MINUTES

KEDC Board of Directors

September 19-20, 2007

Hyatt Regency Downtown, Lexington, Kentucky

The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation (KEDC) Board of Directors met on September 19-20, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency Downtown, Lexington, Kentucky. Present were the following members and guests:

Members Present:

Mr. John Paul Amis, Supt., Perry County Schools
Mr. Steve Butcher, Supt., Wolfe County Schools
Ms. Kelley Crain, Supt., Fleming County Schools
Mr. John T. Dalton, Supt., Wayne County Schools
Mr. Tim Eaton, Supt., Pulaski County Schools
Ms. Darlene Gee, Supt., Carter County Schools
Mr. Joe Dan Gold, Supt., Morgan County Schools
Mr. Larry Hammond, Supt., Rockcastle County Schools
Ms. Linda Hatter, Supt., Casey County Schools

Mr. Ralph Hoskins, Supt., Jackson County Schools
Mr. Walter “T” Hulett, Supt., Knox County Schools

Ms. Nancy Hutchinson, Supt., Bath County Schools
Mr. Bruce Johnson, Supt., Mercer County Schools
Mr. Jeff May, Supt., Lawrence County Schools

Mr. Frank Melvin, Supt., Raceland-Worthington Independent Schools
Mr. Charles Mitchell, Supt., Menifee County Schools

Mr. Marvin Moore, Supt., Rowan County Schools
Mr. Tim Moore, Supt., Mason County Schools
Mr. Lonnie Morris, Supt., Powell County Schools
Mr. Bill Musick, Supt., Fairview Independent Schools
Mr. Howard Osborne, Supt., Boyd County Schools

Mr. Donnie Robison, Supt., Monticello Independent Schools
Mr. Gary Rye, Supt., Dayton Independent Schools

Mr. Coy Samons, Supt., Supt., Paintsville Independent Schools
Mr. Wilson Sears, Supt., Somerset Independent Schools
Mr. Steve Trimble, Supt., Johnson County Schools
Mr. Rick Walker, Supt., Science Hill Independent Schools

Mr. Larry Warren, Supt., Barbourville Independent Schools
Mr. Richard Webb, Supt., Burgin Independent Schools
Mr. Darryl Wilder, Supt., Middlesboro Independent Schools
Mr. John Williams, Supt., Elliott County Schools
Mr. John Younce, Supt., Greenup County Schools

Members Not Present:

Mr. Lonnie Anderson, Supt., Whitley County Schools

Mr. Ray Ball, Supt., McCreary County Schools

Mr. Mark Blackburn, Supt., Martin County Schools
Mr. Chuck Brown, Supt., Robertson County Schools
Mr. Dennis W. Byrd, Supt., Williamsburg Independent Schools

Mr. Mike Caudill, Supt., Madison County Schools
Dr. Susan Compton, Supt., Russell Independent Schools

Mr. Gary Conkin, Supt., Berea Independent Schools

Mr. Roger Cook, Supt., Russellville Independent Schools

Mr. John Cordle, Supt. Augusta Independent Schools
Mr. Keith Davis, Interim Supt., Bullitt County Schools
Mr. Phil Eason, Supt., Ashland Independent Schools

Mr. Robert Fentress, Supt., Floyd County Schools
Mr. Burt Hensley, Supt., Estill County Schools

Mr. Joe Hunley, Supt., Magoffin County Schools
Mr. Marshall Kemp, Supt., Logan County Schools

Dr. Janice Lantz, Supt., Nelson County Schools

Mr. Roger Marcum, Supt., Marion County Schools

Mr. Ed McNeel, Supt., Corbin Independent Schools
Mr. Scott Pierce, Supt., Russell County Schools
Mr. Homer Radford, Jr., Supt., E. Bernstadt Independent Schools

Mr. Maurice Reeder, Supt., Lewis County Schools
Mr. Stu Silberman, Supt., Fayette County Schools
Mr. Larry Sparks, Supt., Leslie County Schools

Mr. George Thompson, Supt., Bell County Schools

Mr. Paul Upchurch, Supt., Oldham County Schools
Mr. Roger Wagner, Supt., Pike County Schools
Dr. Teresa Wallace, Supt., Lincoln County Schools
Mr. Mike White, Supt., Pineville Independent Schools
Mr. Larry Woods, Supt., Butler County Schools

Mr. Raymond Woolsey, Supt., Garrard County Schools

Guests Present:

Mr. David Baird, KSBA

Ms. Lynette Baldwin, KAGE
Mr. David Couch, KDE

Ms. Martha Collier, Burgin Independent Schools

Mr. Wendell Emerson, Ross, Sinclair, and Associates

Ms. Debbie Frazier, KASA

Dr. Blake Haselton, KASS

Dr. Roland Haun, EKU

Mr. Tom Jones, AdvancED State Director

Dr. Phil Rogers, EPSB

Mr. Bill Scott, KSBA

Mr. Tom Sledge, American Fidelity

Ms. Sherry Super, Pulaski County Schools
Mr. Earnie Tacoque, TRANE

Mr. Jim Walters, TRANE

Ms. Sonya Wilds, Pulaski County Schools

Mr. Frank Wells, KDE

KEDC Staff Present

Mr. Stan Riggs, Executive Director & Board Secretary/Treasurer
Ms. Sharon Fields, Member Services Team

Ms. Susan Ramey, Member Services Team

Ms. Tammy Vonderheide, Business Manager

Ms. Terri White, Executive Assistant / Webmaster

The KEDC Board of Directors meeting was called to order on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at 3:00 PM by Chairwoman Kelley Crain with thirty-two (32) members present. Mr. Coy Samons, Chair-elect introduced and welcomed the guests to the Board of Directors meeting.

