Everybody please silence your cell phones. All right, we are going to start with reorganization meeting and every vote needs to be a roll call vote. So we are going to start with the
election of officers and the calendar year 2026 board chair. Are there any nominations for the 2026 board chair? >> I'll nominate Sarah Nagel. >> Are there any other nominations
for the board chair? >> I nominate Sarah Nagel. >> Ask one way or the other. >> Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other nominations for the 2026 board chair? >> Not going to happen.
All right. At this point, I would ask for a motion to uh nominate Sarah me for board chair. >> I'll make that motion. I'll >> second. >> I was just going to say all those in favor. >> I
>> Let's start with Bridget. >> I >> Cass. >> I'll vote for myself. Thank you. >> I >> I >> I >> Perfect. Thank you. Next. Are there any other any nominations for vice chair?
I'd like to nominate Becky. Are there any other nominations for the calendar year 2026 vice chair >> and nominate? >> Are there any other nominations for the
calendar year 2026 vice chair? Are there any other nominations for this calendar year 2026 vice chair? All right. I will make a motion to nominate Becky for vice chair. Can I get a second? >> Second.
>> All right. Let's start with Cass. We'll go We'll try and do it different each time. >> I I >> I >> I >> I >> Bridget. >> I >> Beautiful. Congratulations, Becky. >> Thank you.
>> Let's go with clerk. Are there any nominations for the calendar year 2026 clerk? >> I'll nominate Cal Johnson. >> Are there any other nominations for the calendar year 2026 clerk?
Are there any other nominations for the calendar year 2026 clerk? I get a motion to nominate Cass or the 2026 clerk. I'll make that motion. I'll second. >> I >> I
>> I >> I >> Bridget. >> I >> H I >> Beautiful. >> Congratulations. >> All right. Are there any nominations for the 2026 calendar year treasurer?
>> Nominate Ryan Bley. Are there any other nominations for the calendar year 2026 treasurer? >> Are there any other nominations for calendar year 2026 treasurer? I get a motion to accept Brian as
treasurer. >> I'll make that motion. I'll second. >> All right. Sarah. >> Hi, >> Brian. >> I >> I >> Bridget, >> I >> I >> I >> All right, moving on to committee
membership. These are the enclosed recommendations. Right now, I'm going to activities will be Brian Grimsley and Sarah Nagel. Budget will be Becky Bennett and Sarah Smith. Curriculum will be Sarah Smith and Bridget Brown.
Facilities will be Cass Nelson and Brian Grimsley. Personnel will be Sarah Nagel and Becky Bennett. And policy will be Bridget Brown and Cass Nelson. Can I get a motion to accept these as presented? >> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second.
>> Any questions, comments, or concerns? >> All right. Brian, >> hi. >> Hi, >> Bridget. >> Hi, >> Cass. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Beautiful. >> All right. Current agency
representatives. Um, Minnesota State High School League uh will be Brian Grimsley and Sargo. Minnesota School Board Association will be Saringo. Community Ed Advisory Council will be Brian Grimsley and Sargo. Paul Bet doing
a lot of Sarah here. >> Hey Sarah, do you want all this? >> Most of it >> most of it is a board chair thing. Uh Paul Bunan Education. >> Yeah. Um or whatever committee you're
on. Paul Bunan Education Cooperative Joint Powers, Sarah, Health and Wellness, Becky Bennett and Cass Nelson. Would you like to be Cass or Cassandra when I say these words? >> It's just fine. >> Okay. District leadership team Sarah Smith and Bridget Brown. And I might pop
in every now and again because I like it. >> It's not written as Bridget. >> Bridget is not on the paper. Um I added because you're on curriculum. I thought you should be on that because that >> that's fine. I just say it's not in the
board. I don't know if it matters or not. >> Okay. That's fine. We'll add it. >> Yeah, I added it beforehand. I guess I didn't ask that on the regular. There is no spot >> to adjust the >> agenda.
