Hello. >> Hey, Matt. Can you hear us? >> I can hear you. Can you hear me? >> Yep. Can you do a mic check and just count to 10 for me? >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
>> All right, sounds great. So, if you want to just mute your mic and and mute your uh camera, you'll you're first on the agenda, so probably by 6:05 you'll be up, but you'll be able to hear us. So,
>> awesome. Thank you. >> Yep. All right, we'll go ahead and um call the October 13, 2025 Independent School District 152 school meeting to order. And we'll start off with roll call to my left. >> Vin present. >> Bergen present.
>> Markwart present. >> Burgard present. Bjorkland present. >> Vote present. >> All right. And we'll stand for the pledge. All right. Review of agenda. Our preview of agenda. Dr. Lunik. >> There are no additions or corrections. Recommend approval.
>> Thank you, Keith. >> Move to approve the agenda as presented. >> Cassidy. >> A second. >> All right. We have a motion by Keith and second by Cassidy to move to approve the agenda as presented. Any discussion?
Any discussion? All right. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Oppos? Same sign. Motion carries. Public forum. Uh, the public forum is open will be open for up to 30 minutes for public comment on agenda item. Individuals who
wish to speak during the public forum have submitted a written request by 1 p.m. on the meeting day. The schoolboard chair will call speakers to the microphone and recognize one speaker at a time. Each speaker has just um can speak up to three minutes. The public forum will not be recorded or
livereamed. Is there anybody to >> No, there is not. >> All right. Thank you. All right. We move on to the consent agenda. All items on the consent agenda are considered to be and have been made available to the school board at least two days prior to the meeting. The items will be enacted by one resolution. There
will not there will be no separate discussion of these items unless the school board member so requests in which event that item will be removed from the agenda and considered under separate resolution. To the extent possible the schoolboard member inquires on consent
agenda items are to be made directly to the district administration prior to the time of the meeting. So, we start off with A, superintendent um approval of the September 22nd, 2025 regular meeting minutes and close session minutes. B,
business administrative services, medical leave, change of contract, termination, resignations, retirement, new employees, and additional staffing requests. Lor Lee, >> I move to approve the consent agenda as
presented. >> Cassidy, >> a second. I have a motion by Laura Lee and second by Cassidy to approve the consent agenda. Any discussion? All right. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Post. Same sign. Motion carries. Move on
to new business. General obligation school building bond series 2016A refunding opportunity. Dr. Lun. >> Okay. Tonight we have Matt Hammer here with Ellers's uh public finance advisors and Matt will
take you through an opportunity that we have uh to possibly or to potentially refund our general obligation bonds that were a result of uh the 2015 election which I which when you look back on our
history is the bond that constructed Horizon West and Dorothy Dods. We have an opportunity that uh Matt will take you through to potentially refinance about $55 million worth of bonds which
has a potential uh savings to our taxpayers. So Matt will take you through that and then uh if you have any questions for him, he'll take them and then we would ask uh if uh you support this opportunity uh to approve uh the
resolution to um refund those 2016A bonds. So, without further ado, I hope Matt's out there. Okay, perfect. We'll get we'll get going then. >> Yeah, thanks Brandon. Matt Hammer, uh district's financial advisor. Thanks for
letting me join online tonight. Um as Brandon stated, we are on an ongoing basis always reviewing the district's outstanding commitments for their debt service levies. And when bonds are initially issued, they have what we that call provision
established at the time of issuance. And typically that's eight to 10 years from the initial issuance date when the bonds become subject to be able to be refinanced or refunded in this case is what we call it in the municipal world. But it's very similar to what you see if
you were trying to refinance a home mortgage. The big picture of this is we're trying to issue new bonds at lower interest rates to lower taxes for property owners. Um when these bonds were originally
issued in uh 201 on them, we're going to be getting to that call date here in February. And that allows us to look at it a tax exempt current refunding of the bonds.
Um, and right now as we get closer to that call date, we're assuming we're going to have interest savings that can be passed on to taxpayers. Um, the bonds uh do go out uh still through 2040. Um, and with any uh
municipal securities, we don't necessarily have to issue a full refunding of the entire bond issue. And in fact, in this case, we're looking at the coupon maturities that go out um through 2033. So, we'd only be refinancing a portion of it.
