7/24/2002 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Minutes

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MASUPEE SCHOOL COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING JULY 249 2002 Minutes Attendees: Chairman Janice Mills, Peter Thomas, Mollie Deis, and I onnaJean Lopez. Ben Caswell arrived at 3:40 p.m. Also in attendance were Interim Superintendent Patricia Parolski and Business Administrator Michael Tarlow. I. Call Meeting to Order — Mrs. Mills called the special meeting to order at 335 p.m. in the Superintendent's office located in the Quashnet School. Mrs. Mills said the purpose of this meeting was to discuss the Quashnet School sidewalk replacement bid. IT. Quashnet School Sidewalks - Mr. Tarlow outlined the results of the two bids submitted for the Quashnet School sidewalk replacement. The lowest hid was received from Lawrence Lynch, Corp. in the amount of$34,400; the other bid, from Robert B. Our Co.,, Inc. in the amount of$43,500. Mr. Tarlow recommended the lowest bidder, Lawrence Lynch Corp. be awarded the contract for the replacement of the Quashnet School sidewalks in the amount of$34,400. Motion made by Mrs. Reis, seconded by Mrs. Lopez, to approve the bid submitted by Lawrence Lynch Corp. awarded the Quashnet School sidewalk contract in the amount of $34, . VOTE: Unanimous 5 Mrs. Mills mentioned establishing a computer committee consisting of Mr. Thomas, Mr. Caswell, Mr. Tarlow, and Network Administrator Joe Augenblick. Mrs. Parolski will follow- up on setting up this committee. Regarding a meeting with M.A.S. . Field Representative Jim Hardy, Mrs. Mills suggested bolding off on scheduling a date until after the joint 1 I S MASS Annual Joint Conference in late October/early November 2002. Ir. Thomas asked Mr. Tarlow the status of the FY02 budget. Mr. Tarlow said there is $60,000 in appropriation and $40,000 in state aid enrollment. He said approximately$70,000- $75,000 7 ,0 - 7 ,0 will be paid to the Cape Cod Collaborative as first quarter tuition. Finance Committee member Theresa Cook questioned Mr. Tarlow regarding the Town Accountant refusing to pay a recent warrant. Mr. Tarlow said there was a $7,000 warrant returned from the Town Accountant containing to cber course reimbursements. However, according to the teachers' contract, all requested materials must be received in the Superintendent's office in order to collect course reimbursements. Some teachers' grades were not received but listed on the warrant for payment. The Town Accountant would place the unpaid reimbursements on the October Town Meeting warrant. Mr. Tarlow is seeking legal opinion regarding this situation.