PAYSON COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #1
REVIEW BILLS @7:30 P.M. MEETING @ 8:00 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER The Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 1,
Adams County, Illinois, met on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 in the Board of Education office in Payson, Illinois. President, Dennis Huber, called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. John Peters,
ROLL CALL Board Secretary, called roll with the following members present:
Darin Edwards, Brent Speckhart, John Peters, Penni Ippensen, and Dennis Huber. Also present were Rodger Hannel, Superintendent; Jeff Zanger, Elementary Principal; and Sally Kroner, Administrative Secretary.
Vaughn Flesner, Carol Means and Penni Ippensen were absent.
CONSENT Darin Edwards made a motion to approve the Consent
AMENDED Brent Speckhart made a motion to approve the amended minutes of
MINUTES the March 10th meeting. Darin Edwards seconded the motion.
Edwards, aye; Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye; and Huber, aye.
JR. HIGH BOYS Bryce Bainter, Jr. High boys’ basketball coach requested a picture
BASKETBALL of the 7th & 8th grade championship basketball team’s picture to be
PICTURE put up in the high school gym. They won 4th in the state this
Vaughn Flesner entered the meeting at 8:16 p.m.
Penni Ippensen entered the meeting at 8:20 p.m.
HIGH SCHOOL Darin Edwards made a motion to approve Stout Roofing using
ROOF REPAIR Conklin products to repair the high school roof for the amount of
$56,543 with a 5% contingency. Brent Speckhart seconded the motion. Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, present; Flesner, aye; Edwards, aye; and Huber, aye.
IASB BOARD Darin Edwards made a motion to approve the second reading IASB
POLICIES Board Policies as recommended. Brent Speckhart seconded the
motion. Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Flesner, aye; Edwards, aye;
Speckhart, aye; and Huber, aye.
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AMENDED Brent Speckhart made a motion to approve the amended 2010-
SCHOOL 2011 school calendar. Penni Ippensen seconded the motion.
CALENDAR Ippensen, aye; Flesner, aye; Edwards, aye; Speckhart, aye; Peters,
aye; and Huber, aye.
CANVAS OF The canvas of ballots of the April 5, 2011 school board election
BALLOTS showed Brent Whelan with 184 votes, Penni Ippensen with 281
votes, Janet Ohnemus with 329 votes and Stan Lentz with 290 votes.
Darin Edwards made a motion to approve the canvas of ballots. Brent Speckhart seconded the motion. Flesner, aye; Edwards, aye; Speckhart, aye; Peters, aye Ippensen, aye; and Huber, aye.
ADJOURNMENT Penni Ippensen made a motion to adjourn sine die. Brent
SINE DIE Speckhart seconded the motion. Edwards, aye; Speckhart, aye;
Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Flesner, aye; and Huber, aye.
Adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
APPOINTMENT Dennis Huber appointed Rodger Hannel as President Pro-Tem.
PRO-TEM Dennis Huber appointed Sally Kroner as Secretary Pro-Tem.
CALL TO ORDER Rodger Hannel called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL Those answering roll call were John Peters, Penni Ippensen, Stan
Lentz, Darin Edwards, Brent Whelan, Dennis Huber and Janet Ohnemus.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS and LENGTH OF TERM 2-YEARS
PRESIDENT Dennis Huber was nominated by Penni Ippensen for President and
seconded by Stan Lentz. Dennis Huber was declared President by acclamation.
VICE-PRESIDENT Darin Edwards was nominated by John Peters for Vice-President
and seconded by Penni Ippensen. Darin Edwards was declared Vice-President by acclamation.
SECRETARY John Peters was nominated by Darin Edwards for Secretary and
seconded by Stan Lentz. John Peters was declared Secretary by acclamation.
MEETING DATE Darin Edwards made a motion to approve the second Thursday of
each month as the regular meeting date, in the Central Office, at 6:00 p.m. November – March and at 7:00 p.m. April – October. Janet Ohnemus seconded the motion. Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye; Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; and Huber, aye.