Um, this this issue or the whenever you look at a refinancing community, the the debt service payments have to go to reduce future debt service levies. So, districts can't take this money into the budget required by state law. Any
savings that's produced through a refunding has to go to reduce future debt service payments and tax levies. And then there's obviously various state and federal regulations that um we have to abide by. One of those
regulations is that we can't issue more than uh $10 million in the calendar year bank design or bank qualified and because we did issue certificates of participation earlier this year, we won't be able to close on the bonds
until after January 1st. So when we look at the schedule, you'll see that we're proposing to sell um early in calendar year 26 at this point in time. If we go to the next slide, the this highlights the original issue back from
November of 2015 as a result of the successful election. Brandon touched on uh the two major components with the middle school and the new elementary school. Um but there were other deferred maintenance projects and various renovations also done at the time.
Uh when we look at the next slide here, uh there's 56,589 million dollars of bonds that are callable or eligible to be pre prepaid or refinanced. Those become eligible after February 1
of 26. And with every principal maturity that when bonds are sold, they come with a specific interest rate. and we're looking at coupon rates or interest rates of 3 to 4%. Um, we have to be within 90 days of the
call date, which is November 3rd, to be eligible to issue another tax exempt currently funding and we'll be with that after January. If we go to the next slide, uh this is where we're the maturities that may make most sense to refinance
right now or the fiscal 27 to 33 maturities. Um if we move forward with a proposed refunding at this time, we'd be looking at 37,75 of available principal. Um, we estimate that new issue amount would be about 35
million net premium we would receive. And we're looking at an estimated savings cost right now based on today's market rate of about 700,000 net penny cost. And um, like I said, that would be going to reduce future debt service leies for property owners. The average
interest rate after premium which that'll be determined on a sale we're estimating would be about 2.8%. You think of those interest rates that are on maturities. We're looking at refunding maturities that have three and four rates at this point in time. And
that's really the result of the change in interest cost by new bonds to pay off the old bonds. If we go to the next slide, this just gives you a a possible
financing timeline. Uh right now the board has a resolution in front of them that will authorize the issuance of uh moving forward with the refunding. We do we have accounted for a larger amount of the principal than
right now assuming that we're going to be moving forward with. There is a reason for that because as rates drop as we go into next calendar year, we we would want the flexibility to be able to issue or pick up more of those maturities if they made sense from a refinancing perspective.
>> Um we would work with the district over the next couple of months uh to start the preparation of the uh POS or preliminary statement. Um we'd go through a rating process likely in December at this point in time would be our timeline. And then we would look to
evaluate uh proposals in either January or February with a closing date in February or March. Um and then redeeming those bonds that become eligible to be redeemed in uh the 2016 A bonds um starting in February or March. So that would when we would pay off the old
bonds and start paying on the new bonds. So big picture, I can take any questions, but um really what we're looking to do is the district to u be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and reduce the interest costs that property
owners are currently paying. Um and that would come in the form of uh a new bond issuance that would lower interest rates and pay off the old bonds that would come with higher interest rates. um and hopefully to move forward with that sale
sometime in early calendar year 26. So, I can take any questions folks have about um anything that we're looking to move forward with here. Um but overall, right, this is typically good news that
we're we're trying to lower property taxes for property owners. >> Thank you for your presentation and we do have a couple questions and Keith will go first here. Thank you, Matt, uh, and Dave. Now, the, uh, the rate we're looking at is 3 to
4%, possibly below 3% even. Uh, what rate did we get or what rate are we locked in at right now? >> Um, well, the coupon rates that you currently have on the outstanding maturities that we're looking to refinance are between three and 4%.
um and making them make sense for us to look at refinancing. We're looking at trying to replace those three and 4% coupons with a true interest cost rate which would be permission on the day of sale that would be under three. So we' be looking at it right now our estimates
are around 2.8%. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions? Any idea when would the taxpayers see the reduction and then the money going back into their for their taxes and things? Is that >> it would not replace with anything with
taxes be able 26. It would be with future tax levies. Um the the current tax levies are established as part of the preliminary levy. Um and those will be collected here in December. So it would be with a future tax levy where the tax reduced levies would be recognized.
>> Thank you Matt. I'll move to approve the resolution stating the intention of the school board to issue general obligation school building refunding bonds series 2025B in the aggregate principal amount not to
exceed 57,15,000 as presented. >> Thank you, Melissa. >> I second. >> All right. All right, we have a motion by Matt, second by Melissa to move to approve the resolution stating the intention of the school board to issue general obligation school building
refunding bonds series 2025B in aggregate principal amount not to exceed 57,115,000 as presented. Any discussion? >> All right. All in favor, please say I. >> I.
>> Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you. Thank you for presenting with us. >> I move on to letter B. Uh the 2025 levy referendum communication campaign update. Brenda,
>> thank you. >> All right. Good evening. Um, tonight I'll be sharing a levy referendum update focused on our ongoing public information and engagement work, key community feedback, and the financial framework we're using to plan for
potential budget reductions. So, as you know, our overall goal continues to be straightforward to inform and engage community voters and encourage participation in the upcoming levy election. We want every resident to understand what's at stake, what the
levy would fund, and how it impacts our students, staff, and community. So, our communication efforts are grounded in these five principles that we talked about at the beginning of of uh the election, but transparency, sharing clearer and accessible
information, accuracy, ensuring that all of our facts are verified and consistent. Um, consistency, keeping our message unified across all of our different communication channels, timeliness, uh, responding quickly as questions arise, and accessibility,
making information available to all community members online, in print, and in person. These these um principles guide every message, update, and community conversation around the levy. And just to remind you as well, I wanted
to um just quickly go through the levy core messages. I know that you guys know these, but this is really the foundation of all of the communication um that we're doing. This anchors all of our our levy communication. So, student success and progress. We're building a strong
foundation for the future through relationships, expectations, and responsible use of public resources. Um funding shortfalls. State funding has decreased 18.6%. 6% since 2005 and our local operating levy remains well below
state average leaving us with limited financial flexibility. Impact of budget cuts. Following the failed 2024 referendum, we made 4 million in cuts and face another 5 million if this referendum does not pass.
Referendum proposal. The two questions this fall, one operating and one capital projects would provide 5.8 87 million annually to stabilize our budget and protect quality education. The cost of taxpayers for a median um
home, which the the city values at 25 $250,000, the total monthly increase would be about $23.74 starting in 2026. Learn more. All details and FAQs are on
vote 152.org and make your voice heard. Election day is November 4th and early voting is already open. So, we've continued to share all of that um information that the factual information campaign through
presentations, e newswsletters, social media, and our website. We have a comprehensive video strategy as well. Ourformational videos as well as voices from many different age categories of of um residents in our community highlight
key messages about the levy and its importance for students and the community and have been really wellreceived. We presented to PTAs uh service clubs, community groups and staff ensuring that information is accessible and consistent everywhere we
go. and we've gotten some good press coverage as well as you'll see one little article there. So, I thought you might like to see some of the um analytics that we're seeing so far. This is our website analytics and uh they show some solid engagement
between August 13th and October 7th. So, August 13th was the day that our full um website launched. Um, we had over 3,800 visits from 3,200 unique visitors with more than 7,000 page views. The average
time on page was truly impressive with nearly 90 seconds. Um, which, you know, if you've ever looked at at uh web analytics is is a long a long time. Um, it shows that visitors are reading and exploring content, not just clicking
through. Engagement is balanced between desktop and mobile users, which surprised me a little bit to see that many desktop users. Um, and 14 people have used the con form to ask us direct questions. Um,
helping us address those community specific concerns. As you dig into the data, I always like to pay attention to which pages people are visiting. Um, this past week, for example, the homepage was visited 358
times. 217 people visited voting, 135 visited the plan, and 94 visited the cost. So that was the the order of the most popular pages, and it changes week to week depending on what we're highlighting. But I thought that it was
significant that this close to the election, the cost page has consistently had less visitors than many of the other pages. And it's good to see that because visitors usually go to the pages that are most important um to them. So kind of interesting.
>> Yeah, >> absolutely. >> Um on that last slide, um it said bounce rate. >> Yes. >> What is that? >> So bounce rate is is when people go in and then don't stay for a long time or go in only to one page instead of
around. So um industry average is low 60s. So it's right on right on par with with what you would expect to see. Good question. Okay. From a social media um standpoint, um our social media continues to be a
strong communication tool. As you can see here, our reach increased significantly in midepptember with weekly impressions often exceeding 10,000 people. Reactions, shares, and comments remain consistent, showing healthy engagement and reach across our
community. For e newswsletters, open rates have been high between 40 and 65% which is well above the industry average. We're seeing the best engagement when content includes video links or direct Q&A responses to community questions.
