all right good evening everybody um welcome I'd like to call the June 18th School Board business meeting to order and we will start by uh saying the Pledge of Allegiance if you so choose I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to
the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all thank you uh the board would entertain a motion for approval of the agenda with the suggested motions and
resolutions do I have a motion I move to approve the agenda motion made by uh Meisner second by Anna all those in favor signified by St I hi hi all those opposed motion
passes uh up next on the agenda would be the superintendent and staff reports Dr L well we could not let him go without another time to come to our board meeting so Doo we are thrilled that you're going to come up and give
our spring activities recap so come on up thanks for being here heing back there welcome back thank you it's been like 3 days since I saw you I think that's what I say I'm bummed about the how do you call
it the fireworks so that's something I was frustrated with okay um but hello boor um I will be giving the Springs activity recap and I'm going to start off with um our main activities um so here are a few things that we did so
band in choir um The Fly High School's band in choir showcase their talents in concerts um this the last week of school the FHS Jazz Ensemble varsity band and concert band performed a decades concert featuring musics from the 1950s throughout the
2000s the FHS choir featured Ensemble small groups and solist performed in women performed a women in music concert um next we had was prom prom attendees walked the red carpet at the Grand March in early may as a part of the 2024 prom
which was held at the luminary in Minneapolis it was a Glitz and glamour as families watch their Juniors and senior students this annual event proceedes prom and give students a chance to show off their Formal Wear next we had model un um over a week a
weekend in April 31 middle school and high school students participated in the YMCA Center for Youth voice model un conference model un is a handon Civic learning program where students in grades 7 to 12 take on the role of
Diplomat from one of the 193 countries engage in respectful discussions about the states of the world and explore solutions to International challenges the FHS music department traveled to Chicago over spring break
students experienced the skyline beautiful architecture uh and unbeatable entertainment some of the highlights included a Broadway show Medieval Times Field Museum and the Hancock building the choir sang a beautiful Basilica and the ba the band performed
in the Great Hall Field Museum next to a dinosaur fossil our group uh received numerous compliments from guests at the hotel and ultimately represented frilly with pride um next we had art eight fry high school student artists had their
artwork showcased at the Minnesota State High School league Visual Arts competition at the pure pitch Center uh for Arts some of those names were next win Remy Anderson y win and Arie trench uh an improv on Saturday April
13th fry High School improved team was invited improv team was invited to participate in the second annual Twin Cities high school and pro festival at the Pim Arts High School in Eden Prairie our students participated in educational
sessions taught by professional improvers and the United States uh professor United sorry University of Minnesota professors our hilarious group of students perform for their peers to wrap up the day see I
was trying to do that but it it didn't happen um but yeah next up on our agenda we had our Sports um overall we had seven sports activities for uh spring we had 185 athletes six All Conference honorable mention eight All Conference
uh and six State participants uh 10 seniors uh receive academic all conference with the GPA of 3.4 or higher so really embodying that student athlete portion that we try to have with all of our fle students um golf we had seniors
Aaron Johnson and Vern Valen do a great job uh leading the rest of the young golf team and they were able to participate in the sections meet um boys tennis we had a lot of fun it was a really good season um we were led by us five seniors but we really had um our
freshman Jacob T and uh Max founder really show the way and um improve a lot so they were able to do really well at our sections tournament so we're rooting for them next year um and then softball we had a young team but competed well throughout the season um they ended with
three athletes having a b batting average of uh three3 or higher so that's amazing yeah and then baseball started off their season great with spring break trck to Florida and a great and they battled throughout the season with a
loss one loss in Extra Innings and sections um and then last but not least uh we have our Batman in in second in the second season of Batman they had 30 plus athletes this year that competed in three meets and we had our adapting
Bowlers uh seven Bowlers competed in the state tournament and Bolero uh and Blaine and represented Fly With Pride um and next I'm going to have the the boys state track and field Champions come up
and talk to us thanks Dale the only solo photo hello uh for those of you that don't know who I am I am Lizzie winman I'm um in addition to being a Spanish and Avid teacher I'm also our head track coach um who knew that you could win an
entire State track meet with six kids um but honestly if you knew these kids you wouldn't be surprised by that um they especially this season persevered through a lot of injuries across the board um we had a new sections which that meet was two two hours away two different days so for a total of what
