Good evening. I call this regular meeting to order. Uh please rise for the pledge of allegiance. [Music] >> 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 liberty and justice for all. Good evening, uh, fellow schoolboard members, district staff, and community members here tonight. As a reminder, the mission of St. Francis Area Schools is to equip all students with the knowledge and skills to empower them to achieve their dreams and full potential while becoming responsible citizens in a dynamic world. Our first item for tonight's agenda is the adoption of the agenda. Are there any questions? And uh before I get to that, member Anderson will be here. She's about 20 minutes out uh from coming from a different engagement. So she will be here. We expect her here at about 650. Uh adoption agenda. Any questions prior to a motion being made on the agenda before you? Seeing no questions, is there a call the motion for the July 28, 2025 meeting agenda? >> Mr. Working. Thank you. Is there a second? Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Shrock. Any discussion on the motion to approve the agenda? Seeing no discussion, all in favor of the motion, signify by saying I and raising your hand. >> I motion prevails. Thank you. Agenda item three is the oath of office for interim schoolboard member Jessica Bachan Cleven. Jessica, welcome uh to the ISD5 school board. Uh I'm going to go through and read uh a statement and then we will have an opportunity for you to stand and give your oath. Uh I do invite all board members to stand with Jessica and reaffirm your oath. Uh if you would uh that's up to you. Uh it is an honor that you were elected or selected to guide the education of our community's children. As you recite the oath of office, you assume a tremendous responsibility as a director of our school district with the duties empowered by the Minnesota legislature. This power puts you and the other members of our school board in the position of being both morally and legally responsible for equitable quality education of every student in the district. In carrying out this responsibility, you will be asked to fulfill the roles of vision, structure, accountability, and advocacy. In providing vision, the board with extensive participation of the community envisions the community's educational future and then formulates the goals, defines the outcomes, and sets the courses for the public schools. To achieve the vision, the board establishes a structure and creates an environment designed to ensure all students the opportunity to attain their maximum potential through a solid organizational framework. Because as a board, we must be accountable to the community. We must ensure a continuous assessment of student achievement and all conditions affecting the education of our children. As board members, we serve as education's key advocate on behalf of students and our community schools to advance the vision for our schools. Furthermore, we must strive to work together with the superintendent and staff to lead the district towards fulfilling the vision we have created, fostering excellence for every student in the areas of academic skills and knowledge, citizenship, and personal development. Having already signed an acceptance of office and the oath of office, uh you will be publicly affirming your commitment to this oath of office. So, at this time, I ask uh for you to stand and any board member that wants to join. I swear or affirm >> I swear or affirm >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> that I will support the Constitution of the United States >> and of this state >> and of this state >> and I will discharge faithfully the duties of the office of school board >> and that I will discharge faithfully the duties of the office of school board >> of independent school district number 15 >> of Independent School District. Number 15. >> To the best of my judgment and ability. >> To the best of my judgment and ability. >> Thank you. >> Again, Jessica, welcome. >> All right. Our next agenda item is consideration of visitors. We have one uh individual requesting to speak tonight. We will allow five minutes for that speaker. I ask again that once your time is up, be respectful uh and wrap up your statements at that time. Our first speaker is Richard [Music] Good evening everyone. This is an editor's note from one of the articles I'm going to supply to you tonight. Censorship should not be equated with fiscal regulation. Those with varied sexual views should be free to purchase, publish, and read what they wish to. But the public is under no obligation to sponsor their ideas or movements. We are not for banning books. However, regulation of contact at public facilities is essential. If what is described herein is going on in conservative North Carolina, then it is likely likely taking place at a library near you. Find out if it is. The easy fix is first to complain. If that is not successful, lobby for defunding the library, firing the staff, and reforming the library. Find them if your local library is a member of the American Library Association and ask them to reconsider their membership. Privately funded bookstores and private libraries are free to do as they please, but public money not should not be used to promote these revolutionary movements or bring wash our children. is described by the author. Much of the literature is explicitly targeted at children. Similar