So, community feedback has been helpful and constructive. Um, we're taking a very intentional, responsive approach to our communication this fall. Rather than simply repeating our core messages over and over, we're adjusting our content to directly answer what we're hearing most
often from our families, staff, and community members. We have a levy leadership meeting every um Monday morning and we all talk about what's the word on the street, you know, what are you hearing? Um we've evolved our messaging to address those specific
concerns more clearly and we continue to refine our FAQs, update our social media and website and share direct responses to ensure that questions are acknowledged and answered accurately. So I'll give you a few examples of that. um recent questions that we um that have
f have focused on ways to manage or offset the tax impact if the referendum passes. So, in response to those questions, we added a section to our website to emphasize that residents may qualify for several state refund and credit programs that help offset test
tax increases. uh such as you'll see four of them listed here, the homestead credit refund, a special oneyear refund, the senior tax deferral program, and the renters's credit. Um these are state programs available to many homeowners and renters, and we're sharing direct
links and resources to help residents explore their eligibility. Um here's one that shows the homestead credit. And this is, you know, kudos to Ellers. Matt was just on, but Matt provided all of this information as they're really the tax experts. And so it's great to be
able to provide this much of level of detail um for our community members. We're expanding our FAQs to address the most common community questions and misconceptions. Most recently, we have added FAQs around school safety and
budget reductions that I'll review in the upcoming slides. This ensures that we're being proactive and transparent in our communication. So, school safety remains one of the top priorities for families and staff. In July, we began a comprehensive safety
and security audit with outside experts. And uh Steve is is the expert on on this and and you'll be hearing more about that. But um this month, a a survey for staff and families will be conducted and this really is the last step of the
audit and we're expecting audit results in November or December. and um then Steve will present those um to to you. Um the findings will inform both immediate and long-term improvements in facility security, emergency
preparedness, and mental health supports. The levies would provide a funding mechanism for identified improvements. For example, if um those improvements were security technology additions or upgrades that could be funded through a capital projects levy.
Um well, if they were um SRO salaries or staff training or mental health supports, um that would fall under a operating levy. Um community members have also asked what was included in the reductions this
past spring. After the 2024 referendum did not pass, the district reduced $4 million and those cuts affected nearly every area of operations. though we worked really hard to protect classroom learning. Um so examples included um reducing instructional coaching
positions and eliminating the Chinese language program. Um cutting $100,000 from activities and athletics, eliminating 1.25 administration administrative positions. Uh reducing transportation routes and delaying bus
purchases and extending Chromebook cycles and reducing substitute and overtime costs. The next part of our communication plan will be to share what will happen if the levy does not pass. Well, we all hope
that both questions pass. If the November 4th referendum is not successful, we'll need to reduce another $5 million from next year's budget. While we were largely able to keep cuts out of the classroom previously, that will not be the case going forward.
Because instruction and student support make up over twothirds of our total spending, those areas would inevitably bear the largest portion of reductions. The reductions will follow a clear framework to ensure equitability, transparency, and alignment with
district priorities. So this slide explains the foundation of our reductions framework. It's entirely based on the composition of our current budget. Each area's percentage of total expenditures
also becomes its proportion of any necessary reductions. That means that as you can tell on the left, this is the expenditures based on our audit. and then moving over the reductions framework.
So that means that instruction which makes up 65.82% of our spending would then absorb 65.82% of any total cuts. Likewise uh administration makes up about 7% of the budget. Then administration would see
about 7% of the reductions and so on. So this approach ensures that we're making decisions that are equitable, transparent, and responsible. Every area contributes its fair share based on size. The rationale is clear and
databased, and we're not targeting programs or people arbitrarily. We're following the actual structure of the budget. It also helps explain why instruction inevitably bears the largest portion of cuts because that's where most of our
dollars are invested. In short, we're aligning our financial reality with our reduction planning so that every decision is grounded in data and fairness. So here on this slide, you'll see that we've translated that proportional
framework into dollar amounts. If the levy does not pass, the district would need to reduce approximately $5.2 million from the 2627 budget. The largest portion of that, about 3.45 million, would come from construction
because that's where the bulk of our spending occurs. Operations, including which we lumped together, transportation and building maintenance in that, um would see $839,000 in cuts. Administration would be reduced
by about $375,000. And instructional and pupil support, things like technology, counselors, and nurses, would see combined reductions of about $580,000. This approach ensures we're making reductions proportionate to each area's
share of the budget. It's not arbitrary. It's grounded in equity, data, and fiscal accountability. However, even with this proportional approach, the real impact would be felt in classrooms. Fewer teachers, larger class sizes,
reduced electives, and less individual support for students. These are the kinds of difficult decisions that we would be facing. >> Brenda, I have a question. >> Where where would you um fit the extracurricular and co-curricular expenses and which category would this
be under? Would it be in there like under operations or >> so I was would that be mostly um yeah transportation? I would think that athletics would be um part of the pupil support and transportation part of that
operations. What would you say Brandon? >> If you look at the next page here it uh will describe each area. Um, athletics, I believe, is under uh the instruction, but it's coded. I'd like to back up just
a little bit to bring you Keep going. Um, keep going. One more right here. Um, when we talk about the framework, so last year, you'll see under the bullet point where it says uh transportation and we talked about reduced bus routes.
