January 11, 2021 at 4:30 PM - Regular Meeting
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A. CALL TO ORDER
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A.1. Pledge of Allegiance
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B. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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B.1. School Board Work Session on January 25, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.
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B.2. Regular School Board Meeting on February 8, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.
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C. PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO AGENDA ITEMS
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D. APPROVE AGENDA
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E. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA
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E.1. Minutes of Previous Meetings
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E.1.a. Regular Board Meeting on December 14, 2020
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E.2. Payment of Bills and Wire Transfers for period ending December 31, 2020; totaling $3,454,283.77.
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E.3. Personnel Items:
Appointments: Roger Palmer, Night Foreman, Lakeland (1/11/21) Replacement Transfers: Leave Requests: Resignations: Brad Dean, 9th Grade Girls Basketball Coach (1/6/21) Retirements: Jayson Cole, Industrial Techology Instructor, Middle School (8/5/21) Kristi Glup, Speech and Language Pathologist (Completion of the 20-21 Schl Yr) Cathy Halbritter, Special Education Instructor, Middle School (Completion of the 20-21 Schl Yr) Catherine Nilles, ESL Instructor, Middle School (Completion of the 20-21 Schl Yr) Tammy Rueckert, ESL Instructor, Roosevelt (Completion of the 20-21 Schl Yr) |
F. REPORTS
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F.1. Business and Finance - Kathryn Haase
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F.2. Human Resources – Liz Windingstad
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F.3. Teaching & Learning - Carrie Thomas
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F.4. Superintendent - Dr. Jeff Holm
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G. ACTION ITEMS
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G.1. Food & Nutrition Services Labor Agreement - Liz Windingstad
Description:
A tentative labor contract agreement has been reached between the Food & Nutrition Services Union and the school district for school years 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.
The elements of this agreement are as follows: various language clarifications; an adjustment to the President's Day holiday for staff that qualify stating staff will be paid for the holiday versus selecting an alternate day off; a change to the bereavement leave language to match other groups; an increase of $100 to the District's health insurance contribution in year one; the addition of Dental insurance at the employee's expense if 85% of the group participates; a $.48 base wage increase for all staff in year one except for SH and Kennedy Head Cooks who will receive a $1.00 base wage increase; an $.18 base wage increase for all staff in year two except the SH and Kennedy Head Cooks who will receive a $.40 base wage increase; The total two year package increase is estimated to be a 5.08% increase (3.57% year one, 1.51% year two). |
G.2. Superintedent's Contract for 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 - Liz Windingstad
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G.3. Pay Equity - Liz Windingstad
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As a requirement of the 1984 Local Government Pay Equity Act, Districts are required to complete and submit a report every three years to the Minnesota Management and Budget Department (formerly the Department of Employee Relations). The District received its notice of this requirement in February of 2020 for completion and filing of its 2021 report. To complete this report, the District reports all of its positions and wages. State software indicates we are passing all tests and that the District is in compliance with this report.
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G.4. Resolution Accepting Gifts/Donations
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G.5. Designation of Identified Official with Authority for the MDE External User Access Recertification System
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The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) requires that school districts annually designate an Identified Official with Authority to comply with State Access Control Security Standard 1.0 which states that all user access rights to Minnesota state systems must be reviewed and recertified at least annually. The Identified Official with Authority will assign job duties and authorize external user's access to MDE secure systems for their local education agency (LEA). The Director recommends the Board authorize Jeffrey Holm to act as the Identified Official with Authority (IOwA) and Cindy Terrones to act as the IOwA to add and remove names only for Willmar Public School District 0347-01.
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G.6. Termination of Tax Abatement Resolution
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G.7. Resolution Calling Special Election to Fill School Board Vacancy
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G.8. Resolution Establishing Dates for Filing Affidavits of Candidacy
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H. DISCUSSION ITEMS
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H.1. 2020 District Improvements - Aaron Pilarski
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H.2. Board Vacancy Appointment Options
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I. PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATED TO NON AGENDA ITEMS
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J. ADJOURN
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