The Tangipahoa Parish School Board met in regular
session on
MEMBERS PRESENT: Robert Caves, Al Link, Carl Bardwell, Sandra Bailey-Simmons, Leonard Genco, Robert Potts, Donnie Williams, Maxine Dixon and Jimmy A. Richardson, I
MEMBERS ABSENT: None
Remarks & Recognition of
Fire & Police Departments –
Posting of Colors -
Invocation -"
Prayer for
Pledge of Allegiance -
Patriotic Songs -
Song -"
Formal
Dismissal of Amite High School R.O.T.C.
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It was moved by
It was moved by
It was moved by Mrs. Dixon, seconded by Mr. Richardson, to approve the Personnel Committee Report of September 17, 2003 and Addendum #1, with the exception of Item #9 (Administrative – Transfer/Reclassification) on the original report. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
It was moved by Mrs. Dixon, seconded by Mr. Link, to approve Item #9 (Administrative – Transfer/Reclassification). An electronic vote yielded the following results: eight (8) Yeas: Mr. Caves, Mr. Link, Mr. Potts, Ms. Dixon, Mr. Bardwell, Mrs. Bailey-Simmons, Mr. Genco, and Mr. Richardson, Nays: one (1); Mr. Williams. The motion was adopted.
1. Teacher – New Hire
Angelue' Bazile, Teacher -Tucker Elementary, effective
2. Teacher - Reclassification
3. Teacher – Transfer/Reclassification
4. Support Personnel – New Hire
Latura Knighten, Sp. Ed. Attendant –Hammond Westside Primary, effective September 5, 2003 Jermaine Brumfield,Child Specific Aide - 7 hours -D. C. Reeves, effective September 3, 2003
5. Support Personnel - Transfer
Althea Womack, From:
Child Specific Aide - Chesbrough To: Child Specific Aide -Amite Elementary,
effective
6 . School
Food Service Recommendations
7. Transportation – New Hire
8. Transportation - Transfer
9. Administrative –
Transfer/Reclassification
10. LEAVES* RESIGNATIONS* RETIREMENTS
RESCIND SABBATICAL LEAVE:
LEAVES:
M.C. Hammer, Custodian -Midway Elementary (Sick Leave due to illness -using sick days first then Straight Leave Without Pay- October 31, 2003), effective September 5, 2003
RESIGNATIONS:
RETIREMENTS:
1. Teacher
– Transfer/Reclassification
2. Support Personnel - New Hire
3. Transportation – New Hire
4. School Food Service Employees
Rose
Sharon K Lee, New Hire-Sub Pool – Independence High – 4 hours, effective September 15, 2003
5. *LEAVES *RESIGNATIONS *RETIREMENTS
RESIGNATIONS:
Marla Partsch, Office Assistant - Migrant Program, September 1, 2003
Sheila Stewart, Food Service Worker – Independence High, effective September 15, 2003
The Board recognized Mr. Darrell Fairburn, newly appointed Supervisor of Personnel. Mr. Fairburn thanked the Board for their vote of confidence and stated that he looked forward to serving as Supervisor of Personnel.
It was moved by Mr. Williams, seconded by Mr. Bardwell, to approve the Finance Committee Report of September 2, 2003. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted. Following is the report as approved.
1. Approved the Accounts Payable Check
Register dated 6/30/03 and
7/31/03 – 8/26/03.
2. Approved the low bids for Bid #03-41, SFS Large
Equipment.
3. Approved the low bids for Bid #03-47, SFS Commodity
Processing.
It was moved by Mr. Link, seconded by Mr. Potts, to approve the 16th Section Ad Hoc Committee Report of September 11, 2003. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted. Following is the report as approved.
1. Authorized Mr. Reed and his staff to go out for bids to harvest (clear cut) the 16th Section Property adjacent to Vinyard Elementary School, and to structure the cutting as to whatever is in the best interest of the Tangipahoa Parish School System.
2.
Approved the assignment of the Right-of-Way and Grant
Predial Servitude with
ASSIGNMENT
OF RIGHT OF WAY AND GRANT OF PREDIAL SERVITUDE
BY AND BETWEEN: STATE OF LOUISIANA
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
AND PARISH
OF TANGIPAHOA
BRUCE R. MEYER AND MAGGIE ALLEN MEYER
BEFORE ME, the undersigned Notary
Public, duly commissioned and qualified in and for the Parish and State aforesaid, therein residing. and in the presence of the undersigned competent witnesses,
personally came and appeared:
TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, a political subdivision organized under the
laws of the State of Louisiana, represented herein by its duly authorized
representative, having a mailing address of 59656 Puleston Road, Amite,
Louisiana 70422, and Tax Identification Number of 72-6001372 ("School
Board");
BRUCE R. MEYER AND MAGGIE ALLEN MEYER, husband
and wife, living and residing, persons of full age of majority and domiciled in
Tangipahoa Parish, having a mailing address of ___________________________, and
whose Social Security Numbers are __________________ and ____________________,
Respectively (“Meyer”);
who, after being duly sworn did depose and say:
That for and in consideration of the mutual
covenants herein expressed, the School Board conveys unto Meyer, his heirs, successors
and assigns, a servitude over existing roads on property owned by the School
Board in the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 16, Tl S,
R8E, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana.