>> You can make that in the motion when you make the action. >> Okay. >> That >> uh LEA title one administrative uh representative would be Josh Smith. Can I get a motion to accept these agency representatives with the uh
correction of adding Bridget to the district leadership team? >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> Any questions, comments, or concerns? >> I just have one question. Um, is there only one required for MSBA and public? We don't need to have two. I most of
them have two. I just needed >> Yeah. And I >> usually it's yeah >> it would be the vice chair if you couldn't attend a meeting. >> Okay. So it's chair and vice chair kind of thing. >> MSBA there really isn't >> they would just give you stuff. They send stuff to you as the chair.
>> Okay. >> I just didn't know if we had to have a secondary. That's my only question. >> All right. Now I want to say all those in favor. No. Becky >> I. Bridget, >> I
>> I >> I >> I >> All right, motion passes. Um, school board meeting calendar, which has been enclosed second Monday of night of each month, has had the least conflicts
with other school activities since we switched to that. The board meeting calendar also has to agree with school calendar. So we try to avoid break times such as Easter's, Christmas, and other holidays. Can I get a motion accepting this calendar as presented with or with
any proposed changes? >> I'll make a motion to accept it. >> I'll second. >> Any questions, comments, or concerns? >> All right. I don't even know where we're at. Started. >> You got to make a mo roll call vote for the calendar. Did you?
>> That's what I'm doing right now. Hi. >> Well, I thought you were confused before that. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> I >> Thank you. Yeah, we're going to stop going forward with it, >> but I can't keep track.
>> Bank depository. We need a motion to accept the the proposed bank depository, which I believe was the same one. Correct. >> Yeah. >> Yes. >> Should we get any other people to even Yeah.
>> Okay. So, you have it in your uh in your packet there. So, there's a letter and then I included all the feedback that we've received from the banks. Um so, Old National Bank, which is formerly Bremer Bank, they did not
quote us this year. Um Pine River State Bank, I kind of took them out because they weren't really comparative to Unity Bank and Old N or a First International Bank. Um, so First International Bank and Unity Bank both had both were very
comparable. Um, First International Bank does have a 3.25% on a money market, but the money market is a little more limiting to our account. So, we can only make six transactions per month in that account. Um, and and it's so we would
have to manually go in there, move it to the money market every day, and then move it back as we need it. Whereas the Unity Bank has that sweep account. So they automatically just sweep it overnight. So it earns that interest and as it's needed, it pulls it back into
the checking account. So the interest is a little bit less there, but due to the transactions on the money market, I my recommendation would be to save with Unity Bank, but that's okay.
>> Then can I get a motion to accept whichever bank depository you all preferred. >> I'll make a motion to stay with Unity Bank. I'll >> second it. >> Any questions or comments or concerns?
>> All those in favor? >> Sorry. >> I roll call. >> I I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> beautiful. Investing funds. to get a motion to authorize Superintendent Malberg and business
manager Missy Barry Melissa Berry to invest the school funds as needed for calendar year 2026. >> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second. >> Any questions or comments? >> Yes. >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I
>> I >> All right. Okay. Electronic fund transfers. I need a motion to authorize Superintendent Malberg, business manager Miss Melissa Barry to transfer funds electronically as needed for payroll purposes for
calendar year 2026. >> I'll make that motion. I'll second. >> Okay. Any questions or comments? All right. >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I
school board compensation. Presently, the board chair receives $3,000. >> Oh, sorry. Designates Superintendent Malberg as the identified official with authority public schools to authorize user access to the Minnesota Department
of Education secure website. Make a motion for that. >> I'll make a motion. >> I'll second. >> Okay. Any questions or comments? >> No, I'm just Do we switch that back then come July 1st? >> You'll have to switch it to the new person. Yeah. Yes, we'll have to bring that.
>> So, that's another something we and the July meeting when we accept the new person, we would have to >> Well, you would accept the new person in March maybe, but yeah, in July, you'd have to change the Iowa. >> Perfect. >> Yep. >> Good question. >> Is there any other ones that we're not
aware of? Hang out there. >> There's going to be a lot. There's going to be a whole >> I don't know. Something to think about though. >> Something we're going to have to >> You might want to just look at some of that on this whole page. >> Correct. like bring that to you.
>> Yeah, the bank and everything else. >> All right. Um I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> Beautiful. Now, school board compensation. Presently, the board chair receives 3,000 per year and board members receive $2,700 per year. Board
members also have the option of being paid $100 per meeting for committee meetings and special meetings. Can I get a motion to either continue with current pay or with any changes you desire? >> I make a motion for current pay. >> I second.
