001Follow the ordering public order. >> Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. >> I pledge algiance 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. >> Roll call, please. Black >> moon >> here. >> Hinrich >> here. >> Hers here. >> Long >> here. >> Swinty >> here. >> Bel >> here. >> We do have a quorum. Next item is to adopt the agenda. Uh we do have uh in addition to the agenda. Would you please read the motion? I make a motion to amend the agenda by adding administrative contract amendment to the close session. >> Second. >> First. >> Okay. Motion to second uh to amend the agenda as presented uh to to the statement
002that Deb read. Any other discussion? >> All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Okay. district administrators report. >> Okay, a couple things. Um, first thing I just wanted to bring up, we had on our capital projects list a camera and security camera and door lock upgrade. This is a project that Dean has been looking into for quite some time, navigating through the different companies that have it, talking to some other schools that uh that have gone through this process. Uh the reasoning for it, a lot of it is it's the consistency of the two. Uh and currently our our system for cameras is pretty anequate. So it takes a long time to navigate it. Um I know my time as a principal and our principles will probably attest
003to this as you as you go through and you're trying to follow maybe a student through different cameras. Going through that process with our current camera system takes a lot of time. Uh they're also hardwired and so that limits us on where we can put cameras. we don't have a lot of coverage in our parking lots by the football stadium and track area that gets in and that um you know the student parking lot etc. So, this is a project we've been looking at. A lot of the new camera systems, obviously 4K cameras give you a lot better one coverage, but clarity in the camera. Um, and uh, also it gives you some opportunities to adjust where our cameras are located to add some additional. So, long story short, uh, he's been looking through this
004process for a while. He's they company created a heat map. It's gone to our principles. They've all had opportunities to make adjustments and go back and receive the quote. But what bumped it up in the priority list is BCATA, which is the company that we selected to they will give us all the features that we wanted. Um, is upping they're having a 10 to 15% price increase. I think it started in June, but working through Heartland, they extended it for 30 days for us. Um, so we wanted to make that order and put that through. But on a purchase this size, we're talking an additional 25 to $35,000 when all is said and done. So, when I was talking to Dean, he said, "Well, we're we're already going to do this. We're kind of at
005the point where we could order the equipment and save ourselves quite, you know, quite a bit of money." Um, or we wait, we just spend the extra money down the road, but I don't anticipate anything's going to change between now and then as far as we selected and that sort of thing. So, it is on the fun 46 list. there is dollars allocated for this purchase um whether it happens this year or next year. So, I wanted to bring it up and just throw it out there. If I if I don't hear any main objections, we'll move forward with it. If if there are, you know, then we can hit pause button and try and figure out work it through committee or that sort of thing. So, um I didn't have it in time to
006be an agenda item, but I just thought unless somebody has some reservations do and you can call me. You don't have to know, but just call me tomorrow or something like that. And, you know, as long as we put the purchases through by, you know, within the next week or so, I think we can just >> What is the total cost? >> It's around $400,000 >> for the total. Now, that's cameras and the door locks. And so, the the key fobs and one of the So, there's a couple of safety features that we've been looking for. Currently, you can only log into our camera system when you're in the building on our so that restricts any type of access by uh you know, first responders or police if if some emergency were to happen, uh
007they wouldn't be able to access our cameras from a parking lot or from a central command or that sort of thing. Um with this new system than wood, the other piece of it is the key fobs that we currently have are not encrypted. So, um encrypted ones would allow us to have much higher security features. When they're not encrypted, there's maybe 10, 12, 15 different like a garage. Basically, you hit enough houses driving around, you know, it's going to open one. That's how our key fob system currently is. So, um, now that doesn't mean that the key fob, if you found when we open every door, that sort of thing, it would be kind of hard to do it. But by having an encrypted key fob, um, you can control that a lot better. The
008other system allows us uh to control access to the building for people that rent our facilities or community folks and that sort of thing. Um, they can run it. Actually access can be given to a cell phone. So it' be much like your key fob when you walk to your car and you touch the door and it opens without having just because the fob is on you. This system would allow us similar capabilities uh if you had your cell phone. So um we would be able to control a lot more of it control it remotely if something if we had a door if somebody called maintenance boat called and said you know for whatever reason this door is currently unlocked which happens from time to time. We have limited options now on how we can
