BUSINESS ITEMS
ITEM DESCRIPTION
CALL
01 Meeting was called to order at 6:40 P.M. by Chairwoman Catherine Jackson.
PRESENTATIONS
02 Chartwells
Tom O’Donnell, District Manager for Chartwells, and Dan Kotowski, Director of Food Services for Branford, gave a PowerPoint presentation
on Chartwells Food Service Program. The Board questioned the Administrative and Managerial fees, point of service system, cost of meals and healthy food initiatives. Meal costs for 2007-08 will be the same.
Chartwells will develop a survey of students’ feelings about the food, service and suggestions for menu items
Chartwells will donate $1,000 a year for five years to the scholarship fund.
Carrano/Lombard Motion to recommend to the full board the Food Service Agreement.
03 Group Benefit Administrators of CT.
Ralph Gagliardi and Jeff Torrello of GBAC briefly discussed the medical insurance increases. The BOE used a 10% increase in medical insurance for the preparation of the 07-08 budget. The quote was an increase of 18.6% for medical coverage and 0 % increase for dental and
-9.2 % for prescription drugs.
The final medical increase is 12.97% amounting to a $541,000 increase.
The prescription drug line recently came in at almost a 13% increase.
Questions were asked about the causes of the increasing price of insurance. GBAC will ask Anthem to generate an analysis of the types of visits etc. that are affecting the insurance increase
A suggestion was made to investigate what other insurance vendors have to offer.
The Town wide Insurance committee will be reconvened.
DISCUSSION
04 2006-07Budget Review
Tashie Rosen reviewed the status of the budget for 2006-07.
05 2006/7 Month % Expenditure
Tashie Rosen reviewed the year-to-date expenditures.
06 Special Education Tuition & Transportation Update
Mr. Cavallaro reviewed the tuition and transportation update.
There is presently $ 522,355 available in excess cost reimbursement.
Subtracting the transportation costs we are in the black $99,000 in the tuition and transportation account.
07 Personnel Report
Mr. Daniels, Director of Human Resources, reported that he has received two staff retirements and two staff resignations. Mary Donaruma, a Math teacher at Walsh Intermediate, and Rutha Sue Brooks, a Walsh social studies teacher, will retire. Laura Mickowski, a BHS biology teacher, and Lynne Malone, the Director of the Family Resource Center/School Readiness, will resign.
08 Booster Club Press Box Donation
The Board discussed the request for a donation for the Press Box at BHS by the Booster Club.
Lombard/Jackson Motion to recommend to the full Board to authorize up to $8,000 if money is available for the storage and press box at the baseball field. Failed.
Melcher/Hotz Motion to recommend to the full board to donate $2,500 to the baseball storage and press box fund. Passed
09 Insurance Increases
The Board discussed the insurance increases.
The self insurance fund is $160,000 short.
Dr. Halligan proposed that if at the end of the year if funds are available to allocate to self-funded prescription insurance fund up to $160,000. Last year we funded it at $178,000.
10 2007-08 Budget Discussion
A discussion was held regarding the teachers retirement severance pay fund. The committee discussed the possibility of planning to fund some of the liability existing in the teachers’ retirement fund.
11 Policies Review
#3160 Transfer of Funds between Categories
The first line will be revised to read transfers of $10,000 or more requires Board approval.
#3160.1 Emergency Transfer of Funds
Hotz/Melcher Motion that 3160 be separated into two sections and that 3160 and 3160.1 be recommended to the full board for approval. Passed.
ADJOURN
12 The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Hotz
Secretary
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