eight hours of traveling it's a lot um we had some coaches changing and of course just navigating academics while they did it um but really just a phenomenal crew that we had um while we did have a pretty young group this year we had a lot of commitment from our returning athletes especially this group
that is with us today um uh but they did a lot to set a good exam example for our underclassmen hoping to keep some of that retention coming out um into our future Seasons um so for all these athletes that attended State this year this is either their second or third year attending State um we had a weird
season their freshman year which would have been that covid year where it was and we are still just single a and double A so that was a tough year to get into State yeah um but so a lot of them helped guide many of the younger athletes this year just to show them like hey this is what you have to do to
achieve these goals um the showing up to practice every day doing what you got to do the being the role models in the hallway um and on top of that they are just also not just phenomenal athletes but they're also just phenomenal kids every time somebody came up to me at this meet and was like wow your kids are doing so great I was like yes here are
these other things that they do so well um you know just the other things that they're involved with um I just kept saying this is a once- in a-lifetime experience with a once in lifetime group of kids um so this group worked really hard this season to get where they got um and they did a lot to show the other schools that we
baby so I'm going to open it up to them if any of them would like to speak to their experience this season don't be shy or at least stand up so we can honor you we would love that so proud of you we're missing to
solz and isaah but yeah um before we play the video Lizzy do you mind um so one of the things that we purchased this year through um activities is um a cricket
and um so we were able Kayla was able to make these right away and they wore these in um the parade so this is all cricked so it just shows like we can quickly make cute personalized um deer and as you can see it's the proper F
it's the proper Vegas gold so um I just wanted to highlight that so thank you and then now we have um video that um we would like to showcase our [Music]
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[Applause] one thing I did we just got two State records this year and triple jump Fidel set the record with 473 right um and then Lorenzo set the record in the 300 meter hurdles um with
376 379 something like that 376 well done young men that's it this isn't just Talent either right like you guys have to work at it so congratulations and um like spring Sports is tricky because it's not like
you can you can kind of Ride This Out in school a lot of spring sports are still going on right now so uh thank you for sharing this with us uh we'll certainly spread the word Dale you can come back anytime yeah fellas I I would encourage you to come back next year talk to your
underclassman point to them point to that Trophy and remind them of what you did and what it took to get there and uh yeah you guys are all welcome back I'm assuming you're all seniors right y Lorenzo he's not here tonight but he has a sophomore okay all right so we got we got up the future
is bright so but seriously fellas like this is huge thank you very much for sharing and taking the time to to come uh hang out with us tonight yeah thank you Coes anything to add I meet next week and go through the
whole Des of rings oh I love that and and I've told them that Justin has an immense personal budget I got a jeweler I got a guy Justin if you want I'll hook you up actually that's funnier than you think
so I was about to say where that was actually coded to that cricket and I didn't so now I will so anything pretty much purchased through activities we call it superintendent off office Cricket housed and activities so that's actually funnier than I think you meant
it so often the case with me that sounds great and um athletes coaches you can either stay for the rest of the update or you can leave now too I won't be you were the Highlight really of that um of the the meeting to be honest but um we
were so thrilled to have um so many of our graduations and celebrations with our littlest Learners to the clap abouts that we had of our students our seniors going into the other buildings and our ALC graduation Etc one of the things I
wanted to say really about our graduation venue is I think it really showcased to our community our students our families and our staff deserve that venue and I was so proud to see and how well it went and we were kind of North
rep we were a trial for them and they invited us back for next year and could not stop talking about how great the experience it was so I was just really proud of that venue and I think it showcases our district so well so really um pleased with that here's some
statistics for that we graduated 24 students with highest honors um and in addition to that GPA of 375 they need to have a minimum of three IB courses of which they also take the exams 34
graduates with high honors 35 to 374 18 graduates with honors 325 to 3 49 and two graduates with Associates degrees so definitely um worth celebrating our students okay this part is going to be
really boring so you will not guys you will not offend us stay but thank you so good to see [Applause] you and now I have to take a little bit of a moment because our referendum
partner. ofid group is tuned in um so I didn't mean that this is boring to our referend partner she's about to text me I think and say something but anyway one of the things um of course we know tonight the board is going to take a
vote on pursuing a referendum with two questions and Ron is going to lead that work I wanted to share about should that be voted as um yes we want to pursue that tonight I wanted to share really what the um District's role is in the
