Special School District of St. Louis County Board of Education Meeting Minutes

Business Meeting District Administrative Offices February 23, 2021 at 7:30 PM Present &Via Zoom

Daniel Cuneo, President Juli Brown, Vice President Yuval Asner, Director Curtis Faulkner, Director Jan Goodman, Director Nancy Ide, Director

Elizabeth Keenan Superintendent

Amy Doyle Board Secretary

1. Opening Items 1.01 Call to Order 1.02 Pledge of Allegiance 1.03 Roll Call and Establishment of Quorum

The meeting was called to order at 7:35pm with President Cuneo, Director Faulkner, Director Goodman, Director Asner, Director Ide, Superintendent Keenan and Ms. Doyle in person at the District’s Administrative Offices. Vice-President Brown participated via Zoom. Motion to excuse Director Pottroff from meeting.

Motion by Janice A Goodman, second by Curtis B Faulkner Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown and Daniel J Cuneo.

2. Public Speaker – None

3. Approval of Agenda Action: 3.01 Approval of Agenda Motion to approve the agenda as presented.

Motion by Yuval Asner, second by Nancy L Ide. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown and Daniel J Cuneo.

4. Superintendent Report 4.01 Strategic Planning Dr. Paul Bauer, District Consultant, gave a power point presentation on the strategic plan and answered questions from BOE members.

4.02 SSD Proposed Updated Logo and Tagline Executive Director Henry gave a power point presentation on the proposed logo and tagline and answered questions from the BOE members. 1

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4.03 Preliminary FY22 Budget Presentation Chief Haug gave a power point presentation on the FY22 Preliminary Budget and answered questions from the BOE members.

5. Approval of Consensual Items Action 5.01 Approval of Consensual Items The following items (7.01 Employee Benefit Effective Date; 7.02 Employee Experience Software; 7.03 Strategic Priorities and Goals; and 7.04 SSD Proposed Updated Logo and Tagline) have been removed from the consent agenda for discussion and/or action; move to approve all remaining items.

Motion by Nancy L Ide, second by Curtis B Faulkner. Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown and Daniel J Cuneo.

6. Consensual Items Action: 6.01 2021-2025 University of Central Missouri Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Motion to approve the 2021 – 2025 MOU between University of Central Missouri and Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) effective February 24, 2021 – July 31, 2025.

Action: 6.02 Preliminary FY22 Budget and new positions Motion to approve the preliminary FY22 budget and additional personnel, as well as reductions, as presented.

Action: 6.03 BID and Award Approval Motion to accept the lowest/best bid or proposal meeting specifications and authorize staff to award contracts, contract modifications, and/or issue purchase orders to: Snap-On Tools ($44,745), Provisions Data Solutions ($105,159), News2You ($335,265.86), Tech Electronics ($31,300 and $41,530), Committee for Children ($30,613), Schowalter and Jabouri, PC ($150,000) Clayton Engineering Company Inc. ($66,700).

Action: 6.04 Approval of Warrants Recommendation to approve warrants presented for the period of 01/14/21 to 02/11/21, which includes check numbers 462194 through 462788 and electronic payment numbers 9022 through 9110, and to authorize payment of bills in the amount of $10,938,034.82.

Action: 6.05 2021-2022 Payroll Calendar Motion to approve the 2021-2022 Payroll Calendar.

Action: 6.06 Budget Adjustment-Communications Department Motion to approve a transfer of $2,626.

7. Action Items Action: 7.01 Employee Benefit Effective Date Motion to approve the revised employee benefit effective date to the first day of employment (defined as first day worked).

Motion by Yuval Asner, second by Nancy L Ide. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown, Daniel J Cuneo 2

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Action: 7.02 Employee Experience Software Motion to approve the purchase of the Qualtrics Employee Experience module.

Motion by Nancy L Ide, second by Juli L Brown. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown, Daniel J Cuneo

Action: 7.03 Strategic Priorities and Goals Motion to approve the purchase of the Qualtrics Employee Experience module.

Motion by Janice A Goodman, second by Curtis B Faulkner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli Brown, Daniel J Cuneo

Action: 7.04 SSD Proposed Updated Logo and Tagline Motion to approve the recommended logo and tagline.

Motion by Yuval Asner, second by Janice A Goodman. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown, Daniel J Cuneo

8. Board of Education Business 8.01 Closed Meeting of the Board of Education - ROLL CALL VOTE - March 9 and April 13, 2021 at 5:30p.m. Motion to hold a Closed Meeting of the Board of Education at the District's Administrative Offices on Tuesday, March 9 and April 13, 2021 at 5:30p.m. to discuss: Legal actions, causes of action, or litigation involving the district and any confidential of privileged communications between the district or its representatives and its attorneys. 610.021(1), Hiring, firing, disciplining or promoting any employee of the district. 610.021 (3), Preparation for negotiations with employee groups (9) and Individually identifiable personnel records, performance ratings and records pertaining to employees or applicants for employment. 610.021 (13) RSMo.

Motion by Yuval Asner, second by Janice A Goodman. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown, Daniel J Cuneo

Action: 8.02 Approval of Minutes Motion to approve the January 12, 2021 Executive Meeting Minutes; the January 26,2021 Executive and Business Meeting Minutes; and the February 9, 2021 Executive, Special and Work Study Meeting Minutes.

Motion by Janice A Goodman, second by Curtis B Faulkner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown, Daniel J Cuneo

8.03 Executive Meeting Action Items –President Cuneo reported.

8.04 Board Communications – None

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9.01 Calendar of Events - Provided for informational purposes.

10. Adjournment 10.01 Adjourn Motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:32 p.m.

Motion by Nancy L Ide, second by Curtis B Faulkner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yea: Yuval Asner, Curtis B Faulkner, Janice A Goodman, Nancy L Ide, Juli L Brown, Daniel J Cuneo

______Daniel Cuneo, President Amy Doyle, Secretary