April 5, 2010

Many, LA  71449

 

The Sabine Parish School Board of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, met in public session on April 5, 2010, at 6:30 P. M. at the regular meeting place of said Board with the following members present:  Imon Jones, President, Denyse A. Williams, Vice-President, James W. House, Jack Sanders, Donnie F. Sistrunk, Sr., Harold Stewart, J.A. “Buddy” Veuleman, and J. Randall Veuleman.

 

Absent:  Roderick Davis

 

The Invocation was offered and the Pledge of Allegiance was rendered.

 

A motion was made by Harold Stewart and seconded by J. A. “Buddy” Veuleman, to amend the Agenda to add an Executive Session at the end of the meeting to discuss planning & strategy in a pending lawsuit.   The motion failed.

 

For:                  James A. House, Harold Stewart and J. A. “Buddy” Veuleman

Against:            Denyse Williams, Donnie F. Sistrunk, Sr., Jack Sanders, J. Randall Veuleman, and Imon Jones.

Absent:             Roderick Davis 

 

All Board Members have earned 4.00 credit hours for 2008-2009 and are in compliance with ACT 380 which mandates four hours of annual school board member training.

 

There was special recognition of the Zwolle High School Lady Hawks Basketball Team for being the 2010 Class B State Runners up.

 

The Energy Saving Report for Sabine Parish Schools was presented by Robert Lewis, Business Manager.

 

On motion by James House and seconded by Denyse A. Williams, it was carried to approve the Consent Agenda, as follows:

 

 

          AT&T - local phone service (POTS)

          AT&T Wireless - cellular services

          AT&T - T1 lines and Metro Ethernet (Contract)

          CP-Tel - local service for Pleasant Hill (POTS)

          Communigroup - long distance and limited local service (POTS)

          LaNet - State of Louisiana Internet Service

          AT&T - Internet Service

          SkyRider Communications - wireless for Pleasant Hill only

          School Center - Website Hosting  

 

 

A.  Resignation and Retirement

 

          1.  Ginger Goings, Adaptive P. E., effective May 21, 2010

                                                                                                      

On motion by Harold Stewart and seconded by J. A. “Buddy” Veuleman, it was carried to allow the Administration to advertise for the following:

 

A.  Fiscal Agent

B.  Propane for Ebarb High School and Negreet High School

 

On motion by Harold Stewart and seconded by Donnie F. Sistrunk, Sr., it was carried to approve out-of state- travel and financial assistance ($200.00) for Maria Williams a  sophomore at Ebarb High School, to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, July 18-27, 2010, in Houston, TX. Maria is one of 700 students chosen to attend this forum from all over the U. S. and 16 different countries.

 

The following resolution was offered by James W. House and seconded by Denyse A. Williams:

 

RESOLUTION

     A resolution providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the result of the special election held in Zwolle School District No. 61 of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, on Saturday, March 27, 2010, to authorize the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds therein.

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Parish School Board of the Parish of Sabine, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of Zwolle School District No. 61 of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, that:

 

                        SECTION 1.  Canvass.  This Governing Authority does now proceed in open and public session to examine the official tabulations of votes cast at the special election held in Zwolle School District No. 61 of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, on SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010, to authorize the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds therein, and said Governing Authority does further proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the special election.

                        SECTION 2.  Proces Verbal.  A Proces Verbal of the canvass of the returns of said election shall be made and a certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Secretary of State, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who shall record the same in his office; another certified copy thereof shall be forwarded to the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Recorder of Mortgages in and for the Parish of Sabine, who shall record the same in the Mortgage Records of said Parish; and another copy thereof shall be retained in the archives of this Governing Authority.

                        SECTION 3.  Promulgation of Election Result.  The re­sult of said election shall be promulgated by publication in the manner provided by law

 

This  resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows

MEMBERS:                                     YEAS:   NAYS:      ABSENT:    ABSTAINING:  None

                                                                                                           

Imon W. Jones                                  x                                                                              

J. A. “Buddy” Veuleman                      x                                                                              

J. Randall Veuleman                          x                                                                              

Roderick Davis                                                                      x                                           

Denyse A. Williams                           x                                                                              

Harold L. Stewart                               x                                                                              

Donnie F. Sistrunk, Sr.                       x                                                                              

James W. “Jim” House                       x                                                                              

Jack H. Sanders                                x                                                                              

 

And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 5th day of April, 2010.

 

                /s/ Dorman Jackson                

Secretary

 

               /s/ Imon Jones                       

President

 

PROCES VERBAL AND PROCLAMATION OF THE CANVASS OF THE VOTES CAST AT THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD IN ZWOLLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 61 OF SABINE PARISH, LOUISIANA, ON SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 2010.

 

            BE IT KNOWN AND REMEMBERED that on Monday, April 5, 2010, at six-thirty o'clock (6:30) p.m., at its regular meeting place, the Parish School Board Office, Many, Louisiana, the Parish School Board of the Parish of Sabine, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), acting as the governing authority of Zwolle School District No. 61 of Sabine Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), and being the authority ordering the special election held therein on Saturday, March 27, 2010, with the following members present:

 

            Imon W. Jones, J. A. “Buddy” Veuleman, J. Randall Veuleman, Denyse A. Williams, Harold L. Stewart, Donnie F. Sistrunk, Sr., James W. “Jim” House and Jack H. Sanders;

 

            There being absent:  Roderick Davis

 

did, in open and public session, examine the official certified tabulations of votes cast at the said election, and did examine and canvass the returns of the said election, there having been submitted at said election the following proposition, to wit:

 

ZWOLLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 61

 

BOND PROPOSITION

 

Summary: Authority to issue not exceeding 1,000,000 of not exceeding 20 year General Obligation Bonds of Zwolle School District No. 61 for acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construc­tion of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnish­ings therefor, title to which shall be in the public, said bonds to be payable from ad valorem taxes.