referendum work so sometimes when we hear about referendums we think of vote no or vote Yes groups that's actually not the district's role our role is really about the facts behind um what the referendum pieces are and it's also
about empowering people to vote so tonight you'll see I'm not going to go through every piece of this but this is really the work that our partner does side by side with me and the cabinet team they're also available to advise the board again not on one side or the
other of the referendum but just on how do we key message that out um and Donovan group has had a wealth of experiences uh doing referendums and our um representative Tracy jent um and I
have worked together on two referendums and we also worked with Donovan group at the time she was not with Donovan group but she is now so I really believe in the work that Donovan group does we vetted five I'm looking at Steven and
Laura I think we vetted five or so um different referendum companies and what we found with Donovan was um some of the companies were very intimidated by uh Fridley intimidated by looking at
a district with the racial demographics that we have looking at a district that is is here's the school district boundaries here's the city right um looking at our students who are uh living in poverty so Donovan group Rose
to every challenge I did not send information ahead of time and when we vetted them they it was as if they had all that well they did find the information and they really made it personalized to us and um you could tell
that they just really care and they want to invest and Fridley so that makes me just feel very excited and I wasn't honestly surprised about that either and Donovan has experience in um both uh uh question one and question two like we're
going to be proposing to you so you'll see here the five key messages um that we are going to really talk about from the district lenses why are we a source of Pride and also what are the needs that we have both operational and from a facil
standpoint um how do we respect the needs of our property taxpayers and make the most of every dollar this goes back to our strategic planning how are we fiscal stewards of the um dollars that come into our district number three this
is front and center tonight right as we're looking at our list of deferred maintenance during our session we were seeing that deferred maintenance being addressed in real time how do we not only take care of financing the Deferred
maintenance now but how do we ensure that we Rectify this so that in 10 years from now the district isn't making choices about things that should have likely been funded earlier and instead of paying A7 million price point perhaps
it could be 600,000 when we do it in a different way we're in an earlier time frame to be quite honest um also how is that new operating Levy should it have successful pack passage how does that help us with maintaining stable funding
and investments into the lives of our students what does that actually look like and then number five how does that approved Bond question two positively impact every District facility and that's the great thing and I didn't even think about it this way until Tracy said
it to me she said well this is impacting every building because she had looked at that and I think that's a major sell for the community too like this money will touch every single building and I really appreciated that she brought that to the Forefront for me um
here you have a Communications calendar and we'll send this out or upload it so that you'll see so you'll actually see these action on um here depending if the vote is yes from the board you will see our work already has essentially begun
things like press releases fact sheets our presentation slide deck this is very important the present presentation slide deck is something that um Donovan will work next to us and really design that but it's something that if I'm
presenting I use that same slide deck then Stephen would be presenting to a community group then Laura would be so we have our common talking points as well that's something that our board could use too um to present on that um starting our set of referendum FAQs for
example Tracy's already working on this how do we have $30 million for zero tax impact and by the way why will the ballot language say on question to this is going to cause your property taxes to
increase when the district just said it wouldn't so those are some examples around eqes also things peripherally related that our community would have but not directly to the referendum let's get to the facts about Open Enrollment what does that look like how do we do
that so Tracy has already been working on that we're going to have uh linked to our page and I want Lori to to keep me factual on this separate referendum page devoted to that but linked to our page I said that correctly great um and then
you'll notice all the same branding all of those pieces so that everybody can recognize that right away um then as we moved into July our continued weekly social media posts so we are not at a place in July where we're doing a post
today this is really about let's get it out a post a week um starting to think about presentations with local Civic groups um our mailers what are some of our videos another piece that we loved about the Donovan group is they come and
they make professional videos for us and while those professional videos will be about referendum there are also pieces we can use from for years to come as well celebrating Fridley Public Schools um I'm really excited for the referendum
toolkit um that we will have in July August again similar things that you're seeing now we're going to be launching this information in the school newsletters um what is our postcard mail are going to be looking like um voting
