Erie County Technical School

Meeting Agenda

AVTS Operating Committee & ECTS Foundation Board of Directors

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Eagle’s Nest

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

 

6:00 PM – Work Session

1.        Strategic Planning Forum – Strategy Solutions, Inc

 

 7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

1.        Call to Order

2.        Moment of Reflection

3.        Pledge of Allegiance

 

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

 

5.       Motion to accept the Minutes of the February 22, 2007 Meeting, as presented.

 

6.        Introduction of Guests

7.        Correspondence – none this month

 

8.        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; $ 168,250.98

b)       Food Service Fund Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 1,773.92

c)       Capital Reserve Fund Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 0.00

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

3)       PNC/VISA procurement card payment, as presented; $ 43,262.61

4)       Treasurer’s Report, as presented: February 28, 2007

5)       General Fund Budget Transfers- none this month

 

9.        Human and Quality Resources—Natalie Fatica

A.      Report—Coordinator of Human and Quality Resources

 

1)       Motion to employ Richard Powers and Lisa Rice at the rate of $25.00 per hour as Term IV RCTC instructors.

 

2)    Motion to grant Suzanne Matthews a disability leave of absence without pay in accordance with the Professional Unit bargaining contract Article VI- Section 17- Disability Leave effective April 3, 2007.
 

10.     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

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)       Field trip for four femaleTourism and Hospitality Management students to the Tourism and Lodging Association’s Annual National Competition in Orlando, FLA April 10th - 14th, 2007.

 

b)       Field trip for the ELC and EET students to Erie Institute of Electronics Career search on Friday, April 27, 2007.

 

c)    Field trip for the Drafting and Design students to a drafting competition at Butler County Community College on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. 

 

d)     SkillsUSA fundraising car wash at Country Fair and auto show at ECTS in April and May 2007.  

 

e)   SkillsUSA sponsored student food drive and penny war to benefit Second Harvest Food bank in April and May 2007.
 

f)     Field trip for the Early Childhood Education students to a “Celebrate the Family” workshop in Cambridge Springs on Friday, April 27, 2007. 

 

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

 

L.       Other Operations

 

1)       Motion to approve the bid proposal from Perseo-Erie for two (2) CNC Mills with optional Cat 40 tool package, and two (2) CNC lathes with programmable tailstock for a total price of  $162,698.00 as proposed and as specified.

 

2)      Motion to approve the revised 2007-2008 school calendar, as presented

 

3)   Motion to accept the donation of shelving from Ridge-U-Rak to use in the ECTS Electronics program lab.
 

11.     Other Business

12.     Supplemental Information

 

A.      Board Attendance Report

B.       Work Experience Report

C.       High School Enrollment Report

D.      Business Partnerships Contacts

E.       Newspaper releases- Galbraith Media

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

G.      Technical College Draft Legislation

H.       Next meeting: Thursday, April 26, 2007

 

13.     Adjournment