action by an adult adult in private sphere would likely lead to a criminal prosecution or at minimum a restraining order. It is a shame we must now all be suspicious of our library. But like our schools, these institutions have been infiltrated and citizens and parents need to fight back. Libraries brought belong to the public for the public good, not a minority of people with confused sexual development. Children should not be the sexual targets of book publishers or librarians. If some parents wish their children to read such material, they should provide it. The article in this article contains graphic descriptions and may be may not be suitable for all readers. Parental discretion is advised. No category of public employees enjoys more freedom, flexibility, or insulation from democratic oversight than teachers. A bus driver cannot choose to drive for social justice, disregarding his assigned route. A police operator cannot patrol a different beat if he perceives a more urgent need in a different neighborhood. By contrast, teachers and those in their states with local districts who develop materials for the classroom possess almost unlimited authority to shape what students read, hear, and choose by by choosing text, guiding classroom discussions, and selecting resources to reflect their educational priorities or philosophy. Those unfamiliar with classroom practice and even some inside assume that public education is a top-down enterprise. States, districts or schoolboards choose a curriculum and teachers robot robotically deliver officially sanctioned lessons is simply not so. The vast majority of classroom teachers create customized or simply download teacher materials from an internet with no meaningful oversight or controls for fan fairness or accuracy. Public schools are among our most important civic institutions, essential to both individual opportunity and democratic life. But they cannot be both a core government surface and a platform for personal or political expression. The tension between those roles has been allowed to fester unexamined for too long. The result is a steady erosion of public trust, not because Americans don't value education, but because they can no longer be certain whose interest it serves. If schools want to reclaim that trust, they must be f they must first be cleareyed about the role they play and then act on it. Thank you. Thank you, Richard. We appreciate your engagement. Uh there are no other speakers for tonight, so we will move on to the next agenda item, which is consent agenda. There are currently seven items in tonight's meeting's consent agenda. Uh it will be a roll call vote. Are there any questions or request to remove an item from the consent agenda prior to a post being made? Mr. Shest form is there for like two different >> Yeah. And um thank you Ron for um asking the question. Actually last week I was on vacation so I didn't respond today but uh we are in the process of switching our fund raise for our um extended trip procedures uh and form and so the latest version of the form is on the website but I haven't notified uh educators yet about that change and so that's why we have the older form and the newer form. Uh based on on your questions though, we're actually going to update the updated form uh to include the lodging arrangements uh and then also an indication that doesn't approve all fun or all field trips. It's just the ones that are service related and activity related. So that's kind of the reason why they're two different forms. >> Yeah, I guess. So the question I asked was why because there needs to be signatures and why not all of them are signed. So that's kind of a question. >> Yeah. >> Why hasn't signed principles? >> Uh you from uh the Saints Academy. >> Yeah. She doesn't have any jurisdiction over Saints Academy and so that would go um you know directly to the school board without Joe signature. >> Yeah. And I I love the the trip for Saints Academy. It just would be nice to have a little bit of more information like who's chef Wayne, who's the emergency contact so it's out there. It's a big trip and I'm excited for these kids and also the kind of a more the itinerary as far as what they do. Yeah. >> Yeah. It's a pretty well established program and they have a a dormatory actually in that area and so that's where you know it's all in one place hotel or anything like that. It's it's the dormatory there. Uh but in the future we can certainly make sure that's been included. >> Yeah. because as you know I love this >> along that vein are we making sure that we're clear with them about the timeliness of getting these requests in so that we're not under pressure all the time >> yeah that's uh part of our um our procedures that we'll be issuing. So, uh, in fact, in my admin report, I'll just mention it briefly now, but, uh, cabinet members and I have been working on district standard operating procedures. And so, we're listing a whole bunch of changes in our procedures, including, fundraisers, um, day field trips, overnight field trips, and it's, you know, clearly stated in that, um, in that procedural manual, and so it'll be shared with the whole staff u certainly before the school year starts. So the short answer is yes, but it's going to be much more clear when these procedures go out. And the three I just mentioned are three of the biggest changes and probably the ones that we would care about the most. The