001You want to go public hearing first? >> We have because we have two of them. >> Okay. >> All right, everybody sit down. >> We're going to start over again. Um we'll start then with our uh public hearing for the FY26 budget amendment. >> Yeah. So in in uh later in the meeting, we will um make a recommendation to approve the budget. Uh there's two things that we are always certifying. total total dollars spent uh which will be 30,330,377,949 and then secondly we approve the tax rate on this document that's on the screen and that's it's also linked uh there's there's two tax rates like us sometimes we have three but we have two this year the former um Alona and Leurn tax rate of $109 and then the former Titona $1120 uh 27 the
002Department of Management blends those two together. Uh so 1021 is what I talk about as our tax rate. Although no one will have a tax rate of $1021. You'll either have a 1099 or 1127. But we talk about that blended rate of 1021 that we'll certify later on in the meeting. >> All right. Uh any questions? We do is a public meeting from anyone. All right. hearing none. Then we will close the public meeting and uh at this point move on to the >> Yeah. And then we can go through and start. >> All right. We'll we'll ask everybody to stand and we'll start with the pledge of allegiance. >> 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,
003with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you everyone. All right. Uh, looking at our agenda, we do have a quorum here. I don't see any hearing of delegation. So, we need to look to approve the agenda. >> I'll make motion to approve the agenda. >> I'll second it. >> Did we get who said that? I might have missed that one. >> Okay. >> Thank you. And uh, okay. All in favor of the agenda, say I. I. >> Opposed. Agenda approved. uh communications to the board. >> We get it into a second public meeting. >> Oh, there's not listed here. >> Well, I'll there was a whole separate meeting for the first hearing. >> Then there's the second meeting for fiscal year 26 budget. >> Yep. That number two right there. >> All righty. That's
004fine. Go right to it. Yep. Thank you. >> We'll need ahead. >> So, we'll need to approve a budget amendment for our current fiscal year. Uh the increases in this budget result from uh insurance claims and the fieldhouse construction uh expenses and we weren't for sure when the bulk of the payments for the fieldhouse would be paid out and the budget was set up for payments to go out in FY25 but a lot of the expense was in FY26. So we'll increase our total sports services um by 2.6 six million and we'll also increase our other expenditures of that large 18 million which is includes all the all the fieldhouse. So just a public hearing for that and then we'll have a resolution for that budget amendment later on in the meeting. >> Is that
005the about the actual total cost of the fieldhouse 13.1? Um, no. No, >> the fieldhouse is 13.1, but there's more dollars in that um because of that uh refinance of some of the existing debt. So, we refinanced at 20 million total. >> The fieldhouse expense was 13.1 >> 2.678 >> insurance claims. Our employees health insurance claims. >> Yes. Since we're completely self-funded, it's a true claim actually. instead of a premium. >> Y so >> yeah just increased usage. >> So when individuals are sick and using healthcare dollars we see increased cost. >> We do we do and we have the side fund which you know we never want that to deplete very much. It is depleting more. We had to make some changes in our our health insurance because of that. So yeah exactly what
006you see there is uh just increased insurance claims. >> Wow. >> Good question. Not premium costs. These are our employees because we're selfunded pretty soon. So this is an uncontrolled cost >> for sure >> for us. >> Yeah. Und control. Yeah. >> The premiums would come out of our general fund and these claims are out of our no out of our >> insurance. Yep. >> I just think I just want to make clear so people see that number and they say, "Well, gosh, look at all the expenses of the school going up." >> That's completely out of our hands taking care of our employees we need to use. >> Yeah, completely out of our hands. The other one is the fieldhouse expenses just in which fiscal year that they fell. Um and and when we
007do create these expenditure amounts like we will approve for FY27. They're they're estimates, you know, that that's that's what they are. So that's not a a perfect science. We think we get close, but uh um sometimes we do go over those estimates. >> All right. Okay, >> good questions. Um, any other questions? >> All right, hearing none, I guess we'll close this public hearing. Uh, and then we've already approved the agenda, so we'll move on then to the consent items. You should have received those in your packet earlier. Um any updates you'd like to say Joe before we >> in the the financial report? Um as we usually do, we look at revenues versus expenses which which look very really good in the district as they have been um this sheet right here. So if
008you look at uh the end of March, our expenses in 2526 are 144 uh compared to last year's expenses of of 155. So we we've spent about $1.1 million less year to date um this year compared to last year and our revenues are about 500,000. Again, um as expected, we still our forecast has us operating in a deficit at the end of this year of about $4 to $500,000. So this looks a little bit better, you know, at this month. Um, but our our our month-to-month forecast is really really accurate. Uh, we will deficit spend. You know, this doesn't change that, but things look good right now. >> All right. Any questions on the consent items that you received and looked over? All right. During that, need a motion then to approve the consent items.