>> Any questions, comments, or concerns? >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I beautiful >> selection of the official board newspaper. The Briner Dispatch is the only local newspaper that is published
daily and covers all the schools. >> All the school district. I need a motion to accept the Briner Dispatch as our official school newspaper. >> I'll make that motion. >> I'll second. >> Any questions, comments, or concerns? >> The only question I have is do we have to have it daily anymore because of
>> dis published online daily? >> Okay. >> So, because it's online, it's still daily. >> I wanted that last year. No, >> technically they're still >> they're not printing it daily, but they do have an online. >> It's a very valid question because I wondered if we needed to do like
something. >> All right. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> Hi. >> I >> I >> I >> actually did you know this one it's not called soft Robert's rules, it's called Bob's rules. >> Yes, I did.
>> Is it really? >> I I took a class. Robert's rules and they said I said we use soft and they say oh you use Bobby's rules >> what they call that's what we call it >> can I get a motion to use the soft Robert's rules of orders for contact
conducting all school board meetings >> I'll make so close >> you're a little quick there >> can I get a second >> any questions or comments other than my smart mouth
All right. I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> We do not need to do the signature plate because things stay the same. >> Save time. >> And this
>> ends the reorganization portion of our meeting. Thank you all for that. All right. Now uh for the regular meeting consider additions or deletions to the agenda. Are there any? >> There are not any madam chair.
>> All right. Can I get a motion to accept >> question? Is there anything for the personal summary sheet because it says close but there's nothing. >> There was no changes this was nothing on there. Good question though. >> Then can I get a motion to accept the
agenda as presented? I'll make that motion. I'll second. >> Any questions or comments? >> I Yep. I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I just for specialty
everything when there's somebody online. >> Oh, that's why we're doing it. >> Why are you asking me? >> Visitor comments. Thank you all so MUCH FOR COMING. I hope you all have great info to share with us. >> Yes, your guys.
>> Hi. >> Beautifully done. Beautifully done. >> Well done. Well said. >> Yes. I like it. >> Very well said. >> Thank you for coming. We appreciate it. >> All right. >> Consider the consent agenda. Uh consider
the minutes of the December 8th, 2025 schoolboard meeting. monthly cash flow including investments, monthly bills paid, monthly bills paid in the activities account, the donations from uh the Pillager Fire Relief Association,
uh $2,500 for the robotics team, and then also $1,500 for a golf cart, and then the Husky Booster Club, Pil Husky Booster Club for $3,895. And that was I believe a breakdown of
multiple different things which they sent me a list of and did not bring. So thank you for the donations from them and also the personnel summary sheet which this month did not have anything
on it. So can I get a motion to accept the consent agenda as presented? >> I'll make that motion. One second. >> Any questions or comments? >> Yeah. Matt get the cart. >> No, no. That's why I left the Matt mowing golf cart part cart off there.
It's just a cart for the activities at school. He just happened to be the one requesting it. >> I >> Yes. >> Any other questions or comments? All right. >> I >> I >> I
>> I >> Beautiful. All right. Schoolboard reports with possible action. We're going to start with curriculum today. >> We didn't meet, but I bet you we have a report somewhere.
>> Just tell I we have a professional development day on January 19th. So, I just made a copy for you guys >> to see that. >> We have January 19th, professional development. Um, that's been scheduled. I talked a little bit about it in December. Um, we have another one coming
up February 9th and then we have it February 13th as well. And we're working on a schedule with that. One of the things we're working on for the 9th and the 13th is our reunification software um in visitor management which is
through Raptor. And I said in December that I would like to try and do a demo for you with that. Um, so we do not have a start date as of yet because the system is still being set up, but we will in the near future. The to get in
the building, you will need to have an ID if you were a visitor. >> Okay. So to we have four locations. So the high school, the middle school, the elementary school, and the early childhood doors. >> Um, so you'll need an ID to get in. uh we will have some alternate ways but
it'll take a little bit longer to go through that process and then some also people that are regular volunteers where it's either a badge or a QR code that is just a quicker kind of scan you kind of thing um the system itself will be outside the door it'll be in the
vestibule um it is an iPad that sits in here when it scans your ID it scans the national database and looks um looks you up >> scared I'm going to scan my card and it's gonna work. So, we're not gonna have any problems.
