001It offers a non-cont sport option for a wide ranges for wider ranges of students. And then my main point that I really want to get across to all of you is that it allows students who did not start sports at a young age to be able to feel included in a sport. I when I was younger, I really didn't do many sports that I could really stick with. A lot of people have been doing things like volleyball for their whole life since they were just a little kid. people that haven't been to the internet, we can just jump right in because not any of us have been either so we can all start together and encourage both cross country all four starting in the 2026 through the 27th school year. Thank you for your time
002and consideration. If anybody has any questions, we'd be happy to answer them. >> Do you have an idea of how many like it's you two here, but is there another >> Cool. >> Wow. Good job presenting by the way. >> Yeah, nice job. >> I commend the gals for a start because Winona stayed there. Well, actually Bob Lion, one of the wrestlers too. I could never only go for one sport wrestling. So my dad finally left me my freshman year when I started at Bob Lang wrestler too and it always got us in shape for wrestling. Well then I went to college I letter state and then you know how they do for basketball coaches and assistants when they bring them in great basketball coaches they stick them with the head they stick them with
003the head cross country coach. So guess who had to run the practices when Winky brought Bill Reynolds in. And boy, I tell you, we had a we had a great bunch of kids. They're just like those soccer kids. They love the sport. You guys love to run and boy, I'd be awesome. But obviously, I'm only one vote, too. So, >> and I don't know. Should I say it's the money there for the 2800? >> Um I mean 28,000. Um >> 28,000. I'm sorry. I mean, it's always a matter of perspective, but yeah, I mean, we could do a bunch of different things, but I think it would probably be a good idea to bring this to the activities committee to discuss it more. Um, do you Well, I don't know. This is maybe a bad
004thing to ask, but I'm I would worry that it maybe would take away from other sports. Was that a consideration or discussion you guys have had? How many people on that list do you think do a fall sport already? >> Okay. Not that that's a huge deterrent, right? Like if >> if kids prefer one sport over another, I guess, but >> I was I was wondering the same thing. >> Is there a varsity and JV and how many? >> I think it just depend. But I think people to be able to do different varsity. Then it would be middle schoolers on junior varsity and high schoolers on varsity. That's the track set up too. >> It's like volleyball, you could only have six court, but I know for my daughters who 11th grader now, when
005they were younger, they had 16, 18. And it was a hard thing to juggle for a coach to get all those players in. they maybe had an option. Maybe they would have ran cross country knowing that they could participate play as opposed to maybe getting down the bench or getting less play. >> The former cross country runners typically teams are seven uh for varsity and jan will coach too volunteering. I don't know. I guess I I shouldn't say too much, but I'm just thinking of healthy kids. And if there's an opportunity to get a bunch of kids running numerous miles a day, too, >> there's other things to consider. That's why I say I don't want to say too much. Like I don't but I think everybody's would love to see a bunch more kids
006running around. So, for sure. All right. Well, thank you very much. We'll have the activities committee, which is Chad Lee and the activities committee will hash it out. We'll figure something out as quick as we can. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Okay, next thing on the agenda here is the uh school audit report. All right, I have uh Luke from uh Clifton Larson Allen who's online. Wait till I can get him up on the big screen so he can present. >> And I'm going to apologize ahead of time, Luke. I don't know if you can hear it, but we have a very squeaky uh fan blowing in the background. So, I apologize for that. >> Yeah, >> I need transportation, I guess, and fees to >> Well, it comes. So, I also want sound
007to go through there if I can. >> Right. >> Jerseys are cheaper than heck. Kids buy shoes. >> That's where there's got to be like some hidden fees that I haven't thought of before, you know, like registration. >> Yeah. >> Maybe they're thinking like track hurdles and >> vaults. Okay. >> Yes. statelessly. >> Yes. I don't I shouldn't say all he ran for Ohio State. >> Only thing right now is I'm hearing myself. >> How do I do that? >> Try try now. chat me if you guys can't hear me or see me screen. Um, but otherwise I'll just kind of start and then chat me if you want to stop. We'll just go through obviously straight away. Uh, and then if there's any any questions, yeah, just just yeah, shout out right away. Otherwise,
008we can at the end. All right. So I'll introduce myself. My name is Luke Braden. I am a principal here in CLA. I've been here for about 11 years now working in school district industry with Minnesota exclusively southern Minnesota school district for for that entire 11 year career that I had here. So I'm out of Rochester Minnesota office and happy happy to be here to present to you guys virtually tonight. appreciate flexibility and kind of sneaking me in before your other presentations tonight and other meetings tonight to get to as well. So again, I appreciate to be able to present this way and so with that said, I'll just dive in here. Again, you guys should you should be seeing an audit summary page now with audit opinion at the top. you can't see that
009out, but otherwise I'll just assume you guys see what I'm seeing. So, all right. So, uh we have not officially issued the final financial statements. We're just kind of working through our final review process. Not uncommon uh for this time of year, but we're we're pretty close. So, we should we expect to kind of get that final sign off here just in the coming days. Uh so, we're in a really good spot uh and expect to be, you know, right there. So with that said, when we do get to that point in a few days here, we will be issuing uh what's called a clean audit audit report. So that just means the financial statements are fairly stable material respects. Uh as we go through our audit, we have to look at a number of
010different areas uh you know as far as you know financial reporting and then also compliance. So the one finding that we have is just the deficiency in internal control over financial reporting funding. Kind of a mouthful I know. Um, but that finding is essentially kind of a boilerplate finding. All it's really saying is that the district is depending on us at CLA to put together the full financial statement, specifically all of the notes for the financial statements. There's a lot of words in there, a lot of uh, you know, standard requirements that have to be updated every year and things like that. And so basically, you're kind of, you know, pushing that responsibility to kind of prepare that to us and that's what that finding entails. It's something that we give to a lot of
011the audits that we do and a lot of the school district audits that we do. So certainly not something to be concerned about, something that's been there in the past. So really no worries at all there. Uh as we go throughout it, we also have to look at a number of compliance areas, governmental yellow boat compliance as well as uh Minnesota legal compliances gives us kind of a laundry list of checklist items that we have to go through and make sure that you're in compliance with different areas. And so, uh, with all of that said, no issues or concerns in any of those areas. All right. So, the only, uh, we had a current year change, uh, in how we present the compensated absences liability on the governmentwide financial statements. Uh, it was just a
012standard change that we had to account for and adjust uh, with the with the help of Barb. Um, didn't doesn't really affect anything in the end. does affect the fund level statements at all and to change and increase the liability on the governmentwide statements a little bit but again just on that governmentwide side not affecting fund level it's really changing how how we kind of estimate that a little bit but again not really anything to be concerned about is something that we had to adapt for and add some new wording and notes and things like that uh within our financial statements all right so with that said I'm going to dive into some numbers here uh the fun stuff. So our general fund unrestricted um presentation larger sorry just saw that we can get it