009>> Motion to approve the consent items. >> Thanks, Tom. Do we have a second? >> Yes. Thanks, Andrea. So, we have a motion and a second. Any further discussion? >> Hearing none, all in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> Consent items approved. Uh, we'll move on to your report then, Joe. >> My report, I got two two things. One is uh uh just an update on Senate File 2201. That's the school funding bill. So, just a summary. It's it it's passed. It's signed by the governor. It increases the state cost per pupil 2%. So, what that means is the the state cost per pupil increases to $8,148. It also did a few other things. It continues some property tax relief um for this upcoming year. So, that additional levy that we always talking
010about that that last 12 a.5% um that gets capped when we when we get to $153 per pupil, then the people of Alona won't have to pay anymore and the state aid will cover it. So that's a property tax relief that's part of uh the school funding >> $153 >> per pupil. >> So that 153 multiplied by our certified number that total dollar when that additional levy gets to that amount um then it's frozen and and the rest is covered by state aid. So that's a property tax relief. Otherwise if you didn't have that in place we would cover that that whole additional 12 and a half%. It also prohibits uh um the budget guarantee amount um from being funded by property taxes. Again, next year, Alona Schools is on a budget guarantee. So, we're
011on a 101% of our a cost per pupil this year. Typically, that budget guarantee, that 1% is funded by property taxes. That won't happen. Um, now that's going to be funded by the state which saves us about about seven cents something like that per thousand. So again, good property tax relief. Um, it also includes provisions that are contingent upon an appropriation uh to educ to uh give support personnel uh supplement. That's something that's happened the last two years where they provide us with one-time money that we've used for some of our hourly people. So we're we That's a great thing. We get our proportional share of 7 million. So, it's not a lot of money, but any money I think is good for for those people. Something that's new, uh, we're not exactly for sure
012how this works, but we'll see, is there will be two certified enrollment counts. We have a certified enrollment count on October 1st right now. That sets our budget for the next year. We will also have one on January 15th, and they'll take an average. So you could increase you could have more students in January 15th. That'd be great. Uh you could be less also and they'll take an average of those two to create your certified enrollment count that you'll use for your your budgeting process. We looked at our enrollment last year at this time as well. So we the principles provided uh this information for us. those again. Um, we have four more kids in our statewide voluntary preschool to in April than we did in in October. Our prep is the same. Kindergarten, we
013had three more. First is five more. You can kind of go through there. In total, we're 12. We have 12 more students in April than we we had in October. Um, last year we graduated 123 students and then we we had kindergarten come in at 96. So right away we were almost 30 kids down to start and that's how our certified budget worked. And you know our numbers look different this year where we have 107 and we're we're going to bring in we don't know our kindergarten number exactly because it's a combination of four-year-old and prep, but it'll be closer to 100. Um and with a with increase of 12, you know, you would say that we're we're closer to even way closer than we were last year anyway. So that's good. just preliminary numbers
014of looking at what we do know. Um it doesn't look like we'll have a a decline of 25 kids um like we did last year. So that's good for budget purposes as well. >> So where seniors graduating early could hurt us if they did >> um >> for the January 15th count. >> Yeah, they would stay on in a seminar >> still enrollment. One of the >> Okay. >> One of the codes in attendance provides for students who have met all requirements. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> So, no, they they they won't hurt us though. They're in they still graduate in May officially, even if they're down with their requirements in our building. >> Good. All right. Any other questions for Joe and his report? >> All right. Hearing none, we'll move on then. Uh
015administrative reports. We have Jared here tonight to talk with us. also have a couple things tonight. Uh the first one is our district career and academic plan. Um and then at the high school, the IAP, which is the individual one, that's for the students. So our DECAP plan, there's uh it's obviously heavier at the high school as kids are getting ready for the next uh phase of life. Uh but it does include for the district plan, it does include some representation for middle school and elementary uh and some of those connections. Uh there's five components uh for every student and then for our our plan. Uh the first first one's self-standing. Um we do some things we we use advisory time um to to meet on those but we do some things with some self
016assessments some interest inventories um get the kids to to talk about things that they might have a passion for uh after high school. Uh the second one is career information. So they take here are my interest areas and then here are careers and and what interests might connect those. We pair those pair those up with them a little bit and then they start in on some career exploration. So we again activity based in advisories. They're looking at just that exploration. What's the demand for that job right now? What's the training or what's the schooling take for that job? What's the salary for that job? What are the benefits for that job? Um, and just look at some of those uh some of those options in my own advisory. I I know I asked a kid
017the other day. I said, "I I thought you wanted to be an underwater welder." He said, "That's what I want to be as a freshman, but I've studied that a little more. I don't want that job anymore." I said, "Okay, I'm glad we had that uh conversation." Uh, the fourth component is post-secary exploration. And again, that is not college exploration. That is what training does it take to do the job you want to do. So that's that's all over the board from from a two-eek training on this to be OSHA OSHA certified or get your CDL to obviously traditional bachelor's degree, master's degree, doctorates, but exploring uh plenty of those. And then the last step is the career and and post-secary decision. So really what what interests you, what career might line up, what what
