Regular Meeting 6:00 PM

North Linn District Office

3033 Lynx Drive

Troy Mills, IA

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

100: Call to Order and Determination of a Quorum

The North Linn Board of Directors meeting will be called to order at 6:00 PM in the boardroom of the District Office (3033 Lynx Drive, Troy Mills). Roll will be taken to determine a quorum.

                                        _____R. Benesch _____ Carson  _____ Hoover  _____Krogmann  _____Michael  _____Price  _____Zumbach

 

200: Adoption of the Agenda

MOTION to adopt the agenda as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

 

300: Consent Agenda

MOTION to approve the consent agenda as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

301: Approval of Minutes – Exhibit 301.1

302: Approval of Bills – Exhibit 302.1

303: Financial Reports - Exhibit 303.1

304: Activity Fund Report - Exhibit 304.1

305: Food Service Report - Exhibit 305.1

 

600: New Business

601: Hold Hearing on Proposed 2026-2027 School Budget - Exhibit 601.1

MOTION to open the public hearing for the proposed 2026-2027 School Budget.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

SBO Peyton will walk through the budget.

 

MOTION to close the public hearing for the proposed 2026-2027 School Budget.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

 

602: Consider Approval of the 2026-2027 School Budget

MOTION to adopt the proposed 2026-2027 School Budget as presented. Roll call vote will follow

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

_____R. Benesch _____ Carson  _____ Hoover  _____Krogmann  _____Michael  _____Price  _____Zumbach

 

603: Hold Hearing on Amended 2025-2026 School Budget - Exhibit 603.1

MOTION to open the public hearing for the amended 2025-2026 School Budget.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

The District is expected to overspend the 25-26 budget by $ in the area of. We are asking to increase the budget from $ to $.

MOTION to close the public hearing for the amended 2025-2026 School Budget.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

 

604: Consider Approval of the Amended 2025-2026 School Budget

MOTION to adopt the amended 25-26 School Budget as presented. Roll call vote will follow

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

_____R. Benesch _____ Carson  _____ Hoover  _____Krogmann  _____Michael  _____Price  _____Zumbach

 

400: Audience Communications

On behalf of fellow Board members, at this time I would like to invite any member of the audience (who have contacted the Board Secretary prior to this meeting) to speak with comments about items of interest or concern that do not appear on tonight’s agenda.  Please begin by stating your name and address.  Your comments will be limited to 5 minutes so we can keep the meeting moving in a timely fashion. We ask you to remember that Iowa law prohibits us from discussing specific employees or their job performance. We ask you to remember that Iowa law prohibits us from discussing specific employees or their job performance. We also remind you that students' names or information about a student that could allow others to identify a student, even if a student’s name is not specifically mentioned, is confidential and should not be referenced in comments. It is important to remember that any statements made can jeopardize the Board and any future action that could be taken relating to personnel or students by the Board and jeopardize the individual making the statement.  Any concerns relating to personnel and students should be referred first to the administration to address consistent with District policy and the law prior to any possible Board review or action.   Thanks for your support of our school district.

 

500: Informational Reports, Discussions, and Presentations

501: Superintendent Report

Superintendent will share updates and discussion items from around the district.

Activities Report - EXHIBIT 501.1- discussion about strength and conditioning coach

Provide a list of the graduating seniors. EXHIBIT 501.2

Presentation from Julie Schmidt - District Career and Academic Plan. EXHIBIT 501.3

Radiological Emergency Preparedness Program - Duane Arnold Restart

Press Box Project

 

502: Elementary Report

Elementary Administrator, Brendan Schott, will share updates and discussion items in regards to North Linn Elementary.

Leader in Me Activities & Action Teams

Preschool Night - 4/13

Administrative Retreat Work

Kids Heart Challenge

 

503: Secondary Report - Exhibit 503.1

Middle School/High School Administrator, Kaitlyn Stoll, will share updates and discussion items in regards to North Linn Middle and High School.

 

504: School Improvement Report

School Improvement Director, Kimberly Graven, will share updates and discussion items for districtwide school improvement areas.

ISASP Testing

HMH Curriculum Update

 

600: New Business

605: Receive Operational Sharing Contracts for 2026-2027 School Year

MOTION to approve the Operational Sharing Contracts for Transportation Director, School Business Official, HR Manager, Operations Director, Workplace Learning Coordinator, Special Ed Director, College & Career Counselor & Curriculum Director with Central City CSD for the 2026-2027 school year as presented. 

