Erie County Technical School

Meeting Agenda

AVTS Operating Committee & ECTS Foundation Board of Directors

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Eagle’s Nest

Erie County Technical School, 8500 Oliver Road, Erie, PA  16509

 

6:00 PM – Work Session

 

1.        Review - Application and Enrollment Process- Aldo Jackson

 

2.        Review-PSSA Results of ECTS Students-Aldo Jackson

 

 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1.        Call to Order

2.        Moment of Reflection

3.        Pledge of Allegiance

 

4.        Introduction of Robert Boyd representing North East School District.

 

5.        Roll Call: Rosendahl, Ogden, Heath, Bucksbee, Wood, Loftus, Sullivan, Boyd, Ring, Price, Duda

 

6.       Motion to accept the Minutes of the December 19, 2006 Meeting, as presented.

 

7.        Introduction of Guests

 

8.        Correspondence

A.      Erie County Department of Health-Certificate of Achievement in Food Service

B.       PSBA- School Director Recognition Month- January 2007- Creating Opportunity & Inspiring Dreams

C.       SA Wagner Agency – letter regarding loss control recommendation for fire and smoke alarm system.

D.      Letters of intent to retire per agreements: Donnell, Harpst, Heubel, Kalinowski, Palloto, Drake

 

9.        Business—Paul Fritz

A.      Report - Business Manager

B.      Motion to approve the following reports, payments and invoices:

1)       Revenue and Expenditure Reports, as presented:

a)       General Fund

b)       Food Service Fund

c)       Capital Reserve Fund

d)       ECTS Foundation Report

e)       Student Activities Report

2)        Checks and Invoices, as presented:

a)       General Fund Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 338,147.19

b)       Food Service Fund Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 2,583.35

c)       Capital Reserve Fund Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 2,044.00

d)       ECTS Foundation Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 0.00

3)       PNC/VISA procurement card payment, as presented; $ 39,756.15 (12/27/06), $49,020.82 (1/29/07)

4)       Treasurer’s Report, as presented: December 31, 2006, and January 31, 2007

5)       General Fund Budget Transfers, as presented

 

E.       Motion to approve the list of VISA procurement cardholders, as presented.

 

F.       Motion to approve Linsco/Private Ledger –LPL as a Service Provider per the IRS code section 403 (b) for contributory retirement plans.

 

10.     Human and Quality Resources—Natalie Fatica

A.      Report—Coordinator of Human and Quality Resources

 

1)       Motion to approve the list of RCTC instructors for Term III and Term IV at $25.00 per hour.

 

2)       Motion to approve Fred Dunn as substitute instructor in Art and Design at the rate of $200.00 per day, effective February 1, 2007.

 

3)       Motion to hire Elaine Cross and Mark Gnacinski as part time C-2 custodians at the rate of $12.08 per hour under the terms of the classified unit bargaining agreement beginning on or after February 23, 2007.

 

4)       Motion to accept the resignation of Marchelle Eberle, S-1 Business Office and Technology Secretary, effective March 15, 2007.

 

5)       Motion to hire Steve Brawn and Susan Tatalone as secretarial subs at the rate of $12.00 per hour, effective February 26, 2007 pending receipt of background clearances.

 

11.     Operations

A.      Superintendent’s Report - Sandra Myers-Union City Area School District

B.       Director’s Report— Aldo Jackson

C.       Solicitor’s Report—Timothy M. Sennett- letter regarding Statement of Financial Interests

D.      High School Report— John Hansen

E.       RCTC Report—Mary Ellen Camp

F.       Facilities Manager’s Report—Steven Sceiford

G.       Technology Manager’s Report—Jeff Smith

H.      Instructional Support Services Report- Pat Holland and Jan Kennerknecht

 

I.         Staff Travel >400 miles (Polices: 331,431,531) - none

 

 

J.        Student Field Trips and Fundraising (Policy 121)

 

1)       Motion to approve or ratify student field trips and fund raising as presented:

 

a)       ELC and EET students to Eriez Magnetics on Friday, February 2, 2007. 

 

b)       Ten Cosmetology students to attend the International Hair Show in New York City from March 10-March 12, 2007. 

 

c)       Career and Technical Education Week, February 12-14, 2007, for three ECTS students at a cost which will be reimbursed by the state, except for $160.

 

d)       ELC, EET, DDE, and FMT students to the Erie Civic Center for the Technology Expo on Wednesday, February 21, 2007. 

 

e)       Four Tourism and Hospitality Management students to the Tourism and Lodging Association’s Annual competition in State College, PA, March 5th - 7th, 2007.

 

f)        SkillsUSA fund raising sale of business coupon booklets.

 

g)       Early Childhood Education students to Tutor Time and the YMCA child care on Friday, March 23, 2007.

 

K.      Facility Use Requests – profit making organizations (Policy 707) - none

 

L.       Other Operations

 

1)       Motion to approve the submission of PDE-3074, Self-Certification application for a non-reimbursable construction project: The installation and replacement of the 2 rooftop HVAC units for Auto Tech and Student Services per the attached completed form.

 

2)       Motion to ratify the Wide Area Network (WAN) services agreement with IU5.

 

3)       Motion to accept a donation of steel for use in the RCTC welding program from Advanced Welding Technologies.

 

4)       Motion to approve the addition of a new 45-hour course titled Preparation for Certified EKG/ECG Technician to be included as an option in the Health Assistant program.

 

5)       Motion to approve participation by New Choices/New Options program in Bon-Ton’s Community Day fund raising event for schools and not-for-profit organizations.

 

6)       Motion to approve the purchase and installation of the telephone system as presented by Treese Communications, McKean, PA in the amount of $40,080.19, as quoted. The pricing is PEPPM approved.

 

7)       Motion to approve One Communications as voice T1 (PRI) service provider effective with the installation of the telephone system, approximately May 1.

 

8)       Motion to approve the ECTS 2007-2008 School Calendar, as presented.

 

 

12.     Other Business

 

13.     Supplemental Information

 

A.      Board Attendance Report

B.       Work Experience Report

C.       High School Enrollment Report

D.      Business Partnerships Contacts

E.       Bryant & Stratton- articulation agreement

F.       Newspaper articles-North East News-Journal, The Albion News, Erie Times News

G.       Erie Community Foundation- Gap Analysis Steering Committee

H.      SkillsUSA District Competition 2007 – ECTS Competitors

I.         Statement of Financial Interests- 2006 – complete and return by May 1, 2007

J.        Next meeting: Thursday, March 22, 2007

 

14.     Adjournment