All right. All school board members, everyone is present. So 4.0 is to approve the agenda and I'll make a motion to approve. >> I'll second. >> All right. Anybody opposed to what's in the agenda?
>> The one question uh and I just I just thought of it. Carla, did we add >> has to go to bid for health insurance? >> Okay, it just came in. They were thinking we had our meeting next week. So, it's not on anyone's you're going to have to see it electronically. Okay.
>> Um it's just the the um Sorry, I couldn't remember what it was. The requirement that we have to go for um health insurance. So, that's the only addition. Okay. >> All righty. Oh, there you go.
>> Any other discussion on agenda topics? Okay. All those in favor of approving the agenda as presented say I. >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. 5.0 is election of our officers tonight.
>> So, by parliamentary procedure rules, I will ask three times for nominations and no second is required for a nomination. If there is more than one nomination, we will vote. A majority vote is needed. If there is only one nomination, the board chair will announce election by
acclamation. So, thank you for the handy dandy little cheat sheet. So, 5.1 is the election of the board chair and I was the board chair in 2025. Happy to be board chair again. Happy to
take other nominations. >> I nominate Lind Brock, right? Or did you nominate yourself? >> Oh, no. I didn't nominate myself. So, thank you. >> No, I when you said that I was then I was like, oh, because you said other nominations. >> Got it. >> Sorry. >> I'll ask for second time. Any
nominations for board chair? >> Okay. Third time. Any nominations for board chair? Okay. So, I'm elected by acclamation. I do that myself. Okay, thank you all. Lyn Brat is the board
chair for 2026. Okay, 5.2 is the election of board vice chair. No, Lindseay King was the board vice chair in 2025. I'll nominate Lindsay King for vice chair. >> Second call for votes for vice chair.
Third call for votes for vice chair. Okay. Lindseay King, he is elected as vice chair by acclamation for 2026. 5.3 is the election of the board clerk. Josh Perkwitz was board clerk in 2025.
Any nominations for board clerk? >> I nominate Josh McKwitz for board clerk 2026. Okay. Any other nominations for B board clerk? Okay. Third call for nominations for
board clerk. Okay. Josh Perkowitz is elected by acclamation or board clerk. I don't know why I can't say that. In 2026. Okay. 5.4. Election of board treasurer. Amanda Hullwagger was board treasure in 2025.
Take a nomination for board treasure. I'll nominate Amanda Hwiger. Second call for nominations for board treasurer. Third call for nominations for board treasurer. Okay. Amanda is elected by acclamation
board treasurer in 2026. So, I'm going to move to accept the nominations for the officers as noted. Lyn Brought, board chair, Lindseay King, board vice chair, Josh Perkowitz, board clerk, and Amanda Hullwiger, board treasurer. And I'll need a second.
All seconds. Any questions or discussion? Okay. All in favor of accepting the nominations for officers say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. >> 6.0
organization of the school board. So 6.1 is to establish school board meeting dates, times, and locations. >> Do we need to remove January 12th from here? >> Yes. >> Yeah. Because we switch the date. Yep.
So, I will move to establish the 2026 District School Board meetings for 5:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month except for January, which will just be today and is do I have to read this into like
>> and May, >> December and May in room 195 in East Grand Fork Senior High. Second. >> Any questions or discussion on the dates and times? If it doesn't work for people, speak no.
We can certainly >> we can adjust >> adjust. We can always adjust too. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. And dates and times are published on our website as well.
6.2 Two is to designate official depositories. So I will move to designate the school district depository for 2026 as follows. US Bank, Friends and Bank and Trust, MSDLAF, and Ultima Bank. I'll take a
second. >> I'll second. >> Any questions or discussion on our official depositories? Okay. All those in favor say I. I I >> any opposed? Motion carries. 6.3 is to
designate a signature authorization that's delegated district employees uh be authorized to sign for the K12 petty cash, K12 CDs, K12 activity count, and K12 transfers from saving accounts to checking accounts for the payment of
payroll and monthly board bills. Kevin Grover, Carla Oshari, and the board treasurer. I'll take a motion in a second. So moved. >> Second. >> Any questions or discussion on our
designated signature authorization delegates? Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. 6.4 is to designate legal council. uh
designate the legal firm Squires Waldsburgger and Mace as a school district's legal county council for 2026. >> Make a motion and a second. >> I'll make a motion. >> A second.
Any questions or discussion on legal counsel? Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. 6.5 is to designate our official newspaper and I'll move to designate the exponent as
the official newspaper for the school district for 2026. >> I'll second. >> Any questions or discussion on making the exponent the official newspaper? >> Okay. All those in favor say I.
>> I. Any opposed? Motion carries. 6.6 is to establish schoolboard compensation. Um, I'll move that the 2026 school board members be compensated at a rate of $5,800 per year.
