June 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Finance/Regular Board Meeting

Description:  Chairperson Kahle will call the meeting to order.
 

Description:  Chairperson Kahle will ask if visitors wish to be placed on the agenda.

Description:  FY26 Adopted Budget
Proposed Property Tax Abatement for parking lots
Monthly Expenditures

Description:  Chairperson Kahle will ask if there are any items that need to be brought before the board and for consideration of the agenda.

Description:  If any board member has concerns about the adoption of the following consensus items, please acknowledge the Chairperson prior to the final vote.  If there are no concerns, these items will be voted on as a group.

Description:  Enclosed are the May 19, 2025, Regular Board Meeting minutes for your review and adoption.

Description:  At the board finance meeting, expenditures for the month of June were reviewed.  Administration recommends approval of the June 2025 disbursements totaling $1,667,400.95.  This includes Board Payables of $264,252.96, Hand Payments of $240,306.12, Electronic Payments of $1,141,090.38 and Student Activity Payments of $21,751.49.

Description:  See the attached Personnel Changes spreadsheet.

Description:  Donations totaling $2,231.11 were given to the Belle Plaine School District over the past month.  See the attached resolution for a full listing of the donations.  Thank you to all who made these generous donations!

Description:  Superintendent Laager will provide updates on current school activities.

Description:  Board members will have an opportunity to share information about meetings they have attended over the past month.

Description:  The following are non-renewals of probationary staff effective at the end of FY25:

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The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) requires that school districts annually designate an Identified Official with Authority to comply with the MNIT Enterprise Identity and Access Management Standard which states that all user access rights to Minnesota state systems must be reviewed and recertified at least annually. The Identified Official with Authority will assign job duties and authorize external user’s access to MDE secure systems for their local education agency (LEA). The Director recommends the Board authorize Ryan Laager to act as the Identified Official with Authority (IOwA) for Belle Plaine Public School District 0716-01.

Description:  At the finance meeting we reviewed the FY26 Adopted Budget. Approval is recommended.

Description:  It has been proposed that the District undertake parking lot improvement projects at various District facilities, including the Chatfield, Oak Crest, Athletic Complex and the High School, which will enable District residents to continue to conveniently and safely access these District facilities, and benefiting the Property (the Improvements). In order to finance the Improvements, it has been proposed that the Board grant a property tax abatement on the Property in an amount not to exceed $688,000 over one (1) year (the Proposed Property Tax Abatement), and that this Board hold a public hearing on the Proposed Property Tax Abatement as required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.1813, subdivision 5.

Description:  The attached resolutions are for SW Metro and their LTFM and Safe Schools requests for 2026-27.  These resolutions would approve our portion to go on our 2025-26 Levy. Our allocation is $6,496.85 for LTFM and $8,233.66 for Safe Schools.

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