>> Are you scanning? >> Yeah. >> Right. This is Mike's card. >> Um, >> so it will scan the front and the back of your ID. >> And then once it it does, you have to take pictures
>> and then we'll proceed. And then within there right now little square said uh entry decline. >> Right. Exactly. Well, it wouldn't go any further. Right. Exactly. But the secretary would get on her screen that this person is not being allowed in. >> Okay. >> Right. Um right now it's a default set
of locations here. I'm just going to pick the first one which I'm going to go to the attendance office. Right. Um the moment that you put in your location, it's going to process. It's going to send it. And this is going to print out at the secretary's desk. So she'll buzz
them in at that point. Have a picture. >> The ad the admin. >> Yes. And it let me in. So there you go. You can pass it around. >> So what? >> Um so it tells it has a picture of that person on there, their name, and who they should be reporting to.
>> So does that not open the doors or then the then the >> they have to actually admin have to open the door. Yep. Yep. um kind of a quick indicator in terms of it's printing. Yeah, we can do that. >> Yes. >> Yep. Yep.
>> So every it doesn't matter if I picked my kid up on Monday or came in on Monday, I have to do it again on Tuesday. >> If you're coming into the building, >> the physical school. >> If you're coming into the physical during school hours. >> Yep. During school hours. Yep. And then the doors unlock at the end of the day.
Um just like they always have, right? But during the school day, some of the things that we're working out right now are um you know deliveries, things that are kind of that routine. So just like you're mentioning there, this person who is regularly here um most of our deliveries are dropped off in the vest
is so it's pro it's not as big of an issue, but those are some of the things that Raptor is helping us kind of process through. Um the other is we will send out multiple communications once we have that hard date that we're going to start. Um, so the community knows, families know that yes, beginning on
this date, we will have an ID that's required for you to get in. >> And what's the semiprocess if I forgot my driver's license this day? >> So there is in terms of obviously if that person knows you that you know, so it's apparent secretary knows um that
person. >> So they can override >> they can override it and print it and get them in. >> It does say forgot ID. >> Yep. So it does have an option for forgot ID. Um, so there are ways to do that. Um, >> but if you're unknown to the school
>> secretary, they're not gonna let you in. >> Good. >> That's not a bad thing. >> Nope, it isn't. >> The this piece was added on to the reunification process that we've talked about since the beginning of the year. Um, that process is also in the in the
middle of being set up. And so that is a rostering piece. So, anytime that we have a drill, whether it's a fire drill, tornado drill, lockdown, if we're in a reunification, we will have the ability to send out a roster to devices that have that staff have and they can roster
their students within minutes and we know who we have and where they're at. Um, the other thing that's tied to this is we also know everybody in the building and so all of our visitors will show up in that same thing. So, if we go into a fire drill, we have 12 people that are in the building. We know we
have 12 people to account for. >> So the steps remains the same though just using the badge. >> Yep. Anybody who has a fob that and that fob is going to scan you in. Obviously there's multiple doors around the building as well. >> And the fob also tracks people
know who came in and out for that person that person. >> So we um we have met with Raptor a number of times. We've set up kind of a drill process and a drill schedule. The next thing Raptor will come in and they will actually we have these pucks that
will get installed all across the building and when a alarm is set they will actually say where that alarm originated and give us a map to it. Um both for obviously any kind of drill also for medical emergencies as well.
And we talked about that over the last few days that our our medical process has been the the PA system that we need. we have a medical in a certain area, we're going into a hole to keep people from being in the hallway. Um, this will actually ring to the device of anybody
who's on that medical team and it'll say, "I need you to go here and it'll tell you the location." So, um, yeah. So, we're we're very close to having it up and running. Our goal is to get to February 9th so we can do a demonstration, but some few things have
to fall into place before that. Any other questions? >> Sounds good. >> Anybody have any questions for >> Yeah. >> Yeah. >> Did we get a Did we get a grant or something for this or I mean it's the first time I'm hearing of this, so I'm just wondering how we I mean, I like it.