Uh if you recall, we had a late resignation and one of the reductions that uh never did materialize because of that late uh resignation in terms of administration, we shifted. We we took the late administration resignation and
then use those costs to cover the two bus routes that were supposed to be uh in the original reduction plan. So when we talk about uh a framework per se, there are always things that happen late in a year that we can't predict. So if
there's a way that we can move X to save Y or Y to save X, whatever variable you want to utilize, uh we will do that and we'll continue to monitor any resignation, any change in in staffing,
any change in operation that we have that will allow us to preserve. Uh if Brand, if you whoever's controlling the dial here, let's move it to the there right here. Good enough. Good enough. wherever wherever we can reduce the
largest impact in terms of expenditures. If we have a if something happens that we can't foresee whether that's a resignation or or something changes uh and we can use it to our advantage to preserve an area that's in theory
based on our expenditures that might take a larger brunt of this we'll move those dollars. That's why we call this a framework. I don't want us to get too excited uh over this. And the other thing that we'll do is in December you'll have another example to review
our latest audit. Remember this is from last year. We'll continue to look at where those audits come out and we'll shift that again if if there's a big shift in uh how that um how how our expenditures are broken down. They're
very similar to this though. There there isn't a lot of movement uh in that. But if there is, we'll shuffle and we'll we'll move our framework to go with our latest audit so everybody knows what we're doing and what it's about. But we
did preserve last year because of that late resignation two bus routes that we're going to be on the table. And if something happens again like that, we'll take a peek. If we can move things around to save something that doesn't impact families as harshly, uh,
we'll do it just like we did last year. But I just I think what uh what I I wanted out of this presentation tonight was when we go out and we're two three weeks away from the election, we're going to start telling folks that this is basically the framework that we will
use. uh and uh when if the um uh if the bond isn't success or the levies aren't successful here in November, then this is the framework we use moving forward to identify those 5.2 two million in reductions knowing that
if we have something resignations or whatever that we don't see or we don't predict um we'll do what we can to to move things around to try to preserve as much as we can in one certain area if that makes sense.
And this is really a lesson learned um from communication standpoint. Um from last election um you know we we had one message that um came out that said you know what happens if it's a no vote and we said there could be possible cuts um to to um to programs and staff and
programs. But when we actually had to make those cuts we heard over and over like what we didn't know there were going to be cuts. Like you never communicated this. And so I feel like this is fair transparency for our voters to, you know, have a very realistic idea
of what it might mean um if if the uh levies are not passed. Um so this this um slide puts those numbers into context. So just a little bit more um detail around each of those um what those reductions could look like
in practical terms. Um, so from an instruction standpoint, this area includes teachers, pair of professionals, substitutes, and career and tech programs. Um, reductions here could mean larger class sizes, fewer electives, and reduced support in special education or career and tech
programs. Um, administration um reduced district and building level administrative support would be likely would likely affect building level leadership and central office functions that support principles, operations, and compliance work.
