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Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees
Regular Meeting No. 1 - July 21, 2005
MINUTES

Trustees Present: Jeffrey Freiberg, Laura Murphy, Paula Reynolds, Brian Swartz
Trustee Absent: Monib Khademi
CALL TO ORDER The Mill Valley School District Board of Trustees, acting as the Governing Board of the Mill Valley School District, met in special session at 7:30 AM on Thursday, July 21, 2005, at the Mill Valley School District Administrative Office, 411 Sycamore Avenue, Mill Valley, CA.  President Reynolds called the meeting to order at 7:32 AM and announced that Mr. Khademi was out of the country and that Mr. Swartz is participating in the meeting via teleconference from 465 First Street, Sonoma, CA.
CLOSED SESSION As there were no communications to the Board, the meeting was recessed to Closed Session at 7:33 AM, to consider Public Employee Appointment; Title: Chief Business Official (Gov. Code §54957).
RECONVENE & REPORT OUT Ms. Reynolds reconvened the meeting to Public Session at 8:00 AM and announced that no action was taken in Closed Session.
AGENDA M/S/C Murphy/Freiberg (4-0) to approve agenda.
COMMUNICATIONS There were no communications to the Board.
PERSONNEL
CBO Appt.: Rollins
Following Superintendent Benny's review of the process in seeking a new Chief Business Official, he recommended that Michele Rollins be appointed.  Mr. Benny said that Dr. Rollins, who had been acting part-time as our Interim CBO, was one of five finalists for the position.  He reported that Dr. Rollins has MBA and Doctorate degrees, is highly competent, and has worked in both revenue limit and basic aid districts in Marin County.
- Motion; App't M/S/C Freiberg/Swartz (4-0) to appoint Michele Rollins, Ed.D, as Chief Business Official, effective July 25, 2005.
BUSINESS
MSIA Rep appt
M/S/C Freiberg/Murphy (4-0) to appoint Michele Rollins, CBO, District representative to Marin Schools Insurance Authority Board of Directors, with Superintendent Ken Benny as Alternate for 2005-06.
BUILDINGS & SITES
OM painting bid
Brian Moran, Director of Maintenance & Operations, presented bids for the painting of the exterior of Old Mill School, excluding modulars and auditorium, which will be funded from deferred maintenance fund.  He recommended Jerry Thompson & Sons, Inc. as the low responsible bidder for the project.
-Motion: OM paint; Thompson M/S/C Freiberg/Murphy (4-0) to award bid to paint the exterior of Old Mill School, excluding the modulars and auditorium, to Jerry Thompson & Sons, Inc., for $49,854.00.
MVMS paving bid Mr. Moran presented bids for repaving the east parking lot at Mill Valley Middle School, to be funded from deferred maintenance fund.  He recommended Maggiora & Ghilotti as the low responsible bidder for the project.  Mr. Moran was commended for his work during the bidding process for the summer projects.
-Motion: M/S/C Freiberg/Murphy (4-0) to award bid to replace the asphalt parking lot at Mill Valley Middle School to Maggiora & Ghilotti, for $68,910.00.
MINUTES: Reg. 6/15/05; Spec. 7/8/05. M/S/C Freiberg/Swartz (4-0) to approve the minutes of Regular meeting of June 15, 2005 and Special meeting of July 8, 2005.
CONSENT AGENDA M/S/C Freiberg/Murphy (4-0) to approve the Consent Agenda, as follows:
Warrants - Warrants #0269-3609/3677, dated 06/24/2005, for $168,457.23; -3947/3961, dated 06/27/2005, for $91,851.68; - 5075/5082, dated 07/08/2005, for $35,192.37.
Payroll - Payroll Certifications: June 2005: End of Month Misc., dated 7/6/05, for $100,183.99; Mid Summer School, dated 7/7/05, for $20,490.32; Mid, dated 7/11/05, for $69,628.45.
PAF #0506-2 - Personnel Action Form #0506-2.
Res. #2-05/06: Auth. to sign -Res. #2-05/06 - Authorization to Sign on Behalf of Board for 2005-06; CBO.
Gifts: SP PTA; EM PTA Gifts: for benefit of Strawberry Pt. School, $1660.00 for art show expenses, from SP PTA; for Edna Maguire School, total of $19,968.10, for various programs, from EM PTA.

ADJOURNMENT

Ms. Reynolds announced that the next regular meeting of the Board will be on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 at 7:00 PM at the Mill Valley School District Administrative Office and adjourned the meeting at 8:25 AM .

Respectfully submitted,



Ken Benny, Superintendent & Secretary to Board of Trustees
Date of Approval: August 31, 2005

These are unofficial minutes subject to approval by Board of Trustees at its next regularly scheduled meeting.