING, SITE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING,  WITHOUT LIMITATION, REPLACEMENT OF BLEACHERS AT CLEMENTS FIELD AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING SITE, AND THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN ORIGINAL FURNISHINGS, EQUIPMENT, AND APPARATUS AND OTHER INCIDENTAL IMPROVEMENTS REQUIRED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH FOR SUCH RECONSTRUCTION AND SCHOOL USE, ALL AT AN ESTIMATED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE COST OF $475,000; AND TO APPROPRIATE AND EXPEND FROM THE EXISTING BUILDING CAPITAL RESERVE FUND $85,000 FOR SUCH COSTS, AND THAT THE BALANCE OF SUCH COST, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY, SHALL BE RAISED BY THE LEVY OF A TAX TO BE COLLECTED IN ANNUAL INSTALLMENTS, WITH SUCH TAX TO BE OFFSET BY STATE AID AVAILABLE THEREFOR; AND, IN ANTICIPATION OF SUCH TAX, DEBT OBLIGATONS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS MAY BE NECESSARY NOT TO EXCEED SUCH ESTIMATED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE COST SHALL BE ISSUED.

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the text of the aforesaid proposition may appear on the ballot labels in the following abbreviated form:

 

PROPOSITION #2

 

Shall the proposition set forth in the legal notice of this special voter meeting, authorizing additional reconstruction and equipping of the Middle School Building, site and other incidental improvements, including replacement of bleachers at Clements Field at the Middle School, all at an estimated maximum aggregate cost of $475,000; with the expenditure of $85,000 from the existing capital reserve fund for such costs, the issuance of debt obligations of the School District therefor, the levy of a tax in annual installments therefor, all as more fully described in said notice, be approved?

 

The School District, acting as lead agency under the State Environmental Quality Review Act and the applicable regulations promulgated thereunder (“SEQRA”), has completed its environmental review and, on November 14, 2006, has duly

 

determined and found the purpose to be a type II action which will

not have a significant impact on the environment and is not subject to any further environmental review under SEQRA.

 

          3.           At such meeting taxes to be levied by installments will be proposed providing for payment of such capital costs and providing for the financing costs therefor.  Such taxes shall be levied upon all the taxable property of the District, shall be levied in annual installments and shall be of such amounts and levied in such years as may be determined by the Board of Education.

 

            4.         The District Clerk or the Clerk’s designee is hereby directed to publish a copy of said notice of special meeting in two newspapers having general circulation within the School District in the manner prescribed by law for publication of notice of the annual meeting of the School District.

 

            5.         All actions by the School District prior to the final environmental determination by the Board of Education, if any, are hereby found and determined to have been preliminary planning activities under SEQRA necessary to the formulation of a proposal for action which did not commit the School District to commence, engage in, fund or approve any portion of the proposed building project and financing therefor.

 

            6.         This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.

Attachment V-B– 11/28/06

 

            Yes – 6            No – 0

 

Motion Carried

 

 

OTHER

 

Revised Policy #7111 “Academic Credit Policy for High School Level Courses”

Motion by Mapes, seconded by Starr to table the “Academic Credit Policy for High School Level Courses” revision for further review and re-submission.

Attachment V-C – 11/28/06

 

            Yes – 6          No – 0

 

Motion Carried

 

 

 

Adjournment

 

 

Moved by Bacon, seconded by Greene, to adjourn the meeting at      7:52 p.m.

 

            Yes – 6            No – 0

 

Motion Carried

 

 

 

 

 


Sue Sylor

District Clerk