I we're paying for it. >> So, it started this summer. We went to a training on reunification. Um so, if we ever had to meet offsite and roster our kids and also have a connection back to families. Um, one of the things through that training and then seeing Little
Falls do a training, um, we got, uh, kind of the name of two or three software vendors. I >> was going to say, you know, we could look or something. >> Uh, we we went kind of right in the fall. They actually ran one this last fall at Camp Ripley. >> Yep.
>> And, um, so we looked at two different ones. We looked at one called Crisis Go and this one called Raptor. And between the two of them, very similar in nature. Raptor had a few more pieces in terms of rostering that we could quickly get kids rostered in the system a little faster than looking up each individual student.
Um, and so it is something that we kind of looked at both from the tech budget that something that we could fit into is actually a relatively inexpensive um software. >> Uh, how does the software work for students coming in during the school day? Does the
office staff >> We still use a Chromebook that that rushes an in and out for students, they'll still do that piece and they'll buzz in students. >> Yeah, at this point it doesn't have it, although it has been in multiple conversations. Um, especially as we're talking about CIS courses, uh, hybrid
courses where they're online where some kids are coming and going. Um, this is probably not the product for that, but something maybe in the future be very similar to it that would track students. Yep. talking in and out almost just like
our our >> But you said it scans a with each 18 plus adult that comes in. >> It does. It actually it it connects to the national sex offender database is what it checks and so it checks every single time. >> Yep. >> That's awesome.
>> That's great. >> Yep. >> Any other questions? >> Just a quick one with you said medical emergency. Do we have enough ads? I know it's way out there. >> We have enough that covers for the square footage of the school. >> Yep. >> I think one of them >> medical version is like >> one of them is mobile as well. Yeah,
that's what we should be cutting. >> Sorry. >> Awesome. >> Any other >> just the next item would be we do need to have a curriculum committee meeting which would be Sarah Smith and Bridget. >> So the week of February 2nd to the 5th.
if you could look at your calendars and see if that would work for you guys and we could touch base after the meeting tonight. >> Yep. >> Spectacular. >> Uh >> I will be out that week. >> Okay. >> We can discuss that after the meeting.
>> Yeah, we'll discuss afterwards. >> Policy. >> Oh, I'm on I'm looking at you meeting Bridget. Sorry. Policy. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, sorry. Yeah. Nothing. Sorry. My bad. We did not meet.
>> All right. >> Facilities. >> We did not meet. >> Okay. >> Do you have an update, Mike? >> Yeah. Just real briefly. Um, uh, Robert's Robert has sent a updated information for the, um, uh,
review and comment to MDE. >> Yeah. Uh we Missy and I met with Ellers today uh to get some more final numbers to for their part of the review and comment. Uh so that ball is rolling and then um uh once we get that review and
comment with MDE and everything then they'll start looking at some of those group meetings with people and stuff and >> they have to approve it right before >> they have to prove it before we go on the next step. they would have to and and what they have to approve on it is the amount of that we can lease levy
which we know we're under those numbers but they still have to see it all get all that. So >> so once we get that um probably looking to have a next item there would be to to meet sometime January 19th through 22nd. So afterwards if we could see a time that works that Robert would present
some info to you guys on that as well. >> But that's it. What is there a proposed groundbreaking >> or no? >> Well, no. I think somebody asked me last week. So, the timeline was this summer. >> Yeah, I think the timeline was hopefully
to start with something in August. >> One aspect I think is if I remember right, but it was all based off of >> approval. How long could review and comment? I >> All right. Beautiful. Anything else from facilities
budget? We did not meet. >> We do have a uh resolution there that we do every year to direct administration to make any recommendations for programs or reductions if need be. That resolution was in your packet.
