Gore sets date for sale of building bonds
Gore sets date for sale of building bonds Amie Cato-remer Tue, 08/30/2022 - 21:11
The Gore Board of Education met Aug. 8, at which time it approved a resolution determining the maturities for the sale of the $570,000 taxable building bonds of the school district, and designating the Stephen L. Smith Corp. as bond counsel for the assurance of the bonds.
Following a motion from Board Clerk Ryan Hoog, the board voted to approve the employment of the Stephen L. Smith Corp. as financial consultants to the school district for Fiscal Year 2022-23.
Jeremiah Perryman was approved as acting president and Phillip McGee as acting clerk in the absence of the appointed clerk and president for the Gore School District to execute all documents pertaining to setting the maturities, date, time and place of the bond sale.
Hoog then made a motion, and members approved, a resolution determining the maturities for the sale of the $570,000 taxable building bonds of the school district and designating the Stephen L. Smith Corp. as bond counsel for the assurance of the bonds at 6 p.m. on Sept. 8.
The board members approved an application to the Oklahoma State Department of Education to adjunct: Julie Kinion-sixth grade social studies 2317; Ladonna Ferrier-high school chemistry 5051; Calvert Reading-high school Spanish I 3161 and high school Spanish II 3162 for the 2022-23 school year.
The board also voted to approve the board members, business office personnel and the superintendent to attend the Oklahoma State School Boards Association conference Aug. 25-28 in Oklahoma City, and vendor contracts for speech pathology services with Neisha Lemier, MS-CCC, SLP and Shelby Starks, MA-CCC, SLP.
Board members present also voted to approve the following for the 2022-23 school year: District student online handbook updates; a child nutrition contract with Keystone Food Service; Gregg Bobbitt for federal program tutor temporary certified contract/support contract; ARP 795 budget updates; Little League football facility use terms presented by superintendent; Indian Education committee bylaws, budget and staffing; and contractor Bucky Clark/Wheeler Metals for press box tear down and build.
Consent agenda items were approved, which included prior meeting minutes, activity fund report, General Fund P.O. #61-93, Building Fund P.O. #2-4, encumbrances and change orders, the treasurer‚s report, fundraiser requests, Medicaid billing contract with PPG for the 2022-23 school year, OSSBA policies, and Shannon Pilant was approved as adjunct instructor for academic credit in anatomy at Indian Capital Technology Center for 2022-23.
Principal reports were given by principals Tonya Pugh and James Bliss, and during the superintendent‚s report, superintendent Lucky McCrary went over the district budget update for 2022-23 and the 2021-22 year-end report, a technology update, the annual dropout and student college remediation report, press box construction and Lower Elementary gym block repair.