information staff and family messaging um so you'll see the pace and the frequency starts to pick up the closer that we get um again September very similar information however a little more
intense and more of that information that we have October um again another postcard with the voting information staff and family messages one of the things I was really impressed with Donovan Groupon is I talked about you
know a large per of our families are not voter eligible because of them living outside of um Fridley Public Schools boundaries for example they live in city of Fridley but they're in Columbia Heights but they choose us how do we
involve those families in messaging even though they can't vote how do we involve them in that and so these are uh pieces where we will have all of our families receiving this information that I'm talking about it'll just be tailored to
eligible voters Within um uh Fridley Public Schools uh boundaries and our families that live out but families will not be left out just because they aren't living in our boundaries so we're excited about that as well then it comes
to our November again much more frequency around the social media posts um our referendum page again at this point it's going to be refreshed often right um lots of information our uh reminder messages and then
um ready for our post elction messaging which we have on um multiple Medias and also Donovan group has been great about everything being translated so that's a quick look at what our work will look like as we move
forward wanted to talk about board members your communicators as well right so um a list of dues that you can have here are sharing um factual information answering questions what are the needs
accurate descriptions Etc um which you will have all that information don't would be using District resources and equipment to support either side of the voter box there um and then um we can't
have you sharing information that's private information this brings a really good example to me we had a request by an an organization to get um addresses uh from us I just sent that to
Maggie wner our attorney and she said yep good to go on releasing that Brenda so those are the type of things we've also talked to the partners that have approached us already approached us already and I've just said we will respond to you um as quickly as we can just know that we run it by our attorney
so that we make sure that we follow that so much more to come on this but I just wanted to really give you the framing should the vote be yes we want to pursue referendum tonight these are real basic fundamental things that I wanted to share with you about what the district's
role is and with that shair that concludes my superintendent report but happy to answer any questions great any questions no thanks okay I think next up we have a referendum presentation yes and Ron Meyer is going to do this uh
presentation as well as our budget summary thanks Ron thanks Ron good evening chair our KN and superintendent Lewis members of the school board um happy to be here this evening um for a number of months the
school district has been engaged in conversations and planning around the potential of running a referendum election in November of 2024 as superintendent Lewis uh just gave a little bit more information about these conversations have revolved around the
operating budget challenges as well as questions around how to fund the significant facility needs across the district uh so tonight is really a culmination of that work um so with that the purpose of uh tonight's meeting is really or this presentation is to bring forward the administrative
recommendation for both the operating referendum as well as for the bond referendum for the November election as well as also to highlight some of the next steps that the board can expect uh even here this evening um as I just mentioned and you can go
forward thank you um as I just mentioned um the finance department along with the superintendent and other District leaders have been engaged for months in an extensive uh evaluation of the district's current fiscal realities as well as to forecast the financial
landscape of the district for a number of years uh here in the future Additionally the district has engaged the community in multiple multiple surveys and formats to understand their view of the district as well as their potential support of a referendum vote
uh in the fall all of this work has helped to inform the recommendations that are being brought to you here this evening so to answer the most obvious question on why the district needs additional Revenue one must look back uh at school funding here in Minnesota over
the last 20 plus years in doing so you would see that over those 20 years funding levels have lagged behind inflation as well as the overall cost to educate each student this has forced individual communities to authorize additional funding through operating Lev
levies to cover this gap for f Fridley Public Schools a new operating Levy would have a significant impact on our ability to maintain the level of educational services our families expect and deserve so with that the recommendation before the board this evening is to
approve question number one for the November election for an operating Levy of 42 $4 per pupil unit next slide voter approval of this $424 per pupil unit would equate to
about $11.65 million for each of the next 10 years starting in the 2526 school year the tax impact on a $250,000 home value in the district is about $10.83 cents per month and the average
home Val value in Fridley which is currently at 313,000 $780 would have their taxes increased by about $13.58 per month as I mentioned a few moments ago the approval of this referendum is essential for the financial stability of