013any larger. Craig >> I got it squared away on my end. Luke, we're good. >> Oh, okay. Okay, perfect. I was gonna say I was like it was on my full screen. I was like how can we make this be a little bit bigger? But okay. I appreciate that though. I you guys can see it good now with the numbers. Uh so all right so general fund unrestricted or unassigned fund balance sitting right around that 1.2 million has been relatively steady over the last few years. Uh overall in the general fund you have budgeted uh to have about a 325,000 decrease but ended up making about 460,000. So a nice year overall had some increases in some assigned fund balances which we'll talk about in a second as well as some restricted balances which we'll
014talk about in a second. uh the unassigned bond balance kind of staying you know essentially steady just a slight decrease of about 12,000 there which is sitting right at about 11% of your total expenses. So just comparing your unassigned fund balance your total expenses for the year sitting right around 11% and your policy calls for somewhere between um 8 and 16%. So you're kind of right right in the middle there at that 11%. All right so your general fund assigned fund balances. So this is money that you know management has kind of you know looked ahead and said hey we're going to spend x amount of dollars on curriculum or x amount of dollars on a new heap and things like that. And so basically kind of earmarking those fund balances. You have this money
015and have this fund balance but instead of leaving it unassigned knowing that these expenses are coming up uh you're again eararking in this assigned balance. And so that's what the signed fund balance represents. uh relatively stable really over the last four years. There's been some up and downs and things like that, but um what's in here this year, I added 200,000 in for curriculum. So that's at about 400,000 or so. Uh but overall beyond that, you have about 800,000 in here for capital projects upcoming. Uh some smaller amounts in student support, severance, and iPads. 450,000 in there for technology purchases uh and things like that. 175,000 for track resurfacing and then two million for a larger heat pump replacement project that is expected to be forthcoming in the coming year. So that's what those assigned
016fund balances are representing sitting in that 4 just under 4.2 million. All right. So this is general fund restricted fund balances. Uh so this money is dollars coming in from the state that is earmarked has to be used for for specific purposes. that cannot be put elsewhere, cannot be used for anything else, has to be used for, you know, those specific silos, programs as the state kind of lays that out. So, little bit of an increase here, about 200,000 from last year. Um, kind of just depends on, you know, you got the revenue coming in, what expenses are there to kind of use those those funds. Uh, but sitting in here this year, you do have some student activity funds and scholarships. Those are represented here. Those obviously don't come from the state, but they
017are in that restricted category. But beyond those, you have uh kind of a variety of uh restricted fund balances for student support, literacy aid, basic skills, staff development, the new read act, uh and then u comp as well. So there's kind of a wide variety of of restricted fund balances uh that can be used for future years. All right. So this is your operating capital fund balance. This is same concept. Money coming in from the state has to be used and and is restricted for this specific purpose. Uh this one you've got it basically been spending down every year. The money comes in, you spend it all out uh and and therefore it's been sitting at that zero which is just fine. Um you guys uh can you know if there's any kind of overages
018which there was some this year more expenses than there is revenue uh then you can support that with those assigned fund balances and or unassigned fund balance as needed. long-term facilities maintenance fund. Now, so the last one, the general fund, uh again, money coming in from the state restricted for purposes, specific purposes here. Uh so this year, uh you know, kind of I guess finally got back into green, right, at 170,000. really back way back in uh 2020 there was a really large boiler bucket 650,000 or so that that really hit LTFM. So you can see that huge negative almost 400,000 in the negative in 2021 and that happens with this one sometimes uh it is allowed to go negative. It does have and flow based on the 10-year plan that you have in place
019and and just based on timing and when large projects come up. I mean obviously you know something like a boiler project isn't always necessarily planned but it's hopefully it is but either way uh that that's what happens with this fund sometimes and so if you have a larger project sometimes end up spending maybe more uh than what what is here and then you know but but revenues continue to come in each year and so you can kind of build that back up and that's what you guys have done here over the last five years. So again, really no huge projects coming out of these funds over the last four years. Just been kind of building that up, having some expenses or about 100,000 or so of expenses on just some smaller items in the current
020year. Uh and then you know about 270,000 or so revenue came in to kind of again jump that up to about 170 that we're at at the end of the year. All right, so get into a few of the other funds. Uh so this food service fund balance uh sitting just over 300,000 at 38,000 down a little bit from last year. Uh it's been you know very healthy fund balance here really over the last four or five years. You had budgeted to essentially break even. Ended up uh losing that 16,000 or so. Uh revenue down about 30,000 from last year. expenses are up a bit from last year, but there was about 58,000 of capital outlay or capital purchases within that expense number that kind of cause those expenses to go up and kind of,
021you know, lose that quote unquote lose that 16,000 in the budget. So, uh, there was a fridge purchase and then a really a larger walk-in freezer that were kind of accounting there. So, if you kind of take those out of the equation, you would have been a little bit more maybe where you would expected, but again, this is a really healthy fund balance for this fund. uh it's really can support this fund and you have that ability to get a few of those capital items and so overall just a really healthy fund balance number here in the food service fund and I guess one other note I should say too you'll notice in one obviously it's 140 and then it really jumped up right so um we we kind of see that across the board
022has been with all the districts we work with has been trending upwards and and you know just a lot higher than it was you know five six years ago since COVID obviously, you know, there's been a lot of funding changes within this fund with federal dollars coming through for meals and then state dollars coming through and just a lot of shifts there. Uh and so with that has caused just overall, you know, some increased ability to really support this fund uh and bring in that, you know, that government supported revenue to kind of again support the fund and and move it into the future. All right. Right. So, community service fund balance uh sitting at just under or just above negative -200,000 at year end. You had budgeted to spend down about 80,000 this year.
023Actually spent down 40. So, it was a little bit better than expected as far as that 40,000 decrease. Revenues did go up about 120,000 from last year. Well, expenses went up 40,000. So you did have that you know at the you know your net for the for the fund obviously you can see went down 40,000 the net increases to both revenue and expense that net accounted for 80,000 so that's that's good to see that you kind of increase that revenue but the expenses didn't corresponding increases as well. Uh so you do have positive fund balances in the ECF program and the school readiness. Um you guys, as I'm sure all board members know, started that the new daycare and so that's kind of driving what this graph looks like here over the last few years.