overnight trips, the field day field trips, and the fundraiser requests. And so that'll be stressed when that's shared. >> Any other questions? Okay. So we will need a motion um to approve the consent agenda for tonight. Is there a motion? So >> thank you Mr. Shro. There second. >> Thank you Mr. Any discussion on the motion to approve the consent agenda. Seeing none uh this is a roll call vote. So if you are in favor you'll say I. If you are opposed you'll say nay. Mr. Humphrey I. >> Mr. Sha. >> Hi, >> Miss West. >> Hi, >> Mr. Working. >> Hi, >> Miss Wing Club. >> I am I as well. >> Motion prevails. All right, as we move into agenda item six, information reports. Again, a reminder to board members, hold questions. I know tonight's report is going to be a little more in-depth or have some more uh availability for questions. So if you have specific ones, feel free to ask them at that time. Uh this first one is discussion of funding of the IAQ and parking lot projects. Chris Lingquist will summarize the recommendation and funding request from administration and the facilities committee uh to proceed with the indoor air quality project to replace air handling equipment that does not meet current code requirements. Action will be taken later this meeting. So just a reminder to all this is what we discussed at our last board meeting uh the initial uh discussion and then the board asked the facilities and grounds committee to go back into a workshop and come back with detailed uh information on the recommendation. Mr. Linquist, the floor is yours. Thank you chair. Um we've talked about this extensively. Well I should say extensively. We talked about this in detail at our last board meeting in June I believe end of June and at that time um site logic was here Michael Smith presented uh information they have done a fantastic job we've hired them to do a facilities assessment of our organization and one of the reasons we wanted to do that was we lost 38 years of institutional knowledge when Chris Ford is retired and number two uh we don't have a real good grasp on or haven't up until this point a real grasp on the state of our facilities. Um, since I've been in this position, I it's probably a dozen times anecdotally that I've heard Chuck Imper, our maintenance personnel, um, lead now, but before it was on our maintenance staff, explain to me and lament how poor our HVAC systems were and how they were constantly needing repair and that something had to be done. We're running R22 Freon, which isn't even something that's made anymore. it's kind of a black market product. Uh, and so we hired Sign Logic to come in and do an assessment. And one of the things that they've um demonstrated for us is in a very pictorial way, which you all saw other than Jessica, um, is that we have significant issues in our air handling units, our rooftop units across the district. And what blew me away was some of the 1960s and 1970s units. as I stared off a barrel of 50 my 50th birthday uh this year and recognize and feel old and recognize that some of those units are um at least 10 years older and sometimes 14 to 15 years older than myself. That seems problematic. When we look at the code changes in state law for air handling units and we've got some good information on on why our units aren't meeting code. The coil's too small. we can't pull enough air, pull too much air, it'll freeze the coil, yada yada yada. So, we've identified a problem in our district and we've also identified an opportunity to remedy that problem. That problem that remedy is through something called an indoor air quality project. The state legislature through law authorizes the school board to um raise money for projects like this. There's three things I think a school board can authorize and this is one of them, right? And so we looked extensively Chucker. Well, Chuck, uh, Michael, Carson, Nate, um, who else was there? >> Rob was there, and then Nick and our financial advisor, Michael Hart. And we looked at what all of this looks like, right? How much do we do? We had Chuck prioritize a list of problem areas that he sees. We had a scaledown version of that. We had doing the whole entire project. And we looked at a multitude of factors. And one of the compelling factors, I think there's a couple, but one of them that jumped out was the state really does not like to authorize a project in one building more than once, right? So doing an air handler unit for 1960 in that building, even though we have a 2001 unit in that building, the 2001 unit still doesn't meet code. And the state doesn't want to issue for that building work more than once. They they don't feel like that's responsible spending taxpayer dollars, right? So which buildings then do we decide on? And that was that was a a topic of discussion for us. We went down that rabbit hole and then we realized, hey, um, there's a couple of mitigating factors there. If we put off some of the work in five years, that that cost of that project still increases as we go forward. We haven't reduced any of the strain on our maintenance staff. We're still not compliant with code. And so the recommendation after I was an hour and a half meeting, two-hour meeting, the recommendation out of that from the facilities committee, which includes two board members, several administrators, our financial advisor was that we go ahead and move forward with trying to do all of it at once. Um, one of the