the district and to reduce the projected budget Gap that is expected in future years and although there will likely need to be budget reductions in future years approval of this operating Levy will reduce and limit the amount of those
reductions consequently if the operating Levy is not approved the district will be looking at significant budget reductions starting in the FY 26 budget cycle and continuing into future years additionally because of continued
projected budget deficits an operating Levy election would likely be needed again in the fall of 2025 to generate additional Revenue so shifting gears to the facility needs and the second question that is being recommended for the vote
in November of 2024 this uh recommendation this evening is for the board to approve a bond referendum for November that will generate uh not uh to exceed $30 million of resources for the district for this second question there would not be a tax
impact as superintendent Lewis uh mentioned a little bit earlier for property owners and this is really because of the way uh we have structured the district has structured their debt in partnership with our uh our financial advis advisers and around a bond Levy so
we do have some Bond levies that are going to be falling off the roles and that has really allowed us to structure the debt for this $30 million without additional tax impact uh to our taxpayers the benefits to the district if this Bond referendum is approved is
multifaceted these additional resources would be used for Safety and Security improvements at each of our sites as well as several facility Renovations and repairs all across the district additionally approval of this second question would allow the district to
shift about a million dollars of what is currently being budgeted in the general fund for facility Renovations and repairs um which also then helps our long range Financial stability in the general fund for the district if the bond referendum is not
approved the challenges in the general fund continue to exist and create uh more need for significant and impactful reductions uh in the future it also will result in important repairs and Renovations not being completed at our
facilities which will likely lead to the need of the district considering another Bond referendum in a future year so in summary the recommendation before the board this evening is for a two question referendum in November the first question is for
$424 per pupil unit operating referendum to help bring Financial stability to the school district the second question is for a $30 million Bond referendum to address Safety and Security needs facility repair and Renovations and to create some Financial relief in the
general fund as a reminder that second question would not have a tax impact for property owners the next step in the process is that later on here in the board meeting during the action item section of the board meeting the board will be asked to
consider action on two matters the first is to approve a resolution calling for the election in November and the second is to approve the review and comment documents that are required to be submitted and approved by the Department of Education for Bond projects uh that
are being considered these documents were prepared by a combination of our legal representation our financial advisor our construction management adviser as well as our finance and leadership team if these approvals occur this evening we'll give our finance team and the leadership team the green light
to continue the referendum planning process and so with that I'll turn it back to the board chair for any questions nope I'm very thorough thank you and then up next I think we have a budget I need a vote oh we need to vote on that right now okay so the chair
would entation entertain a motion relating to increasing the general education revenue of the school district authorizing the issuance of school building bonds and calling an election thereon I have a motion so single motion can be used to approve both resolution
questions right the levy and the bond it's a single motion I think to have to hold the election and ask for the two relating to increasing the General Ed education revenue of the school district authorizing the issuance of school building bonds and calling an election
thereon so I will move to to approve um the motion I guess for for both The Levy and the bond and the election yep motion by Meisner second by
Anna this is a roll call vote uh signified by saying I or nay Miss Anna I Miss Jones I Mr keer is not present Mr Meisner I miss Stark I and myself motion passes so now I think we can move to the
budget what's that oh the review and comment okay uh next the chair would entertain a motion for the approval of the review and comment so moved motion made by Stark do I have a second second is it
Jones this is just a straight up vote all those in favor signify by saying I I all those opposed motion passes now we can go to the summmer the budget summary presentation thank you Ron all right good evening again and
thank you before you this evening is for consideration and approval of the fiscal year 2425 budget the proposed budget before you this evening is a culmination of the work by the finance department the superintendent and other District leaders that started really last September with the approval of the
preliminary Levy and then in December I was fortunate uh to be with you with the approval of the uh the final Levy in December school districts in the state of Minnesota are required to approve a budget by June 30th of each year for the next fiscal year and so with that I'm
going to walk the board through the budget document that is before you um and at the conclusion and during the action item portion uh request your approval of the fy2 budget so I want to draw your attention to the budget document that's included in your board
