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Business Services Committee
Works to enhance school business/management services and leadership, and to strengthen effectiveness and efficiency through regionalization of purchase and delivery efforts.
Committee Membership:
| COBPPH | John Mahon |
| Union 90 | Al Smith |
| Union 87 | Kelly Clenchy |
| SAD 22 | Emil Genest |
| Ann Deschesne | |
| Rick Lyons | |
| PREP | Owen Maurais |
| SAD 63 | Yvonne Mitchell |
Initatives:
Two initiatives under development involve group purchasing for PREP Public Schools and the University of Maine and development of training to school board members.
Current Minutes:
- PREP Survey - Cooperative Purchasing
School Department:
| #2 Fuel | How many gallons of #2 fuel did the School Department buy in FY08? |
| Contract Negotiations | Does the School Department use a third party to facilitate contract negotiations? |
| Pest Management | Does the School Department contract with an agency to provide pest management services? If yes, what company do you use? If yes, what is the annual cost of this service? If no, is there staff member who provides these services as part of their regular job? |
| Chemical Safety | Does the School Department contract with an agency to provide chemical safety services? If yes, what company do you use? If yes, what is the annual cost of this service? If no, is there staff member who provides these services as part of their regular job? If staff member is responsible, please provide their job title: |
| Industrial Hygiene | Does the School Department contract with an agency to provide industrial hygiene services? If yes, what company do you use? If yes, what is the annual cost of this service? If no, is there staff member who provides these services as part of their regular job? If staff member is responsible, please provide their job title: |
| School Security | Does the School Department contract with an agency to provide school security services? If yes, what company do you use? If yes, what is the annual cost of this service? If no, is there staff member who provides these services as part of their regular job? If staff member is responsible, please provide their job title: |
| Custodial Supplies | Does the School Department have one major supplier for custodial supplies? If yes, what company do you use? What is your total yearly expense for custodial supplies? Are you interested in moving towards the use of environmentally friendly custodial supplies? |
| Other Supplies | Is the School Department currently using the OfficeMax educational discount program for the majority of supply purchases? If no, what company do you order from most often? |
| Electricity | Is the School Department interested in investigating a potential cooperative purchase of electrical service with the University of Maine? If so, please attach a breakdown of electrical usage on a per school, per month basis, showing kwh and cost - for FY08 |
| Comments or Other Ideas for Cooperative Purchasing / Contracting: | |
Ongoing Development of School Boards
At the November meeting of PREP Executive Officers, discussed was the
initiation of a process for the ongoing development of School Board Members.
The following categories of activities were identified:
Tier I New Board Members
Legal requirements
Financial reporting
Public meetings and the right to know law
Tier II Continuing Board Members
Updates
Tier III Leadership and Team Building
Chairs and Vice Chairs
Development of High Functioning Teams
Each activity will be recorded as they occur. Activities will begin in the fall of 2009.
Would you please identify other potential topics for development under each of the three tiers and confirm if the topics above would be appropriate.
Also discussed was the development of opportunities for Superintendents and
other administrators. Several specific topics discussed were the issues of managing change and using research to support decision-making. Would you please identify topics
of interest to you and your school unit.