009control that. Typically, somebody's going to have to come in and you could double tap your father if you have access to that. Um, but it's it's kind of a bulky system. So, this would give an opportunity for whoever had the access, whether it's county or building and grounds or Brian Flynn, they could just log in on their phone and control that door access and either lock it or unlock it if the system wasn't working properly. So, all in all, with with that system as well as the new camera systems tied in together. >> So, what happens if has can log in and access and they leave the district then >> we control that. So you control. >> Yeah. So if whoever has access to it would have um there'd be a central person or a
010couple people right now. I think we've got three or four and Colleen has access to turn key fobs on and off access. >> What kind of security protections are placed on that for cyber attacks that kind of thing? >> Yeah, it's ran through cloud-based through the Marata system. So it's through their um their guaranteed protection. Right now it's ran through our servers. So everything that's online is vulnerable. We know that. But um cloud-based typically tends to be a little more secure than the way we have it set up. We would have to pay a annual licensing fee that we don't have to currently do. But what we do have to pay now currently is the upgrade for the servers and switches which if you mark that out it's a wash. Yeah. One's a one time
011purchase for five years before they have to be typically upgraded or six years what this would just be that installs a new cameras and system. >> Yeah that's a project here for that. Yeah, they would have the proposal under contract. I think >> this is this fall plan project. >> I Yeah, I don't know that we had it involved. Yes, we knew it was going to be roughly that. >> So, what happens if So, it's wireless. What happens if that system goes down? >> Hey, I don't know all the specs, Steve, but I'll tell you what, but there are some safeguards. uh everything would default to lock when systems like that happen. That's one of the fail saves. >> But as far as u you know how we would get access back, I don't know
012what all the steps I would still have your key or hard key systems we'll be checking. >> I would assume that anywhere that we have a wired device currently where camera door lock could be replaced with a wired device. But this would allow us to get to expand the wireless and places where it's supposed to expand the wireless. So anything that's hard. >> Yeah, we still need the power and that's but the the system itself >> and there is a part of that system is be able to go back and take a look at what the cam was picked up during the day week. >> Yeah, I think we have about 30 days. 30 days >> and I don't know that this would give us we could probably get it much for a higher fee
013licensing fee. We could probably have a much longer time but 30 days is pretty good for us which is pretty >> and so it's no longer onsite storage for >> so if there was something um that occurred and do we have the ability to record that to save it permanently? >> Yes. >> Okay. Our current system does as well. It's it's >> just in case >> and we don't listen I guess to clarify we don't need a motion on this because >> a couple projects for discussion >> just for discussion. >> Yeah. and how much would actually come out of fun is we'll we'll know in a few weeks because deed will have um some flexibility in his budget this year because of some of the common school funds and other things about utiliz too
014long. I just want to make sure you guys >> Yeah. So, let me know in the next few days and uh if I don't hear from anybody, we'll probably move forward early next week. >> Okay. >> Anything else? >> Uh couple other things just briefly. Uh we have the projects that we have scheduled for the summer. The bathroom remodel has begun. They did some um remediation of of some um you know some of the pipes and some cleaning of that area and we've moved in there now to start cutting out the pipes to start with plumbing. So that's the bathroom down the hallway. Again, it's part of that longer plan to make all of our bathrooms wheelchair accessible. Roofing projects is have started. You probably saw the some of the trucks out there, the portaotties
015that they brought in. So, they're replacing five roofs over the next few weeks. Uh, locker replacements in sixth grade hallway will start very shortly. We've got a lot of the demo on that done already. Fence project out by the track football field will start, I think, within a few weeks, but we've demoed some of that ourselves as well. And the waterb project is slated to begin June 26th as soon as summer school is over. So that will require water shut down for um basically everything that way from the commons pool locker rooms highway or the hallway 17 corridor locker rooms and the entire elementary school bathroom. So the dates look like it will be done by the end of July. So, it shouldn't overlap with u with any of our fall sports as they start
016to kick off, but it will um it will affect a few things we have scheduled out there. So, we'll have supportive bodies for outdoor bathrooms and some other things for folks to use in the meantime and then hopefully the project will wrap up by the end of June and that'll be July and will be critical for falls. Um we have a we have a meeting tomorrow to go through the details of that. We'll be working with Ryan Flynn and Megan Mackus to make sure that we have everything that we need for folks pool the pool and not the shut down. Um and then the one other project that we're looking into whether it'll happen this year or not is the CT innovation lab remodel project which is also on the 146 list. We do have
017the money in our incentive grant money that we've piled up. So, this probably won't have to come out of 146 either. There's some grant money uh that was available that we can probably cover this entire project with. Um that's it. So, that's what's that's a lot, but that's everything's rolling and and moving and things are getting busy. So, um staff survey update. I just want to give you a brief um update on that. I'll be meeting with Darren Severs later this week who will come to the board probably in July with his report on everything. Um, we had 115 surveys. We were typically around 120 or just over 120. So nearly everybody participation was was pretty good with that. Um, and so by and large, you know, I haven't I haven't dug into it, but