packet um and it is uh also going to be presented here on the screen I'm going to walk you through uh some of the various components of the budget document U for those of you that have been uh through the budget process before here at Fridley you'll notice that the format of this document is a little bit different than in previous
years um and specifically this document is designed to not only give the board and the public the budget information but also to give some of the context to the numbers so uh with that I want to briefly walk through some of the different sections of the document starting on page four uh which is where
the executive summary section begins first with uh looking at our district class- siiz targets um this is a key component of our staffing model uh which is a large portion of our overall budget then we go into a summary of school
Finance in Fridley Public Schools uh and for that matter uh Minnesota schools in general we walk you through in this document uh the different funds that we have here in Fridley with a brief description so that you have an understanding of how those resources are accounted for and
used then if we shift uh to the bottom of page six um we also included a history of the increases of funding from the state of Minnesota um which the state of Minnesota is the largest funding source for the school district as we mentioned in the referendum
conversation uh just a few minutes ago the gap between what the state has approved for school funding um versus inflation has continued to grow over the last 20 years and while there is certainly optimism that uh came out of last year's legislative session uh
specifically that the basic uh formula allance would be tied to inflation there still is a significant inflationary Gap that exists from the years of funding at a level that was lower than inflation page number seven shows our enrollment Trends here in Fridley as
well as our enrollment projections enrollment is a key component to our budget as it is the basis for much of our funding you will see on page seven that we are projected to continue a trend that we've seen over the last several years of decreased enrollment
with a total budget uh enrollment amount for FY 25 uh K through 12 of 2336 students page number8 is the start of the financial section of the document and page nine shows the reader the first snapshop summary of the uh general fund
fund balance with the fy2 proposed budget included as the board has heard in previous school board work sessions and meetings we are anticipating to be deficit spending in the general fund for FY 25 which we also alluded to earlier
in our uh referendum presentation the column uh on the far right side of the graph on page nine shows uh that this deficit spending is anticipated to result in a negative general fund balance of over $233,000 for
fy2 this continues to reinforce the need for an operating referendum this fall going down to page number 10 it shows the fund balance uh summary of all of our other funds I will draw attention just to a few of the important components first on the Food Service
fund you see that we continue to spend down the high fund balance that we previously had a couple of years ago specifically in investing in equip in equipment and other important components to a successful Food Service program free Mills legislation and funding has given districts more financial
flexibility to upgrade and update aging equipment and infrastructure which we are currently engaged in the next fund is the community service fund this is a fund that has maintained a negative fund balance now for multiple budget Cycles the district is currently
in engaged in a three-year plan to bring this fund back to a positive balance and you will see that we are anticipating making improvements by almost $200,000 for fy2 and again uh engaged in a three-year plan to get that back to a
positive fund balance you see at the bottom of the graph that the total fund balance for all funds is expected to decrease by approximately 8% .6 million with the bulk of that decrease coming from the general fund the last few pages of the document
go into more specific details of the budget and school Finance the last thing that I want to specifically point out is the graph on page 11 which shows the breakdown of Revenue and expenditures for the general funds specifically you will see that revenues
broken down by uh the source of that Revenue it's important to point out that about 78% of our Revenue comes from the state of Minnesota with about 16% coming from local taxes 4% from the federal government and the other two uh percent coming from uh other local
sources the expenditures on this chart is are broken down by object series you will see that just over 74% of expenditures go toward salaries and benefits of the teachers and the staff uh for the district we are a people intensive uh business another 177% goes
towards purchase services for for things like Transportation facility support and other operational contracts and supports Capital expenditures and supplies and materials each represent just over 3% of the general funded expenditures and the remaining amount is utilized for other expenditures and
financing uh uses the last two pages of the document give a breakdown of the levy pieces simply for community members to see how their tax dollars are being budgeted and utilized finally included in your uh
board packet as a separate document uh was a memo uh from Jason mutzenberg the Director of Finance with a summary of the revenues and expenditures that are being proposed uh for each of the district funds for fiscal year 2024
2025 and with that it is a recommendation of the finance team and the administration to approve the fy2 budget as outlined in that memo and as presented here this evening Ron I think this was an excellent