018is a decision at the end of that road. Um some things specifically uh that we we tie into it. Um sophomores go to a a career fair that was at Iowa Lakes um just last week. Um about five or six breakout sessions and then probably 8 to 10 varying careers within a room. So one of the rooms might have had cosmetology next to law enforcement next to insurance. And so kids go around and pick up they pick up candy and pens, but they also pick up some some info hopefully um while they're there. Uh we have our college fair that we host here in the in the high school gym. Um their academic planning, I said, is based on some potential career options. And some of them get worried that that changes every time we
019re reinventory or they look at it or somebody else talked about this. And I guess my assurance is that's that's pretty normal that that can that can change. Um Zello is the product that we use. So if you ever hear that term Zello or it comes through in your in your uh your bills on a board meeting, um Zello is the the package where it it houses plenty of the activities. Um but it's also now housing some of the reflection that it houses the you know their interest inventories and it does a lot of the connecting for us. uh you have an interest in this part of the country maybe and you're hands-on and you're looking for limited training after school and then it says check out these 20 careers and they're they're usually in
020career clusters so it's not you know it doesn't prescribe you while you you're doing this job. Um and and kids look at them and they can read a little more and they they like parts of them and they say that's that's not for me. So uh the product is is pretty good unlike anything else. it's it's got its limitations, but it's a good spot for us to house house those things in there. Um, also with it, every student's building their own portfolio. So, they all have um by grade level, they have an about me um folder. And so, each time we do a lesson, um there's a reflection piece at the end of every lesson and they take that that information and reflection and pump it into this portfolio. Um, oftentimes in in advisories, we'll
021everybody will share from their last lesson or we might have a different grade each time go through take us from beginning to end this year um where you've where you've been and so they they put in some pictures to connect to it. Um, and some are obviously hit and miss like anything else. What the kids put in is what they get out of it. Um, but but I've seen plenty of those that that is starting to tell the story. It's not quite as much a random what are you doing next year? And they're like, well, I'm going here for what? I have no idea. Some are still in that boat, and that's fine, but something at least can put some some words to, well, I kind of have an interest in in this area. I
022want to want to do something in this field. So, that's been a I know a pretty good thing over the last few years to to keep it in that in that uh in that Zello program so it it connects it together. Um probably two of the biggest things is you want to talk about the the focal points for next year where we're headed. Um one of the items um there is a parent component um to the Zello um product. So we we got some a little bit of exploration in that right now but want to include that so that as parents we can we can pump out today an advisory. Um we went through this lesson your son or daughter's results are in Zello. So so log in and see what interests match to what
023careers. to increase those conversations at home. Again, there's a lot of connecting pieces within advisory, but like like all teenagers, sometimes that makes it home, sometimes it doesn't make it home. So, um including the parent um link within Zel is one of our priorities for next year. Um and the other one is our increase in workbased learning. I've talked about this a little bit before um but really trying to increase as part of my goals when I meet with with Mr. Carter trying to to increase our simulated work experience classes within um the school and we have five or six of those I think uh slated for next year and then trying to increase our internships. I mean we've changed how we do internships. Used to be locked to one quarter uh of the time
024and and this year we were at two of the quarters. next year. Um, students can sign up for internships at any uh any term and have those um both internships and the and the simulated work experience. I'll be back to you I think in August um to ask you about adding that as a a graduation requirement for uh beginning with the class of 2028 um so that we can put it in front of our our juniors at the beginning of next school year that within the next two years. um you're taking one of one of these classes anywhere in your high school career um or completing an internship and we're working to build that build that uh internship um process. Brian Kik has been helping with that uh the past few years. that was kind
025of when it was a standalone class. But we've also worked with Rachel Hall at Iowa Lakes in partnership with them and working with a couple staff um here to help help uh work that process of internships going forward. The kids who have been in internships, we've had great experiences um both ways because some have come back and said, "I will never do that job." Said, "Good. You didn't go to school for that job. You didn't uh start a career in that job." Great. others have come back and said, "I know what I want to do." So, they're looking looking forward to to looking at colleges that are specific to that program. So, um we don't have near as many kids in it as I want to. Um obviously priorities change if it can become a
026graduation requirement in a way and some of the other things we do it it they certainly want 100% of our kids to have had some sort of real life experience in the workbased learning learning field. So, so I'll be back in August with that request. Questions or comments on our on our direction or the stuff we're doing in IAP or DECAP? >> Thanks for the update there. >> Sounds good. >> Absolutely. >> Our next one are seniors. >> First copy had them all on the front, but I graduated the readers. So, respect the rest who are there also. So they're front and back. Mr. Carter, show the numbers. I think we were 107 in the fall. I think we're 108 um in the in the most recent count. There's 108 um students on our list
027um that we're hopeful will have diplomas in their hands in May. So, um, some in the building, some that are in, uh, our alternative program, some that are finishing up at at, uh, fifthear programs like the safe program or something like that where they'd be receiving their diploma now. So, a couple names on that list. If you've seen them before, maybe across the stage, they might be in a fifth year program where they'd actually graduate from and receive a diploma. So, So pending, they complete all of their items in fourth term and remain in good standing. I look for some support to to sign 100 day diplomas. >> We need a motion then to approve these, right? I believe we do. Yes, please. So >> So moved. >> Thanks, Andrew. Do we have a second?