concerns I had was, you know, when you do all once all breaks at once, you know what then? But the cost, again, being responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars, the committee and the group felt that this was the best approach. Um, I hope you had a chance to digest the the thorough background information sheet that's there. We tried to hit some of the important topics that came up in that meeting that we dialogue about. Um, but as we sit here today, our recommendation is that we do the all of the the the work that doesn't meet code in in our with all of that and background information. Are there questions that we can answer? concerns that have come up. Um, okay. So, sorry. >> Um, so if this does get approved, right, is the funding immediate? >> That's a good question. Um, we rely on a financial adviser for sound strategy for that. >> Okay. Uh Michael Harden is really really sharp and he you know in that meeting his brain was was working pretty fast and he said I don't think so and here's why. Um we would issue bonds in stages. >> Yeah. >> Right. We don't need all of the money at once. We don't need it all up front. And part of the reason we don't need it all up front is because we can't get all the materials here. Some of the work could be done in 26. Some of it would have to be done in 27. We may even have projects that sit out there till 28. And so his job and that's what we pay them for, right, is to is to act on our behalf to get us the best rates, the best deal, and the best breaks for our taxpayers. >> Okay. >> His thought was the issue in multiple stages. >> Okay. So that kind of answers my second question. I mean, when we talk about raising money, um we're we're passing this to taxpayers, right? And then depending upon how funding comes through, if that lays out how long we actually get to completion of the projects, No, the way the bond would work was you do set a term limit and it's usually a you can do you can do them five years, you can do them 10 years, you can do 15 years 20 years and I think his recommendation was a 20 year or 15 so indoor air quality projects can only be bonded over the the useful life the equipment. So 20 there's a there's a lot of intricacies in terms of how structure bonds. The the first piece is uh if you bond for more than $15 million interest earnings on that um don't necessarily go back to the district unless you meet the rules of arbitrage and spending down that money in the appropriate way. So Michael's idea on this not Michael's idea on this was to structure a couple of different ones with the second one essentially happening after the work has been bid so that you have an exact dollar amount at that stage how much is being bonded and the first one staying below the arbitrage Mr. Sh. >> Yeah I guess we Mr. Lake was touched on. This is only work on units that need work that we currently are spending a lot of time fixing just putting bandaid approaches on. This isn't stuff that was recently done. So this is all equipment and regardless of the age, it's equipment that doesn't need current code equipment and that's the bottom line, right? How long are the codes? How long are the codes uh like applicable not code? I know as an electrician our codes change every three years. Um how like how up to date code are we? I'm glad I'll turn it over to to Michael in just a minute, but we asked that question too, right? Um there's only so much error that you can pull in, right? >> And we've gone from historically from this amount to this amount, right? In incremental forms. There's going to be a point where we you you can't you can't bring in more here because you've already so I think the answer that I took away from that meeting was we're getting to the end of that right and IQ funding or the ability to to do IQ projects will not exist in perpetuity because at some point the code has to slow down people will catch up >> is that fair it's more than fair it it proves that Chris was listening so there were a couple of different changes the most recent one in 2013 prior to about 2007. So most units that are pre207 don't necessarily need code. There were a few that we were looking at that we thought were newer and better that might meet code, but even those ones technically didn't qualify as as needed code. Um the the limiting factor on this becomes at some point you're essentially going to have as good a air as outside air. So outside air has about 400 parts of carbon dioxide per million parts per um the more outside air you're bringing in the closer you are you're mirroring outside air inside. So there does become an almost a level where you can't improve much more. So when we look at Illinois air quality funding the assumption is as we move within the next 10 20 years and code gets even closer to that um that there has to become. So one of the questions that was asked was well what happens in 20 30 years time when we want to replace these will there be this funding available or it's very difficult to predict there will be but there will be something that has to take this place. the the whole point of indoor air quality legislation was to do two things. One, improve the quality of the air that our kids are breathing. I don't think anyone can argue with that. And then the second piece was to draw some um some equitable uh funding between what are called facility districts which are the large metro districts who can levy for anything