>> I have to read it. Correct. >> I don't think you do. I don't think we have in the past. >> Missy says I have to. >> Do we have to read? >> I did too. >> No, I did. Yeah. Go ahead. All right. >> Hey, I like nothing more than to read out loud. Given the federal, state, and
local economic conditions, the following resolution have being made. Resolution directing the administration to make recommendations for reductions of programs and positions and reasons. Therefore, whereas the financial condition of the school district dictates that the school board must
reduce expenditures and whereas this reduction in expenditures must include discontinuence of positions and discontinuence of or curtailments of programs. And whereas a determination must be made as to which teachers contracts must be terminated and not
renewed and which teachers may be placed on unrequested leave of absence without pay or fringe benefits in affecting discontinuence of positions. Be it resolved by the school board of independent school district number 116 as followed that the school board hereby
directs the superintendent of schools and administration to consider the discontinuence of programs or positions to effectuate economies in the school district and reduce expenditures and make a recommendations to the school board for the discontinuence of programs. Curtailment of programs,
discontinuence of positions or curtailment of positions. I'll make that motion. >> Thank you. >> I'll second. >> Any questions or comments or concerns? >> All right.
>> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> Beautiful. >> All right. Anything else from budget? >> Oh, it's Missy. Beautiful. She's ready. Um I think I forgot to give you copies
of my reportment. That's the one thing I forgot. Uh second budget revision. So that is underway for this current year. So we'll probably have a budget meeting in February and that will be reported at the March board meeting. The bank deposiitories, we already went through
that. So that was presented tonight. We were notified late last week from MDE that we that they are going to out reallocate some BPK seats again to us this year. Um the one thing they did leave out was how many seats. So I'm
>> all trying to get that clarification from them so that we can begin the process on our end applying the seats to our current school readiness kiddos. >> Um county indebtedness report. So every December 31st, we have to report to Cass
and Morrison counties how much debt we incurred last year, how much we paid off and how much we have remaining. So that was paid or that was reported to both counties and it looks like for the calendar year of 2025, we paid down 910,000 towards principal and interest
in our debt outstanding. >> Nice job. um current budget spent. So, we're just over halfway through this fiscal year and we are at 44% um which is just under last year at this time. We were at 46. So, we're we're holding pretty steady there.
>> Good. >> Levy, the levy certification was approved at our December 8th board meeting. So, property owners can expect to see their statements coming in the mail in early spring. And then after the second budget revision is completed, we
will then begin work on next year's budget. So FY27. So from May March to May, it's going to be in a very preliminary stage, but that'll be ready and be approved at our June board meeting. >> You know, I don't know if I want to speak to the whole board, but you know, give yourself three four hours between
the end of it. >> That's what I got. Also, um, Missy, we should mention too that we part of that resolution too. Remember last year we picked up Ellers to help us with that whole financial packet of
plugging our numbers and stuff. So, they have our information right now. So, Randy Anderson is plugging that in for Missy and I. So, then we can bring it back to you guys to see where we're at moving forward. And we plug it into that model like we did last year. And that's
why we made some of those $200,000 in cuts last year to show what that model was going to be five or six years down the road, right? So we decided as the board to not wait, right, and all of a sudden have a million dollar cut in five years. >> We thought we could do some things on
top of it a little. So that would also be shared with the budget committee, you know, or the personnel committee prior to that if we get that information and Macy and I and the admin team will start working on that here in and uh end of this month as soon as we get that from Randy.
>> I will say and I don't know how everybody else feels about this, but if we're going to be presenting some of that to both committees and or most of the committees anyway, a board work session would probably be >> okay to >> if we get to that point like we did last year. Yeah.
>> Yeah, we could do that. >> So, >> if we get to that point where we're going to do any of that >> on the same page. >> Yeah, we could do that. >> So, >> and like I said, that's just preliminary. We may be fine, right? >> Yep. >> So, >> any other questions for Missy?
>> Thank you. Anything else from budget? >> No. >> Okay. Personnel did not meet either. >> We do need to set a meeting. I'm thinking the weekend week of 22nd to 26. So that would be Sarah and Becky. So >> that's Thursday.
>> You say week of but just >> week of >> Thursday to Monday. >> 22nd to 26. >> 22 seconds on Thursday. It's a Thursday. >> Oh, is it? I must have wrote the wrong dates in. Okay. >> Activities.
>> Madam Chair, we did not meet. We're in full swing of the winter holiday fun. I I came through the wrestling tournament last Thursday. >> Yeah, it was actually quite quite full. >> Yeah, it's packed. >> Yeah, >> it's awesome.