028>> I'll second. >> Thanks, Todd. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion hearing? None. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. >> Graduating class approved. >> Good luck. >> Very good. >> Yeah. >> Normally at this time I ask who's going to be on the stage, but that sounds like it was a >> I think you might have heard the conversation. >> Free conference conversation. >> Yeah. >> Um those that aren't on the stage, we welcome you and invite you to come and and join our faculty. They come in. Um as you know, before the ceremony starts, we'll reserve a a spot. We meet in the library 15 20 minutes before that and all walk in together. So, if you're not on the stage and still want a a good
029seat in the house, you're welcome to. And if that's not in your your world, that's that's certainly fine. Also, appreciate those that are able to make it on. >> Do we need to let you know or just show up that day? >> Uh, yeah, let us let us know. Maybe maybe by next board meeting, we'll get a a tally number. >> All right, >> sounds great. >> Andrea will be on stage. >> Related but unrelated question. My kids were talking about um just the number of kids that graduated or met the requirements at semester for graduation and that maybe that's changing in the future. Is that like more credits are we going to be required to graduate? >> Oh, over the past I think next year's are our first >> most required over the past
030four years we graduated that in. Um, so if it's if it's changing, it's not a new change in this world. It's a change >> like for instance, the sophomore class currently is going to require more credits to graduate than current senior class. >> So it's past that last year. >> Yep. I think there I think there's one more year of whatever our phasing schedule is. So I think next year's number for seniors is the same moving forward. But yes, not I feel like it's about two credits more next year than it was this year. >> There's been some change in maybe um offerings and orders that um you know it's it's not real easy to graduate early, you know, it has to be something that you're trying to do. >> You fill it for for
031four terms and take a lot. >> Yeah. >> Does um if somebody graduate mid year Does that affect our funding too? >> No. >> They start the year. >> Correct. >> Because they gradu they graduate. >> They graduate in May. They've met all requirements which is one of the attendance things. >> One of the exempt attendance codes is has met all requirements. >> So they're there are students that graduate in May. They're exempt from days where you met everything. You don't have to take anymore. All right. Any other questions for Jared? >> I was say civics test is coming. >> Oh, so if you heard your kids talking, I mean the civics test required, but you're you're they're don't need any more requirements. >> Well, Emmy Emy's a sophomore. Nile's a senior. >> Yeah. >>
032Emmy was just and they were just saying how I mean it was like my class is going to have more required like credit. She will have more credit. >> There was there is a change coming in in where the personal finance credits going to come for. Um, so not a change in the number of of credits to graduate. One of their electives has to come from the social studies field. I think they have about 19 electives to get. So that would be accurate. As you said sophomore, I'm like that would be accurate in the in the in the sophomore world is likely, but it's not a change of number of requirements. I think we we looked when we were making that and a very low percentage of kids that graduate from here and don't have
033an elective in social studies. So that was able to to shift and slide meet our meet our teaching teaching capacity. >> All right. Any other questions? Thank you very much, Mr. >> All right. We'll continue moving on. I don't see anything under old business. So, we'll go on to the new business. Uh, >> right. Yep. Yeah. First reading of board policy. >> First reading of board policies. A number board policies. A number of things from the 400 series. Um, just a first read tonight, but there are some um some word wording changes. No changes in policy. The first is in board policy 4014 employee complaints. just some IASB um changes that are recommended that we would adopt. Also in board policy 40112 employee use of cell phones updated language to align with our current practices.
