January 13, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Independent School District 507 Regular School Board Meeting
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1. CALL TO ORDER
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Absent a school board officer from 2020, the school board as a whole should call the meeting to order, conduct roll call, ask for visitor comments, and approve the agenda. |
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2. ROLL CALL
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3. VISITOR COMMENTS
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4. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
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5. ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS
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5.a. Election of Board Officers
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Election of Officers: Absent a school board officer from 2020, the school board should designate one of its members to facilitate the election of the chairperson. Whomever is elected as chairperson should preside over the election of the other officers. The MSBA publication The First Monday In January: Everything you need to know for your school board’s Organizational Meeting is attached. The procedure for Election of Officers begins on page 3. A list of the 2020 board officers is also attached.
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5.a.i. Elect Chair
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Scot Osborne nominated Adam Erickson as Chair.
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5.a.ii. Elect Vice Chair
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Ashley Black nominated Scot Osborne as Vice Chair.
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5.a.iii. Elect Clerk
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Mike Slater nominated Ashley Black as Clerk.
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5.a.iv. Elect Treasurer
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Mike Slater nominated Nick Thom for Treasurer. Nick Thom declined the nomination. Scot Osborne nominated Mike Slater for Treasurer.
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5.b. Appoint Board Committees and Representative Assignments
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The Chairperson appoints the committee assignments. The 2020 committees and representatives are attached.
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5.c. Designate School Board Meeting Schedule
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The superintendent recommends that regular school board meetings continue to be designated as the second Wednesday of the month at 6:00 p.m.
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5.d. Set Board Member Meeting Stipend
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The school board member meeting stipends from 2020 are attached. The superintendent recommends adjusting the clerk stipend to $250 because the district administrative assistant has been assigned to record school board minutes.
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5.e. Designate Official Newspaper
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The superintendent recommends continuing to designate the official newspaper as Mankato Free Press and alternate newspaper as Lafayette Nicollet Ledger.
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5.f. Designate District Depository
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5.g. Authorize electronic fund transfers
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The superintendent recommends approving the annual authorization for the Superintendent, Business Manager, and Payroll Coordinator to conduct electronic fund transfers pursuant to MS 471.38 Subd. 3 and Subd. 3a.
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5.h. Designate District Legal Counsel
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5.i. Designate District Auditors
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The superintendent recommends continuing with Abdo, Eick, and Meyer as the school district’s auditors.
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5.j. Establish District Mileage Reimbursement At The IRS Rate
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The superintendent recommends setting the mileage reimbursement to the IRS rate (currently at $.56 per mile.)
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5.k. Designate Meet And Confer Representative
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The superintendent recommends appointing the superintendent to serve as the school district’s representative for meet and confer.
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5.l. Authorize the use of facsimile signatures
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The superintendent recommends approving the annual authorization to use of facsimile signatures pursuant to MS 47.42 to conduct the school district’s business.
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6. REPORTS AND PRESENTATION
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6.a. Superintendent's Report
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School board members are registered for the MSBA Conference on Thursday mornings, January 14, 21, and 28.
Grades K-3 began in-person learning on January 7, while grades 4-12 remain in distance learning. Grades K-6 will be in-person learning on January 18. Grades 7-12 are tentatively scheduled to change from distance learning to hybrid learning on January 18, depending on the number of COVID-19 cases in Nicollet County.
Changes to state guidelines last month provide that county-level COVID-19 case data will no longer be a consideration for determining the learning model for grades K-6. Instead, the number of local and school COVID-19 cases will be the primary consideration. County-level data will continue to be a consideration when determining the learning model for grades 7-12.
The safe learning committee includes Todd Toulouse (admin/parent), Scot Osborne and Adam Erickson (board members/parents) Lisa Fischer (NEA rep), Isabella Havemeier (student). I consulted with the committee on December 18 and 22 before making changes to the distance learning model. The committee and I are monitoring the COVID-19 case data and will adjust the learning model as necessary. The most current COVID-19 county level case data is attached. |
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6.b. Principal's Report
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The transition back to school: I will give a brief overview of how the transition back from winter break has gone.
The planning committee met to start going over processes, procedures, expectations, and to ask/answer any questions.
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6.c. Athletic Director's Report
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6.d. Student Representative's Report
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6.e. Board Committees' Reports
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7. CONSENT AGENDA
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The superintendent recommends approving the consent agenda.
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7.a. Approval of Minutes
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7.b. Approval of Bills in the amount of $217,173.68
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7.c. Approval of Personnel Items
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8. FY 20 FINACIAL AUDIT PRESENTATION
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The Fiscal Year 20 Financial Audit will be presented by Sheila Jungwirth of Abdo, Eick, and Meyers. The superintendent recommends approving the FY 20 Financial Audit.
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9. ACCEPT BIDS
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Bids for the facilities project were opened on January 12.
The superintendent recommends accepting the following bids:
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10. APPOINT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER
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The term for the school board position previously held by Eric Hopp expires on December 31, 2022. The school board should appoint someone to serve as an interim school board member. This individual who is appointed will hold office until a special election, which will be conducted on November 2, 2021.
The interim school board member is appointed at the discretion of the school board. Options include:
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11. ADJOURNMENT
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