Pioneer Career and Technology Center Board of Education Meeting

No discussion or questions.  Sent to vote.

Treasurer Schumacher reported that the CDAR which came due in august was placed in a new 13 week CDAR at 1.9%. 

Renovation funds were discussed.  Mrs. Schumacher reported that Pioneer has not yet received the drawdown from OFCC necessary to complete the payments of the HVAC renovation. Pioneer deposited all of their share of the original renovation project back in 2008, but the State only made deposits as necessary.  Therefore, all monies pledged by the OFCC for the original project have not been deposited into the Renovation account. We were told in July that a drawdown had been submitted, but just recently found out that it had not been done until September and that we should be getting the deposit on September 28, 2018. 

Legal fees paid by Pioneer for the HVAC and renovation problems total $83,804 so far for Fiscal Years 2016-2018 and FYTD 2019.  In 2016, Pioneer chose to leave $450,000 in the 070 Capital Projects funds in case it was needed for any renovation contingencies.  Previous to 2016, Pioneer had used the 070 fund to fund the 034 Maintenance Fund, but finally decided to leave the $450,000 in the Capital Projects fund and begin funding the 034 Maintenance Fund from the general fund.

Treasurer Schumacher reported that all real estate taxes for the first payment had been received.  Some rollback and homestead monies are still to come.  Real estate taxes were down about $29,000 from this time last year.  Delinquency collections were down by $23,000 from last year which only leaves a decrease in collections of $6,000.

A short discussion was held concerning the monies not being deposited from the OFCC.

No more questions or comments.  Sent to vote.

Treasurer Schumacher reported all appropriation items are in line with five-year forecast numbers and follow Pioneer's regular assumptions of expenditures.  She did note that the real estate tax line items will be addressed again in January or February when the Rover Pipeline valuations and tax  collections are finalized.

No questions or comments.  Sent to vote.

Darin Beal and Trevor Tallman gave a slide presentation on the opportunities of the Industrial Diesel Program at Pioneer.  Mr. Tallman is a full-time bus mechanic employee at the Galion City Schools.  He graduateded from Pioneer in June, 2018.

Jessica Clark was present as EAP Representative.  She thanked the Board for their dedication and support of the staff and students at Pioneer.  She also explained a little bit about her Materials Science class and all that is involved in her classroom.

Mr. Nickoli presented thank yous and other correspondence and publicity received by Pioneer.

Mr. Kowlaski spoke about all of the activities happening at Pioneer in order to fulfill the Board Goals for school year 2018-2019.

Mr.Grady reported on the partner school levies.  Both Lexington and Shelby have levies on the November ballot.

Superintendent Nickoli reported on the status of the HVAC renovation.  He reported there is still a punch list to be finished and the online controls remain to be finalized.  He has recommended that the Board pass the resolution to support the lawsuit being filed by the Ohio Attorney General's office against Vaughn Industries for the installation of the original HVAC system.  Questions about how the whole process will work and if any monies would be received by Pioneer were asked of Mr. Nickoli.  He explained that the suit had not yet been filed and a total figure of the losses had not yet been completed by the Ohio Attorney General's Office.  He stated that most likely if Pioneer would receive anything it would be their 25% share of the recovery.  The original renovation was a 75/25% State/Local split.

Mr. Nickoli reminded Board members that the OSBA Central Region meeting is this Wednesday, September 19 at the Villa Milano in Columbus.

Upcoming calendar events were discussed.

Superintendent Nickoli reported that all Personnel items are normal for this time of year.

No more questions or discussions.

No questions or discussions.  Sent to vote.

No questions or discussions.  Sent to vote.