034um board policy 4031 involving employee physical examinations um change the reimbursement rate um for all employees except uh bus drivers bus drivers are reimbured at the full cost. also some updated language for uh the process calling EMC on call nurse and in board policy 4035 um substancefree workplace there's some updated language as well. So first reading for those uh second reading next month >> on the communicable diseases the resin what are >> yes um yeah so that 403 I put some stuff in in the the budget or in the memo about that um it's not a mandatory policy and actually um actual practice has hadn't involved us in that policy in some time as far as um having the hepatitis B vaccine as part of your initial employment which which isn't a typical practice anymore.
035So we're just aligning our policies with with typical practice and recommended practice by resending that that board policy. >> Other any other comments >> that was required and that was not required. It is not required now, right? >> That's strange. Why was it ever required? >> I don't know if it was required or if it was just common maybe for board policy to include it. It has not been typical practice in schools in a really long time and that policy just wasn't updated to reflect that. So just updating policy to reflect >> just I mean healthare makes sense but >> market doesn't >> right >> make a lot of sense but >> all right uh please look those over. We'll we'll go look to approve those next month. Uh move on to approve the FY27
036budget. >> Yep. So FY27 budget, we had the public hearing um at the beginning to reflect some of that. The budget has been presented on two dates at our March 23rd as well as April 23rd. Also at the March board meeting, uh we went through all of the factors that influence the certified budgeting process and influence our budget. Uh the tax rate for FY27 is proposed at $1021 per thousand. Again, that's that's that blended rate that takes place between the former Titona and the former Alona and Lever district. No one will actually have a 1021 rate. Uh the people of uh the former Alona and Lever will have will have a 109 rate and the people of the former Titak will have a 1122 rate. Also a reminder, their rate is different um as they
037had a general obligation bond when the two districts reorganized in 2015 and part of that agreement was those those people would continue to pay that debt which expires in 2027. So we are nearing the end of of that debt. There's two things that we'll certify and approve tonight. The first u thing that we'll do is we're informing the public of the maximum uh that we can spend from July 1st coming up uh to June 30th of next year and that is in the areas of instruction total support services uh non-instructional programs total other and then total so a total expenditure of 30,377,949. Now, if at any time next year we think we're going to go over in any of those areas, that's when we come back and we might have to amend like we'll do
038tonight for the FY26 budget. So, that's that's that process and how that works. The second thing that we certified tonight is informing the public of the property tax rate, which is that um again 1021 is the blended rate. The rates that people will have are 109. if you are live in the former Alona or the former uh Leverne school district and then you add a $118 to that for Titanka only for that $10 or $1122. So the total expenditures and those tax rates are what we are approving tonight. We we talked about through that process there are some increases in our tax rate from our uh our uniform levy is going up 8 cents. our uniform levy was reduced as part of reorganization. That's one of the incentives that the the state of Iowa provides.
039When that uniform levy goes back up, that increases uh are it's a property tax increase, but not the dollars that we get as our state aid then decreases. Uh the other increases in cash reserve for special education um debt as the you know the funding for the for special education continues to fall behind the cost to provide support for those students. I >> know we went over this a few times over the last couple months. So any other questions or comments? >> Every time we go over it I'm kind of just like, "Oh yeah, that's what we're doing." But every time we've gone over it, >> you learn something. >> It make Well, no, just I mean, it's just >> I mean, it's obvious what the what needs to be done. So, I mean, it's
040just >> somebody comes and asks me, "What are you doing?" I'll be like, "Well, I'll get back to you." You know, it's special ed deficit and >> and that uniform levy, you know, the increase is from in the 990s to 109. um that puts us um in in the bottom 10% of the state. Prior to reorganization, our rate was uh 1060, you know, so we're still >> 50 cents less than we were at that time. So, I think the district has worked hard to keep that rate low, which is really important to us and and has been able to do that effectively. >> Yes. >> Keep it as low as we can. >> Can you Oh, go ahead. Can you explain why the special ed deficit is so Yep. >> Awful. >> Yeah. The there's
