June 29, 2026 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.

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FY27 Budget Overview
Construction Updates
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 18, 2026 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 2026 disbursements totaling $3,171,511.76.  This includes Board Payables of $553,065.73, Hand Payments of $624,489.36, Electronic Payments of $1,967,672.55 and Student Activity Payments of $26,284.12.

Description:  See the attached Personnel Changes spreadsheet.

Description:  Donations totaling $2,333.13 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.

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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:  The attached resolutions are for SW Metro and their LTFM and Safe Schools requests for 2027-28.  These resolutions would approve our portion to go on our 2026-27 Levy. Our allocation is $6,909.67. for LTFM and $7,673.42 for Safe Schools.

Description:  The FY27 budget was reviewed in the finance meeting. Approval is recommended.

Description:  At the February 2025 work session, the board agreed to use Bray Architect for pre and post referendum services. Attached is the fee proposal from that work session that outlines all 3 phases of the referendum project as well as the official contract for Bray Architects. The phase 3 fee will be 5.25% for the future middle school/high school and 6% for the future elementary school. The fee is calculated as a % of the total construction costs for each facility. Approval is recommended.

Description:  At the February 2025 work session, the board agreed to use Kraus-Anderson to be the Construction Manager for the referendum project. Attached is the contract for Kraus-Anderson as the Construction Manager for the referendum project. The construction management fee will be 2.0% of the total construction cost plus any reimbursements. Approval is recommended.

Description:  Attached is the environmental branding design proposal from Bray Architects. This would include design and consulting of the Belle Plaine Public Schools branding throughout the district buildings. The proposed fee is $29,000. Fabrication and installation will be in addition to this fee. Approval is recommended.

Description:  Attached are the proposals for land surveying for the remodel/new additions. Approval of the Sunde Land Surveying proposal is recommended.

Description:  Additional land surveying was required from the original proposals. Attached are two additional land surveying scopes. $8,100 to expand the scope of the JH/SH area to address rainwater drainage issues and $4,400 to expand the surveying of the athletic complex to determine the storm water retention capacity of the holding pond due to the expansion of the parking lot. Approval is recommended.

Description:  Attached are the proposals for Geotechnical services for the referendum project. Approval of the CVT (Chosen Valley Testing) is recommended.

Description:  Contract with the Arrowhead Regional Computer Consortium (ARCC) for Infinite Campus Support for the 2026-27 fiscal year. Approval is recommended.

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