CROWLEY, LOUISIANA
July 1, 2013
The Acadia Parish School Board met on this the 1st day of July at 5:00 p.m., in a regular session at Crowley, Louisiana, with President presiding Mr. Douglas J. LaCombe. Members present were, Mr. James Higginbotham, Vice-President, Mr. Gene Daigle, Mr. John Suire, Mr. David Lalande, Mr. Milton Simar, Mr. Lynn Shamsie, and Secretary-Treasurer, and Superintendent John E. Bourque. Mr. Israel Syria was absent.
2) Mr. Milton Simar led the prayer.
3) Mr. Lalande led the pledge of allegiance.
4) Consider approval of a revised agenda, if there are any changes.
NO CHANGES
5) Read and approve minutes of the June 3, 2013 board meeting.
Reading of the minutes of the June 3, 2013 board meeting were dispensed (copies of minutes were sent to member prior to this meeting) and upon motion by Mr. Daigle, seconded by Mr. Lalande, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, minutes of the June 3, 2013 board meeting was approved.
6) Recognize Retirees.
Mrs. Baggett recognized retirees and a reception was held prior to board meeting. The board thanked the retirees for their services and wished them well on their retirement.
1) Consider policy changes as a result of legislation.
Mrs. Baggett went over policy ABCDA, AE, JDD and JR changes as a result of legislation. Upon motion by Mr. Daigle, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved changes to policy ABCDA, AE, JDD, and JR as a result of legislation.
ROUTINE ITEMS:
1) Consider recommendation of the Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum committee regarding school supplies.
Upon motion by Mr. Daigle, seconded by Mr. Shamsie, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved the purchase of the school supplies for the 2013-2014 school year with an estimated cost of $135,000 at $27.60 per pupil grades K-5; wherein PreK is funded with grant funds.
2) Consider recommendation of the Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum committee regarding two-year fleet insurance rate provided last year for 2012-2013 and 2013-2014.
Upon motion by Mr. Daigle, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved a two year rate quote from last year for fleet insurance for 2013-2014 at 40 cents per $1,000 of value and $1,614.21 per power unit with $2,000 deductibles for comprehensive and collision.
3) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding bids received by the Child Nutrition program for milk, dairy products, juice, bread, and large equipment.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Lalande, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved bids received by the Child Nutrition program for milk, dairy products, juice, bread, and large equipment.
4) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding timber management on 142 acres of the parcel in Section 16, Township 7 South, Range 1 East (Southeast of Eunice – McDaniel’s hunting lease)..
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Shamsie, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved timber management on Section 16, T7S, R1E, wherein the timber management firm would assess the timber and provide a full report for further consideration by the board.
5) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding the North ½ Section 16, Township 11 South, Range 1 East (Lyon’s Point).
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved advertising, as specified by board policy, the availability of a farming lease on the North ½ Section 16, T11S, R1E, at Lyons Point, wherein consideration would be given to providing an interim lease between the board and a new lessee for a period through November 30, 2013 wherein the regular lease period would be from December 1, 2013 and end November 30, 2018 with acceptable performance by the lessee for each year of the lease period.
6) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding final budget revisions for 2012-2013 and the proposed 2013-2014 budget...
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Daigle, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved final budget revisions for 2012-2013 and the proposed budget for 2013-2014.
At this time a motion was made by Mr. Shamsie, seconded by Mr. Lalande, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, to table until August 2013.
7) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Shamsie, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire for the period ending June 30, 2013, a required document for audit engagements for all government agencies.
8) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding Audit Engagement Letter.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Lalande, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved the Audit Engagement Letter for the period ending June 30, 2013, as required for audit engagements for all government agencies.
9) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding update on property procurement in Iota.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved acknowledgement of the purchase of the Eudy property in Iota with recordation of the transaction as Original Act No. 841161, Book H67, Page 881, dated June 4, 2013, Office of the Clerk, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
10) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding update on library lease.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved request by the police jury and library board to lease changes; i.e., termination of the original library lease, termination of the amendment to the original library lease, permission to remove the old Crowley High school gym at the library site, and the development of a new lease as requested by the Acadia Parish Police Jury and Acadia Parish Library board, has been completed and filed with recordation of the new lease and provisions therein being noted as Original Act No. 840380, Book No. 667, Page 698, dated May 10, 2013, Office of the Clerk, Acadia Parish, Louisiana.
11) Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding update on redistricting plan
Upon motion by Suire, seconded by Mr. Lalande, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved school board member redistricting plan based upon the 2010 Cencus which was preclared by the United States Department of Justice as notified by letter identified as DJ 166-012-3, 2013-0762, TCH:RSB:LB:BJW:maf, United States Department of Justice, dated May 2, 2013.
12) Consider dates for next committee and board meetings.
Upon motion by Mr. Lalande, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the committee meetings will be held on July 17, 2013 and the board meeting will be August 5, 2013.
13) Correspondence.
NONE
DISCUSSION ITEMS: NONE
CONSENT ITEMS:
Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Hgginbotham and carried by a unanimous voice vote, consent items 1 through 3 were approved to be taken in globo.
1) Consider assignments and changes of professional employees.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved assignments and changes of professional employees.
2) Consider retirement notification of employees.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, retirement notification of employees was approved.
3) Receive Sales Tax Report.
Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board received the sales tax report which showed a year to date increase of 1.41%.
Mr. Bourque introduced Mrs. Cheri Baggett, Principal, Church Point Middle and Mrs. Ruby Richard, Assistant Principal, Church Point Middle.
SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS:
Mr. Bourque commented on the high school, middle school and elementary workshop last week. Teachers were positive and excited for the next school year.
There being no other business to come before the Board, upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the meeting adjourned at 5:33 p.m.
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Douglas J. LaCombe, President
ATTEST:
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John E. Bourque, Superintendent