Resignation(s) and/or Retirement(s)

Renewal of Contract

Resignation(s) and/or Retirement(s):

2021 Summer School Personnel

On a motion by Mr. Walker, seconded by Mr. Kennedy and duly carried, Exceptional Children’s Department Cooperative Agreement for Division of Vocational Rehabilitation was approved as presented. Vocational Rehabilitation Services supports our students transitioning post-graduation. This agency has a positive history working closely with Wilkes County Schools in meeting the needs of our students in both pre-employment services and post-graduation.

On a motion by Mrs. Huffman, seconded by Mr. Walker and duly carried, the Surplus Items and Resolution were approved as presented. General Statute 160A-266, Article 12 sets forth procedures and requirements for selling and disposing of public property; these include: private negotiation and sale, sale by sealed bids, auction, upset bids and exchanges. Private negotiation and sale may be used only with respect to personal property valued at less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for any one item or group of similar items. We are requesting authorization to dispose of the items by the private negotiation method. This is accomplished by the attached resolution (See Attachment One).

On a motion by Mrs. Huffman, seconded by Mr. Kennedy and duly carried, the AHERA Proposals were approved as presented. Proposals were received at 2:00 PM Tuesday, May 18th for Asbestos abatement around the exterior of one building at Roaring River and inside two buildings at Mt. Pleasant. Enpuricon was the apparent low bidder at $76,532.00. Enpuricon has worked with Wilkes County Schools in the past as well as many other school systems across North Carolina. The Project designer, EEC Environmental has recommended awarding the project to Enpuricon. Other bids received were DARI $216,500.00, CCI $144,700.00, and NEO Corp. for $88,000.00. Attorney Johnson has reviewed the specifications, Proposal, and Contract.

On a motion by Mr. Kennedy, seconded by Mrs. Caudill and duly carried, the Child Nutrition Bid Renewal was approved as presented. Wilkes County Schools Child Nutrition Department and the members of the Mountain Purchase Cooperative consisting of Ashe, Avery, and Watauga counties have sought competitive bids on beverage products and the proposal of vending products used as supplemental sales. Beverage bids were received from Dr. Pepper and PepsiCo. PepsiCo failed to bid 38% of the items requested by the Mountain Purchase Co-operative. The winning bid was submitted by Dr. Pepper Bottling in West Jefferson totaling $50,328.50 across all four districts for the 2021-2022 school year. Vending proposals were requested from multiple suppliers; however, Triangle Vending in Ashe County was the only vendor to respond to the proposal. Triangle Vending submitted a proposal offering 20% commission on snack products and 25% commission on beverages. This proposal was approved for the 2021-2022 school year.

On a motion by Mr. Kennedy, seconded by Mrs. Caudill and duly carried, the Resolution to close fiscal year 2020-2021 was approved as presented. Adoption of this resolution allows the Finance Director to record any State, Federal, and Local budget revisions, continue maximizing funds, and balance the budget after the last Board meeting in June. In addition, the resolution prevents the Board from having to call a special meeting to approve items by June 30. Final budget amendments for the fiscal year will be presented to the Board at the August 2021 meeting.

On a motion by Mrs. Huffman, seconded by Mr. Kennedy and duly carried, the FY 2021-2022 Budget Resolution for all fund sources was approved as presented. Attached is the budget resolution for all fund sources in a uniform format as prescribed by the Local Government Commission. This document summarizes the appropriated budgeted expenditures and revenues available to the Wilkes County Schools for the 2021-2022 fiscal year from all fund sources. All funds include expenditures by purpose code and balanced revenues by purpose code as well (See Attachment Two).

• No July Board of Education Meeting is scheduled

On a motion by Mr. Kennedy, seconded by Mrs. Huffman, the Wilkes County Board of Education voted unanimously to meet in closed session at 6:27 PM for the following reasons: to prevent the disclosure of information that is privileged or confidential under state or federal law, including but not limited to N.C.G.S. 115C-319, N.C.G.S. 115C-402, and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-318.11(a)(1) to consult with its attorney in order to preserve the attorney-client privilege, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-318.11(a)(3) and to consider the qualification, competence, performance, character, fitness, conditions of appointment, or conditions of initial employment of an individual public officer or employee, or prospective public officer or employee, pursuant to N.C.G.S. 143-318.11(a)(6).

On a motion by Mrs. Huffman, seconded by Mr. Kennedy and duly carried, there being no further business, the Board adjourned from closed to return to open session at 7:25 PM.

On a motion by Mrs. Huffman, seconded by Mrs. Caudill and duly carried, the board voted to increase the base salary of Superintendent Mr. D. Mark Byrd, and to extend his current contract for a period of one year through June 30, 2025.