024Uh it's a very large project and a lot going on there and and kind of working on that, right? So um you know, more to kind of work through of course, but you know, that's just essentially where we're at sitting uh at the end of 2025. All right, debt service fund balance. Uh this one's uh you know just not not a lot going on in here. Kind of the main um processes of this fund is essentially to bring in the levy dollars and then make your scheduled debt payment. So you have have the levies set out for future years based on your bonds and other and and levies. And so that that money comes in your debt payments go out. So the balance itself will eb and flow a little bit just depending on the
025timing of the payments how much the payments are coming up the levy as well. So, um, that that can flow, but again, just it's doing what it's what it's scheduled or made to do as far as making those debt payments every year. All right. And then this is the capital projects fund balance. Um, basically I've had no activity with this fund with these funds in the last two years. Just a little bit of interest that have been earned. These are kind of some leftover funds from back a few years ago um from the one day bonds. essentially just a little bit of extra funding that haven't hasn't been used up yet. And so, um, something that, you know, as a as a few capital projects come up in fiscal year 26 or or maybe fiscal
026year 27, these funds can kind of be drawn on first and get used up first before you have to start diving into your LTFM or your unassigned fund balance or some of those assigned fund balances in the general fund. So just a again just a little bit left over there from those bonds back in the day to be used and and one of those types of purchases. All right, so back into the general fund now for really the rest of the presentation to look at kind of revenue and expenses. So this one here, general fund of revenue, uh just under 11.5 million in the current year in the general fund. This is just essentially showing where the money is going, right? As you can see, just under 80% coming directly from the state. You got
027that 12%, excuse me, coming from the property taxes and then have some other and then the federal sources at 1.4%. Property taxes went up a little bit about 100,000 or so and then state did go up 300,000 or so as well. Uh interest has been higher, you know, over the last 2 three years than it was maybe in previous. So that other partially is due to that. But um the state number of course kind of the biggest ticket item there 80% by far the biggest portion of that pie with our revenue coming in and um again a pretty big increase this year. Part of that is some one-time grants. There's a solo project. So some of that revenue is kind of one time but still um pretty big a jump in state revenue in 2025.
028All right. So this is your general fund expenditures by object code. So again 11 million of general fund expenditures almost almost exactly looking at where that money is being spent. So obviously as you can imagine large majority of this amount is just going directly to salaries and benefits general fund. So 72.25% going directly there. Um overall expenses only up about 215,000 from last year. So pretty solid there. uh expenses, you know, do continue to rise with salaries, other things like that. And so overall, a pretty steady uh expense, you know, kind of expense line items really across the board in current year. So this is your that same 11 million of expenditures, but split up by program code. So a little bit different way to look at it. Uh this is looking in a little
029more detail what programs it's being spent on. And so regular is regular instruction of the students. That's right around that 40% special education of of students, that's about 20%. So those are, you know, obviously by far the two biggest pieces. If we add up our regular instruction, vocational, special education, instructional, and then pupil support, you get about 78.25%. So that's to me saying, okay, you're spending 78% of your total general fund expenditures directly on the instruction of the students. Basically, it's not overhead, not buildings, capital, not admin. Um, that's 78. That's that's a really really strong number. Good to see. Uh I would say average is usually like mid70s. So you're kind of up there in the high 70s. So again, just putting money towards the instruction of the students. One thing to note just
030that the one kind of change we saw within these different programs this year that are kind of out of the ordinary. Uh transportation costs did go up about 200,000 or so from last year. Uh and so that p that's within that pupil support. So that last year was like at 9% or something. So that did jump up a little bit, but overall the splits are pretty steady over the last few years. All right, so general fund revenue and expenses just uh dark blue being revenue, light blue being expensive five years. You know, kind of nothing that really, you know, just nice steady little rise uh of revenue and and expenses as well. really expensive. Very nice little trend line um going up um from the last five years. So, uh revenue, you know, maintaining there
031though, uh you know, staying above expenses every year just, you know, even if just by a little bit and that's so that's really good to see um being able to, you know, kind of manage that and make sure you're not having a year where you know, you see that expenses go up a lot and revenue doesn't rise up to kind of get get there with it. So, good to see kind of that trend over the last five Uh this is your ADM. So basically students served for over the last five years. Uh so you have been trending downwards a little bit but overall been relatively steady. Uh in talking with Craig and Barbara I know you guys have had a few larger classes graduate here the last two years. And so um would kind of
032expect and hope and just kind of project out that over the next five years. Hopefully it kind of stays pretty steady in 600 700 range. So that's, you know, really great. Doesn't sound as exciting as in seeing big increases in enrollment, but big incre increases in enrollment doesn't really happen anymore that that we've seen. So, um, if you can, you know, maintain steady, that that's that's a win. Uh, and so hopefully, you know, again, yeah, there's a few few drops over the last few years going from 705 to 7 and then down to 694, but relatively small and again had some bigger classes, so hopefully you can kind of maintain those. Um and hopefully that you know the daycare kind of helps with that too kind of keeping and bringing families into the community and
033all those good things. So um overall relatively solid uh numbers here and you know some kind of hopeful projections into the future as well. All right. So these last three slides I have for you guys. This is looking at expenses within the general fund in a few kind of key areas and comparing it as on a per student basis. So that previous slide on that about 700 or so students the five dark blue bars that's your district um taking total cost in this area divided by the average or divided by the number of students for the year. the light blue and light yellow accord the slides on the right those are uh similar size district average and then state average and no those are a year behind so those are 2024 averages not 2024 um
034all right so this first one is basically all of your admin district and school admin and support services uh you can see you know really 23 and 24 kind of stick out as being higher uh quite a bit than 2022 of course and then also Uh and so what happened there is the last in 23 fiscal year 23 and fiscal year 24 uh you had a dean of students that was fully funded by co dollars and so you had that revenue coming in to support it but you also had the expense going on the porch right so it's essentially a wash as far as net bottom line um but the expenses had hit this area the admin so uh in 23 and 24 that's where those dollars are sitting and that's why you're seeing seen
035such a big number there the last two years. If you kind of take that out, you kind of see a more steady, you know, increase of cost kind of as expected, right? Going from one 1.3 up to 1.5, it would have just been more of a steady graph, but because you have those kind of one-time expenses in 23 and 24, it looks a little higher. So, if you took that out, you would have been um certainly below uh your similar size district average back in 2024. So, overall, pretty solid numbers here. All right. So, regular instruction of the students, uh, you know, certainly has gone up a bit over the last year. You can kind of see, I believe, um, we had, um, you know, obviously there's quite a bit of a jump, um, from
03621 to 22. Uh, ADMs had gone up a little bit or sorry, down a little bit as I kind of changed that. But overall, you know, expenses this year were very steady. So, just down just a little bit in this area. So didn't see any huge changes. Um and in the previous year, uh there was, you know, a little bit more going on, had a little bit more expenses. I believe it was in contract years, so we saw a little bit bigger of an increase in salaries and things like that. Um but again, just overall pretty steady. You know, you do expect these costs to continue to rise overall. Kind of had a one-year blip this year, but you kind of expect those to continue to go up. Um and staying just a little bit