018the numbers look pretty similar to where we were at last year. So, I don't see any big fluctuations, but we'll see as Darren digs in and kind of puts some of that together. Um, and that's it. That's it for me. >> Any questions? >> No. >> Okay. Next item is the consent agenda. Uh, it's pretty much a normal consent agenda. Uh, so we did have one addition to the higher list. Is that correct? >> It's not. Who is it? All done. >> Yeah. All done. Heather. >> Oh, okay. Then there was a donation. Is that the >> It's the last. >> Okay. Okay. All right. Uh any questions or comments on the consent agenda? Not. I'll entertain a motion to approve the consent agendas presented. >> So second motion, a second to approve the consent
019agenda is presented. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Next item is staff reports. And is Ryan going to do this or no? >> Uh Ryan. No, Ryan's not not here tonight. So he had his submitted report. Uh the rest of the reports are all for session. >> Okay. We do have the AGR. Yeah. Right. You >> sure he's going to do that? Yeah. you're up. >> I didn't really have anything formally. I put it in the board. It's not linked. >> It's linked. Y >> So um AGR again is just a Wisconsin um program that we apply for update every five years. Sorry. A part of that we have to as part of that we have to complete separating the state twice
020a year February and now um in mid year end of the year and teachers um fill this out it's very similar to what they do for their um pieces for their um SLOs's their learning outcomes. So they made some good gains for sure. We did we did well assessments. It's just one of those $42,000. >> There was a question on second grade. >> Anybody else? >> Yeah, I figured I What are all the so their initials um what they did for their end of their year data you'll see L K R that's their last initial so that was true by that any questions for Sher's nine the same as >> that was. Yeah, she put the link there, but nine was actually good. >> Any other any questions for Sher? >> No. >> Okay. Thanks,
021Sher. >> Thank you, sir. >> Uh approval of the opiate task force grant. >> So, um Adam working with the opioid task force had put submitted a proposal uh for um some of the settlement money that they had received to help offset the cost of a social worker for our district. And so we've been um it has to obviously go through a number of layers before we knew whether it would be possible or not. Uh as Jesse has agreed to be here tonight, she presented Jesse Rousey is the director of social services and she presented to the county board two weeks ago I believe, wasn't it? Um on this topic and the grant and the funds available. uh she agreed to be here tonight to go through some of those same things really setting up
022the need uh for a position like this for us. And one of the things that we have been encountering and it's a challenge that we're continuing to try to work through is just that connection and um being on the same page with child protective services. And we feel that obviously there's a significant need throughout our student population here for for different county resources and and just the needs continue to grow in that area. And I think there's a disconnect between sometimes the way education personnel view a need versus the way the social work world view that same need. And as we started to talk through some of these things, we just realized that having a consistent liaison that worked within our district skilled in this area would really I think help us team and our
023approach to make sure that the kids and the families get the services one that are available to them, but two um that would help them succeed in school. So um Jesse, if you don't mind, I will just turn over to you. I thought you brought up some of these points very poignantly in your presentation to the county. >> Just to give you a brief brief background handing it out the opioid task force is every county there's like two counties that didn't settle out the rest. Why? Because it's opioid settlement company. So um we said Jesse and I worked together on the county board amongst all kinds of people uh devil's part of it for a while too and we were looking for proposals of way to spend the settlement dollars. At that time there were
024roughly $600,000 of settlement dollars in just Lincoln County that we could spend at our discretion and there wasn't a lot coming to the table. So I talked to Jesse and Dr. Amber at Maryland social workers to see what happens. Um so we went to the we got through all it was approved at the opioid task force level and then it was approved two weeks ago at county board level for us to continue to move forward with it. So more or less looking at um what that impact was working with social services and what it looks like for us and then also uh what it means moving forward forward. So um it's for us it's a it's an opportunity. I mean there's no guarantees. We have to hire someone. We have to find someone. You have
025to have a masters in social work. There's a lot of things that go into it but I always say one of those things if you don't at least look into it we're not kid the right service and families included. So yeah. All right. Um, so thank you for having me tonight. As Wendle said, um, I'm Jesse Ramsey. I'm the director for Lincoln County Department of Social Services. Um, I've been a director for, um, almost three years, but I've been with the department for 24. Um, so just wanted to run through a couple quick slides. Um, I apologize. I'm terrible at speaking in front of the public and the county board meeting's 22 members and so you guys shouldn't be so intimidating. But, um, go ahead to the next slide. So, just a real quick little