041three waitings for a special education student. There's a 1.74, which would mean you'd get um that $8,100 plus 74. There's a 2.21 and a 3.74. And that waiting is based upon the support they need. You know, what they need uh when they're here to be successful. those waitings aren't enough to actually pay for, you know, th those types of expenses. >> And the state's in charge of those. >> They they set those waitings. Yeah. >> And the last time those were raised were >> Oh, boy. You know, I'm going to throw out 25 years, but it could be longer than that. I just know it hasn't been in those 25 years. >> Um, and and now we've we've created a scenario of how do we even how do we fix this because it costs so
042much. cash reserve. We haven't had to ask for as much cash over the last three years because of reorganization and when we had more dollars and when we didn't need it, we didn't ask for it. Now, reorganization will come to an end. We need those dollars. Do >> you have a question, Andrew? >> Well, I just got to point out too, and that's confusing because I know our rates are are changing because of the lever situation, but if I'm not mistaken, Joe, we're approving um $2 million less in expenditures this year than we did we certified for last year. So, I mean, we're trying to keep the we are >> the spending under control. >> You know, our teacher expense next year will be over 800,000 less than it is this year. Um there will
043be um some adjustments in expenses next year not near at that level uh but that that certainly will take place. Um our general supplies across the district um we reduced 10%ish maybe a little less than that this year. Um that's why you see some of that expenses changing. So there there's there's things we're doing to adjust our budget as well. Um and as a and we'll continue to um I think we've been very responsible in doing that. >> All right. All good. Uh questions and comments at this point in we need a motion to approve the I27 budget. >> So move. >> Thanks Todd. We have a second. Thanks Brent. We have a motion and a second. Any further discussion hearing? None. All in favor say I. I >> opposed. Budget approved. Uh we'll look
044to approve the 26th budget event. >> Yes. You know, so we just talked about we just approved the maximums that we can spend for next year. If you are going to spend more in any of those five areas, then you have to approve a budget amendment during that next year. And that's what we need to do here. Uh we need to um let's see this doc right here. Um where we have an increase in insurance claims. Uh so we need to uh increase the total support services also the total other expenditures and that's just the expense of the fieldhouse um where where that was spent. So we need to increase our maximums in those two areas. >> Motion to approve the amendment to the F2.6 budget. Thanks, Andrew. Do we have a second? >> Second
045the motion. >> Next time we have a motion and a second. That did require a resolution, right? >> No, I think that's the next one. >> That's the next one. Okay. All right. Uh we have a motion and a second. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Uh a budget amendment approved going to the approved budget guarantee for next year. >> Yeah. the district. We're currently in a budget guarantee and and that's what the best practices in the spring um of the prior year, you approve a resolution that will allow you to be on the budget guarantee in case you would have declined enrollment like we did and you need that 101%. Otherwise, you wouldn't have that and you'd be less left with less money the following year than what you had previously
046and that could be that could really hurt yourselves in your in your budget. Um we're currently on the budget guarantee and it is the procedure annually to approve and the district qualifies um then you'll have it. If you don't qualify then you don't. So this is a resolution by the board of directors of Alona and the reason that you have to do this is because a budget guarantee comes from property taxes. Now our budget guarantee for next year isn't going to because the in the school funding bill they decided to do something else. Maybe they will again. That's becoming maybe a trend, but that's why it has to be a resolution um to approve the budget guarantee. >> So, we need to read this like it's listed here. >> Yeah. Um those two resolved areas
047that are >> I don't know why there's double the second one with the 26 27. >> So, we need a motion a resolution then or somebody to read that. So, approve the budget guarantee. Who wants to read? >> No, just the bottom. Just the bottom. Just get that. >> Okay. So, resolve. Make a motion. Resolve that board of directors of Alona Community School District will levy property taxes for fiscal year 2027 for the regular program budget adjustment as allowed under section 257.14 code of Iowa. Perfect. Um, just so fiscal years, you said 27, but it does say 26. >> 26. 27. >> Yeah. Okay. >> All right. We have a We have a second. Second. Thanks, Jay. We have a motion to second. Any further discussion? >> All right. Does this need a roll call?
