Approval of Bills and Payroll, April 2013
Finance
Routine approval of April bills ($428,752.02) and payroll ($592,303.46), but Member Janice Barry questioned more than a dozen line items (Rooster Avenue $600; Visa $1,105; Glenwood Oaks $1,678 catering; SAM's Club, Rent-a-Crate, Swim & Sport $103 custodial shirts, 95% Group PD, Sylvan SES, Hershey ice cream, Panera, NSBA travel for seven Board members). Hollich defended meal spending as driving PD attendance; Plott defended NSBA travel; Birmingham agreed to move packet delivery to Tuesday so members can pre-clear bills questions with Ziegler.
Moved Dixon
Seconded Plott
Vote 7-0
Monetary items (11)
$428,752.02April bills
$592,303.46April actual payroll
as per agreementsMay payroll
$600Rooster Avenue (on-line subscription for students) · Rooster Avenue
$1,105Visa (A. Ziegler will email breakdown) · Visa
$1,678Food for meetings · Glenwood Oaks
$103Custodial shirts · Swim & Sport
—Professional development (3rd year of 3-year commitment) · 95% Group
—Tuition for three special education students · CC Tech & Trade
—SES provider · Sylvan
—NSBA conference travel (7 board members to San Diego)
External parties (8)
Rooster Avenue· Online student subscription serviceGlenwood Oaks· Meeting catering95% Group· Title I-funded professional developmentSylvan· Required SES providerCC Tech & Trade· Special education tuitionHershey Co.· Ice cream (student-purchased)NSBA· Board professional development conferenceCenter for College & Career Readiness· Common Core PD travel
Positions (4)
Janice Barry · Question discretionary food and conference travel spending
Taxpayers don't appreciate paying for food; seven-member NSBA travel may not be financially responsible.
Dr. Hollich · Defend catering spend
Providing lunch drives timely attendance at PD sessions.
Melinda Plott · Defend NSBA travel as Board PD
Conference is professional development; suggested members pre-clear bill questions with Ziegler instead of debating at meeting.
Carl Smith · Back transparency
Wants the public to know where the money goes; suggested a future NSBA report-out.
Key quotes (2)
“taxpayers don't appreciate paying for food.”Mrs. Barry
“providing lunch gets people to the professional development sessions in a timely manner.”Dr. Hollich
IssueBarry, newly elected, signaling fiscal-scrutiny stance, particularly questioning food expenses and the cost of all seven Board members attending NSBA in San Diego.
What to watchEstablishes a Board faction (Barry, supported by Smith) that will scrutinize bills line-by-line. Birmingham's concession to move packet delivery to Tuesday is procedural accommodation.
Raw excerpt
IV. APPROVAL OF BILLS AND PAYROLL. Bills totaling $428,752.02, the April actual payroll of $592,303.46 and the May payroll as per agreements were approved. Dixon/Plott Approved 7-0. ... taxpayers don't appreciate paying for food.