037below similar size district average. um but you know kind of maintaining along with that as well. So overall solid solid numbers here and then finally your special education costs uh these have continued to rise very common slide these costs are all costs are going up as I'm sure all of you know but this area costs are really going up and we see that you know kind of throughout throughout the the clients that we work with. Um so we had about 180,000 increase in year overall and so you can see that you know again have had some bigger increases a few more higher needs kids over the last few years which results in more teachers being hired and all those good things. So you're seeing those costs rise supporting those students as best you can and
038and that you know when we look think back at that expense pie chart 20% of your costs going to special education that's a pretty high number. I would say on average I probably see more like 16 17% going to special education. So you guys, you know, just having a little bigger piece of your pie going to that area because of the needs of your students. And so you're seeing just, you know, a little bit higher than maybe some of the averages there um when you compare to some of your peers. All right. Well, that is all I have for you guys. So again, uh before you guys go off mute, I again thank you for the time. I appreciate it. Um, appreciate the flexibility and um, I know you guys have some big other things
039to get to, so I won't take up any more of your time unless you have any questions for me. >> Any questions for Luke? >> Thanks, Luke. >> Thank you. Luke's got a present at Spring Grove tonight, too. So, we should probably on the clock, too. So, thanks again, Luke. >> Somewhere in Southern Minnesota tonight. Yeah, appreciate it. Well, >> thank you guys. Uh, any questions come up after, feel free to send in the barage. >> Sounds good. >> Okay, this would be a motion to accept the school audit report. >> Melissa moves it. >> Julie second. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries 70. Student school board report. Sammy or Phoebe, you guys got anything? And then the first semester is coming up after this week. We're doing some
040dress up days Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. >> I think there's a choir concert tonight. Yeah, >> we got 45 minutes. >> 7 o'clock. >> All right. Awesome. Thank you, Sammy. Thank you, Phoebe. Uh, so for the truth and taxation hearing, we got to close the regular meeting, open the truth and taxation meeting, then Barb, are you going to present something and then we got to close it and reopen the other one. So, uh, would anybody like to make a motion to adjurnn the regular school board meeting? >> Derek moves it. >> Lee seconds. So, all in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. That motion carries 70. to 614. And now would anybody like to open the uh truth and taxation >> hearing? Spencer moves it. >> Second. >> Derek seconds. All in favor say
041I. >> I. All oppose say no. >> Motion carry 70. >> Live stream appropriate to keep going if we're closing the regular board meeting. Keep it rolling. Okay. >> Yep. Okay. Still 614. Laur so by by law we have to have a truth of taxation public meeting or any of the taxpayers to come voice their opinion on their tax report that they receive that tax levy in the mail >> they'll take the walkouts personally Barb >> so what what was in truth and taxation of the Lord requires that the mail list all done all done by the county. But you can go to the next slide. Um the meeting has to be held after 6:00 p.m. to give people time to get to the meeting and the meeting has to be between November 25th and
042December 29th. So everyone's here tonight to go through this process. move them here. Um, so this is where we can discuss the proposed property taxes that are payable in 26. Um, and then go over the budget for 2526 and the public is given a reasonable amount of time to comment on the proposed property taxes for the statute. Um, the revenue the next slide. The revenue formulas are set by the state legislators except for the voter approval referendum and the local levy and state except by the state legislation. An increase in the local tax does not necessarily mean an increase in the revenues for the district. The next slide just goes through the process of how the county assessor assesses the estimated market values. The legislation sets all the formulas for the tax capacity. County or
043auditor calculates the tax tax capacity per parcel of property in the county. formulas are set and then the Department of Education calculates the levy limits for each of the districts and then you guys approve the proposed levy in September and after this tonight's meeting it'll be the final levy that we need to be sent to the Minnesota Department of Education and the county auditor and then the county divides it all up and that becomes the final tax statement that everyone will receive. Um the next schedule just shows the timeline. So what we're loving for in 25 gets collected in 26 but is revenue for the 26 27 school year. The next you go to the next slide and this is kind of some of the same stuff that Luke went over just talks about. We
044have the general fund. We have the community ed fund, food service fund, and the debt service funds that make up the different funds that the school district has. You can go to the budget overview of revenues slide have numbers. This is com, this slide is comparing our actual 2425 which Luke just presented for actual for the audit and then comparing it to the 2526 budget and then the different change and this is just for revenues in this slide. The next slide pie chart again reflects a lot of what Luth just presented um showing where the revenues in the general fund come from. The next slide again is looking at this time at expenditures comparing 242.5 taxuals. It's was presented on compared to 2526 budget and the changes in that. And remember we always budget conservatively.
045This next slide again is another breakdown also similar to the audit report we presented. Um and as you can see the special education is a big chunk of it and then vocational and regular make up quite some as well as people support. Um again there's another pie chart similar to the audit slide showing how our general fund expenditures are being spent. Um some of it's just laid out a little different than the audit. And then the next slide shows our projected fund balances for the end of June of 2026. And you'll see the assigned being a larger chunk of that amount budgeted in the capital being we spend more between curriculum and technology. So the next slide just kind of goes through the same thing. the school district really doesn't have a lot of control
046other than the operating referendum that we go out for a vote for on the debt service. A lot of it's all set by state formula. Um and then we also discussed about whether or not the board will do one time forward current levy for that. Next slide just talks about factors impacting. So changes could be in the sales ratio structure some land could change and how it's being valued and whether things are district approved or state forming. Again, if you remember the 39page levy report, it it goes through all of the different um market value, just net tax capacity, referendum, market value, all of the different appraised categorized levels of tax and how the formulas worked on that. Minnesota has a very complicated levy system um and a lot of it is out of our
047control. So the county will take basically we have no increase in our tax levy from last year um but we'll spread it across the tax base for the county or for our school district within the county. So that slide just shows you how much is for the general of the levy, how much is for the general fund which is 64% community and 33% for the debt service. This slide just compares the actual for 2425 to the proposed and basically our proposed is staying the same as what we're asking you to um finalize tonight. So there's a 4 cent difference. Following slide is just looking at some of the changes within the categories that are broken out in operating capital, safe schools, long-term facility and referendum and other general funds as well as community and debt
048service. Next couple slides, I could read them to you, but I'm feeling like I'm boring you. Um, just goes again through how some of the changes are with if some something was homesteaded now it may not be. Those are all things that can affect individual taxpayers property tax statements. So the last slide shows you the breakdown and what we're asking you to approve as the final levy. Are there questions for me? >> What was up with the 4% change? It was a >> couldn't make the poor sense go away. >> All right. Mr. Trump would be disappointed in you. They know you was pennies. >> All right. Questions for Barb. Thanks, Barb. So, now we got to close the truth and taxation meeting. So would anybody like to make Okay, Melissa moves that >> second.