>> Second. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any questions or discussion? >> Same as last year. >> That's the same as >> it's been there for three years. >> And the only thing I will throw out and um it just came out that the region does put a spreadsheet together if anyone
ever wants to look. For the most part, you're in line. I mean, there are places that are higher, there's places that are lower. There's some that play, you know, pay a stipen for every meeting instead of the flat rate. But, um, you know, I looked at I think Biji's a little higher. I think the river is just slightly lower. I mean, you're in the
ball game. >> Sure. >> You know, and so I don't think you should feel bad or anything like that. >> We don't do this for the money, Kevin. >> Do it for the fame, right? >> I like that it's a flat rate and not >> weight like that. I just threw it out because it just came out. I'm sure other
places were asking and so they they threw it around. >> No, it's good to know. >> Any other questions or discussion on $1,800 a year? >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. 6.7 is to
establish committee assignments and the MHSL representative. So got to take a motion in a second and then discuss. >> I would say you fill them out and then take a motion and a second to I mean technically I think the board chair has
the right to assign them but >> typic typically want people involved in stuff that they want to be involved. >> She liked that power. >> Oh no. Um I want to know I mean I want to simplify this as much as we can. We can go through every committee. I don't
know if we've had a lot of action on anything other than negotiation committees, but is there anybody who's like, I want to be on this committee, you know, that might be the more simpler way to go about it or just stay >> I'm fine with keeping mine >> same. >> And hopefully I I talked to Mike like
with facilities, we should have a couple, you know, is a little different with um kind of, you know, the little break. Um negotiations, they'll be a little bit probably not as much. Um, I will throw out I do have some drafts, those that have been involved of the um I'm going to say extra and
co-curricular, you know, we're working on that I'd like the negotiation committee to maybe put their eyes on in the near future here. >> Um, but um I I do have one question about these and and not that the committees that I I disagree or
is there any committee that is not needed, I guess. Is there a committee that's like, do we need to be does the school board really need to be a part of this or not? Is it something that the administrative and the school can take care of without us and we can just talk to us about it?
You know, and I just asked that because we did that a couple years ago and we got rid of like three or four of them. Is there any other ones that or are these the ones that we want to stay with? >> Maybe the relicure. I don't that one >> if you need something you always by the by all means
>> and yeah that's kind of >> one that probably >> okay >> but I mean I guess the others you know I'll be honest it's nice I think you know just take the health and safety usually we get a board member you know two or three at least you get you know
and I don't say that in a bad way because everyone's busy you know and and obviously some you know negotiations you need the finance finance is probably on the lower because most of it's going to come to the board as a whole >> but I guess you know if times get tight you know we're I mean I don't know in
the past if you've had the finance committee actually come together >> prior or is it just you know the soup and kind of business manager bringing you know to the board as a whole I mean the last few years we've you know last year we met as a group talked as a whole and we didn't have a individual
>> right if there ever is it would >> I mean so that's the only other one but I mean policy review yeah I mean we should keep as is a lot of things are MSBA but you know if we get to a spot where we want to meet we meet you know it's um at foundation there again it's
nice having someone at least that can be a liaison you know so I mean >> I don't see another one that doesn't you know I don't know >> I mean I don't want to get rid of it and then all of a sudden we're like oh gosh
we should have a rage Yeah. >> Oh, that one I agree. >> Yeah. >> But the other ones I'm kind of like >> most of the other ones I see like >> even if they get pushed off like you know me and they don't have anything. >> Yeah.