they want for facilities and districts who sit outside of the who otherwise would have to go to. So the legislation was designed to improve the quality there and give a vehicle for school districts to actually help to achieve that. [Music] >> Are you sure? >> Um so like uh as an electrical contractor when someone says to me, "Hey, let's retrofit this or replace this." Even if we did everything in lighting, it's only like about 7% of the total build. the the big meat here is these motors and these compressors and condensers. And so I I I'm excited about not only it working better uh result-wise, but also the efficiencies and the money saving we got there. On top of that, rebates. I don't know if there's rebates with these because they're providing these uh incentives, but has any of that been incorporated into the $36 million? >> So we we have talked a little bit about this. If there are rebates available for any of these pieces, we're going to go after those rebates on your part. Um, from an from an efficiency standpoint, there are definitely going to be some improvements in that. However, part of the recommendations that are in front tonight is also to add dehumidification into areas that don't currently have dehumidification, in which case we're going to see a slightly higher electrical draw. Um so we think that at at worst we're in equilibrium there may well be some savings along with if we can get some BFDs we can get some energy recovery in there we should see some and it's not factored into that that would be something that would be coming back into and then Jacob I may just touch piggyback on that um we're removing the original hydraulic lift that's in the auto lab at the high school the work is happening right now but right was in ground system and we had we had hydraulic oil leaking. So, we got the EPA involved and we we've known about this for a while. It's not loose. I I was at the high school today to meet with a contractor on another project and I wanted to poke my head into the auto lab and I walked through the hallway which is nice and cool into the auto lab which has nothing >> and and those are I think there's three three classrooms there that don't have any dehumification, don't have any air. And on a day like this, um, when you went from one space into the next, it it was shocking. >> So that's part of what you know would offset is we would add it to those spaces certainly and make those more conducive classrooms for kids and especially the the gym spaces where the de where the humility is ruining those walls on a regular basis. Again, it should help alleviate some of the long timing of this as well >> as well as door 13 coming in that student hallway. You can tell the difference when you're walking down that hallway as soon as you get the comments. It's like a plastic co there. So, that would also be corrected as long as well as the print. >> So, hopefully we'll put dehumidification in there as well. So, that way paper doesn't work. We've had one more problem with paper curling and the prints are jamming. Certainly, certainly. Thank you. >> I just I I get everything that you're saying and the concerns that are out there. Um my concern going forward is we're adding a tax to our our stakeholders. Um and we're going to then go out potentially for a referendum. I I don't I don't know that. It just seems to me like it's getting expensive and it's it's going to be more difficult to get a referendum passed at at some point if we do this without their input. >> It wasn't a question. >> No, it wasn't a question. >> And then we talked about that. I mean, I'm a taxpayer. I live in St. differences, right? I talk with my neighbors who are tired of the the city imposing taxes. I I I get that this is a real problem. I also get that our units are a real problem and this is a vehicle that we have, but we can fix it. I don't know how else we do that. I don't know how to remedy the problem if we don't do it through this vehicle, right? Like that's the concern. And should a human go down, I don't know what. And I just think that the trade-off then is the potential for getting a referendum passed. And I think we just need to acknowledge that. [Music] Any other questions or comments? Superintendent, you have anything? >> No, I think the the process has been really strong actually. I'm very pleased with the work that site logic has done in terms of using the software to better track our assets and uh needs for replacement in the future and I think this recommendation is largely the result of that work. So I appreciate that logic. PMA has also been really instrumental as far as helping us look at financial options. Uh, and of course uh Chuck and and Chris and that whole team has been the most important factor because you guys know our ability better than anybody. So I'm very impressed with the process and the whole cabinet supports. >> Okay. Um, I don't have any questions, Chris, because I sat through the the committee meetings with you on this. But, uh, um, I too feel that this shows that the board, you know, if we approve this, that we are trying to be fiscally responsible with our taxpayers assets that we have across the district. Um, they have been neglected over the years. uh our staff has done an amazing job keeping them functioning, but as we know uh as owning a home, you probably don't want to replace every appliance uh in the same year, but you kind of phase that out. You