November 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting

Rationale:  Members of the public will be permitted to speak at Board meetings. Members of the public may also speak when invited to make a presentation or when recognized by the President.

For all meetings of the Board, individual speakers shall have up to 5 minutes to address the Board, and the Board shall hear up to 30 cumulative minutes of public comment. The Board may vote to modify these time limits when the Board deems appropriate. The President may implement other reasonable requirements for public comment, consistent with the Open Meetings Act.

Members of the public will not be required to have their name placed on the agenda prior to the meeting in order to speak about items on the agenda.

Any member of the public desiring to address the Board shall be required to identify himself or herself, including an address and the name of any organization represented by such person, unless the address requirement is waived to protect the security of the individual.

Speakers will be permitted to address the Board consistent with free speech rights. However, offensive language, defamatory remarks, and hostile conduct will not be tolerated. Further, charges or complaints against employees shall not be made for the first time at a public Board meeting without having followed the school’s complaint procedure.

Rationale:  10/29/25 58217 Applied Connective Technologies LLC - $14,690.94
ELC Camera System 1st installment payment.  The project is expected to be finished around November 12th.

11/18/25 58250 DBT In Schools, LLC - $9,520.00
Registrations for our LMHP's and Psychologists to attend the Informed School Counseling Strategies training.  This is paid for using some of our remaining School Mental Health Grant Funds.

11/18/25 58252 Educational Service Unit #16 - 15,984.00
Annual licensing for our Zoom office phones at all of our facilities.

11/18/25 58252 Educational Service Unit #16 - $5,997.00
Annual licensing for the Zoom meeting licenses for ESU 8 and all of our schools on the Network Nebraska system.

11/18/25 58256 Egan Supply - $3,565.46
This is for a floor scrubbing machine for the Eastern Learning Center. 

11/18/25 58262 Huddle Up Care, Inc. - $8,064.90
This is an additional company that we are using to provide Speech Teletherapy in our schools. This is for one part-time therapist.

11/18/25 58267 NCS Pearson, Inc. - $4,950.00
Annual licensing for the online assessment system for our psychologist to use with their students.

11/18/25 58276 Otte Construction Company - $129,505.00
Final installment for the ELC garage.  Our total after a few small change orders was $255,845.00.

11/18/25 20706 Soliant - $23,190.72
This is the company we have been using for Speech Teletherapy in our schools. This is for two part-time therapists.

Rationale:  Our $2,000,000 CD's with Cornerstone Bank ($1,750,000) and Chambers State Bank ($250,2000) will come up for renewal prior to our December board meeting.  We are recommending the board allow us to solicit bids for the $2,000,000 for a 12-month term once again.  We would like to award placements based on the highest APY Interest Rate as we have in the past.

Rationale:  Give your Administrator Evaluations to Tim Lambert. 

Rationale:  The EHA Board of Directors approved a 7.25% overall increase to the medical and dental insurance plans for the 2026-2027 year.

Rationale:  The ESU 8 2024-2025 annual audit is scheduled for Thursday, December 18th..  The audit will be performed by Romans, Wiemer & Associates CPA of York.  The auditor typically works for about 1/2 day collecting information for the business office and then finalizes the audit back in their office within about 1 months time.