>> Me and Cavi has most of the time they can't >> but like some of them get where there's nothing to talk about and they just >> get pushed to the next quarter. So other than that relist your one I don't >> I think I've been on >> and once we're set I will try getting dates you know kind of like I did last
year where we can get you know like the quarterly ones for health and safety you know bring it next time when it's filled out or whatever you know and so at least we have tend dates and people can get them on their calendar meet and confer we have those dates set you know most of the time they got cancelled like all the times they've got cancelled
>> which is not a bad thing right you know there's not issues >> so it's not worth meeting >> uh do you want me to read this into the >> I think if we're just putting if we're >> just taking out that one and that's it, right? >> And stay >> stay >> everything is the same except for we're
um taking out the relicure leazison. So, I'll make a motion to move I'll make a motion to accept the 2026 committee assignments and the designated MSHL representative as in >> you're still under that
>> board book except for the K12 relic your liaison. >> I will second. >> Okay. Any questions or discussion? Okay. All those in favor of approving
the assignment say I. >> I. Any oppose? Motion carries. All right. 7.0 is communication and reports. Start with enrollment update. >> Um if you can see the the sheet and and
I think we are on the track here. Um we're down five students. Um there was a little bit of movement. Um a little bit up, a little bit down. um feel it is on track. Um we lost I know elementary wise we lost a few to Grand Forks people just moving which
which is what it is but um don't have any shocking you know revelation it's kind of where we're at. Um any questions on enrollment? Okay 7.2 to administration and department head reports. Start with you,
superintendent. >> Okay. Um, again, as always, no uh specific order, and I'm going to mention it before um I forget. Um uh Sarah's not here at night, but she wanted me to uh just mention on Friday, we have um Representative Gander
um call it principal for the day or whatever you you know, being in the school and then um Senator Johnson's there in the morning. Um and so um we're going to let them do their things. Um and other than that, she didn't have anything other than they're back in action. Um I was over there for a bit
today. Um and I think and I'm guessing you'll mention it, they do have some more um some banners and stuff that are um pretty nice, some more um greenwave stuff that were put up over break. So that's good. Um I'd mentioned I think I don't know if it was last meeting or
meeting before, Ellers had kind of put us on hold as far as refinancing. um we're back on a refunding go now. Um they they figure we're in about around the 80,000 savings, which is not a huge amount, but they don't think it's going to get much better and so they just feel
the times to go. So, >> sure, >> we'll start the process or continue the process. We've done some of it. Um just uh giving you a heads up, we were approached um I think years back there was um knowledgeable at the middle school, but there just wasn't
participation. So Donovan was interested in trying that again. Um he did actually write a grant to cover most of the cost. Um and got the grant of course is I mean he's he's good at writing grants as well. So that being said um you may see
um they tried registration one day it was weather canceled school or whatever but they they have I think six kids or something right now to go and so it's we'd hoped for a few more but they got the money to cover it so we're going to run with it. So, >> she should send it out again. >> Okay.
>> Because that was like right before the holidays. There was many blizzards. >> Yep. Yep. No, we can. Um, we'll throw that out. >> Um, as I mentioned a few minutes ago, um, as far as, uh, and I'll send something to the negotiation group now. I'd like to get together in the near
future to look at that just called extra duty assignments or whatever. Kind of got some stuff put together. um had our first official um I'm going to say solar meeting the other day with the city um and uh Ziggler as well as the district.
One of the things we have to do and I just throw it out there because you're going to see stuff is we actually have to reszone the middle school and that property down there. So, um, we're going they don't have an issue with it, but, um, you you'll see some notices of meetings coming up because it's zoned
residential and so they they're going to reszone it as a planned unit development. It doesn't really change anything, but it's a process. So, um, we'll go through that. Other than that, it was good meeting. Um uh
and the only other thing I was just going to mention, Matt and Amanda, we should connect on the MSBA is a week from what tomorrow or Thursday. Um and so just connect and and like I say, we can connect on that. Other than that, um it's nice to have people back in the
building. It was nice to be quiet for a couple weeks, but it's nice to have people back. All right. Eston's not here. Did we maybe forget to tell him that we moved the schoolboard meeting? >> Yeah, probably. >> Probably. >> I didn't. >> I just don't want him to show up next
week either. >> We'll take care. We'll >> Okay. Um, principles. >> And again, I don't know. It's >> Yep. >> Do you Melissa? >> I kind of told the principal it's up to if you have much because we're just kind of getting rolling again.
A lot happened today. Hello. Um I just thought I'd give you a quick update since I wasn't able to make the December meeting and so just wanted to let you know of a few things that are happening out at South Point. Um first of all, it was great to be back to see students and staff, but it was really cool to welcome them back with our new
graphics. So, if you get a chance, stop out and see us um in our front hallway. So, it's it's um welcomes you very much to South Point. And so, it's very cool. It was really awesome to see both students and staff and just like, whoa, what's going on? So, it was that was
really cool to welcome them back with that. Um want to give a huge shout out to the EGF Foundation um and foundation for that because without them, we wouldn't have been able to do that. So, we appreciate their support. We are also going to have new lighting installed on
Wednesday on our um stage. And so again, thank you to the Ed Foundation and Music Boosters for making that happen. Um Mr. Moffett had written a grant for that. And so um we're excited because our fourth graders will be having their
first choir concert of the year the end of January. And so they'll be able to use that lighting. So we're excited to see that. Um some things that happened back in December, we had our first fifth um fifth grade honor choir concert and
we also had our f first fifth grade band concert. So those are always two big things to see. Um so again, hats off to Mr. Moffett and Miss Lure for leading our students with those performances. Um tomorrow we'll be welcoming everyone
back with our monthly spot um assembly. And so we'll be doing the confident spot for the month of January. And uh just want to give you an update that our literacy team has been meeting regularly. Um they've been vetting um curriculums and so we've been working on
that. And within the next month or so we're going to be collaborating with new heights to um look at that uh curriculum. And I just wanted to give a huge shout out to the paras at South Point. We have a lot of paras who are actually um college students. So, we knew that going into this week coming
back, we were going to be short staffed, but um everybody has just rallied around each other and just done a really nice job of supporting each other and filling in those student needs. So, I just wanted to give a shout out to our paras. So, thank you for their support. And that's it. Any questions?