know, from what I've seen, we haven't done that. And this gives us opportunity to get us back uh to a point that all of our facilities are where they need to be. Uh and allows us to focus on other areas um with other funding that we do have. Um, it also shows that there could be an operational urgency to this. We have a lot of systems that are in the alert or the alarm uh status based off of the assessment that has been done and what our staff has provided us and the amount of work that they do on each item. Uh, and it allows us to get after that without having to reach into our general fund or other areas to pay for that. Um, when it comes to the taxpayer, I fully hear what you're saying, Annette. I agree with you that this this is a big ask. Um, however, it is still an ask that is less than any other community uh that surrounds us. So, our tax amount will still be less than any other community uh that surrounds us that has other levies, other referendums. Uh, and I'm hopeful that our community will see that we are doing something responsible for our district and for our facilities and know that where we're putting the money is where we're staying and what it's going towards and it'll give us a better opportunity when we do have to go back out and ask for other needs when it comes to that and it allows us to articulate that that better as well. Um, that's my comments on it and I think that's it. Thank you, Chris, Mike, Chuck. Thank you again for all of your work towards this. Uh it is an extremely detailed uh product that has been presented to the board, to the committee, and we do appreciate that. >> All right, moving on to our next agenda item, which is 6.2 administrative reports. And Anderson, I have a short report tonight, and I'll uh try to keep as short as possible. Uh first, uh we'll be voting on the uh conducting the special election later in the agenda. So I won't go over details until that time. Uh a couple of changes that will save us uh money. Uh first of all, the technology department uh is recommending a change in the hosting of our servers, our computer servers. And uh we're going to go with a a cooperative called ECME or the East Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative. uh numerous schools in the area already part of this ECMAC and um uh they have a proven track record and uh their server solution uh will save us between 80 and $100,000 per year. So that's really good news. Uh and they're highly reputable too. Um thanks to DD um there is a re or we are moving forward with changing some actuarial services for the district and that will save about $4,000 over a 2-year period. And then I mentioned earlier about the district standard operating procedures. Uh the first draft of different components of that and then reviewed by cabinet by making some adjustments and those uh will be issued before the start of the school year. So it will be encompassing a lot of different areas. Just a reminder, it's going to be the first time we've had this unified procedural manual. it will change a lot during the first year and then periodically in subsequent years because every time you issue something you realize that some changes should be made. So, but we're excited about finally moving ahead with that first version. That's all I have. >> Are there any questions or comments for superintendent? >> Mr. federal payments to states that has been released. >> Oh, thank you uh for that. Uh in the original draft of the uh report, I did outline uh some concerns about the federal withholding of um funds that would go to states. Uh and for a while there uh there was about nearly $6 billion that was withheld from states uh for education related funding. Uh just over the last couple of weeks, there were a couple of waves of federal releases of that fund. you know, I think 1.3 billion a couple weeks ago and then late last week another five billion has been uh released to states and so we do not anticipate uh reductions in the federal aotments that were planned for St. Francis. Uh so that's really good news uh in those areas. Uh the only cautionary note is that in one of the press releases that I read uh early on with the latest release, there was a comment about uh some possible adjustments if uh state laws uh were contrary to like executive orders and those kinds of things. And so there could be some adjustments later maybe. Uh but that was the only I only saw it once and in all the other press releases I've read, I haven't seen that reference. So, we'll see what happens, but right now I'm feeling confident with next year's funding from the federal government. Thank you. >> Thank you, Superintendent. Uh, moving on to our action items for tonight. And we do have five action items on the agenda tonight. They're in a order for a reason, and you'll see that as we go through. Um our first one is official intent and reimbursement resolution. This resolution is required to complete the IQ project the air quality indoor air quality project as discussed earlier. The resolution states that this board hereby determines it is in the best interest of the district to authorize the issuance and sale of its general obligations facilities maintenance bonds in one or more series in the maximum aggreate principal amount of 36,850,000. Are there any questions prior to a motion being made for that resolution? [Music] Seeing no questions, is there a call to motion for approval of the