In instructional support, uh, fewer technology and staff development resources, um, could be a, um, result. Uh, pupil support, fewer resources for counseling, nursing, and media support, roles that directly support students
physical and emotional well-being. Operations, um, decrease transportation, custodial, and maintenance, um, services. So, each area would feel an impact. Uh but we're really trying to use data and a clear framework to guide these
difficult decisions. Uh this framework allows us to plan responsibly, but it also underscores the urgency of stabilizing our funding so that we can protect the programs and people who make Morhead strong. So in total, this level of reduction
could equate to about 44 positions districtwide. Every school and every student would be affected. And these cuts would come on top of the four million in reductions already made um previously this spring, making this a second
consecutive year of deep cuts. Without the levy, these reductions would have an unavoidable impact on classrooms, teachers, and programs that support student success. Our message to the community is one of transparency and honesty. We've been good stewards. We've
tightened the budget, and now we're at a point where further cuts will directly impact quality. So, as we close, I want to bring us back to the heart of why this matters. Our community's investment in education has always been about people and progress,
giving every student the foundation they need to thrive and every educator the tools to help them succeed. This referendum is really about stability, safety, and sustaining the quality education our community expects and our students deserve. We've been transparent
about the financial reality and we've shown the steps already taken and we've shared exactly what's at stake. We're not asking for more than what's needed. We're asking for the ability to protect what we've built together. Strong programs, safe schools, and opportunities for learner. So, I want to
thank you as a board for your time and continued leadership as we work together to inform our community and support our students. What questions do you have for me or for Dr. Luna at this time. >> Yes. >> So, I don't have a question necessarily,
but um the slide with the what happens if it doesn't pass um was powerful. So, I don't know how you can push that out, but that was very powerful. Like, I felt my heart rate re racing as I saw that. So, um I
appreciate your work in that and um kind of spelling it out. um it's going to be hard to see I think for people but I also think it's very important so thank you for doing that >> um are extracurricular activities required by the state of Minnesota
>> so uh one thing that I think would be nice is to have that uh everything that we're doing for extracurricular everything that we're doing for extracurricular all sports all everything that we're doing for extracurricular broken out into a category um that is
separate from being in the instructional or being in the other category because I know I'm going to work hard to protect the students >> um academic time before
their leisure time. So what what you're asking then is a um a very simple making activities uh a their own categorical >> their own category. Yep. Their own category just so we can see what what
that would be because um yeah I think I know where you're going deeper cuts would probably have to come from there than than from a classroom. I'd rather see us not have any athletics over 45 kids in a classroom.
My opinion alone. >> Well, and and where that opinion makes sense is that we we know that there's there's a huge amount of community support behind those those events. And so if they really see that it's going to hurt um you know
maybe it would bring them to the polls you know and then I'd like to simply add just excellent work. I mean just the professionalism and the the care and and work that you're you're doing on this is u aside from what we've talked about
here I I just can't imagine anything more we can do. So thank you staff. Keith, >> just also to, you know, I really appreciated how the structure would fall into place because I know there have been questions on what would the cuts
look like this time. So, um, that slide was very powerful. Um, and then of course, yeah, we want to make sure people whatever their opinion is, they get out there and vote and the early voting is open. So, you can vote, I think, at the what is it 7 to 4:30?
4. >> 7:30 to 4. Monday through Friday. >> 7:30 to 4. You don't want to get here at 7 a.m. I don't either. So 7:30 to 4. Um, but yes. No, this was well presented. Um, and uh, appreciate all the work here. So, thank you.
>> Yes. Thank you very much. Very powerful. And please get out and vote. All right. Move on to Steve here with indoor air quality management plan. Steve. Good evening. Um this is agenda item is
the annual review of our indoor air quality management plan and um the four objectives of that plan are listed in the school board memo. Um really we didn't have anything uh major change
between last year and this year. The the changes are summarized um in that second paragraph. primarily appendix links to the source documents for appendix A, B, C, and D were updated and linked
directly to the EPA website versus a uh a cut and paste um document on our letter head just for clarity. And um updating comes with the updates on the EPA website. And then attachment seven
is executive summary of all of our health and safety written programs and those were updated with new points of contact. So, um that's all I really have in the changes. Are there any questions to the changes in the indoor air quality plan? >> Believe so. Keith, do you have motion
ready to make a motion? >> Prepare to make a motion. Yeah. >> Go ahead. Move to approve the 2025 2026 indoor air quality management plan as presented. >> Cassidy, >> I'll second. >> I have a motion by Keith, second by Cassidy to approve the 2025 2026 indoor
air quality management plan as presented. Any discussion? >> All right. All in favor, please say I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Thank you, Steve. move on to Lakes uh country service cooperative annual board
election nomination. Dr. Lunick. >> Perfect. Thank you. Uh tonight we have uh one board member that expressed an interest in uh running for a board spot on the Lakes Country Service Co-op. And
uh that board member was Melissa Burgard that reached out. So tonight, uh I would uh I and I'm sure Melissa would appreciate your support for um her candidacy for the Lakes Country Service
Co-op board. And so if uh you are all inclined, if we could get you to uh run the suggested resolution there to support uh Melissa's pursuit of this opportunity. >> Matt,
it would be my honor to move My honor to move to approve the nomination of Melissa Burgard from Independent School District 152, Morehead Area Public Schools, as a board of directors nominee the Lakes Country Service Cooperative and authorize
Melissa Bard's name to be placed on the ballot. >> Cassidy, >> I will second that. All right, we have a motion by Matt and second by Cassie to approve the nomination of Melissa Burgard uh from Independent School District 152, Morhead Area Public
Schools as a board of directors nominee of the Lakes Country Service Cooperative and authorized Melissa Bergard's name to be placed on the ballot. Any discussion? [Laughter] >> Well,
no speech. >> Yes. Yeah, that's what >> Nope. All right, no other discussion. I'll go ahead and vote. All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> I. >> Oppose. Same sign. >> Motion carries.