048>> Go ahead. Second. >> Tom, >> yes. >> Jay Lima, >> yes. >> Rodney Davis, >> yes. >> Taji, >> yes. >> Laney Mitchell, >> yes. >> Dr. Owen, >> yes. >> Andrea Lush, yes. All right, been approved. >> Our budget guarantees, sorry. Um, look to go into the Alona Association of Educators penalty agreement. Initial proposals were exchanged and agreed upon um between district and the Alona Teacher Association. The settlement is that $1,000 will be added to the section 3.1 base wages which are listed on on the table. Um, so the hiring would be 51,000 and then it changes with educational levels. 1,000 will also be added to the extra duty base wage containment attachment one, the extra duty pay schedule. So that will change from 40,765 to 41,000. That's a generator amount. So our
049our supplemental contracts for teachers and sponsors are percentages of that amount. So that increases so that those contracts increase. Also, the third is a $1,300 increase for all teachers. And the fourth is a $300 stipen for any teacher who returns their contract in one week. That's a 2% salary increase. Our total package with insurance is 3.1%. >> Do all this for example MA plus 20? >> Yep. That's just the higher amount. That doesn't mean that every MA plus 20 >> that would be the lowest. That would be the minimum someone with an MA20 would make. >> That doesn't mean that everybody's making the same >> like if somebody's been in the district longer. >> Yeah. >> And somebody just getting hired, the person that's been here 30 years because >> we try to we try
050to find like employees like experience. That's how we try to do at the district when we hire an outside person. If we're hiring first year person, they get hired at these these minimums. >> Uh if we're hiring someone who's coming with eight years experience, we would we would try to match them up with someone in our district with eight years experience. That that's an unexact science, but that's the practice that we we try to use. All right. Any other questions? Hearing now we need a motion then to approve the I want a teacher educator. >> So move. >> Thanks D. We have a second. >> Second. >> Thank you. Motion and second discussion. >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Oppos. >> Agreement approved. Look to approve the next agreement, the
051educational services association agreement. Uh this is a proposal with the as Robbie said the Alona Educational Service Association for our teacher associates which includes a 32 cent per hour increase for all teacher associates. That's a 2% increase also aligned with the teachers. Um the agreement also includes a 25 cent increase for transportation supervision which has not been increased in a number of years. Uh this is a 2% salary increase a 4.1% total package with the insurance increase. >> Transportation is like an aid that rights here. >> Yeah. Their rate is is different. Um it would be going from 16 to 1625. Am I right with that rate? >> What is our starting wage for assumptions? >> 1450. We've raised that a lot. You know, I think he still needs to needs to in this year
052where um we're not able to give as much. Um the association certainly agreed with you keeping it at the same place. That keeps a little separation. >> Yeah. Yeah. We've done a lot to it in recent years and and they in insurance which is close to $10 an hour. >> I like an adult only bus. It's not perfect but it does help. >> It does help for sure. We're very thankful for those who do that. >> All right. We need a motion then to approve the educational services association agreement. >> So move. >> Thanks. Second up. >> Okay. We got second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. I. >> Opposed. Agreement approved. Um looking at all other wages for staff covered. >> Yeah. all other try to list some of those
053out so you do know who we're talking about but I would recommend a 2% salary increase for all other employees which includes Lisa Chapman, Jed Freeberg, Tyler Lighting, Nick Lane, Jeff Gish, Jill Nelson, all custodians, all food service employees which we have two left that work for us. The rest work for Topper. um all bus drivers and all secretaries um and employees on the Mitchell system which is Denell Van Dorham, Stephanie Keer, Megan Tuttle, Aaron Keer, Vicki Steinhook, Maria Bradley, Laura Stevenson, Le Shucher, Karen Seni, and Liz Bradley. 2% does align with the teacher salary increase building principles and administration Jared Cecil, James Rotor, Rudy Week, Jill Shuter, Brad Sudel, and Janie I would recommend a 1.75% increase. >> Any discussions or questions? >> Hearing that we need a motion for approval. >> Make a
054motion to approve the uh 2% increase. Motion to approve as recommended. >> All right. We have a second. >> I'll second. Thanks. We have a motion and second. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> Oppose. Master contracts for all wages staff not covered. Approved. >> Uh looks like approve a bus bid. Um Nick Lane, our transportation director, has requested bids uh for a new school bus, 84 passenger. Nick also goes to to describe in here, you know, because I I had a look at, you know, other options, smaller buses. Um, purchasing an 84 passenger um rather than a 74 is like a $2,000 difference in this case. So, um, it does create less flexibility if we have the smaller bus. So, for that amount, um, the 84 makes the most sense.
