Erie County Technical School

Meeting Agenda

AVTS Operating Committee & ECTS Foundation Board of Directors

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Eagle’s Nest

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

 

6:00 PM – Work Session

1.       Technical Community College- discussion and update

 

2.     Executive Session - personnel items

 

7:00 PM - Regular Meeting

 

2.        Call to Order

3.        Moment of Reflection

4.        Pledge of Allegiance

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

 

6.       Motion to accept the Minutes of the August 24, 2006 Meeting, as presented.

 

7.        Introduction of Guests

 

8.        Correspondence-

A.      American Design Drafting Association- ADDA curriculum certification

B.       Home Builders Institute-Residential Construction Academy Series

C.       PDE- Travel and Lodging Association conference

D.      PDE-approval of alternative rating system

E.       Knox  McLauglin Gornall & Sennett- land sale transaction complete

 

9.        Business—Paul Fritz

A.      Report - Business Manager

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

1)       General Fund Revenue and Expenditure Reports, as presented

2)       Food Service Fund Revenue and Expenditure Reports, as presented

3)       Capital Reserve Fund Revenue and Expenditure Reports, as presented

4)       ECTS Foundation Report, as presented

5)       Student Activities Report, as presented

6)       General Fund Checks and Invoices, as presented $ 84,413.23

7)       Food Service Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 1,047.61

8)       Capital Reserve Fund Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 0.0

9)       ECTS Foundation Checks and Invoices, as presented; $ 0.0

10)    VISA purchasing card payment, as presented; $51,593.59

11)    Treasurer’s Report, as presented

12)    General Fund Budget Transfers, none

 

10.     Human and Quality Resources—Natalie Fatica

A.      Report—Coordinator of Human and Quality Resources

 

1)     Motion to increase the the pay rate for RCTC instructors from $22.50 to $25.00 per class hour.
 

2)     Motion to hire Donna Ralston-Smolko as RCTC secretary (S-3) at the rate of $11.81 per hour.

 

3)     Motion to accept resignation of Frank Paparelli effective November 2, 2006.

 

4)     Motion to employ Jim Burek at the RCTC hourly pay rate  as term I RCTC instructor.

 

5)     Motion to hire Jeremiah Weaver as a substitute custodian at the rate of $8.00 per hour beginning September 27, 2006.

 

6)     Motion to place Ken Balsiger at Column C step 16 of the Professional Salary Schedule at the rate of $45,406.00 effective for the 2006-2007 school year.

 

11.     Operations

A.      Superintendent’s Report—Mrs. Sandra Myers

B.       Director’s Report—Dr. Aldo Jackson

C.       Solicitor’s Report—Mr. Timothy M. Sennett

D.      High School Report—Mr. John Hansen

E.       RCTC Report—Mrs. Mary Ellen Camp

F.       Facilities Manager’s Report—Mr. Steven Sceiford

G.       Technology Manager’s Report—Mr. Jeff Smith

H.      Instructional Support Services Report- Mr. Pat Holland, Mrs. Janet Kennerknecht

 

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

 

J.        Student Field Trips and Fundraising (Policy 121)

 

1)       Motion to approve a field trip for the Cosmetology students to Coventina Day Spa, Nature’s Beauty Salon, Famous Hair, and Loeffler’s Beauty Supply on Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006. 

 

2)       Motion to approve a field trip for forty Art and Design students to the Darwin Martin Complex in Buffalo, NY on Thursday, October 5th, 2006. 

 

3)       Motion to approve a field trip for the Tool and Die students to Accuride on Friday, October 6th, 2006. 

 

4)       Motion to approve a field trip for the Electrical Engineering, Facility Maintenance Technology, and Electronics students to the Northwest Rural Electric Coop on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006. 

 

5)       Motion to approve a field trip for the Drafting and Design students to an architectural firm and the Erie Bay front on Wednesday, October 11th, 2006. 

 

6)       Motion to approve a field trip for the Metal Fabrication students to Eriez Magnetics on April 13, 2007, and to the Bay front ship yard on March 30, 2007. 

 

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

 

L.       Other Operations

 

1)       Motion to award the Cosmetology Furnishings bid purchase to Angelo’s Beauty Supplies, Inc. of Erie, PA in the amount of $38,675.00, per the bid specifications.

 

2)       Motion to approve a contract with Strategy Solutions, Inc. for strategic planning facilitation in the amount of $14,200. 

 

12.     Other Business

 

A.      Motion to authorize expending $25,000 from the ECTS Foundation to support the continued development of the Technical Community College for Northwest Pennsylvania.  Appropriate expenditures for this motion include a contract for project management and all customary expenses including travel, communication and supplies.

 

B.       Administrative Compensation Plan – meet and discuss

 

13.     Supplemental Information

 

A.      Board attendance report

B.       Work experience report

C.       PDE Postsecondary application

D.      Equipment listing – grant application

E.       In-service agenda- 2006-2007

F.       Fall 2006 Performance checkups

G.       Strategy Solutions proposal – strategic plan

H.    High School Enrollment report

I.     Next meeting: October 26, 2006

14.     Adjournment