official intent and reimbursement resolution? >> Thank you, Miss Anderson. Is there a second? >> Thank you, Mr. Chra. Any discussion on the motion to approve official intent reimbursement resolution? Seeing no questions, this will be a roll call vote. Uh, if you are in favor of the motion, signify by saying I. If you oppose, signify by saying nay. Mr. Humphrey, >> hi. >> Mr. Shon, >> hi. >> Miss West, >> no. >> Miss Anderson, >> hi. >> Mr. Working NL. I >> and I am I as well. Motion prevails. >> 5 to two. Next item on the action item is resolution relating to proposed property tax abatement for parking lot construction. In order to finance the improvements, it has been proposed that the board grant the property tax abatement on the property in an amount not to exceed 1,375,000 over 5 years and that this board hold a public hearing on the proposed property tax abatement as required by Minnesota state statute. A public hearing will be scheduled uh on the proposed property tax abatement on Monday, August 25th, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the community room of the district office located here. All who wish to be heard as uh to the proposed property tax abatement will be given opportunity at that time to express their views um at the public hearing and may file written comments with the superintendent prior to the public hearing. Are there any questions prior to a motion being made on that resolution? Seeing no question, is there a call to motion for approval of the resolution relating to property proposed property tax abatement for the parking lot construction projects? Some is there a second? >> Thank you, Mr. Sher. Any discussion on the motion, Miss West? >> So, just to be clear, this is going to go before there's going to be a public hearing opportunity for people to come forward either for or against the public in the public hearing for a >> correct. The public the public hearing allows for uh public comments on the proposed property tax abatement. Any other discussion? All right, seeing none, this is a a roll call vote. Again, if you are in favor, signify by saying I. If you are opposed, signify by saying nay. Member Anderson, >> I. >> Member Working, >> I. >> Member Humphrey. >> Hi. >> Member Sha. >> Hi. >> Member West. >> Hi. member box. >> Hi. >> And I am I as well. Motion prevails. Thank you. Agenda item three uh 7.3 approval of the LTFM plan. This is the plan that we postponed um at our last meeting to include the previous two action items. Uh and so again that is for the indoor air quality and the tax abatement project. This plan is in compliance with state statutes and will meet the requirement of our annual adoption of the 10-year facilities plan. Uh this has to be done by July 31st. Again, we had it at the last one. We postponed it to include these two items. Uh DD will provide an overview or answer any questions you may have. Really, there's no changes from her last presentation except for the inclusion of what we just voted on. >> Right. So, as chair Bur said, there's no changes to the presentation. I did include it for your reference. Um, also any of the other information, you have the revenue worksheet, you have the expense worksheet, statement of asurances are included, and then the resolution. The only change then is for those bond payments included in a special line within that expense worksheet. Having that in there will then be sent on to the state of Minnesota and we have to have that accomplished by June or July 31st. So any questions for D before a motion is made. Okay, we will need a motion to approve the LTFM plan. Is there a motion? So >> thank you, Mr. Sher. Is there a second? Second. Thank you, Miss Anderson. Any discussion on that motion? Seeing none, this again is a resolution. Therefore, require a roll call vote. In favor, signify saying I. If you oppose, signify by saying nay. >> Mr. W. >> I. >> Mr. Anderson. >> I. >> Miss W. >> Hi, >> Miss West. >> Hi, >> Mr. Humphrey. I >> Mr. Sher. >> I >> I am I as well. Motion prevails. >> All right. Next agenda item is the resolution calling for a special election. Special election to fill a vacancy caused by our board members recommendation will be held on November 4th. The winner of the special election will immediately become a board member when results are official and will serve until January of 2029. Uh the c candidate filing period is July 29th. So it opens up tomorrow until August 12th at 5:00 pm. Uh candidates will file here at the district office. We will need a motion to approve the resolution calling for a special election. Are there any questions prior to a motion being made? Mr. So I guess just a clarification when they're official when we certify the results or when avoid >> it's once so like we stated before once the election results are certified then they take >> correct when are we going to set that date to certify the election at the next general >> I would assume it'll be part of our next our November meeting after as As long as all the documentation is in and nothing is contested at a time. >> Yeah, usually it's within a week after the election. So, we haven't set that date yet. >> All right. Is there a motion for approval of the resolution calling for special election? >> Second. >> M. Anderson and Mr. Lurking. Any discussion on that motion? Again, it's a resolution, so we get to do a roll call vote. Uh, if you're in favor, signify by saying I. If you oppose, signify