026bit of background just to kind of give you um some of the governing authority of of what we operate under at the county department and how we intersect then with education. Um next slide. So, the family first um prevention services act was passed in February of 2018. Um that was the most significant reform of federal um child welfare financing structure in many decades. Um basically the intent of the the federal level um legislation was to address the concerns that out of home removals um were harmful and detrimental to the outcomes of children. Um studies show that when children are removed from the homes for any length of time um that they tend to have more negative outcomes even when compared to children who experience similar malreatment um who have remained in the home. So since
027this um came down at the federal level um all of you probably know working in government things trickle slowly through government that takes a long time. So the state of Wisconsin is still moving toward um adopting new policy structures and things like that and actually across the nation the state's level of adoption of of where they're at with trying to shift their their um mode to more of a prevention um method versus um that reactive method of out of home removals. Um obviously at different phases, but this is sort of at the federal level um what is sort of governing the way that we handle cases. Um so prior to the the fed um FFPSA um the the funding was primarily tied to out of home placements. Now funding is more shifting more toward um
028family preservation, early intervention and keeping children out of foster care entirely. So, state of Wisconsin is actually still in the process of kind of looking at more prevention models to draw down more federal funds for that. Um, one of the big models that we're looking at is like motivational interviewing um to roll out through the child welfare model to try to um engage families in in making changes that would um obviously help um improve conditions in the home. So, just taking a quick look at the data um across the state of Wisconsin. um this um ESA child's uh protective services dashboard on the Department of Children and Families. You guys can look this up at any time as well. Um the numbers on this screen represent um 2025. So statewide in the state of Wisconsin,
029there were just over um just under 71,000 CPS reports made um and about almost 19,000 of those were screened in. So the screened in rate um was about 26.5% of those reports. Um another piece of data to just kind of turn your attention to is that the top two um reporters of um malreatment are law enforcement and education personnel. And you'll notice over on the side neglect and child abuse um being the the top um malreatment that's reported. Um now taking you to Lincoln County's data. So, this is Lincoln County's dashboard. In 2025, there were 412 CPS reports. Um, of those reports, 105 of those were screened in, so about 25 and a half%. Um, so we really are in line with the rest of the state of Wisconsin. Um, usually that number fluctuates somewhere
030between 25 and 30%. Um, but what you'll also notice in this one as well again is that your top two reporters are education and law enforcement. Um, a majority of the reports coming from education personnel. And you'll also notice that the top um reports again are neglect and physical abuse. Um this next screen kind of zooms in a little bit more specific for Lincoln County. Um of the um reports, 14 out of 80 or sorry, 96 reports were screened in for Lincoln County um that came from education personnel. So that tells you um 2025 there were 96 report rece report reports received from Lincoln County Education Personnel and about 14 and a half% of those were screened in. Um what that data sort of tells me is that um obviously the information in those reports
031are not necessarily rising to the level of intervention um you know necessarily in correlation with the same screening rate across the state of Wisconsin. Um just a little bit of um background to with regard to governing authority um child protective services is governed under um Wisconsin chapter 48. Um, one of the biggest things that we see, um, with neglect being a big concern obviously in reports is that, um, sometimes our definition of neglect, I I think it's automatically assumed that that that um, warrants child welfare involvement, but unfortunately statutoily we're not allowed to to intervene um, if it's for unless we are able to prove that it's for reasons other than poverty. So, um, again, kind of speaking to that seriousness level and our ability to be able to pro reach that threshold and prove
032to the court that court intervention and mandatory services are necessary. Um, and then again, here's the definition of chapter um, under chapter 48 um, of physical abuse, which I'm not gonna I'm not going to read for you, but again, speaks to that seriousness level. Um, we cannot just interject ourselves in people's lives when they come to us. um we really do have to screen through them and make sure that they rise to a certain level before we are allowed to um require that they become part of a mandated system. So um we certainly do not ever want to stop um or discourage um anybody from making reports to us. That's certainly not the goal of that data. Um I think the goal of the data really was I wanted to kind of be able to
033show you that um when you look at the screening rate of those reports and the number of reports that really should identify to you that you do have a population of kids in the county that really do have a need but they just don't rise to that level of mandatory court intervention for the child welfare unit to become involved. So, you know, that's where um coordination throughout your community in your community partners um with education and medical personnel, behavioral health and all of those, that's where that comes in is that ability to be able to provide those supports around um your family and children um because we are not able to just um intervene whenever. Um so, you'll kind of just see that um the uh can you go back one slide really quickly? Sorry.
