Subject: 12/14/09
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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:16:08 -0400

Rutland Town Board of School
Directors Meeting

Monday, December 14,
2009

Open: Chair
Stacy Chapman opened the meeting at 7:09pm with the Pledge of
Allegiance

Present: In
attendance: Board members Stacy Chapman, Jim Levins, Jim Wright; Principal
Pati Beaumont; Assistant Principal Larry Sims; Superintendent Wendy Savery;
Lead Technician Jesse Safran

Directors Orders: All orders signed

Minutes of November 24, 2009 meeting: adopted as written

Public Questions/Comments:   None

New Business:

Jim Levins motioned and Jim Wright seconded to
approve four activities contracts ($700 each) for Kathryn Currier
(7th grade girl’s basketball), Joe Bizzaro (8th grade
girl’s basketball), Jeff Cassarino (8th grade boy’s basketball),
and John Fiske (7th grade boy’s basketball).  Motion passed
unanimously.

Next meeting for teacher contract negotiations (fact
finding) is set for 1pm on January 21, 2010.

Next meeting will be January 5, 2010.  Agenda
items will include presentation on the school community by Linda Mullin
representing the Friends of Rutland Town School’s efforts to garner support
for the school budget, and FY 2011 budget.

Executive Session:  Motion made by Jim Levins to go into
Executive Session (Title 1, Section 313) for issues related to personnel,
contract negotiations, and legal matters, seconded by Jim Wright; passed 2-0
at 7:17pm.  Motion made and seconded to end Executive Session, passed
unanimously at 8:08pm

Administrator’s Reports:

Superintendent Savery

Preliminary draft for upcoming budget reflects a
decrease of nearly $50,000 (.658%) from FY2010 ($7,553,264) to
$7,503,540.

Highlights include: decrease in RCSU assessment
(which includes increase in wages that are offset by increased employee
health insurance contributions), 4.5% increase in health insurance premiums,
3% wage increase for non-union employees, step increases for teacher
salaries, expenses for negotiations, heating oil at $2.00 per gallon,
transportation increase of 2.2% (per the New England Economic Project
Cumulative Price Index), support staff increase (per year 4 of existing
4-year contract).  Consideration to expend $25,000 from the Technology
Reserve Fund for Computer Lab renovations and $25,000 from Capital Reserve
Fund for needed paving.

Jesse Safran (Lead Technician)

RTS computer laboratory proposal, 3 options to
consider (options 2 and 3 are similar, only difference is leasing in option
3):

Option 1: renovate existing lab (~$27K)

Option 2: renovate lab using existing computers in classrooms and purchase
laptops.  (~$53K)

Option 3: same as Option 2, lease (3 year) laptops,
buy ($1.00 each) at end of lease. (~$53.5K)

Price differential for laptops versus desktops is
about $200 per machine.  All options include making building wireless
capable, document camera, projector, and interactive whiteboard.

Chair Report: None

Old Business: None

Adjournment:  Jim Wright made a motion to adjourn, Jim
Levins seconded, passed 2-0 at
8:30pm