by saying nay. >> Mr. Shrock, >> hi. >> Mr. Working, >> I. >> Mr. Humphrey, >> I. >> Miss Anderson, >> I >> Miss West. >> I, >> Miss Bachman. >> Hi. >> I'm I as well. Motion prevails. Thank you. Oh, boy. We got another resolution coming up. Uh, agenda 7.5 resolution calling for the annual designation of an identified official with authority. So, Iowa Carson's not living in Iowa, but he's going to be in Iowa for us. For our district, which uses the educational identity and access management system, if there are any questions, Superintendent Anderson will be able to respond to those. Are there any questions prior to a motion being made? Seeing no questions, is there a call to motion for approval of the resolution designating our Iowa as Superintendent Anderson? >> Second, Mr. Anderson. Thank you, Mr. Any discussion on that motion hearing and seeing none. Again, it's a resolution. So, roll call vote. Miss Anderson. Hi, >> Mr. Ry. Hi, Miss West. >> Hi, >> Mr. Humphrey. I >> Miss Paple >> I >> Mr. Shore >> I >> and I am I as well. Motion prevails. We got those done. Thank you all. The next agenda item is upcoming meetings and primary topics. Are there any questions or comments about our upcoming meetings or All right. Seeing none, our next item is school board member reports. Miss Anderson, will you start us out today? >> I have nothing. >> Mr. Sher, I don't have anything to report. >> Mr. Humphrey, I had policy meeting today. Uh, nice work, Brandon. Nice work, superintendent. Uh, went through like 14 or uh 17 policies. I believe there's only two or three that were have a little bit of a uh adjustments and then that'll come up and I've I've heard that this is uh up to date then which is pretty impressive. I guess we've been waiting on that for a long time and uh put it all together. So thank you for that and if anyone has any questions we'll see it uh upcoming. That's all. >> Thank you Mr. Hucker. Mr. working. >> Uh, nothing major. I mean, I know it's the end of July, but August is around the corner. And just excited for fall sports to get going again. And school is right around the corner, man. So, that would be a quarter in the jar. You're not allowed to say the sword yet. No, please. Book two. School. School. School. >> Thank you, Mr. Um, I just want to say I'm excited to be here and appreciate the opportunity and um excited to uh get to serve in this capacity here too. Thank you. >> I have nothing. >> Okay. Um, we did have a meeting with the city of St. Francis again uh some of the cabinet staff superintendent um all discussions uh around Bridge Street and uh trying to come up with a solution that is beneficial to the district as well as the city. Uh I'll tell you right now we have not uh fixed any problem. We have not come up with the world's best solution. Uh but it's been great conversations. Uh it's a nice collaborative environment and excited to continue working that. Thank you, Superintendent and Chris, uh, for building that relationship and keeping that going. Uh, with that, we also had a meeting uh, with the city of East Bethl and the same thing. Uh, they've got a couple projects that are coming up in their near future uh, with sewer and water and they want to ensure that we are part of that planning process uh, before they just go after something and it would affect us. So, uh, it's very nice to have that relationship with them. Again, thank you to both for setting that condition and helping us move along. Again, we didn't solve any great thing uh with those meetings yet either, but it's been really good conversations. >> If I could add something, Mr. Western of the city of Grove um will be meeting with both Mr. Bird and myself here in a week or two next week. >> And so, we've had a good working relationship with Oakrove as well. >> And I know Oak Grove has allowed us to come speak. Thank you for stepping up and filling that role and providing an update uh for our district as well. So, we're trying to get that across to all of our communities because I think it's a good thing for everyone to hear what we're doing. Uh and then I'm going to I'm going to put on a proud dad hat for just a second. Um we have an inaugural season for the St. Francis Fighting Saints fishing team through community ed that we started this year. My son participates in that. him and his fishing partner took second. They are going to nationals. And St. Francis came in strong and we took third as well with our other team and they are also going to nationals. So, our inaugural season, we're putting our name on the map across the state of Minnesota. Super excited to see that program continue to grow and see where it takes us. >> Awesome. There we go. >> All right. Uh the next item on the agenda is um closed session. So the next item is labor negotiation strategy discussion. The open meeting law Minnesota state statute 13D.03 subdivision 1 Bravo states that the school board shall close a meeting for the purpose of discussing labor negotiation strategies. During the closed meeting, the board will discuss possible strategies for labor negotiation discussions. Uh, I will hereby entertain a motion that this meeting be closed for the purpose of labor negotiation strategies. Is there a motion? >> Motion. Thank you. >> Second. >> I think we have to take a recess first and then go. >> Perfect. We're going to take a recess first to hold those motions. >> We will take recess for 5 minutes. So 7:27 ticket.