034Um so the school social work position um we really do see serves as like that critical conduit. Um we are small communities so in in the county and I know in the school we wear many hats. So you know as it stands right now you guys don't have somebody in in the Tomahawk school district that um specializes in this area that learns this that knows kind of a little bit more in and out. Um and so that that position really within the school works to kind of coordinate treatment. They assess kind of what are the needs of these kids and they're able to kind of look across like medical and community based um resources to kind of um see what is available to help with those gaps that exist in the home. Um facilitate those
035referrals and then integrate some evidence-based practices with regard to trauma informed care, strength-based approaches and things like that um that sort of help enhance protective factors in the home and in the community. Um and so the establishment of those robust partnerships obviously that increases the detectability of behavioral and emotional and and other needs within these children. So a social worker in the school obviously is a little bit more aware of what are all of your community resources that exist to try to connect kids to positive mentorships. And um you know often times we would say that the the relationship that the school has with kids versus CPS we really have kind of a uh when we come to the door people are like go away. Um you know that you're really in that position to
036better leverage your relationship and try to connect people with resources and then improve their their outcomes to get them to maybe engage a little bit more in some of those resources that are available. Um, and just very quick presentation, but this is just my final slide for anybody who ever really just kind of wants to take a look at like some of the governing authority um of, you know, some of the language that we speak. I know we all talk our own language and our own acronyms and things like that, but um there's a few links and um the Wisconsin statutory citations that we offer there. So hopefully that kind of helps give you guys a little bit more of um I am on the opioid task force. So, I've been um participating in the
037meetings um with Adam and um we we thought that this was a good investment um upstream versus downstream trying to trying to ameilate some of those issues in the home prior to court intervention and ultimately potential removals which studies show um are are harmful. So what we asked that we'll do a task force originally and then the county board has to approve that is for a four-year agreement to invest into this because we also know that you can look back at one year in terms if this was successful or not like this is Mel had three or had four now down to three I think in their district three and two >> I think they had three >> now they're down to two um but working with with um Amber their director down there they're
038like it is just a great leaison to help not only for our staff here and in our kids, but like to truly put some investment with back in with the families to help them so these kids don't become a victim of the site and are back in the system and those types of things. So, we looked at when I met with Wendle to ask him for his approval to at least start looking into this to talk about like if we can get a four-year commitment, you know, as we're splitting the cost here, we'll have a pretty good idea to understand that importance the impact on our school because enrollment may be going down across the state of Wisconsin, but the needs of this our referral rate and our our number of students in poverty and
039our number of students with special needs are at risk. Um, youth is is not it's the opposite. was going down and it's going to go up and you're getting higher and higher. >> I have a question. >> We have kids that are in county and Lincoln County. Are they service still through this? >> So this person would be leaison for both. >> So this like when Jesse and I work closely more closely together just because majority of our population through Lake County, >> right? Um we have much much fewer through the county but they get to work with whoever like so they're the liazison for hey this person lives you know I'm over by the I know that that's county uh and that's where they're going to be working with or we got to get
040a hold of depending so they got to bridge that gap for us right now. >> Okay. So the opioid task for this this grant is just a a one-time grant or is this something that they expect to be ongoing? Because I agree with you. I think four years is a is a great look back period, but ultimately you're really not going to know the effect of this >> for 10 years. >> So what about the funding after? >> So the funding went to 2013 2014 is when the funding is supposed to come through the opioid test force yet. It was it was a long time. >> Yeah. I mean there's a lot that goes on's legally speaking in terms of whether some of those drug are going to go big whatever. So what they have
