The Board also took a look at the financial report and approved the May 2016 General Fund Financial Statement as it was presented. This brings the overall total so far for ESPLOST IV to a whopping $41.6 million total. Next the Board received the E-SPLOST 4 tax receipts for the month of April 2016, which was in the amount of $858,869.39. They also discussed the request to adopt the GARH policy which deals with benefits for their employees and the number of sick days that are associated with that. There were also some non-certified personnel decisions that were discussed. The request was approved.Īlso last week, the Board voted to adopt the revised policy to include recommendations from the Georgia School Board Association per O.C.G.A, allowing person to present a properly executed kinship caregiver power of attorney to enroll students.ĭuring the human resource matter under the agenda, several decisions were made, all that included either resignations/ terminations, recommendations for different positions, other certified recommendations, and parttime personnel recommendations. for the assessment software subscription and license with the same exact time frame as the previous accelerated reader program. Next, there was a request that the Board approve a purchase order in the amount of $94,307.50 to SchoolCity, Inc. This item was passed by the Board at their meeting. The subscription will run from Jto June 30, 2017. for the accelerated reader program used all throughout the elementary and middle schools here in our system. The next item on the agenda was a request for the Board to approve a purchase order in the amount of $60,677.96 to Renaissance Learning Inc. They essentially said that the Board receive the certificate of the Superintendent of Elections and adopt this resolution. The Board also spent a minute or two on the consolidating election returns resolution. The Troup County Board of Commissioners recently voted to extend the TAD as well and this project should be up and off the ground very soon. This will give the project more time to get put together in the manner that is needed. The extension will move the date to the end of October this year. Next up was the extension of the TAD agreement with the LaGrange hotel downtown. The Board felt the time was finally right to make this move and wants to help their employees with the cost of living equality. They were recommending a three percent adjustment. After a study was conducted from October of last year to May of this year, there was a study conducted that stated we need to adjust the pay to stay competitive with other systems. The school system is the second largest employer in all of Troup County and there has not been a pay raise since 2008. The first item at the meetings last week was to hear the results of a salary survey that the Board had conducted. After a call to order and the approval of the minutes from the previous meeting, the board was underway with their first item on the agenda. The vote for E-SPLOST is officially over and passed so the board can shift their focus to other things that need to be taken care of in the system. This past week the School Board of Troup County hosted their regularly scheduled meetings to vote on and determine several pieces of pressing business with all of their schools. Jeremy Andrews Staff Writer Report contributed by the Troup County School Board. Posted on JSchool Board Approves The Budget For FY17
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