MINUTES: Meeting of the Monona Grove School District, Business Services Committee, held on

Wednesday, May 22, 2002, in the Nichols School, District Office Board Room, Starting

at 5:00 P.M.

BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT: John Kitslaar (arrived 5:23 P.M.), Nancy Allen

BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBER ABSENT: Mary Possin

COMMUNITY MEMBER PRESENT: Dan Millin, Jim Blair (arrived 5:32 P.M.)

ADMINISTRATORS PRESENT: Gary Schumacher, Jeff Avery

OTHERS PRESENT: John Weinberger, Kristi Williams

I. Opening of Meeting – Nancy Allen

II. Declaration of Public Notice – acknowledged

Mr. Weinberger, Board President, stated he would be filling in for Mary Possin who was not in

attendance.

III. Public Appearances – Taken later in meeting.

IV. Approval of the Minutes of the April 24, 2002, Business Services Committee Meeting

Mr. Millin moved approval of the minutes of the April 24, 2002, Business Services

Committee meeting. Mr. Weinberger seconded and the motion carried.

V. Opportunity for Public Input into the Budget Process

No one was present to comment on the 2002-2003 budget process.

VI. Report and Discussion on Cable TV/AV Projects – William Ziegler

Mr. Ziegler was not in attendance to discuss district cable tv/av projects.

VII. Discussion and Possible Recommendation of Resolution Authorizing Participation in the Wisconsin

School District Liquid Asset Fund

Mr. Weinberger moved that the committee recommend to the Board of Education approval of the resolution

authorizing participation in the Wisconsin School District Liquid Asset Fund. Mr. Millin seconded and the

motion carried.

VIII. Discussion and Possible Approval of Dedication Plaque for Monona Grove High School

Mr. Millin moved that the committee recommend to the Board of Education approval of the wording on the

dedication plaque for Monona Grove High School as amended. Mr. Weinberger seconded and the motion

carried.

Public Appearances:

Chris Toal, representing the Monona PTO, asked the committee to consider the PTO’s gift of two

signs (one for Maywood and one for Nichols) to be placed at the entrances of both buildings. She

has begun to research the possibility with the City of Monona regarding approval of the sign and is

now asking the committee to review the plans for the signs. The committee asked that Ms. Toal,

Mr. Scullion and/or Mr. Avery, and a representative from the City of Monona Planning Commission

meet to review placement and size of the signs that would be allowed.

IX. Presentation of Budgets

Mr. Avery presented the following budgets to the committee:

Proposed Budget Change

Location 534 – Special Projects – Fund 10 $198,950 6.40% Increase

– Fund 27 $186,000 25.00% Increase

Location 801 – Retirement Benefits $366,902 9.01% Increase

Location 807 – AV/TV Coordinator $ 24,107 - 10.47% Decrease

Location 883 – Tuition for MG Students Attending

Other Schools – Fund 10 $ 65,970 2.85% Increase

Special Educ – Fund 27 $ 1,997 - 74.01% Decrease

X. Discussion and Possible Approval of Annual Meeting Date, Time, and Place

Mr. Millin moved that the committee recommend to the Board of Education that the Annual

Meeting and Budget Hearing be held on Thursday, August 29, 2002, 7:00 P.M., in the E.F. Schwan

Fine Arts Center located in the Monona Grove High School. Mr. Blair seconded and the motion

carried.

XI. Discussion and Possible Approval of Recommendation of YMCA as Day Care Provider

Mr. Kitslaar moved that the committee recommend to the Board of Education approval of the

YMCA being the day care provider for the Monona Grove School District for the 2002-2003 school

Year (Maywood and Nichols School). Mr. Blair seconded and the motion carried.

XII. Discussion and Possible Approval of Student Accident Insurance Provider

Mr. Millin moved that the committee recommend to the Board of Education designating Student

Assurance Services, Inc., as the provider of voluntary Student Accident Insurance for the 2002-2003

school year. Mr. Kitslaar seconded and the motion carried.

XIII. Other Agenda Items - none

XIV. Establish Next Meeting Date

The committee set the following dates for Business Service Committee meetings for the 2002-2003

school year:

Monday June 24, 2002

Monday July 22, 2002

Monday August 26, 2002

Wednesday September 25, 2002

Wednesday October 30, 2002

Monday November 25, 2002

Monday January 6, 2003

Wednesday January 29, 2003

Wednesday February 26, 2003

Wednesday April 23, 2003

Wednesday May 28, 2003

XV. Adjournment – 6:10 P.M.

Mr. Millin moved that the meeting be adjourned. Mr. Kitslaar seconded and the motion carried.