041committed to us though and you're right long term you know to figure out the importance of this and what happens after four years right >> how do we look at if this is a priority for us and that impact is that positive what has to give in order. So I mean because we can't we can't just keep adding. >> Exactly. And if I was somebody in that field and I was comparing this opportunity to, you know, say another opportunity, >> but this is only a four-year commitment. >> Yeah. So, I'm I'm thinking a little bit further out. Maybe I need to be, but I think it's a it's a reality that >> Yeah. What we have to give up to get this the impact that this will have. I agree. It's going to be a
042long time. Four years. It's going to be like this is the start, but right, >> right. I think I think um the I I mean at least from the county level we always say is that the hope is that the investment in in the prevention maybe will save a little bit more in the long run. I mean whether or not the school will be able to somehow pull that into your budget as as your positions change over those four years and down the road. I don't know that the opioid task force will be able to commit money after the four years. Uh there's other projects that they are sort of looking at. Um, but what I can tell you is that I mean when we look at the the increasing amount of complexity in the
043cases that are that that your staff are struggling with here and the amount of time and resources and then ultimately right now if we have to place children out of the home usually their their school is supposed to remain their school >> that's their school of origin. So we are we're starting to to ring up large transportation bills to transport these kids with taxi services back and forth. So there is a significant expense sometimes that might not always be obvious to the eye exactly either. And I would say that the the one thing again is the time, you know, and it's it's just the amount of time that we spend as a team on is that takes away from and not that it's not that it's not important, but that takes away from the amount
044of hours you spend on a kid or two or a family or two compared to the other 500 in the elementary school or, you know, two 300 in the middle school. It it's it's drastic. It is it is drastic. So, yeah. Okay. Go ahead. >> No, I total topic change. So, feel free to >> Well, I was just saying I I think this is just an opportunity for us to look into. I want to clarify because the county board had like we don't find someone like we're not committed on the hook for something. They're not writing us a blank check for $160,000. Like this gives we wanted their blessing to go start moving forward with this. They wanted our blessing to be able to start looking into this. Um we would come up with a
045contractual agreement which obviously we' run by everybody their uh corporate counsel. I got it right. I can never remember what it's called. Their corporate council will look it over, but at least we can start looking at seeing if we have an opportunity to get close to see if we can get candidates. >> So my question is, Adam, you kind of mentioned this right at the start, but this person has to have a master. >> Yeah. >> Is $50,000 a competitive salary for somebody with a masters in social work? >> We don't know. We don't right now, you know, and that's >> we had to put a number in there and we think that's, you know, >> just see what it be. >> Might be. I mean, I'm don't get me wrong, I'm totally in favor
046of it. I think this is this would be great for our school to have a social worker. I'm 100% for it. I just don't want to put us in a position to fail either. >> Jesse, what does the starting social worker make in the county? >> Um, >> as a bachelor's. >> Yeah. I I I'm trying to think right now it's like in the $26 an hour range. So, it is over 50. >> Um, but but I will also tell you that there are tradeoffs as well. So my staff are on call and they're going out on calls in the middle of the night. So sometimes, >> you know, a little bit more of a a structured um work schedule is a little bit of feeling, but I I will say 50 is probably a
047little low because we are actually going through a wage study right now. We know Lincoln County is 10% on that. So ours is a 189 day contract too which we have to take into consideration versus a 260 where you be in other places. >> Yes. >> So the daily Yeah. We figure more on a daily. So you kind of look at it. It's just a little bit. Yes. It had less money but 260 or whatever it is. >> I just I don't want that to come back to hamstring us later. That needs to be a bigger number just >> Yeah. We tried to ballpark it and then look at what the scenario would be with benefits in both ways and just kind of give an idea. Um theund it was 154 if I'm not mistaken,
048right? The grant would be >> so I mean that that's a finite number. So however that works out over four years offset >> it will just require us to have a higher commitment right from the district's funds. But I mean this is something this is a topic that's been you know I'm sure Deb knows and we've been talking about this since I started on the board and I'm sure probably you started about having social workers 100%. >> How long has it been since we had one? >> Well we we went through two site there was a longterm one that had retired at some point and many years went by. We had another one for two or three years. I think >> two years. >> It was with a failed referendum and she had resigned and