049>> Spencer seconds that all in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries 6. Now we lost one and it is uh 6:22. All right. And then we got to reopen the regular meeting. Derek moves it. Lee seconds. All in favor say I. I. All post say no. Motion carries 6. So 622. Okay. Uh, so this would be the adoption of the final levy certification. What was the exact amount again? Sorry, >> the last page. >> Yeah. >> 2,511,818.19. >> Okay. >> Any discussion? We have a motion to approve or adopt, I should say. Melissa moves it. >> Second. >> Derek seconds. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. That carry 6. No public comment tonight. Consent agenda. Any discussion on the consent agenda? And now like I know Craig
050put that threeyear prior start there on Labor Day, but have you ever considered maybe just on a trial basis a year or so of you know working something out but apparently they're not nobody picks on them because they're going to the state fair though from the way I understand. So >> well I think now that they understand the >> obviously they'll feel a little bit better about it. >> Yeah. They seem to be when they left, too. But I was wonder too because I mean I've been I you know I grew up as a farm boy too. Parents were working two jobs and trying to raise a family too. So it does and it's probably even worse now with all the extracurricular activities and stuff they've added to. So >> well bottom line is the
051application doesn't mean we're approving it, right? So you can at least apply for it and go from there. >> No, that's fine. I I just I was just trying to understand there, Mike. >> Yep. You bet. Okay. Does anybody want to move that one? All right. Lee moves the consent agenda. >> Second. >> Eric seconds. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. >> Motion carries 6. Okay. This is uh action item A. This is a resolution we establish every year for the combined polling places for multiple precincts. >> So move. >> Okay. Spencer moves it. >> Melissa seconds. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. That motion carries. 6. Action item B is also a thing we renew every year. This is be a resolution directing administration to make
052recommendations for reductions in programs, positions, and reasons thereof. Spencer moves it. >> Second. >> Derek seconds. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. >> Motion carry. 6. Action item C. Set the January organizational meeting. We usually do that around the first Monday, right? So the fifth would the fifth word? >> January 5th would be the option on the table. Six. I'm fine with that. >> 615. I'm fine. >> You good with that? >> That's 615. Yeah. >> Are you guys Greg, you guys? >> Did we go to that one last year? >> I don't know. >> Or you don't go. I'm not sure. Okay. Either way, whatever you want me in. >> Okay. Okay. So, who wants to move that for 615? Spencer moves it. Second, >> Derek seconds. So, this would
053be a organizational school board meeting on January 5th >> at 6:15. Motion Oh. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. >> Motion carries 6. >> All right. This will be action item D, comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness annual summary report. Um, I sent this out to you guys in a an email a while ago, but uh I can share it up here too. Uh, this is a report we have to do every year year. It used to be called the read well by third grade world's best workforce legislation. Uh it's now comprehensive achievement civic readiness. Kind of shows uh the goals that we set every year um and how we did on each of those goals. Does anybody have any questions? You know, we uh either met all of our goals or
054they were multi-year goals that we're striving for. If there are no questions, I'll go back to it. But um for sure if you if you uh need need anything answered, let me know. Otherwise, it's available there for everybody to look at. It's also posted on our website. >> Okay. We have a motion to approve the comprehensive achievement and civic readiness annual summary report. We move it. Second. >> Melissa seconds. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carry 6. Um Mr. Walstrom would like to I think present something about the adding math wizards advisor position. >> Yeah. So, um, I'll try to keep it short, but it is it is it is a pretty noteworthy thing to discuss if we're adding a position to a contract, but I'm really excited that we
055are joining what's called Math Wizards. Um, if I'm being totally frank, I'm not sure how we missed this for a long period of time. Math Wizards has been a thing for like 30 years. Um, and it's really a Southeast Minnesota thing. So all all all the schools around us do it and have been doing it for a while. Um it's fifth and sixth grade only because it's new and that we they're separate buildings, fifth and sixth grade. We thought it was a good idea just to do fifth grade this year. You can have up to two teams, five students each, so a total of 10 students. We do have 10 kids um signed up for it and basically it's the highest achieving math students. Um, I talked with Mr. Hay Bison right away and he
056said he was super interested and wanted to do it. When I talked to him about getting him paid for the time he puts into it, um, he said he didn't care, which is kind of unacceptable. You know, we got to we got to do what's right and compensate compensate him and we can discuss, you know, how much time he puts in um, and what's necessary, but we have a pretty good idea based on what other districts do based on it's very similar to knowledgeable. academic competition. Um, and the best part about it is all the prep time for the three competitions there are in the winter. All of that prep time is um you know your 10 there might be a few additional kids outside of the 10 that are able to like do the
057practice so to say um for substitutes and stuff like that but multiple times per week these kids are going to be targeted and challenged with more rigorous math than they might not otherwise get. So you're you're going after a group of kids that often get overlooked, which isn't incredibly detrimental because they're doing really really well, but it's a great opportunity. And um yeah, so theou part of it is just we talked with knowledgeable um coaches and I talked to a bunch of other districts and the the pay range is I would say I don't know. jump in Craig from what you know too, but kind of in that 500 to a thousand range, there's three meets per year and they're from 3 to 6 o'clock at night in different locations. Some of them are kind
058of far away. The first meet is actually January 5th. Um, and that one's in Spring Valley, Minnesota. So the the kids and coach advisor Jake will have to leave probably 1:15 1:30 and then they'll be get getting back after 7 o'clock at night. One of the events is right in Spring Grove which is a nice one and then the third one is I think it might be Lewon Alura. But there's definitely a pretty big time commitment there um for someone as willing as Mr. Hay Bison. I just don't want us to take advantage of that and get him some fair compensation and and not to mention all the prep work prepping the math curriculum for the kids. >> I moved on that since I was a fourth sixth grade elementary math teacher for several years.
