September 21, 2026 at 7:00 PM - Regular Board Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Discussion:
President Riechers called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
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2. Pledge of Allegiance
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3. Recognition of visitors and procedures to address board
Discussion:
Other guests present were: Jeff Ganz, Carla Hinkle, Rachael Burchett, Tony Braithwait, Armando Perez and Marc Hoyer.
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4. Adjustments to the Agenda
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5. Public Forum
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6. Consent Items
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6.1. Board Members receipt of notice of meeting acknowledgment
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6.2. Public notice of meeting acknowledgement
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6.3. Approval of the Agenda
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6.4. Approval of the Board Retreat Meeting of August 7, 2026
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6.5. Approval of the Regular Board Meeting Minutes of August 17, 2026
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6.6. Approval of the Claims and financial reports:
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6.6.1. General Fund $1,268,087.10
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6.6.2. Special Building Fund $9,493.33
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6.6.3. Qualified Capital Purpose Undertaking Fund
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6.6.4. Depreciation Fund $18,929.94
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6.6.5. Bond Fund
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6.6.6. Employment Benefit Fund
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6.7. Employment/Resignation
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6.7.1. Hire Anissa Cordry, Local Sub
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6.7.2. Hire Sara Beck, Local Sub
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7. Agenda
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7.1. Hearings:
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7.1.1. 2026-2027 Budget Hearing 7:00 p.m.
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7.1.1.1. Open Hearing
Discussion:
President Riechers opened the Budget Hearing at 7:05 p.m.
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7.1.1.2. Hear public comment on 2026-2027 Budget
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7.1.1.3. Close Hearing
Discussion:
President Riechers closed the meeting at 7:30 p.m.
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7.1.2. 2026-2027 Tax Request and Levy Setting Hearing 7:30 p.m.
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7.1.2.1. Open Hearing
Discussion:
President Riechers opened the Tax Request and Levy Setting Hearing at 7:30 p.m.
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7.1.2.2. Hear public comments on 2026-2027 Tax Requests and Levy
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7.1.2.3. Close Hearing
Discussion:
President Riechers closed the meeting at 7:37 p.m.
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7.2. Unfinished Business
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7.2.1. Annual Report information from Mr. Petersen
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7.2.2. Construction Kickoff Meeting for Concessions Stand
Discussion:
There will be a Construction Kickoff Meeting for the Concessions Stand on Thursday at 10:00 a.m.
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7.2.3. Continue talks on Concessions Stand
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7.2.3.1. Mr. Young asked about the deck on the project
Discussion:
Mr. Young asked if we could look into making the deck of the concessions a rectangle rather than a triangle to make things bigger and simpler. This will be brought up and discussed at the Kickoff meeting on Thursday.
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7.3. New Business
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7.3.1. Armando Perez reports on Tech Conference
Discussion:
Armando Perez just returned from a Tech Conference and shared the things he learned and shared that compared to a lot of other schools, our school is ahead of other schools in the tech area.
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7.3.2. Mr. Hoyer presents information about show choir
Discussion:
Mr. Hoyer discussed putting together a Show Choir. This is something that we have had in the past and there are students who have shown interest in it again. He would like to start a 7-12 group and have them participate at Standing Bear and Beatrice in their Show Choir competitions. He will be moving forward with starting this.
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7.3.3. Discussion of Thanksgiving meal for W-C Students
Discussion:
The Board discussed having a Thanksgiving meal that will be free to all students.
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7.3.4. Consider, discuss and act on trade/purchase of new mower from Depreciation Fund
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7.3.5. Consider, discuss and act on trade in/purchase of Handicap bus from Depreciation Fund
Discussion:
The Board will table this for now and get more information and other options.
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7.3.6. Consider, discuss and act on accepting New signers for Farmers and Merchants Bank
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7.3.7. Mr. Petersen updates t he Board on the unplanned lockdown drill
Discussion:
Mr. Petersen reported to the Board that the unplanned lock-down drill went well. There will be a Safety Audit next Thursday and this will help us tighten up some issues. We will be doing another drill again in the spring.
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7.3.8. Hear reports from members attending the NASB Area membership meeting in York
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7.3.9. Consider, discuss and act on determining Option Enrollment capacities for 2026-2027. Must be completed by October 15 after a statutory change.
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7.3.10. Consider, discuss and act on the proposed 2026-2027 School District Budget
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7.3.11. Consider, discuss and act on a resolution to set the levy request for the 2026-2027 school year budget
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8. Administrative Reports
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8.1. K-5 Building Update
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8.2. 6-12 Building Update
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8.3. Activities/Technology/Transportation Update
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8.4. SPED Director Report
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8.5. Department Report
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8.6. Superintendent's Absence Report
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9. Information and Communications
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9.1. State Education Conference-November 18-20
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9.1.1. Everyone is signed up
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9.1.2. Hotel room reservations happen on September 30th
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9.2. Student group presentations to the board
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9.3. Hamburger and Hot Dog Feed-October 2nd
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10. Executive Session
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11. Next Regular Meeting on Monday, October 19, 2026,
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12. Adjourn
Discussion:
Hearing no objections, President Riechers adjourned the meeting at 8:32 p.m.
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