 

Shall Zwolle School District No. 61 of Sabine Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), to run not exceeding twenty (20) years from date thereof, with interest at a rate not exceeding eight per centum (8%) per annum, for the purpose of acquiring and/or improving lands for building sites and playgrounds, including construction of necessary sidewalks and streets adjacent thereto; purchasing, erecting and/or improving school buildings and other school related facilities within and for the District and acquiring the necessary equipment and furnishings therefor, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and will be payable from ad valorem taxes to be levied and collected in the manner provided by Article VI, Section 33 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statutory authority supplemental thereto?

 

            There was found by said count and canvass that the following votes had been cast at the said special election IN FAVOR OF and AGAINST, respectively, the proposi­tion as hereinabove set forth at the following polling places, to-wit:

 

POLLING PLACES

VOTE TABULATION

Ward

Precinct

Location

FOR

AGAINST

6

2

(IN PART) Aimwell Fire Station, 27 Skywagon Drive, Zwolle

21

9

6

2A

(IN PART) Aimwell Fire Station, 27 Skywagon Drive, Zwolle

7

6

6

3

(IN PART) Ebarb-Blue Lake Fire Station, 3147 Hwy. 482, Noble

0

0

6

4

(IN PART) NSFPD Central Station (Clyde), 919 Hammond Street, Zwolle

4

1

6

4A

(IN PART) NSFPD Central Station (Clyde), 919 Hammond Street, Zwolle

5

0

6

4B

(IN PART) NSFPD Central Station (Clyde), 919 Hammond Street, Zwolle

7

1

7

2

(IN PART) Noble Village Hall, 437 Hwy. 1218, Noble

12

2

8

1

(IN PART) Bayou Scie Fire Station, 45 Russell Road, Zwolle

25

7

8

2

NSFPD Central Station (Clyde), 919 Hammond Street, Zwolle

76

18

ABSENTEE

5

1

TOTALS

162

45

MAJORITY FOR

117

 

            The polling places above specified being the only polling places designated at which to hold the said election, it was therefore shown that there was a total of 162 votes cast IN FAVOR OF the Proposition and a total of 45 votes cast AGAINST the Proposi­tion, as hereinabove set forth, and that there was a majority of 117 votes cast IN FAVOR OF the Proposition as hereinabove set forth.

 

            Therefore, the Governing Authority did declare and proclaim and does hereby declare and proclaim in open and public session that the Proposition as herein­above set forth was duly CARRIED by a majority of the votes cast by the qualified electors voting at the said special election held in the District on Saturday, March 27, 2010.

 

            THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Many, Louisiana, on this, the 5th day of April, 2010.

 

ATTEST:

                /s/ Dorman Jackson                

Secretary

 

               /s/ Imon Jones                       

 

President PROCLAMATION

 

           I, the undersigned President of the Parish School Board of the Parish of Sabine, State of Louisiana, the governing authority of Zwolle School District No. 61 of Sabine Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), do hereby declare, proclaim and announce that the proposition submitted at the special election held in the District on Saturday, March 27, 2010, was CARRIED by a majority of the votes cast at the said special election, all as described and set out in the above Procs Verbal.

 

             THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Many, Louisiana, on this, the 5th day of April, 2010.

 

               /s/ Imon Jones                       

President

 

STATE OF LOUISIANA

PARISH OF SABINE

            I, the undersigned Secretary of the Parish School Board of the Parish of Sabine, State of Louisiana (the "Governing Authority"), the governing authority of Zwolle School District No. 61 of Sabine Parish, Louisiana (the "District"), do hereby certify that the foregoing pages constitute a true and correct copy of the proceedings and Proces Verbal made by said Governing Authority on Monday, April 5, 2010, providing for canvassing the returns and declaring the result of the special election held in the District on Saturday, March 27, 2010, to authorize the incurring of debt and issuance of bonds therein.

            IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the official seal of the School Board at Many, Louisiana, on this, the 5th day of April, 2010.

 

s/s Dorman Jackson

Secretary

(SEAL)

 

On motion by Donnie Sistrunk, Sr., and seconded by Harold Stewart, a motion was made to approve and adopt the 2010-2011 School Calendar.

 

For:              Donnie F. Sistrunk, Sr., Harold Stewart, J. A. “Buddy” Veuleman, and Imon Jones

Against:       J. Randall Veuleman, James House, Denyse Williams, and Jack Sanders

The motion failed.

 

On motion by Jack Sanders and seconded by Harold Stewart, it was carried to amend the agenda to reconsider the 2010-2011 School Calendar.  (Requires 100% of Board voting for the amendment.)

 

For:  Denyse Williams, Jack Sanders, J. A. “Buddy” Veuleman, Harold Stewart, J. Randall Veuleman, Donnie F. Sistrunk, Sr., and Imon Jones

 

Against:       James House

Absent:        Roderick Davis

The motion failed.

 

On motion by Harold Stewart and seconded by Jack Sanders, it was carried to approve the 14th check and to issue a letter of explanation concerning sales tax.

 

 

The overpayment to teachers in the amount of $124.16 (from state salary increase, not funded) will need to be deducted from total amount distributed due to retirement reporting for all employees but specifically those who have entered DROP, ended DROP, retired or retired and returned to work.  In addition, this amount has been deducted from employees who have terminated within this school year. 

 

9 month certified employees received 1 overpayment in the amount of $124.16.

10 month certified employees received 2 overpayments in the amount of $248.32.

12 month certified employees received 3 overpayments in the amount of $372.48.

 

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.

 

                /s/ Dorman Jackson                

Secretary

 

               /s/ Imon Jones                       

President