Lyme School District
Special School Board Meeting
Tuesday, February 2, 2009
Lyme Elementary School
Meeting Minutes
Approved w/changes 2/26/09

Board Members Present: Peter Glenshaw, Audrey Brown, Emily Dentzer, Tom Goodrich, Kevin Kerin, Dan Parish, Mark Schiffman. Administrators Present: Gordon Schnare, Jeff Valence. Recorder: Roger Lohr

1. Call to Order
The Lyme School Board Special Meeting was called to order at 7:07 PM by Board Chair Peter Glenshaw.

2. Business Requiring Discussion
Superintendent Schnare gave a summary of the MS-27 document and reviewed the details. The Recommended Budget was to be changed to $4,522,672 and the Warrant Articles to $72,848. The Board also decided that the Estimated Revenue and Credits should be $200,000. The changes were to be applied to the document by the Superintendent.

The Board then reviewed and discussed the Warrant Articles. In Article 2, the reference to Article 6 is to be changed to Article 7. In Article 3, the Board discussed the salary increases in the three upcoming years in relation to the New England CPIU. Article 5 was to be changed so that it refers to the Maintenance Reserve Fund rather than the Special Education Reserve. The Superintendent explained the need for the articles that named the Board as agent for the reserve funds. The Board also discussed how to introduce and explain the details related to Article 3 at the Annual Meeting.

Collective Bargaining Agreement
Dan Parish reviewed the particulars of the new articles within the negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement. He mentioned details related to articles 15, 24, 25, 26, 28, and 30.

The Collective Bargaining Agreement document would be signed by the Board members after it is reviewed by representatives of the Board and the LEA. There will be some copies of the document available at the Annual Meeting.

It was stated that candidates have been found for the three open Board seats.

3. Business Requiring Action
A motion was made and seconded (Parish, Brown) to approve the March 5 Lyme School District Warrant as proposed by the Administration, as attached to the original minutes of this Board meeting, and to authorize the Administration to make whatever technical changes that might be necessary to ensure that the Warrant is legal and accurately addresses the intent of the school board. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made and seconded (Schiffman, Goodrich) to approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Lyme Education Association as described in the document from the Superintendent. The motion passed unanimously.

4. A motion was made and seconded (Brown, Kerin) to enter nonpublic session in accordance with RSA 91-A:3 for discussion of a personnel matter. The motion passed unanimously.

The Roll Call was conducted and the Board entered nonpublic session at 8:03 PM. Returned to public session at 8:20 P.M. (Brown, Kerin).

5. Adjournment:
A motion was made and seconded (Brown, Kerin) to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 8:25 PM.

The next Regular School Board meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 7:00