ST. MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
MARCH 4, 2015
BREAUX BRIDGE, LOUISIANA
MINUTES
The St. Martin Parish School Board convened on this day at 5:00 P.M. at the Administrative Office with the following members present: Messrs. Mark Hebert, President, Steve Fuselier, Aaron Flegeance, Burton Dupuis, James Blanchard, Russel C. Foti, Richard Potier, Frederic Stelly, Floyd Knott, and Ms. Wanda B. Vital.
ABSENT: None
The meeting was called to order by Mark Hebert, President. Dr. Lottie P. Beebe, Superintendent, opened the meeting with a prayer and the pledge of allegiance.
Ms. Betty Thibodeaux, Teacher Aide at Breaux Bridge Elementary, was recognized as the February Employee of the Month sponsored by Southern Scripts.
The Board Member’s request to purchase property next to Teche Elementary School was removed from the agenda.
On the motion of Mr. Potier, seconded by Mr. Foti, and unanimously carried, consider and/or approve the Finance Committee recommendation in regards to a loan request from the Cecilia High Girls’ Softball Group in the amount of $50,000 or less was added to the consent agenda.
On the motion of Mr. Foti, seconded by Mr. Stelly, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following consent agenda items:
a) Minutes of the following meetings:
1) Finance Committee Meeting of February 4, 2015
2) Regular Meeting of February 4, 2015
3) Special Meeting of February 5, 2015
4) Special Meeting of February 19, 2015
b) Finance Committee recommendations:
1) Purchase of truck for the maintenance department
2) Loan request from the Cecilia High Girls’ Softball Group in the amount of $50,000 or less
c) Request for permission to call for bids on Janitorial Products
d) Board resolution to negotiate contract with United Way of Acadiana for Access to Care Grant for the School Board Health Centers
e) Requests from St. Martin Parish Government:
1) To utilize School Food Service facilities for a summer program tentatively from May, 2015 through July, 2015
2) To utilize current bid prices and vendors from 2014-2015 school year
f) Resolutions:
1) MFP/Sales Tax Revenue (attached as Exhibit A)
2) Expressing the condolences of the entire school system to the families of Marion Angelle, Mary Alice Guidry, and Rodney Ledoux (attached as Exhibit B)
g) Personnel Changes:
1) Request for extra employment pay for Corita Andrus, Cabrini Benoit, Tracey Berard, Ashley Bonvillain, Dana Broussard, Brenda Davis, and Ashley Howard for Cecilia Primary’s After-Care Program for the month of January, 2015
2) Request for extra employment pay for Angela Toncrey, Rena David, Tonia Theriot, Kate Gary, Theresa Blankenship, Regina Smart, Catherine Meche, Trisha Chauvin, and Cherie Foti for Parks Primary’s After-Care Program for the month of January, 2015
3) Request for extra employment pay for Patty Orgeron, Allison Guagliardo, and Candice Grivet for Stephensville Elementary’ s After-Care Program for the month of January, 2015
4) Recommendation of termination due to job abandonment
On the motion of Mr. Foti, seconded by Mr. Dupuis, and unanimously carried, the Board approved the following 2009 and 2013 Bond projects:
a) Awarding the Cecilia Jr. High New Classrooms project (2013 Bond) to Southern Constructors, LLC in the amount of $1,131,000
b) Awarding the following projects:
1) Breaux Bridge Primary Cabling – Com-Net Services, LLC ($161,030)
2) Breaux Bridge High School Cabling – Com-Net Services, LLC ($129,576)
3) Cecilia Jr. High and Cecilia High Cabling – Prevost Electric, Inc. ($218,000)
4) St. Martinville High School Cabling – Global Data Systems, Inc. ($148,050)
5) Teche Elementary and Cecilia Primary Cabling – Global Data Systems, Inc. ($292,560)
6) Catahoula Elementary and Parks Middle Cabling – Global Data Systems, Inc. ($189,390)
7) Stephensville Elementary Cabling – Global Data Systems ($45,166)
c) The following projects funded by 2013 Cecilia District bond funds to proceed through Schematic Design. Total District construction funds available is $3,067,598. Based on approval of Superintendent of the schematic design, allow the respective architects (already approved by the Board at previous meetings) to proceed with construction documents to allow projects to begin construction as soon as possible. Any substantial modifications to the approved list of work will be presented to the Board before moving forward. Also, the scope of work will be specifically defined based on construction estimates established by the Architects which fall within the approved budget.
1) Cecilia Primary:
i. Property Purchase $60,000 (already approved and complete)
ii. Parking Lot Improvements $100,000
iii. Caf. DW Area/Epoxy $10,000
$170,000 Subtotal
2) Teche Elementary:
i. Sidewalks Repairs $5,000
ii. Property Purchase $80,000
iii. Library Elevator $150,000
iv. Buses/parent Pickup drives $100,000
$335,000 Subtotal
3) Cecilia Jr. High:
i. Furniture $5,313 (complete)
ii. New Classrooms $1,044,162 (Bidding; results presented at mtg.)
iii. Repairs to brick Gym $145,000
$1,194,475 Subtotal
4) Cecilia High:
i. Drainage & Culverts $60,000 (Approved by Board and in progress)
ii. Portion of 8 Clrms $355,038
iii. Treatment Plant Analysis $10,000
$425,038 Subtotal
$2,124,513 Total Proposed Projects
$ 943,085 Remaining Cecilia District Funds
d) The following assignments of 2013 projects to Architects:
1) Reassignment of Breaux Bridge High School Athletic Building/s from David Courville Architects to Angelle Architects. David Courville Architects, now doing business as Vermilion Architects, will maintain Breaux Bridge High Athletic Track Upgrade.
2) Reassignment of the Hardware portion of Doors and Hardware Parish-wide projects from David Courville Architects to Architectural Solutions.
3) Assignment of remaining roofing projects to Architectural and Engineering.
The Board discussed the following:
a) Purchasing lots 138-139 Pecan Acres Cecilia area from Louis Boyd at appraised price with proceeds from 2013 bonds
b) Bidding on purchases of all future new school buses
c) Livestreaming school board meetings
On the motion of Mr. Flegeance, seconded by Mr. Foti, and unanimously carried, the Board adjourned.
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SECRETARY PRESIDENT