That for and in consideration of the mutual
covenants herein expressed, Meyer assigns unto the School Board, its successors
and assigns, all of his non exclusive right of use over and across the
following described properties, to-wit:
From the POB which is the common comer of
Sections 16, 17, 20 and 21, of the Tl S, R8E, proceed W along the Section line
between Section 20 and 21 a distance of 200 feet, thence North 30 feet, thence
East 200 feet to the Section line between Sections 16 and 17, thence South 30
feet to the point of beginning. Said right of way being in Section 17, TIS,
R8E, Tangipahoa Parish; and said right of way acquired by Meyer from Sidney
Ricks, Sr. by right of way agreement recorded at COB 495. Page
840 of the records of
Tangipahoa Parish.
From the common comer of Sections 16, 17, 20
and 21 of the TIS, R8E, proceed West along the line between Section 17 and 20,
distance of 170 feet to the POB, thence South 30 feet, thence West parallel to
the Section line to the right of way of the North Lewiston Road, thence North
to the Section line, thence East to the point of beginning. Said right of way
being 30 feet in width and extending along the north side of the North Half of
the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, TIS, R8E,
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; said right of way acquired by Meyer from Kenon
Kyzar by right of way agreement recorded at COB 495. Page
839 of the records of
WITNESSES: TANGIPAHOA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
___________________________ By:_______________________________________
___________________________ __________________________________________
__________________________________________
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It was moved by Mr. Link, seconded by Mr. Potts, to waive the rules to consider an item regarding access to 16th Section property in the Lewiston Church area. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
It was moved by Mr. Link, seconded by Mr. Potts, to authorize the Board’s attorney to enter into an agreement with the landowner to provide the Tangipahoa Parish School System with access to the southeast section of the 16th Section property in the Lewiston Church area. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
It was moved by Mr. Genco, seconded by Mr. Link, to waive the rules to consider RFPs for Antivirus Solutions. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
It was moved by Mr. Genco, seconded by Mrs. Bailey-Simmons, to approve the Structured Data Systems Proposal for Computer Associates Product in the amount of $31,747.00 including installation and desirable options. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
It was moved by Mr. Link, seconded by Mrs. Bailey-Simmons, to approve the Hammond Board Delegation Report of September 17, 2003. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted. Following is the report as approved.
1. Approved the request of Hammond Westside Upper for three (3) computers, software and one (1) printer for the administrative office, in the amount of $4,511.28 from Pay-As-You-Go Funds.
2. Approved the request of Hammond Westside Primary for technology upgrades in the amount of $49,697.24 from Pay-As-You-Go Funds.
3.
Approved the request of
4.
Approved the request of
5. Deferred the item regarding remodeling Hammond High School counselor’s office.
6. Authorized the staff to obtain estimates for modifications and installation of equipment to upgrade Hammond High’s Home Economic Department into a commercial kitchen, in conjunction with the Louisiana Restaurants Association.
7. Assistant Superintendent Mark Kolwe gave the committee an update on the Wal-Mart property.
It was moved by Mr. Potts, seconded by Mr. Genco, to approve the request of Spring Creek Elementary School to upgrade its telephone resources in the amount of $2,556.90. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
It was moved by Mr. Potts, seconded by Mr. Genco, to approve the request of Sumner High School for computer equipment in the amount of $3,692.04. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
It was moved by Mrs. Bailey-Simmons, seconded by Mr. Genco, to adopt an appropriate resolution to place a signal light at the Intersection of Highway 40 and Highway 443 in Loranger, Louisiana. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The Tangipahoa
Parish School Board does actively seek to ensure the safety of its students;
WHEREAS, A problem with traffic congestion does exist at the Intersection of Highway 40 and Highway 443 in Loranger, Louisiana;
WHEREAS, School buses arrive and depart from three school campuses daily. Faculty and staff members’ automobiles, and family vehicles bringing and picking up students, create additional traffic;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, In the interest of safety and the orderly flow of traffic to and from the schools, as well as other normal traffic, the Tangipahoa Parish School Board does request that the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development render its assistance by placing a signal light at the aforementioned location;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be forwarded to Mr. Robert P. Roth, Jr., PE, District Administrator – LA DOTD and Mr. Alan Dale, District Traffic Operations Engineer – LA DOTD, requesting their assistance in this matter.
CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that the
foregoing resolution was adopted by the Tangipahoa Parish School Board in
regular session duly convened on September 23, 2003 and that the same has not
been rescinded or repealed.
Amite, Louisiana, this twenty-third day
of September 2003.
______________________________ ____________________________________
Louis L. Joseph Robert Caves
SUPERINTENDENT PRESIDENT
Mr. Richard Tanner spoke in public input regarding the upcoming election and legislative matters.
It was moved by Mr. Genco, seconded by Mr. Richardson, to enter Executive Session to discuss the cases of James Troy Jones v. Patrick Balisteri, et. al and Cynthia Givens v. TPSB. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
The Board entered Executive Session.
The Board returned to Open Session.
No action was taken in the case of James Troy Jones v. Patrick Balisteri, et. al. It was moved by Mr. Richardson, seconded by Mr. Genco, accept the attorney’s recommendation in the case of Cynthia Givens v. TPSB. Hearing no objection, the motion was unanimously adopted.
Mrs. Bailey-Simmons introduced her mother, Mrs. Dorothy Hughes during personal privilege. She informed the Board that her mother made eighty-seven today.
It
was moved by Mr. Link, seconded by Mrs. Bailey-Simmons, to adjourn. Hearing no objection, the motion was
unanimously adopted.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert Caves, President
Louis L. Joseph, Secretary-Treasurer
Recorded By: Jo-Ann L. Frazier (09/23/03)