>> Good luck. Thanks for taking the >> putting your name in the hat. >> All right. Move on to second reading of the policies, Dr. Lunik. >> All right. this evening. Uh with no uh corrections or changes or suggested changes from last meeting, uh I
recommend that we approve the second reading of policies in one motion tonight reflecting the second reading. >> Cassidy >> move to approve the second reading of policies as presented.
>> Sorly, >> I'll second. >> All right. All right, I have a motion by Cassidy, second by Laura Lee to approve the second reading of policies as presented. Any further discussion? All in favor, please say I. >> I. >> Post same side. Motion carries. All
right. Superintendent updates. M >> I just have uh I just have one update I want to bring to the school board and that update is uh uh when I first got here in 2014 there was a um there was a committee that looked at uh facilities
from a county school city perspective and um with the potential changes that are coming uh to the city with the Bofuels plant and the um the the proposed casino and and I don't
know where any of those are at, but those are on the table uh for discussion. Uh or they're out there for potential development. Um there was a there was a thought that uh the three entities could at least uh get together
to discuss needs uh and before anybody would uh potentially make a move that we would all talk to each other to ensure that um that we could potentially do something together if there was a need. So, what
what they were what everybody's requesting is that they have some uh representation. So, I'm going to have Deb send out um the request to have two board members potentially be a part of um this group. And in that group, there
would be some discussions on if this happened, then there would be this need and and how could we help each other out uh with that. And uh if there isn't any objection, Deb will send that out. I'll be looking for two uh volunteers to serve. I believe we call it uh we'll
just call it a joint facilities committee. And um if it if it doesn't go anywhere and it doesn't impact us and only affects two of the entities, great. If it goes somewhere where all three entities can do something that helps everybody out in the long run, uh even
better. Uh but if it doesn't, at least we can say that we did our due diligence to uh potentially uh support each other as our communities continue to evolve. and uh grow and how do we serve not just our school community but our overall
community. So the the the the essence of this is to uh work together uh to have needs laid out on the table and see what we all can do together rather than uh individually. So um Deb will probably send that out tomorrow. Um I'll be
looking for two um members. I'd probably take them in the order that they came in. I don't have a specific um list of who or who shouldn't do it, but um those would be that would be my
request. And if um I just think it's an opportunity to um again anytime you can work together uh rather than apart. I think it's an opportunity for us to to sit down and and lay what those needs might be as our needs also uh continue
to evolve. Even though let's say um the bofuels plant may not impact any land we have or anything that we're on, but we still have needs that we have to address too and maybe collectively uh one of
those two entities can help us achieve some of our needs as they continue to evolve uh over time. So just an opportunity for us to get together and lay everybody's needs on the table. It's a great idea and yeah, like you said, it's always a great idea to
collaborate and work together with the city and the county. So, it's a great idea. >> Anything else? Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. Looks like we're looking for a motion to adjourn our meeting. Uh, stick with Keith here or what? Go ahead,
Keith. Move to approve the adjournment of the October 13, 2025 school board meeting at 6:48 p.m. >> Cassidy. >> I'll second. >> We have a motion by Keith and second by Cassidy to approve the adjournment of
the October 13, 2020 25 school board meeting at 6:48 p.m. Any discussion? >> All right. All in favor, please say I. >> I. Oppose. Same sign. Motion carries. Have a good night. Thanks.