>> That's good. >> Next week. >> All right. Other Doesn't look like we have anything. >> So, superintendent report. >> Just a few items. Um, end of the first quarter is coming up this Friday. We
have uh reminder just the snow makeup day for staff uh is on Friday, February 13th, but at this point no students on that day. Special board meeting on January 21st at 5:30 p.m. Uh that'll be
in here with Lee being zoomed in from MSBA and he'll go over the stock state quarter report questions, etc. that you have. And then I also printed hard copies from that for that for you guys. >> This is what he's going to be going over when we >> Correct. >> Okay. And
>> he sent you this in an email today, but I printed a hard copy. So, >> some of you might like just to look through them easier than scrolling and stuff. So, this is all information from Lee for the 21st that you have there. Okay. >> Uh Bridget, I can send it home with one
of your children if you'd like. >> Uh probably if I just come pick it up. >> Okay. Sounds fair. >> Sounds good. >> That is fair. >> She just instantly stopped it. >> Then uh Lee Warren from MSP is also
going to be having a Zoom with the staff at 1:00 on the 19th just to give them an update on the process and stuff and that's voluntary from any staff who want to attend that Zoom meeting. That's on our workshop day. Um snow week fee
February 2nd through the 6. So, they have daily activities every day throughout that week. Snow King and Queen. I'm assuming that's what we still call them. Uh, and the last thing I have is just a quick Paul Bunan education co-op
discussion. Um, we recommended uh a while back Brainard has had some discussion about possibly leaving Paul Bunan. So, we did a audit. We're doing a fiscal audit uh of the whole process that we use with Brainard being the
fiscal respon fiscal host. Um and then uh there's some conversation that's going to happen between Brainard and the joint powers depending on what they see from that audit. There's some conversation that they were looking to leave on March 1st because that's what
the agreement said. uh we pointed out to them that if they do that then that pretty much takes them out of being the fiscal host and when we start as a Paul Bunan group doing our own fiscal responsibilities which would include an
HR department business manager all those people would be on Paul Bunan co-op contracts not Brainard's contracts so there's a lot of work that has to happen to do that within a year >> a half right >> they were under the assumptions that
once they saw the fiscal report that they could opt to come back in and myself and Jen Johnson and Kurt Stump said no there aren't any takes backaxis >> because we start the ball rolling with other things so I don't know they were going to have an executive team group
but even with that like I told Sarah who comes to that joint powers meeting as a pillager rep that um once we see that fiscal audit results they may recommend to us not to have Brainard as a fiscal responsibility and just to clarify
things with contracts and such that we may want to be our own fiscal host anyway. So, we'll get that audit back. Um, we have a company, a big firm that does them. Uh, there's some lawyers involved in that and they sort through all the different legal mumble jumble and stuff. But, so anyway, my point of
that whole thing is we'll probably know by uh in February or March what the route of Paul Bunion is going to go. So, just some FYI, some info on that. So, >> a lot of things up in there. >> If Brainard, if Brainard and them
separate, they have to find a new uh place to be housed. They new all the contracts, all the right >> financial, >> a lot of things would happen. And we wouldn't be the first co-op to ever do that. No, >> I mean, Rum Rivers's done it. Um, what was the other one that Sherbert, not
Sherburn? Uh I don't know about Sherburn but Can Valley special cooperative done a fair. >> So there's quite a bit of you know people like Jen can use people and our lawyers can use people to kind of say here's what process you need to use to go through all that and stuff. So but
we'll see where it goes. Um, it's been very interesting with the whole concept of Brainer and some of those things that they've thrown out of cuts and as cuts and without really knowing some of the details. I I think it's kind of really irregular. Anyway,
so we'll know more information on that as a Paul Bunion and and what that and and part of that audit was also to look at is it more economically feasible to bring in another school, invite some others in or or to be smaller, right? So
that's all part of that audit. So >> I'll have more info for you on that. Okay, that's all I got. >> All right, any other questions, Mr. Mullberg? Then I would entertain a motion to adjurnn. And our last roll call of the
name. >> I'll make that motion. >> Second. >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I >> I beautiful. >> And the meeting since you got screwed up, you just went right back to
>> Now we're going to go back up. Hey. Hey. Hey.