049we didn't replace. >> Exactly. So, and then so yeah, it's been since 20 2020 2021. >> Any other questions? >> Comments? >> Thank you. Okay, just do we need a motion to approve the uh grant award? >> I so move 20. >> Okay. Motion to second to approve the grant award award for the opening task force uh totaling 154,000. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. >> Opposed. Motion carried. Thank you. Okay. Next is uh recommen recommendation to commit a beginning balance of 126,000 and change uh to the school forest. >> Yeah. So this is just every year we do this. So this is the school forest fund that we've had. I think it started out a few four years ago at 110. So you're seeing that that additional money is
050just from interest. >> Motion to commit that move. Second. >> Second. >> The motion is second to commend a beginning balance of 126,000 and change to the school force. Any discussion? All those in favor signifi signify by saying I. >> Opposed. Motion carries. Got my tongue caught. Number 12, recommendation to commit 1.8 8 million and change uh for future postemployment benefits. Any questions, comments on that one? Motion to uh commit that >> second. >> Motion to second to commit 1.8 million and change to future postemployment benefits. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by second. >> Question. Is that in the ballpark over I mean is that >> my number compared? >> Well, it's a it's a number that we we look at the number of employees we have and how much we have to
051have on hand to cover sick leave benefit so on and so forth. So, we just have to earmark that number your question. >> Yes. >> Okay. All those in favor signify by saying I >> opposed. Motion carries. >> Public comments. Any public comment this evening? >> Oh, board referrals. >> Yes, I got I have something. Um, I know a little bit of the history on this. You know, that at one time the board had a student representative on the board. I would just like to investigate the possibility or get people's feelings as to putting a student board member back on, you know, for the discussion and you know, it's always nice to hear perspective from a student and having one at a board meeting. I would like to hear it. I don't have an issue
052with it. >> That would be a point, right? >> I don't know. It'd be probably the school, >> Right. They wouldn't have voting. >> No, the key is getting the right person and I figure it'd be a good opportunity with the principal coming into the high school that a connection could be made and you know communication can improve. Yeah, it can't hurt. I think >> so. I think we just if uh you know when school starts to put the word out that someone's interested in sitting on being a part of the board as a student >> get people >> maybe they could do an essay or something. I think what they did before is the principles each kind of did something >> we interviewed when I was on >> right because it's for each school
053elementary middle school high school used to do that >> different they weren't physically on the board they sat in the audience and gave reports from each school. It was student council members. >> Yeah, student council. I remember that student council member >> but this one I think we're looking at actually >> at the table >> sitting at the table is kind of what my image was. >> Yeah. >> Brought up for discussion. >> That's what I'm used to seeing. >> I'm guessing that volunteer hours. >> Absolutely. >> But I think it'd be a good idea if the show an interest and then principal's interview or or whatever. >> It isn't just >> first come first serve, >> right? You know, >> I think we should maybe have our administrative staff put together an idea of
054how to pull that in and what they think will work best for them. >> Yeah, Brad might have some good ideas from his >> Yeah, but is everyone okay with that? >> Thanks, Steve. appreciate you. >> So, we try to make that happen for the September meeting possibly. >> Probably >> October. >> Oh, that's right. >> Somewhere in there. >> Yeah. >> Okay, great. >> Any uh anything else from board referrals? >> I just wanted to say it again. I know Wendle did at our retirement honor honoring the retirees, but thank you to the retirees and to the whole staff for a wonderful end of the school year looking at the AGR report, seeing all the hard work that the administrative staff and teachers have put into that. It's a lot of work and then
055now they're probably if they're not teaching summer school hopefully taking some time away from that. But just wanted to say thank you again. >> I seconded that. >> Thank you. Anyone else? >> Okay. And I'd entertain a motion to go into close session. >> So move. >> Second. >> Motion to second to go into close session. Roll call, please. Quinn. >> Yep. >> Yes. >> Hoffman. Yes. First. Yes. >> Long. >> Yes, >> Zimmerman. >> Yes. >> Okay, we're in close session. Thanks everyone. >> Thank you.