Henryetta school board members are wanting to get a piece of property appraised before they make a decision to sell it.
Monday night the board decided to find out what the 50 by 140-foot piece of property next to Jack Gibson Way would be worth.
Kanon and Cade Bailey want to buy the land and add it to four other lots they own that have frontage on Main Street.
The issue was first brought up at the November meeting and since then Bailey said he researched the ownership at the request of the board then.
He said there a quit claim deed was issued to the school in 1948 by Marge and J.A. Hurt. “There is nothing said about a trust and the abstract has problems with it,” he said.
Bailey said the land would be used as a parking lot for the other property currently owned by the Bailey property management company. He pointed out that in addition to the land being located in a 100-year flood plain, easements for Main Street and Jack Gibson Way as well as a driveway easement currently uses up more than half of the land.
Superintendent Dwayne Noble said part of the appraisal cost would involve bringing the abstract up to date. Once that appraisal is completed, the board would then make a decision to sell it.
After an executive session, board members approved hiring Angie Wallace as custodian for the remainder of the year. The board postponed hiring a maintenance director until the January meeting.
Also postponed was hiring Nabholz Construction to manage all repairs and construction resulting from the hail storm earlier this year. Noble told the board he was expecting to get a final report on projected costs for the work from the school’s insurance company later in the week. If approved, Nabholz would be the construction manager for the project and would ultimately be responsible for any problems. “If you hire a roofing company they might be out of business in a couple of years,” he added. Both Noble and current maintenance director Harold Fox, have submitted their retirement plans effective the end of the school year. “This is going to be a long process going into the next school year,” he said.
Board members accepted the retirement letter from Pamela Palmer who will be leaving the district at the end of the school year. She has been at the pre-k building during much of that time.
The school is responsible for disposing many records dealing with students and board members are looking at having the process done by the American Document Shredding company in Tulsa. A proposal by that company was presented but board members want to find out if a $60 per bin charge is for actual usage or would be a monthly charge and if the company would pick up the documents instead of school personnel driving to Tulsa to have the work done. The issue is going to be brought up again in January.
While service animals and the therapy dog are allowed at school, board members are prohibiting people from bringing their pets to classes and activities. That decision was added to the school policy Monday night with signed to be posed at all school entrances.