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SCHOOL Janet Ohnemus made a motion to approve M.F. Scranton as school
aye; Edwards, aye; Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye; and
SCHOOL John Peters made a motion to approve the State Street Bank as the
FINANCIAL school financial depository. Dennis Huber seconded the motion.
DEPOSITORY Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye;
Ippensen, aye; and Huber, aye.
SCHOOL John Peters made a motion to approve James A. Rapp as the school
Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; and Huber, aye.
SPECIAL ED John Peters made a motion to approve Janet Ohnemus as the
BOARD REP Special Education Board Representative. Darin Edwards
seconded the motion. Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye;
Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye; and Huber, aye.
CHECK Janet Ohnemus made a motion to approve the authorization of SIGNATURES Dennis Huber, Darin Edwards, Penni Ippensen and John Peters as
co-signers on school checks. Stan Lentz seconded the motion. Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye Edwards, aye; Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; and Huber, aye.
SCHOOL BOARD Dennis Huber made a motion to adopt the existing school board
Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye; and Huber, aye.
2011-2012 Darin Edwards made a motion to approve the proposed 2011-
SCHOOL 2012 school calendar. Stan Lentz seconded the motion. Lentz,
CALENDAR aye; Edwards, aye ;Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye;
Ippensen, aye; and Huber, aye.
ENTER INTO Darin Edwards made a motion to enter into closed session
CLOSED for the purpose of discussing the employment of personnel,
SESSION student matters, and other items appropriate for closed session.
Penni Ippensen seconded the motion. Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye;
Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; and Huber, aye.
Entered into closed session at 10:10 p.m.
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RETURN TO Darin Edwards made a motion to return to open session. Stan
Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; and Huber,
Returned to open session at 11:25 p.m.
STACI Darin Edwards made a motion to employ Staci Burklund as a 6th BURKLUND grade teacher for the 2011-2012 school year. Janet Ohnemus
seconded the motion. Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye; and Huber, aye.
DANNON Darin Edwards made a motion to employ Dannon Reeves as
REEVES Jr./Sr. High Science/ Health teacher for the 2011-2012 school year.
Penni Ippensen seconded the motion. Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye; Whelan, aye; and Huber, aye.
LAURIE Dennis Huber made a motion to approve the resignation of Laurie
RINGKAMP Ringkamp as 6th grade teacher effective May 31, 2011. Stan Lentz
seconded the motion. Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; and Huber, aye.
MICHELLE Dennis Huber made a motion to approve the resignation of OBERLING Michelle Oberling as high school cheerleading sponsor effective
the end of the current season. Darin Edwards seconded the
motion. Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye; Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye and Huber, aye.
KIRK MOSLEY Penni Ippensen made a motion to approve the resignation of Kirk
Mosley as Jr./Sr. high school principal effective June 30, 2011. Stan Lentz seconded the motion. Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye; Whelan, aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye; Ippensen, aye; and Huber, aye.
EXTRA- Dennis Huber made a motion to employ the following:
CURRICULAR Bobby Ash and Steve Hilgenbrink as 5th & 6th grade basketball
Mike Hamby as head high school baseball coach.
Kevin Lash as assistant Jr. High baseball coach.
Rita Speckhart as head high school volleyball coach.
Rhiannon Speckhart as assistant high school volleyball coach.
Teresa Tedrow as Jr. High volleyball coach and 5th & 6th grade volleyball coach.
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Lisa Patrick and Mary Mahon as high school cheerleading
Nicole Beckman as Jr. High cheerleading sponsor.
Stan Lentz seconded the motioin. Edwards, aye; Whelan, aye;
Ohnemus, aye Peters, aye Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye and Huber, aye.
GARY John Peters made a motion to employ Gary Epperson as part-time
EPPERSON summer maintenance help at $17 per hour and to provide a
certificate of insurance. Stan Lentz seconded the motion. Whelan,
aye; Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye and Huber, aye.
ADJOURNMENT Penni Ippensen made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Janet
Ohnemus seconded the motion. Ohnemus, aye; Peters, aye;
Ippensen, aye; Lentz, aye; Edwards, aye; and Huber, aye.
The meeting adjourned at 11:40 p.m.