The Ranches Academy Board Meeting Minutes

June 6, 2006 6:00-8:00 pm

MINUTES OF 06-06-06 BOARD MEETING

The School Council from the Ranches Academy held a meeting on:

Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Time: 6:30 pm closed session, 7:00pm open session
Place: The Ranches Academy
7789 Tawny Owl Circle
Eagle Mountain, Utah

The following directors, constituting a quorum of the full board, were present:

Stephanie Colson
Jennifer Maroney
Stacey James
Valerie Mattson
Katie Allen

The following directors were absent:

Dave Hadlock

Others present:

Brady Allen—new board member
Robert McNair-new board member
Brenda Park—new board member
Redge Hudson—new board member
Darren Beck
Linda Tuttle—financial advisor

The Chair called the meeting to order and opened the closed session.

Adoption of Agenda:

The Chair made a motion that the following agenda be adopted for this meeting:

Closed Session
1. Finalize 05-06 budget and approve 06-07 budget
2. Review teachers pay scale
3. Personnel Issues-Discuss hiring needs and set interview dates; janitorial and/or maintenance needs
4. Expansion Update

Open Session
1. Approve meeting minutes from May
2. Vote on 05-06 and 06-07 budget
3. Vote on teachers pay scale
4. Presentation on LearnPhase proposal for technology services and discuss other possibility of other bids
5. FSO Report
6. Public comment

The motion was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting

Closed Session

Discussion held in the closed session:

The Ranches Academy financial advisor presented the adjustments to the budgets. The board discussed the finalization of the 05-06 budget and the 06-07 upcoming budget.

The board discussed and reviewed the proposed teacher’s pay scale. The board decided to table their final decision until the tentative date of Thursday, June 8, 2006 because of the need for further information.

Open Session
Motion

Motion by the Chair to approve minutes from 05-04-06 board meeting was duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Motion

Motion by the chair to finalize 05-06 budget and approve 06-07 budget was duly made, seconded and carried, and was made a part of the records of the meeting.

Discussion held during the open session of the meeting:

The board reviewed LearnPhase proposal for technology services and decided that we needed to review more bids. Rob McNair and Steve Maroney will look into this for us.

There was no FSO report or public comment