presentation I just wanted to say before we call for a vote here a couple of things this is what I'm talking about when I talk about excellence and transparency and finance right this is public document we aren't hiding from
the public Ron could you go to that ltfm line I just want our board to kind of zoom in on that because that's related directly to question two um with respect to we're about 960,000 deficit spending
there in ltfm um just wanted to see how that's related in our second question referendum impacting our budget so if you don't mind just doing a quick review on that one let me find that page did
you do you have it in front of you I don't think that sorry about that Lori it should be on page um n n yes page nine 961 811 is our uh
negative fund balance for that line item just wanted you because we've talked a lot about how you know when I'm where I'm going Y and and so again in that line item we get a uh the district all districts in the state get a uh a dollar
amount per pupil uh for the um for ltfm and so uh historically because of the significant needs that we have across the district we do have a negative fund balance part of the overall strategic plan related to our fil facilities
including ltfm including the bonds that we just sold uh as well as part of that comprehensive plan and then the $30 million um Bond referendum that we are recommending or that the board just approved for November is all a part of a comprehensive plan in order to uh start
to address some of the significant uh facility needs that we have so ltfm plan is a plan that uh that the board will approve uh it's a it's required by July 31st of each year um that is a plan that we continue to update every single year
um and and we will do so again here uh this year as well and so we look at deferred maintenance C certainly from this line item with uh ltfm as well as some of those additional uh requests uh from uh our our taxpayers for the bond
referendum and some of the other some of those other Bond levies that we have had in the past again we just talked about some of those are falling off so we have utilized a combination in the past as well and that is part of the planning as we move forward as well we simply don't
have enough funding in that and um then it comes out of the learning bucket y so yeah right now we do uh as I kind of uh mentioned in the referendum conversation we uh budget a little over $2 million a year in the operating budget for uh
repairs and maintenance as well and so that is a reflection of the just the significant needs that we have and the fact that our ltfm program simply can't sustain the amount of needs that we have so part of that $30 million Bond referendum will go to help alleviate
some of that budget crunch that we have in the operating budget as well and addressing those deferred maintenance needs we have $2 million is a lot of instructional money that we could repurpose so thanks I'm sorry I put you on the spot you did great thank you you chair I'll turn fact to you any
questions for Ron before you pleas yeah I'm glad you pointed out too I was going to say the same thing uh as a business and finance guy I really appreciated this report and the information in it the format and the clarity uh the summary and the details it was really
well done so Kudos I appreciate that I I will give uh kudos to Janet dolman and Jason mutsen Burger who Jason wishes he could be here this evening uh they put a lot of work into working certainly with other uh leaders in the district to put this together so I appreciate that thank
you so with that uh I would entertain a motion to approve the school year 2024 and 2025 budget I have a motion so moved motion by Stark to have a second second second by Anna all those in favor
signify by saying I please I all those opposed motion passes next next up we have I would entertain a motion for the adoption of policy 797 uh which uh involves post issuance
debt compliance do I have a motion so moved motion by Stark do we have a second second second by Anna I believe this is just a normal vote it is all those in F favor signify by saying I I all those
opposed motion passes next up the chair would entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda do I have a motion so moved motion by Jones do I have a second second second by Meisner all those in favor of approving
the consent agenda approved by saying I I all those opposed and uh Lori there's got to be a typo here oh I knew it there can't be there can't be zero important dates is there two pay y there's back
doublesided I figured as much uh so important uh holidays of course tomorrow is the district and fate state and federal holiday for juneth uh June 19th uh summer Rise program begins on June 24th very excited about that at
for the Middle School lots of work involved there so thank you to everyone that has been involved in that um looking forward to the youth Community Theater the susal Junior June 28th at 7: June 29th at 2: p.m. here at the at the
high school district Auditorium we have a week for July 1st through the 5th for blackout for activities uh we also have the district holiday for Independence Day on July 4th and Fridley Public Schools board meeting
uh next meeting will be on June 16th work session at 5:30 open Forum at 7:00 business meeting at 7:30 here at the frle community center um on a a personal note I would add that uh the Fridley baseball association will be holding a school resource officer and police
officer appreciation baseball game on June 26th at the community Fields I'm sorry at Commons park fields 1 and two activities uh and food will start at about 6 o' so if you can make it to that that'd be great with that uh I think
we're adjourn do I have to take a motion to adjourn I feel like I do yeah the chair would entertain a motion to adjourn motion by star second by Anna all those in favor signify by saying I I I uh motion passes we are adjourned at 8:18 thank you very much everybody