June 29, 2020
The public hearing and the special meeting of the Board of Education of the Centerville Community School 
District was held June 15, 2020 at 5:00 pm in the board room of the Administration Office, 634 North 
Main, Centerville.  Patrons that wished to attend virtually were given the option of logging into the meeting.

Public Hearing

Call to order and roll call
President Marty Braster called the public hearing to order at 5:00 pm.  Roll call to determine quorum:
   Present:  Marty Braster, Kris Shondel, Kevin Wiskus, Mike Moore, Mike Thomas, Bob Thomas, Brooke Johnson
   Absent:  None 
Also present were Superintendent Tom Rubel and Chief Financial Officer Lisa Swarts

Welcome Visitors
Marty Braster welcomed visitors and reminded the public not to let the remote meetings be an obstacle if they wished to participate.  He thanked the technology department for their continued work with the district’s meetings.

Approve Agenda
It was moved by Bob Thomas and seconded by Brooke Johnson to approve the agenda.  Motion passed 
unanimously.

New Business

Lakeview Parking Project 
Nancy Buss and Bill Buss were present to go over the bids for the Lakeview Parking Project.  Bids were opened on June 24, 2020 at 9:00 am in the administration building.  Bids were as follows:

Base Bid
TK Concrete – Pella, IA			$610,866.00
Joiner Construction – Plano, IA		$659,444.30
TEK Builder – Mount Ayr, IA		$660,242.17

Nancy Buss recommended the low bid from TK Concrete per Iowa Code.  

The timeline for the project’s completion is for the first phase to be completed by August 21, 2020 and the rest of the project is to be completed by October 31, 2020.

There were no further comments from the public or board members.
 
Adjourn
It was moved by Brooke Johnson and seconded by Kevin Wiskus to adjourn the public hearing at 5:09 pm.  Motion passed unanimously.

Special Meeting

Call to order and roll call
President Marty Braster called the public hearing to order at 5:09 pm.  Roll call to determine quorum:
   Present:  Bob Thomas, Mike Thomas, Mike Moore, Brooke Johnson, Kevin Wiskus, Kris Shondel, Marty Braster
   Absent:  None 
Also present were Superintendent Tom Rubel and Chief Financial Officer Lisa Swarts

Approve Agenda
It was moved by Bob Thomas and seconded by Brooke Johnson to approve the agenda.  Motion passed 
unanimously.

New Business

Consider Approval of Resolution Ordering Award of Contract and Authorizing Execution for the Lakeview Parking Project
Bill Buss spoke about the five alternate bids for curbing.  The reason for the addition of the alternates was in case a smaller contractor didn’t have machines for the type of curb in the original specs.  Because of the costs, it was his recommendation that the board would probably not want to add the alternates.  

It was moved by Bob Thomas and seconded by Mike Moore to approve the resolution ordering the award of contract to the low bidder, TK Concrete, for the amount of $610,866.00 for the Lakeview Parking Project as stated.  Roll call vote:
Ayes:  Kris Shondel, Mike Thomas, Brooke Johnson, Bob Thomas, Kevin Wiskus, Marty Braster, Mike 
    Moore
Nays:  None

Motion passed unanimously.

Information on “Return to Learn”
Tom Rubel gave an update on the “Return to Learn” plan.  There has been no specific guidance on how to open for the fall from the state.  It has essentially been left up to local control.  The district has been continuing to work on the plan and the administration has participated in several webinars and meetings as well as getting information from several sources including the University of Iowa and the Iowa Association of School Boards.  

The district has also sent out a survey to the public as well as one for the staff with a pretty good response rate. Mr. Rubel is reluctant to set a date on when the plans will be finalized.  There are a lot of challenges and details and the district is continuing with its planning.

Once the board has acted on a plan the information will be released to the public.  There was a question about the July 1st date that has been circulating.  Mr. Rubel explained that this was a document due to the state with no specifics for Centerville Community School District.  

Marty Braster mentioned that he understood that Mr. Rubel didn’t want to set a date but wondered if he had any type of estimate of timing.  Mr. Rubel hoped to get something finalized in mid-July.

Approval of CARES Funding Payments (Pandemic)
Mr. Rubel explained that it was the recommendation to approve COVID hazard payments to all essential employees that physically worked during the closure.  These payments will be paid from the CARES dollars.  The amount would be a flat rate of $2.00 for every hour worked for each employee.  Total hours were 7,744.5 calculated at a total overall cost of $18,136.07.

It was moved by Mike Thomas and seconded by Kevin Wiskus to approve the COVID hazard payments at $2.00 per hour for all hours worked by essential employees during the closure as recommended.  Motion passed unanimously.

Adjourn
It was moved by Bob Thomas and seconded by Brooke Johnson to adjourn the meeting at 5:38 pm.  Motion passed unanimously.

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Board President, Marty Braster                                              Chief Financial Officer, Lisa Swarts