Good evening. Tonight is Monday, January 5th, and we do have a quorum. So, I will call this meeting to order. Our first order of business is to approve tonight's agenda. >> Do I have a motion to approve tonight's agenda? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed? The motion carries and the agenda is approved. Uh we will continue with the election of board officers and first up we have nominations are open for the office of chair. >> I nominate Karen Gabler. >> Karen Gabler is nominated. Are there any other nominations for the office of board chair? Are there any other nominations for the office of board chair? If there are no other nominations for board chair, the nomination for the office of board chair are closed and we will now vote for Karen Gabler in the office of board chair. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed? Motion carries and Karen Gabler is elected board chair. We will continue with the election of the other board officers. Nominations are now open for the office of VO vice chair. >> I nominate Cheryl Barry. >> Cheryl Barry is nominated. Are there any other nominations for the office of vice chair? Are there any other nominations for the office of board chair or vice chair? Are there any other nominations for the office of vice chair? If there are no other nominations for vice chair, the nominations for the office of vice chair are closed. We will now vote for Cheryl Barry in the office of vice chair. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed? >> The motion carries and Cheryl Barry is elected vice chair. We'll continue with the election of the other board officers. Nominations are now open for the office of clerk. >> I'll nominate Erica Alenberg for clerk. Erica Ellenberg is nominated. Are there any other nominations for the office of clerk? Are there any other nominations for the office of clerk? Are there any other nominations for the office of clerk? If there are no other nominations for clerk, the nomination for the office of clerks is closed. And we will now vote for Erica Alenberg in the office of clerk. All those in favor say I. I. >> Anyone opposed? The motion carries and Eric Allenberg is elected clerk. We'll continue with the election of the other board officers. Nominations are now open for the office of treasurer. >> I nominate Jen Huvie. >> Jen Huie is nominated for the office of treasure. Are there any other nominations for the office of treasur? Are there any other nominations for the office of treasure? Are there any other nominations for the office of treasurer? If there are no other nominations for treasur, the nominations for the office of treasurer are closed. We'll now vote for Jen Hooie in the office of the treasurer. All those in favor say I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed? >> The motion carries and Jen Hooie is elected treasurer. We'll continue with the election of assistant treasurer and assistant clerks. I'll nominate Elliot Man for assistant treasurer. >> I'll nominate Dan Arum and Michael Birdman for assistant clerks. >> All right. Are there any other nominations for the office of assistant treasure and assistant clerks? Are there any other nominations for the office of assistant treasurer and assistant clerks? If there are no other nominations for assistant treasure and assistant clerks, then nominations are closed. All those in favor of Elliot Man for assistant treasurer and Dan Arum and Michael Bergman as assistant clerks say I. >> I. >> Anyone opposed say nay. Elliot man is elected assistant treasurer and Dan Arum and Michael Bergman are elected assistant clerks. All right, we are moving on to the consent agenda. Are there any items to remove from the consent agenda? >> Yes, Madam Chair. I would request to take the schoolboard compensation out of consent tonight. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Great. So, uh, we are going Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda without the board compensation? >> So, moved. >> Second. >> All right. We have Bman and Aram. All those in favor of approving the consent agenda without the board compensation say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Motion carries and the items in the consent agenda are approved. Uh, Director Birdman, would you like to discuss uh the topic right now? >> I would really quickly. >> Okay. >> Um, thank you for giving me the opportunity. Um, the reason why I wanted to pull it out out of uh consent, not because I oppose our voting for it tonight, but I just wanted to bring it back to my colleagues attention that uh this is a topic that I've been cared about since I got on the board four years ago. um we haven't made any progress on the this discussion and coming up with concrete um paths forward as far as how we look at compensation not just for all members of the board but especially the chair position of the board. Um and I wanted to encourage us either at our retreat or sometime in the next few months that we make it a priority to discuss um board compensation. Um, this is an election year. Uh, in 26 there's going to be four positions that are open. Um, and not looking for compensation necessarily for myself or anyone else, but more for making sure there's accessibility and opportunity for people to come and do this. There's a lot of time that's spent by all us members of the school board. Um, the compensation hasn't changed in quite some time and I'm ultimately concerned especially for the chair position which carries a much heavier load than all the other positions on the board. It is still compensated the same as everybody else. Um, I just wanted to encourage us all to consider looking at that. Um, to maybe implement a solution for this, um, where we would implement it this year, but it wouldn't take place, um, or effective until January of next year when the new board is seated. Thank you. >> Thank you, Director Birdman, for raising those concerns, and I will take it upon myself as chair to add it to our retreat um, topics and so hopefully we will get that to a conversation. Um, board members, is that something that you would like to discuss or are open to discussing at a board retreat this year? >> Just having the conversation? >> Yes. >> Yes. Okay. All right. Great. Then I will put that on um the running document of retreat topics. Thank you. All right. So then we will vote. I will need a motion to approve the board compensation. >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. >> All right. Birdman and man. All those in favor of approving the board uh compensation say I. >> I. >> Any opposed? All right. The motion carries and uh board compensation has been approved. Um all right. We are moving on to leadership and committee updates. Board members, any leadership or committee updates at this point? Okay. Um the only thing I wanted to mention is that the board members who are in the role of chair, clerk, and treasurer, if you haven't already, because some of you are um seasoned in those roles anyway, there is a board officer training that is offered through MSBA. So, if you haven't had a chance to take that, if you can sign up for that, I know there's some sessions being offered in February, although I think all of us have taken it already, so we're cleared. Um, and then board members, I know a lot of you have been continuing to work on your four parts of MSBA's learning to lead workshop. Ann is available to help you get registered for that. So, if that's still on your to-do list, just reach out to an. Um, and then finally, as another reminder, as the board roles have changed, if you're an outgoing chair of a committee, if you will make sure that you touch base with the incoming chair just to get them orientated on um leading that um committee and the responsibilities and norms and then chairs of our committees, if you would reach out to your new committee members to ensure they have the dates and understand how to prepare for committee meetings and so on and so forth. So, all right, superintendent updates. >> Madam Chair, members of the board, first and foremost, thank you for coming back and thank you for being willing to serve again in the various roles that you have. We have plenty to do this next year and so looking forward to that partnership and uh excited for what's to come. Thanks. >> All right. Can I get a motion to adjourn the January 2026 Edina School Board organizational meeting? >> So moved. >> Is there a second? >> Second. All right, we have uh Alenberg and Arum. All those in favor of joining the meeting say I. >> Any opposed? The meeting is now adjourned.