The Knox Community School Board will hear public comment on the new school superintendent’s contract tonight.
The basic salary will be $108,000 for each year beginning in 2017 and ending in 2020. The board’s cost of health, vision and dental insurance will be $23,437 and that number is dependent on renewal rates each year. The board’s cost of long-term disability insurance is $353 while the cost of term life insurance is $468. Those amounts are also dependent on renewal rates each year of the superintendent’s contract. The board’s costs for tax sheltered annuity will be $18,840 and the required cost for Social Security is $8,262.
The new superintendent will have 20 days paid vacation along with 11 paid holiday days. Thirteen personal illness/personal days will be allowed. Any accumulation over 100 days shall be paid at a rate of $125 a day. A cell phone allowance of $125 a month is also included in the contract.
Any public comment will be taken under advisement. The board will discuss the approval of the contract during the board’s regular meeting on Monday, July 17.
Tonight’s public hearing is at 6 p.m. CT in the board’s meeting room in the administration building.