Guest Speakers

Dr. Blake Haselton, KASS, gave an update.

Mr. Bill Scott, KSBA, gave a update.

Mr. Wayne Young, KASA, gave an update.

Dr. Larry Stinson, KDE, gave an update.

Dr. Phil Rogers, EPSB, gave an update.

Mr. Thomas Jones presented information about SACS and AdvancED.

Ms. Lynette Baldwin presented an update from the Kentucky Association for Gifted Education.

Mr. Tom Sledge, American Fidelity, presented information about changes in 403b regulations.

BUSINESS SESSION AGENDA

1. Call to Order/Confirm Presence of Quorum (>25% requires 17 of 64 voting members)
Chairwoman Kelley Crain declared that a quorum was present.

2. Executive Committee Report & Recommendations – Mr. Coy Samons

3. Actions By Consent
On the recommendation of the Executive Director, the Consent Items ( 3.1 – 3.7.33), were approved on a motion by Mr. Tim Eaton, and seconded by Mr. Gary Rye.

3.1. Approval of Minutes

Recommend approval of the attached minutes of the July 18, 2007 regular meeting.

3.2. Approval of Financial Report and Orders of the Treasurer

Recommend approval of the financial reports for June 2007 (after year-end close), July 2007 and August 2007 and the Orders of the Treasurer for the period of June 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007 (after year-end close), July 1, 2007 through July 31, 2007 and August 1, 2007 through August 31, 2007.

3.3. KEDC Membership Withdrawals

Recommend approval of KEDC membership termination for the following school district effective July 1, 2007 as requested by the district:

· Edmonson County Schools

3.4. Personnel Report

Recommend that the Board acknowledge receipt of the Executive Director’s Report on Personnel Actions as follows:

3.4.1. Accepted the resignation of Traci Sharpe, Wilderness Trail Educational Cooperative Consultant, effective June 30, 2007.

3.4.2. Increased salary for Debbie Lawson, UC Secretary, to $19.00 per hour, as approved by the Upper Cumberland Special Education Cooperative Board of Directors effective July 1, 2007.

3.4.3. Employed Carl Rodgers, EKCSMT Gift Shop/Window Ticket Clerk, effective July 27, 2007 at a salary of $7.00 per hour with a 90 day probationary period.

3.4.4. Accepted the resignation of Rachel Elswick, EKCSMT Clerk, effective July 28, 2007.

3.4.5. Employed Rebecca Greer, Lincoln County Adult Education part-time, temporary, at a Class 2, Step 0, effective August 7, 2007.

3.4.6. Accepted the resignation of Darrick Kouns, Technology Wiring Helper, effective August 10, 2007.

3.4.7. Accepted the resignation of Rocky Wallace, Instructional Support Director, effective August 31, 2007.

3.4.8. Terminated employment of Phillip Matt Bell, Temporary Technology Wiring Helper, effective September 12, 2007.

3.4.9. Employed Shana Prater, EKCSMT Gift Shop/Window Ticket Clerk, effective September 8, 2007, at a salary of $7.00 per hour with a 90 day probationary period.

3.5. Collective Bidding

3.5.1. Recommend acknowledgement of the Executive Director’s approval of bid contracts with the following list of vendors from the CLS2007.012 Catalog/Price List/Store Shelf bids which were opened and made effective on July 30, 2007. We received 25 bids for CLS2007.012, of which 18 have been awarded, and 7 were rejected.

4-J Enterprises, Inc. Dba Dr Jones Dist.	KIS Industries, Inc
American Cost Consultants	Lykins Oil Company
Anderson Office Supply Co. Inc.	Miami Systems Corporation
Custom T's	MidAmerica Books
East Sporting Apparel	Oriental Trading Company, Inc.
Gale's Distributors	Palos Sports Inc
Hillbilly's Tease	Precision Printing Co.
Hooten Equipment Company	Shiffler Equipment Sales, Inc.
Kelly Brothers Furniture Inc	Slone Refrigeration Co. Inc.

3.5.2. Recommend acknowledgement of the Executive Director’s approval of bid contracts with the following list of vendors from the CLS2007.013 Catalog/Price List/Store Shelf bids which were opened and made effective on August 13, 2007. We received 16 bids for CLS2007.013, of which 13 have been awarded, and 3 were rejected.

A-C Brake Co., Inc.	KIS Industries, Inc
Alliance Printing	Miami Systems Corporation
Creative Tees N Designs	Neutron Industries
Custom Trophy & Apparel	Pioneer Mfg. Company
Double Dog Dare, Llc	Summit Sports Group
Headsprout, Inc.	Tools Unlimited
Hooten Equipment Company

3.5.3. Recommend acknowledgement of the Executive Director’s approval of bid contracts with the following list of vendors from the CLS2007.014 Catalog/Price List/Store Shelf bids which were opened and made effective on August 27, 2007. We received 24 bids for CLS2007.014, of which 19 have been awarded, and 5 were rejected.

Allied-Central	Staples Business Advantage
B&W TV &Appl. Co.	Stewart Signs
Chris's Guitar Shop Inc.	Strawbridge Studios, Inc.
Custom Promotional Products	Thompson Enterprises
East Ky Security Plus	TIFCO
Innovative Ad Specialties	TMS-South
International Laser Group	Vine & Branch, Llc
Learning Zonexpress	Weller Truck Parts
Mountain City Electric	XRX Ink, Inc dba XBS
Stanton's Sheet Music

3.5.4. Office-School Supply Preferred Vendor Bid – PV-OS-2007-07.001

Recommend acknowledgement of the Executive Director’s approval of the Office-School Supply Bid contract with School Specialty effective July 1, 2007 with the annual option to renew and the following modifications to the bid listed below:

· Add Cafeteria Furniture to the list of products with a 10% discount