059But don't ask me for one year because we were shorted math teachers to take seventh grade geometry. Sharp that I had an a math student who helped me get through it. So, >> so the 500 to,000 that's for the annual. >> Yep. And we'll um >> we will have to do this because this would be a contract change, we would have to do a memorandum of understanding um with the union to to change the contract and add that in in a schedule C position. But >> and I think the part, you know, there's the in the coaching contracts there's the salary scale. I think what we were thinking was adding it to the what is it called? other other activities. I forget how it's worded, but basically it's not a level one, two, three years
060of experience thing, but it's kind of a that way we have the autonomy to kind of set what we think is that fair amount and it doesn't follow the schedule, so it doesn't go up each year with experience, so to say. >> I think what most of the schools do is about $1,000 that they split between a fifth grade coach and a sixth grade coach. So, >> I would anticipate us hopefully doing that if we can get if we continue it for fifth and sixth grade, but it's a really good opportunity. I'm excited about it. >> Like most schools, the kids that do it to the fifth graders that go into sixth grade, do they sixth grade? >> I guess I have no I I would think so, but I have no actual Yeah, I
061used to coach Math Wizards when I was teaching and then we had it when I was principal in Chadfield, too. typically. I mean, there are some kids that maybe bump around, but I would say all of the fifth graders that I can recall wanted to do it in sixth grade. Um, and it's pretty neat experience. Uh, similar to like Knowledge Bowl. >> Yeah. Three three events a year. They're all between January and I think I think there's one in January and then two in February or two in January, one in February. So, it's a pretty tight window. and we're late to the party. Um, we joined Math Wizards the Wednesday before Thanksgiving um when I was working and there was nobody else in the building so I was just able to actually make it happen.
062But um so we haven't been practicing as long as others which it'll be interesting. It'll be a little bit of a learning curve. We know just just enough about the competitions and how to prepare for it but hopefully by the third one >> we're up and rolling. He >> said he's in it to win it though. >> He is. is I mean should be >> he is and we got the right guy and it it is we're going to hype it up to these kids and even the ones that aren't in it you know it competition is really healthy. Um and then we all you know we talked about deciding on that 10 because that's a limit that math wizard sets. That's not our thing. Um Jake was much more confident in drawing that hard
063line than I was because I'm thinking, well, I want as many kids as we can, but he's like, well, I have some pretty objective data with our I Ready assessments. Um, and then so we identified the top 10 and I believe all top 10 were interested and signed up. If not, maybe there was one in the top 10 that I'm thinking of that may have decided not to. But um yeah, it's a cool thing. It's going to be fun and I would love I mean I'm competitive too. I want to see us take that trophy home and it'll be fun. So the first two events are regional. There's a south region and a north region. So the first two events we do are both south region and then the third one is both regions combined.
064And there's quite a few districts. So it'll be fun to see how we stack up. And I know if we um take a licking this first year and don't perform super well that Mr. Hay Bison and the Math Wizard crew is going to come back for some vengeance. So, it'll be funible to St. John. >> That's a good question. You know, I didn't um that's a really good question. I didn't even consider it. Um I don't know how that would work. I mean, I would love to say absolutely yes. There's got to be that. I can't think of. I'm trying to think of what barriers there would be. But yeah, I mean >> I don't recall any prochial schools ever being in it, but I don't know if that >> the only the one thing
065would be the measure, you know, like we use we're using our I Ready data to determine what that top 10 is and our prochial schools don't use that. So, um, >> that's what I was wondering. Is that what you were asking or >> no like you needed a test or say leave a slot open for St. John's and one slot from St. Mary's that you know the teacher maybe not using their I can because they don't that program >> y >> would maybe identify a student that would enjoy it >> y >> and would maybe help the team and excel. It's a really good idea and something we should look look at next year, you know, because this this year, you know, we've sent out the sign up and permission slips and the first meet
066is coming up here, but yeah, that's a really good question. >> Ask Kate Lond about that. >> Yeah. Yep. So, yeah, it'll be fun. Keep your eye out for it. And I'm I'm I'm picturing the kids and the ones that are in it. I'm just really excited for him. And Jake as well. And he's trying to get Mr. Mullins to join up with him on meet nights now that he's not coaching football and stuff. I'm hoping he convinces him to go with and yeah, it's going to be a good time. So, >> all right. So, do I have it right Spencer? You made a motion. >> I would like that. >> Okay. So, Spencer, this is a motion to approve theou change to the to the contract that would establish this new position. Spencer moves
067it. Dereks it. All in favor say I. >> I. All votes say no. That motion carries 6. >> Okay. Action item F, Minnesota paid leave. Um Craig, do you want to say something about this? >> Um I don't this isn't something that the board would have to take action on. Um but majority of the schools in the state are not topping off for the paid leave. um sent something out on this earlier too, but uh um allowing employees to receive full wage replacement might encourage longer absences and um not sure that that's something we want to encourage. Um they obviously still can use their paid leave. They obviously, you know, have the right to use their uh Minnesota paid leave benefits as well. Um, and logistically this would be a nightmare if to try and
068figure out for Karen in particular, but any anybody that's doing payroll, um, I can't imagine the logistics of of all this. Um, even without topping off, it's going to be very difficult. But, um, I my recommendation would be to, um, not top off. And that's probably what we're going to do. I just was hoping that the board could maybe make a motion that we not permit uh the use of paid time off, sick time or vacation to supplement the Minnesota paid leave. >> So move >> Spencer moves it. >> Don't don't right Craig. >> What's that? that we will not >> that we will not want to make that we will not I'll make >> Spence Ruby >> all second it >> all in favor say I all oppose say no >> motion carry 6
069>> down to five now >> sorry going to the concert >> see you there Uh, administrative reports. Mr. Bowler, >> I'm gonna go fast and then I'm gonna speak out for the administrator as well. Um, one of the things that I just wanted to highlight, I know that a lot of this meeting has talked a little bit about sort of around finances and money and things like that. One of the things I've spent, I'm well over a month into looking at building next year's schedule. Um, and I just wanted to kind of highlight some of the things that go into this. So, one of the things that makes this really interesting for us, we have seen our en enrollment decline a little bit at the middle school high school with these two larger classes that