>> Questions? It's great to hear the band concert and then hear them at the spring concert. >> Isn't that great? >> It's the craziest. >> I know. But they actually were so great already. But it's it is such a growth that they have over those few months. So yeah, I just wanted to give those shout outs to those to Mr. Moffett and to Miss
Lur for that, too. >> Thank you. >> All right, Matt, no updates today. >> Okay. Okay. Ryan, did you all right? Did you have any updates for free schooler?
>> Oh, yeah. >> Majang, sign up. >> I think my mom signed up. So, I've heard it's quite the game, right? Let's see. Any committee reports? No. Other than
negotiations, this kind of wrap things up hopefully here. >> Sure. Okay. 8.0 is the consent agenda and I'll move to approve the consent agenda. >> I'll second. >> Any questions or discussion on the consent agenda or anything pulled?
Okay. Uh all those in favor of approving the consent agenda say I. >> I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. No citizens here to speak. So moving to 10.0. I know district business.
So, this one is a resolution. I get my wording right here. A resolution to adopt the resolution directing administration to make recommendations for reductions in programs and positions as presented
and attached in board book. Motion and a second. Then we'll >> I'll make a motion. And this is something that's done every year. This gives us the authority to do so. If you would like to take a roll call, please.
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Okay. Motion approves six to zero. 10.2 is another resolution that establishes combined polling places. This is another
thing that's done every year. So, it's a motion to adopt a resolution for the Independent School District 595 for 2026 establishing a establishing a combined polling place for multiple precincts and designating hours during which the polling places will remain open for
voting for school district elections not held on the day of a statewide election as presented and attached in board book. >> I'll make a motion. >> Second. All right. Roll call, please. >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Motion carries 6 to zero. >> 10.3 is to approve the EGFAA master agreement
for 2025 2027 as presented and attached in board book. >> I'll make a motion to accept. I'll second. Okay. >> Any questions or discussion on this?
>> The the only comment I'd make just just so that um the rest of the board is on and it's kind of public is that um the first of all, thank you to the admin group for you know coming to the table and working with us. But we put a rhyme or reason in in other words together. Um it comes in um over the two years about
10% which is a little higher. But you also have to remember there's things like there was a supervision of like middle school activities like for Beth that you approved each year that will know it's built in there now. And so there there is a rhyme or reason and where principles are paid and APS are
paid at the same rate other than the supervision piece. So um I think the committee recommends it and I think it's good to have a you know a step in lane. It's not a huge step in lane, but it's something to go by. >> No, it was productive. Very good
meetings. Okay. All those in favor of approving the master EGFAA master agreement say I. >> I. I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. So 10.4 Four is to authorize administration to advertise for health insurance provider
bids uh for beginning coverage on July 1st, 2026 with bids to be accepted immediately and due by 5:00 p.m. on March 10th, 2026. I'll move to approve. >> I'll second.
>> Any questions or discussion on advertising for health insurance bids? Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. 11.0 is payment of claims and accounts.
I'm going to try this because a lot of I make the motion to Oh, no. Hold on. I make the motion to approve the payment of K12 bills 13762 through130912 and electronic fund transfers in the amount of $1,458,154.13.
Second. >> Any question or discussion on paying the bills? >> Okay. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries. 12.0. We're on to board member comments. Matt, I'll start with you. >> Uh, just welcome back everybody. Hope
everyone had a great Christmas break and good second half of the school year. >> Yeah, just uh hopefully the weather cooperates. We don't have any more uh days off from school, stuff like that. make it easy for us. >> I was telling Lynn it was a 4:30 drive around the block this morning because of
because of possible freezing, you know, fog last night and I'm like, >> let's get through it. Two more months. >> Three. >> I have no comments today. Welcome back everyone. >> Y Amanda. >> Yeah, I don't have too many either. Welcome back everybody. Um, hope you had
a nice winter break. It's good to see everybody's faces. So 13.0 uh the next meeting board of education again next week's was moved up to this week. So we don't have one till January 26, 2026 at 5:30 p.m. in this room.
>> As needed, right? >> As needed. >> As needed. >> Yep. That's an as needed one. >> 14.0 is to adjourn the regular meeting. I will move to adjourn. >> I'll second. Any questions or discussion on adjourning? Okay. All those in favor say
I. >> I. I. >> Any oppose? Motion carries. Thank you everybody. And if if the admin team can just wait one second, we