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

• Share Tony Olson 20% to Central City for Transportation - 4 supplementary weighting
• Share Kerry Peyton 20% to Central City for SBO - 4 supplementary weighting
• Share Angie Schmitz 20% from Central City for HR Mgr - 4 supplementary weighting
• Share Mat Silver 20% from Central City for Operations - 4 supplementary weighting
• Share Dana Schmidt 20% to Central City for Workplace learning coordinator - 2 supplementary weighting
• Share Julie Cook 20% from Central City for SPED Director - 2 supplementary weighting
• Share Julie Schmidt 20% to Central City for College & Career Counselor - 2 supplementary weighting
• Share Kim Graven 50% to Central City for Curriculum Director - 2 supplementary weighting
• TOTAL Supplementary Weighting = 24. Maximum is 27 with Workplace learning. $195,768 from the state and an additional $128,080 from Central City for at total of $323,848

606: Open Enrollment Requests

MOTION to approve the open enrollment requests as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

APPROVED IN

Name	Grade	Resident District
Kallen Meeker	K	West Del

 

APPROVED OUT

Name	Grade	Receiving District

 

607: Receive Care Solace Service Agreement for 2026-2027 -Exhibit 607.1

MOTION to approve the Service Agreement with Care Solace for the 2026-2027 school year as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

This is the company we have used this year for mental health services. We received this service for free in our first year. This contract would cost $1070 for the year.

 

608: Receive Fire Protection LP Quote from Johnson Controls - Exhibit 608.1

MOTION to approve the Fire Protection Quote for a new Transponder panel, strobe/speaker for music room and new PDI in the main panel with a cell dialer as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

Our current panel is old and we have had a number of issues/service calls over the last year. One of the contributing issues is the lack of reliable service on our phone line through windstream. This upgrade would include a starlink cellular dialer that would allow us to terminate service with windstream all together and provide reliable service to the fire system for monitoring. We could not use a cellular dialer with our current system.

 

609: Receive Quote from H2i for Press Box & Bleacher Improvements- Exhibit 609.1

MOTION to approve the quote from H2i for the new Press Box and visitor bleacher improvements as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

This would replace the current press box and attach to our current set of bleachers. The visitor bleachers would get an ADA compliant ramp and steps.

 

610: Receive Overnight and out of State Travel Request from HS Wrestling

MOTION to approve the Overnight and Out of State travel request from the High School Wrestling team to take a school van and attend a team camp in Lincoln Nebraska June 14-19.     

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

This is open to any high school wrestler. The wrestlers pay for the camp themselves, the golf fundraiser in the summer is used to offset some of the cost (usually $100/wrestler) and pay for their lodging and meals at the campground.

 

611: Receive Proposals for Audit Services - EXHIBIT 611.1 & 611.2 Attached to email

MOTION to approve the Proposal from _________ for Audit Services for Fiscal Years 26, 27 and 28.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

We received 2 proposals for audit services:

Terpstra Hoke & Associates our current auditors - Not to exceed: $19,000 FY26, $20,000 FY27, $22,000 FY28

Barr & Company, LLC - $17,000 each year FY26-28.

 

612: Receive Fundraiser Requests - Exhibit 612.1 & 612.2

MOTION to approve the Fundraiser request for Kids Heart Challenge as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

The fundraiser request from Sarah Meyer is for the American Heart Association, asks families to send 10 text messages asking for donations. Several challenges with prizes from the heart association. Depending on the level of donations the school gets money to spend on PE equipment.

 

The fundraiser request from Brian Wheatley is for the activity fund. With increasing costs for officials, safety equipment, entry fees, supplies and uniforms we are proposing to do a text/email fundraiser for the activity fund. We can set this up through Infinite Campus like we have done the camps in the past and people can donate directly to the school We did a fundraiser similar to this a few years ago and raised about $12,000 but we only got to keep 60% of that. This way we keep all of it except the processing fees if they use a credit card and $.35 if they use their bank account. This would go in the activity fund and help pay for middle and high school activities including fine arts. We plan to put together a flier that students can send out to family and friends that details what we would be using the funds for with a link to donate through Infinite Campus. We will pick a date in late April or early May and have students send this out during homeroom.

 

613: Receive Mentoring & Induction Consortium Agreement with GWAEA - Exhibit 613.1

MOTION to approve the Mentoring & Induction Consortium Agreement with Grant Wood AEA for the 26-27 school year as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No

 

700: Personnel

MOTION to approve the personnel requests as presented.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No                                   

Certified Staff: Assignment/Reassignment/Transfer

Name	Assignment	Dept Action
Laura Bailey	Special Education Associate	Resign
Brandon Stepanek	Middle School Football Coach	Hire
Nick Golwitzer	Middle School Football Coach	Hire

 

800: Board Communications and Calendar

801: Board Communications

802: Board Calendar

 

Date	Time	Event	Location
4/29	8:30AM	Leader Day	MS Gym
5/17	3:00PM	Graduation	MS Gym
5/20	6:00PM	Board Meeting	District Office

 

900: Adjournment

MOTION to adjourn the meeting at __________ PM.

Action               Motion: _________ Second: __________                                               Carried: Yes / No