070have graduated the last couple years. So, we are looking to rightsize some areas. Um, but I also want to highlight the importance of we want to make sure that we keep as many full-time positions as we can. Uh, because it can be difficult to have part-time teachers with the number of openings there are out there. Some of the things that we're starting to consider uh or another thing that we struggle with is lensures. What lensures do teachers have and what can they teach within the programs legally? We have some teachers that go outside and get some out of field permissions. I think we have four out of field permissions this year that I had to fill out. Uh we do an OP um which basically is a kind of an all-encompassing. So there's a lot
071that goes into that. The other thing that I'm really starting to look at is class sizes and projected enrollment. So, I think I've mentioned it before, we're projected right in that like low to mid60s in all of our classes 9 through 12 next year. Well, generally they don't get split perfectly even. Um, and if you divide 64 and half is 32. That's pretty easy math, but that could mean you have a 37 and you have a 29 or something like that. I didn't do my math right. Don't put that in the paper. Um, but so we're kind of looking at, you know, what classes could we have some larger numbers in, what classes can we when we talk about science labs and safety and some of those types of things. But what's throwing kind of
072the hiccup in it all is now the number of students who are taking PSO classes outside of school. Because if I have um my let's take 11th grade math for instance. If I have 64 kids and I have 10 kids that are taking college PSO, well now that makes 57 and that cut in half can be 27 or excuse me 54 cut in half is 27 give or take a little bit. You can still have two classes of less than 30. And where we're running into kind of issues now is I guess if I do my math right, if there's 64, sometimes we have a class of 12 and two classes of 25 because of the way the schedule is built. And so it really is extremely complex. Um, but on Monday, John and Craig
073and I are going to sit down and really try to hash out some different ideas that we have. And that's why I don't think everybody always sees the work that goes in behind the scenes to make it happen. And you know, when you have teachers that cross between buildings and they have different lunches, that creates issues. We got to work with um there's just a lot that goes into it and I'm trying to figure out how do we provide the best opportunities and the most opportunities for our students but still be fiscally responsible with it. And so there's um I think there's going to be a lot of conversations and there might be some things that you know we'll have to discuss at the board moving forward. But my goal is to have some more
074conversations. We also have some different staff members that I've been in conversations with about future plans and things like that which could dictate some things as well. And so I do I do anticipate there being some decisions come January, February that we're going to have to consider. So if you ever want to talk to me about that, feel free to um have those conversations. But I I would agree even based on our calendar meeting that our the PSO and concurrent enrollment has become a a much larger facet into building a schedule than it would have even seven years ago when I started. So, um, other than that, I know it's already been mentioned the end of semester one and term two is is coming up and, um, I think that I think we've had a
075a really good month of December so far. Looking forward to a couple weeks and then getting back at it January. >> Awesome. >> All right. Thank you all. >> Thanks, Nate. >> Mr. Walstrom. Um, just a big thanks to Heidi Meery for putting on an awesome concert. Great deal of work goes into that. Um, something, one thing you might not see if you're at the concert watching it is the teachers that come to the concert and all the back rooms in the back hallway and managing the kids. And um, I myself actually didn't see a whole lot of the concert because we're supervising the kids that are in the rooms waiting to go out and they put a great deal of work into that as well. So, all the staff involved. Um, takes a lot
076of work and we appreciate it. Um, I don't have much else. >> All right. >> Anything for me? Any questions? >> What's that? >> Right now? >> Right. >> Oh, no. I was watch I was looking at my watch thinking I could go on and on. >> Um, but I'll wait till that. I'll stay till the end even if um Gretchen goes on and on. >> Yeah, >> Mr. June. >> Yeah, I really don't have too much the past few weeks. I think I've been in the daycare or preschool almost every day covering for people who are sick or have sick kids. Um so even had to pull in uh Craig and Karen on Friday to help out in the daycare a little bit. So, um, they didn't save dirty diapers. Well, you have a
077kid in the day, so it didn't count it, but they didn't save any dirty diapers for Craig, even though I told. But, um, so yeah, just busy covering, hoping to finish the um, classes for the next catalog here this week. Um, and really spend time focused on that and finish things up. So, yeah, >> question. All right. Thank you very much, Miss Berkkey. Um, I'll be brief, too. I I did enjoy my time in the daycare. I um looking forward to grandkids, so it's a good little practice. >> Um, I want to thank uh everybody for all the calendar discussions um for bringing up the issues that we talked about. Uh particularly thankful to uh Aaron for for putting together this document. And I would say, you know, the calendar has something to do with
078it. Um, but the the teachers are are really the ones that do everything. But I do think, you know, I would I do think the reason the scores go up is because of the teachers, but the calendar I do think has something to do with their mental health. And um, I would agree with John that option one is the best for academic purposes. But, um, other than that, I don't have a whole lot. >> All right. Questions for Craig? All right. Thank you, Craig. >> I'll be a brief using the audit report that stage will be sometimes we'll be learning to the board um on the fixed asset policy some the changes that um I discussed with the auditors as well as the capital project monies what we could use that our fund and then
079the one time board approval of time authority that you guys can do. Those are things that'll be forthcoming. >> Okay. Thank you, Barb. Uh, and old business would be the renewal of the existing operating. >> Yeah. And that's something I sent something out um that we do have the option and and prior to when Shelby came that last time, I was thinking it was one time forever, but it's one time per operating authority. So I I think it would make sense to renew the exist existing operating authority for you know the five years that we can and then uh if if we feel we need more than that which is a very you know potential possibility we could always put on something on the uh ballot to repeal and replace um other districts. What was
080the district, Barb, that >> Lakeville >> have just done another one on top of it, but I think it would be cleaner to repeal and replace and instead of like right now we're at 460 per student. Um I think what Lakeville did was added 140. Um I would be more comfortable and think it would be more upfront to repeal the 460 and make it the 700. Is that the M? Did I do my math right there? Yeah, you could do something like that some. >> So, nothing that we have to do at this time, but I did want to bring it up publicly. That's uh that's something I think we should maybe do in January. >> Good. All right. Uh no new business. We'll do board member reports. We'll save Spencer for last. Melissa, do
081you got anything? Chad leads and good. The floor is yours, sir. >> Yeah. Yeah. And before I I get started here, it only be about three, four minutes. But Chad, I forgot that at home. It's been such a hectic week because we finally got moved in at New Alvin. And so tomorrow I'll see the city clerk and I'll have a new address at New Alvin, Iowa where I grew up close by and stuff. But I wanted to tell you I had that golf endowment stuff there for you to go over and stuff. I'll be one of your first contributors and I don't know Craig and Barb will have to check legally too to know if they can can they endow like programs like I did at college. But no mistake that was my job because