055He did request this bid for the 84 passenger to have 78 seats. So it there's more space and seats, which is really good for, you know, our older kids. Um the Bluebird sales 202,000 truck center sales 195 that that doesn't meet our specifications and Hogland is not producing um this bus for like like this at this time. So no bid was sent. Uh, so Nick does recommend purchasing the 84 passenger body seated for 78 for bluebird sales for 22,000 for the 2026 school year. Uh, this bus is purchased with Pebble funds that would be purchased in the next year's um, Pebble funds and it's it's budgeted to be that way. Are there any other uh options out there or is kind of got the >> Well, we talked about that. There are um truck center
056sales is those are Thomas buses. The problem would be, you know, we got a fleet of 20 buses that are LERT. Um and we just probably are more comfortable with those and feel that is the best one for us at this time. So, I asked Nick to probably look into this a lot more to look at types of buses, size of buses. You know, we're spending a lot of money and we've already decided we, you know, $200,000 a year isn't something we're going to always be able to do. You know, if it's two out of three or two out of four or whatever, is going to be more likely what we're going to do. But, uh um it through his research, >> it would be nice to have I think two bids that meet the
057specifications just at least to be able to >> Yeah. Yeah. We are a lot of kids a lot of miles. >> We are. >> I hope that someone from Bluebird comes to the job fair because I think everybody should just go work for them. >> Seems like a pretty decent gig. >> They're expensive. They're really expensive and they've went up so much in the seven years I've been here. Um it's just crazy. >> All right. Uh we do have a recommendation in front of us for a bus bid. We have I need a motion for approval. I'll make the motion to approve. Second, we have a second. >> Okay, we have a motion and second. Any further discussion? >> Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> Opposed? Must be approved. Look to approve the
05825 uh FY25 audit. >> Yep. So, you got some of that information uh in front of you. Um audit looks really, really good. A couple findings. one um certified enrollment. It was overstated. So that that what that means is we had 2.9 students that we've counted um that didn't go to school year. That that happens as there's movement hits before the count date stuff. So that's just uh reversed out. Secondly, deposits and investments. Um the district adopted the depository resolution and it was updated which means we can have x amount of dollars at at at a certain bank but we went over it and this involves the the fieldhouse also and we we then updated our resolution but it was after we had went over how much money we had in the bank. Other than
059that there are no um no other findings. Looks good. Lisa and her crew is doing a great job. Thankful for that. >> Nice job. >> Very good. >> And we appreciate all the numbers each month too. All the work to that. So, uh, need a motion then to approve the FY25 audits. >> So, move. >> Second. >> Thank you. We have a motion to second. Any further discussion? Hearing that. All in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. Audit approved. >> Um, approve the Relay Hub LLC agreement. Timberline is the comp company that we've used to uh process Medicaid reimbursement in the past. Timberline has been bought by Relay Hub. So this is just our agreement with the new company. The cost is 6% of the receipts. That's that's what it always is. Um so we
060recommend the approval of relay hub for processing Medicaid >> Medicaid for >> uh students special special education students on Medicaid. There's some reimbursement for that. Some dollars that we get um specialized transportation specialized health behavior plans to get reimbursement for those students. What? Just out of curiosity, if we didn't do this Medicaid, what would our our special ed? >> Well, we're bringing in about 70,000 from >> Oh, okay. >> We can probably We're trying to work >> making sure that all of >> $4,200. >> It's not not a lot in comparison to >> Yeah. Is the 70 after the 6% or before? >> I think that's my and that's just >> any other questions. >> All right, we need a motion then to approve the relay hub LLC. >> Motion to approve relay LLC. >>
061Thank you. We have a second. >> Second the motion. >> Thanks. Any further discussion? Hearing none. All in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. We look like that approved. Um, open enrollment. >> We have three open enrollments that have all met um the application and been filed timely. >> Make a motion to approve the open. >> Thank you. Do we have a second? >> Second. >> Thank you. Uh, any discussion? >> Question. Yep. Did you express concern about the no deadline for did they close that loophole? >> Yeah, I I think it's going to be the same for all students. >> Okay. >> Which is a good good change. That's the change I think we all wanted uh was just that uh the the deadline was the same whether you were open enroll to
062online or to a a physical district. So I think that change will happen. >> Okay. Good. >> And then if they don't meet the deadline, we can >> you can not approve it. >> That's all right. Any further discussion? Hearing none. Then all in favor say I. >> I. >> Opposed. Open enrollments approved. >> What's my next one to look at? Approve presentations. >> We have Molly Henderson, middle school quiz bowl. Amy Schlinger from high school teacher associate. Seth Schlinger, bus driver and assistant football coach. Trevor Arnold, freshman boys basketball. Abby Daggering, third grade teacher. Carla Kenny, Bertha got free teacher associate is retiring after 28 years in the district. So good for her. >> Yeah, good for her. Um and Brian Morgan, co-head resting coach. >> So move pending a replacement or >> No,
063he was sharing a contract that >> Okay. Just won't be shared. >> Oh, I just like the fresh >> Oh, yeah. Yes. Yeah. Um, yeah. Let's see. Trevor's will be pending suitable. So will Molly's. Yes, those two will both be pending suitable here. >> Thank you. >> Good. Good update there. Um, all right. We do have a motion to second. Um, all in favor say I. >> I. Opposed. >> Resignations approved. Uh, look at contracts. >> We have three. Seth Mets, volunteer girls golf coach, Philly Offerman for middle school softball at Maddie Schultz, the third grade teacher who comes to us from West Sid. She lives in town. Her daughter will go to school for next year. So, we're excited to have Sh. All right. Motion for approval. >> So, moved a second. >> Second.
064>> Thank you. Most of the second. All in favor say I. >> I opposed. Motion of contracts approved. >> I think we're magical hour to say at this point we need a motion for a couple. >> Thank you. >> Second. >> All right. We are >> Thank you everyone. Hopefully you get home before you get wet.