NORTHWEST EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT 189
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
March 25, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Northwest Educational Service District
1601 R Ave, Anacortes WA 98221
1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance
2. Approval of Minutes
a. Approval of Minutes of February 26, 2024, NWESD Regular Board Meeting
3. Comments from the Public
4. Approval of Agenda
5. Director District 1 Interview(s)
6. Executive Session for Deliberation – If Needed
7. Director Appointment and Oath of Office – If Appropriate
8. Consent Agenda
a. Approval of the General Fund warrants #206206 through #206262 in the amount of $652,636.41 and accounts payable electronic wire transfer payment #000000075 in the amount of $1,989.09 and warrants #206282 through #206344 in the amount of $542,906.19 and accounts payable ACH payment #9000001274 through #9000001337 in the amount of $21,414.46.
b. Approval of the General Fund Financial Report with the total ending net position equity in the amount of $16,921,005.35.
c. Approval of February payroll warrants #206265 through #206270 for salaries in the amount of $17,638.16, #206271 through #206281 to payroll vendors in the amount of $52,344.92, repayment to accounts payable for health care authority costs in the amount of $288,727.51, refund of American Fidelity premiums in the amount of ($191.98), reserve for compensated absence reimbursement in the amount of $14,546.57, an electronic transfer in the amount of $726,211.67 for payroll tax liability and DRS contributions, and an electronic transfer of employee direct deposits in the amount of $1,154,497.31 for a total of $2,253,774.16.
d. Approval of the NW Workers Compensation Trust Financial Report with the total ending net position equity in the amount of $504,301.50.
e. No NW Washington Workers’ Compensation Trust Fund warrants to present.
f. Approval of Unemployment Pool warrants #206263 through #206264 in the amount of $618,152.24 and warrant #206345 in the amount of $4,074.17.
g. Approval of the Unemployment Pool Financial Report with the total ending net equity position in the amount of $11,192,413.36.
h. Approval of Out-of-State Travel in the amount of $2,271.50.
i. Approval of Personnel Report indicating terminations, hiring, and reclassification of NWESD employees.
j. Approval of Election of Certificated Staff indicating hiring of certificated employees.
9. Board Report – The Future of WSIPC, Dr. Dana Anderson, WSIPC Executive Director/CEO, and Lynn Lynch, NWRDC Director
10. New and Pending Business
a. Approval of the NWESD 2024-25 Official Calendar
11. Items for Information
a. Independent Contractor Agreements
b. Anticipated School District Bond/Levy Measures for April 23, 2024, Special Election
c. Revisions to Policy 2022-P, Electronic Resources Procedures/Safety Requirements
d. New Form 2022 F-3, NWESD 189 Cooperative Program Student AI Code of Conduct
e. NWESD Regional Committee Boundary Change Impacts
f. Superintendent’s Report
i. Meeting with Lakewood School District Leadership following February Levy Failure
ii. Meeting with Dana Geaslen, Incoming Granite Falls School District Superintendent
iii. NWESD Superintendent Transition Update
iv. Binding Conditions Update Following Second Quarter Meetings with District Leadership and OSPI
v. ECEAP Application Update
vi. AI Training for NWESD Staff
vii. Annual Superintendent Evaluation Reminder/Process/Timeline
viii. AESD Outcomes of the 2024 Legislative Session
12. Items Originating with the Board
a. AESD/Legislative Report
b. AESD Annual Conference Final Preparations
13. Executive Session – if needed
14. Adjournment