082I know you need some extra money the way you were talking there last year for the time and stuff. Yeah. Yeah. And I bet you were gonna start something and I thought it started in band and boom, you know, uh endowment or just a I don't know if you call it a scholarship or fundraiser, but I think you know as many golf people as we got and it's probably the most popular leisure time sport of any athlete I think you know and stuff. And I mean how many people play golf here? Oh god, I thought Craig was >> No, I I have played. I'm terrible. But >> yeah, so busy and and I mean same way Whitney was a head basketball coach. He was out recruiting. So So I was his coach and I had
083to take him out. They laughed at me because I was the worst golfer of the bunch. So beside the point, but otherwise I think it'd be good. But what I've got is I've got, you know, well, I showed what I what I on that work, but I had I had an Alaska, one of my wrestlers ended up being an oil president. So, we got about $250,000 endowment and then I got another 10,000 for our wrestling coach and right now I'm at 37,000 trying to get 50. But I also did uh got the men's basketball scholarship at Winona State started in honor of my first cousin Steve Prozman. So, and anyway, the good thing about starting an endowment is you can't name the scholarship winner because I got I got upset. I mean, we're up to
08437 or when I get over 30,000, it'll be fully endowed. They said it's fully endowed up there, but you know, I wanted to give a tow dog one year. Oh, no. The committee selects it, you know. So, that aggravated me. So, but anyway, you guys don't give scholarships there anyway. But I'll bring that in too. And the simple form to start that is only about two pages and you can go over with Craig, too. But I mean, I'd be willing to give you a pretty good pretty good chunk of change if Kelly Meyer gets me here my house and stuff. But yeah, and like I said, and you know, I had a tough time. I didn't think I would even run this last time, but you know, I don't know. I don't I know why
085I did and I know why I probably shouldn't have, but that's beside the point. But, you know, so at the end of this monthly meeting, I'll give this to Ber here. I tended my resignation as a missed moving process to nearby New Alban, Iowa down to a tournament. I served for 17 years. My mother always told me to slow down for 64 years. I never listened. But now is the time I'm going to listen to her after she's been gone since 11 111. If and if my elementary math is right, that's been 14 years. So mom, you'll sleep good tonight down there. So her hopefully get up above. But anyway, so anyway, uh but you know, I had some great people that got me some great starts that I had to actually my superintendent that
086hired me to wait Cecil Halliday up at Hancock there and I almost went to Harmony, but the people was so good for me. He told the Harmony superintendent and I believe he's right. He said Spencer Yo can teach blindfolded. teaching is my love and my life and I enjoy it so much that now I just want to sub three days a week and and still be there, you know, on that. And like I say too, and I really had two great board members and our board chair didn't know me and Charlie Ray, the greatest manners and probably the greatest favorite board members I had. And then you know the first two first superintendents there like I had and I I might choke up here because I got to know him real well. He he uh
087Barb Karen liked him too there. But the doctor, the late Dr. Bruce Thomas who died on us on May 21st of this year. And can I tell you a funny story? Some of you might laugh. Girls, please don't get offended here. But anyway, we had uh we had they and you know too guys, you get all these young coaches. Cut me off if you got to upsep the girls there. But anyway, uh we had uh Weaten had won the district by two points. So they had, you know, we all have to get young coaches. Sometimes they're only a year or so out of school or two. They're still like a kid, you know. But anyway, lots of schools have to do it, but we have great ones that help, too. I mean, your sons are
088right in there helping for for the uh stock or that. But anyway, they won it on a heavyweight match. So, after the match, this young guy, and he was cocky anyway because I I always hated losing to him when he beat us. He's a good kid. The he goes up and grabs one of the cheerleaders. But anyway, and then of course in May 23rd this year, I had my best friend Jeff Bondorf in high school and college. So it's been a tough time. But the dog gone migraines, you know, I really, you know, I get them five out of seven times. Five out of seven days. I'm up at 3 to 5 in the morning and I can't do the job justice to to even doing what I want to do during the days because
089of those migraines. I didn't realize how bad they were. I thought I was a tough guy. I could get through in my camp. But Joel Bis told me and Craig knows him well. Joel's into his second career now. He coached at Chatfield. He won a state title and three three a couple other couple other of his teams did real well, you know, to their third and fourth. But Joel now turned to a second profession. He's in nursing. He said, "Spence, I know what you're going through." He said, "Because we have patients, we have patients that are go through those migraines and they have to put him in psychiatric port. Maybe I should have been put there, but I don't want to go there." So, that's going to help concentrate me too and stuff there and
090everything. And obviously, too, I'm going to definitely miss going up with Melissa next week. Seems like we're the two lone soldiers that still go up for that. I do know everybody's got that time, you know, like they've got their basketball kids playing and every all the other sports, but I always did enjoy going out seeing the people out there, especially Gary Lee because he him and one of my uh one of my athletes or Bucky Lindberg were best of friends, too. So, I I always got a few stories telling them, but this isn't the place to tell them. So, and that but otherwise, uh that's what I'm gonna do. I got a few things to say here yet, but we'll definitely miss the TWO BEST EVER. BARB AND KAREN, GIVE THEM A round of applause
091there. You guys are great. You're awesome. I will miss you, but I'll tell you that deal. Okay, I'm getting done here. But I don't know. Like I say, I just go this way because I'm actually thinking about doing a little more time helping the Lord out because we've got this wrestling sport life and we work with central or we work with kids kids their culture too are Christians. So I'm gonna work with those people and stuff a little bit too. And they've got nice t-shirts. They have Jesus on the back and all that. And they're and their coaching books are just like coaching books for athletes. So if you ever need any, I can get them to you. Ah, I'll close here now and probably get a few tears. I've taught the good fight. I've
092finished the race. I've kept the faith. You all know that. Second Timothy 1 through integrity, you know. So, 1-7. And I know I've always got hung up on integrity. It's doing the right thing without even looking. So, if you remember me for one word, I'd like to be remembered by integrity. I did the best I could. Please accept my resignation and I'll make the motion to accept it. I just need a second. >> I'll second it. >> Thanks, Mike. Appreciate it. Thank you much. >> Thank you for all your years of service, Spencer. >> Yeah. Thank you, Spencer. >> Thanks. I love kids. >> So, that's it for me anyway, I guess. >> All right. Well, uh, in that case, uh, would anybody like to make a motion to adjurnn? >> I will. >> All
093right. Spencer makes it. >> Chad seconds. All in favor say I. I. All oppose say no. Motion carries 5 and it is uh 7 7 o'clock.