BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NORTH LINN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Regular Meeting 7:00 pm
North Linn District Office
3033 Lynx Drive
Troy Mills, Iowa
July 13, 2022
- Call to Order
President, Jeffrey Boss, called the meeting to order at 7:00PM.
- Call the Roll
Present were Directors Hoover, J Benesh, Haughenbury and Price, Superintendent Hoeger, Secondary Principal Dominic Giegerich and Secretary Peyton. Directors, Helms and R Benesch were absent and Elementary Principal/Director of School Improvement Graven was excused.
- Approve Meeting Agenda
It was moved by Hoover, seconded by Price to approve the agenda as presented adding #19 Approve Food Service Rates. Motion carried 5-0.
- Approve Consent Items
Secretary Peyton gave an update on the financial reports as of 6/30/22, and confirmed the Series 2011 GO Bond was paid in full as of 6/1/22. With the Surplus Levy in place for the last several years this note was paid off 9 years early and saved district tax payers just over $410,000 in interest. It was moved by Haughenbury, seconded by Hoover to approve the following consent items: Minutes of the June meeting, Bills, Secretary’s financial Reports, Activity Fund Report and Food Service Report. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Visitors / Public Forum
There were no visitors
- Receive Principal and Coordinator Reports
Secondary Principal Giegerich shared the updates he had for the student handbooks.
- Receive Personnel Recommendations
It was moved by Haughenbury, seconded by J Benesh to approve the following new hires; Allison Huenefeld-Wessels – MS Cheer Coach, Madison Pfeiffer – Level III Special Education Associate, Holly Greif – MS Special Education Associate and approve the following resignations; Donna Reid – Food Service Associate, Jami Geers – Food Service Associate. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Open Enrollment Requests
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Hoover to approve 3 Open Enrollment Requests out of the district. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Board Policies & Updates Based on New Iowa Legislation
It was moved by Haughenbury, seconded by Price to waive the first reading and approve the presented changes to the following board policies 203,501.14, 505.5, 704.7, 804.7, 804.7 R1 & 901. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive School Board Policies in the 600 Series
It was moved by Hoover, seconded by Price to waive the first reading and approve the presented changes to the 600 Series board policies. Motion carried 5-0.
- Appoint School Business Official (SBO) for the 2022-2023 School Year
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Hoover to appoint Kerry Peyton as the School Business Official for the 2022-2023 school year. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Depository Bank and Statutory Limits for the 2022-23 School Year
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Price to name the following banks as official depositories and set the statutory limits for North Linn CSD: Walker State Bank, Community Savings Bank, UMB Bank, F & M Bank and ISJIT. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive District Appointments
It was moved by Hoover, seconded by J Benesh to approve the following appointments for the 2022-2023 school year:
Multi-Cultural/Gender Fair Coordinator – Dominic Giegerich
Level 1 Child Abuse Investigator – Jaci Hilmer
Affirmative Action, Section 504 – Dominic Giegerich
Alternate Level 1 Child Abuse Investigator – Dave Hoeger
Homeless Liaison – Jaci Hilmer
Motion carried 5-0.
- Authorize Use of Legal Counsel on Behalf of District
It was moved by Haughenbury, seconded by Hoover to approve the following list of attorneys/firms for the 2022-23 school year:
Ahlers & Cooney, PC of Des Moines
Lynch Dallas, PC of Cedar Rapids
Iowa Association of School Boards
School Administrators of Iowa
Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Handbooks for the 2022-2023 School Year
It was moved by Haughenbury, seconded by J Benesh to approve the following handbooks for the 2022-2023 school year: Little Lynx Preschool Handbook, Elementary Student handbook, Middle School Student Handbook, High School Student Handbook, North Linn Paraeducator Handbook, and North Linn Teacher Employee Handbook. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Kirkwood College Contract
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Hoover to approve the Concurrent Enrollment Partnership contract with Kirkwood Community College. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Grant Wood AEA Managed Service Agreement
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Hoover to approve the 2022-2023 Grant Wood AEA Agreement for Technology Services. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Spanish Class Trip Request
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Hoover to approve the Spanish Class request to travel to Costa Rica in 2023. Motion carried 5-0.
- Receive Updated Food Service Rates
It was moved by J Benesh, seconded by Hoover to approve the updated food service rates for the 2022-2023 school year making an Adult lunch $4.15 and an Adult Breakfast $2.00. Motion carried 5-0.
- Consider Information and Discussion Items
- Construction Update – Superintendent Hoeger gave an update on construction progress and the board toured the school building after the meeting.
- Open Enrollment – Superintendent Hoeger provided an update to the board regarding changes to the Open Enrollment application and discussed the options available to the board when evaluating the requests.
- IASB Priorities – Superintendent Hoeger discussed with the board the list of Legislative priorities from the Iowa Association of School Boards. The board requested the following be sent as priorities to focus on for the 2022-2023 Legislative session: AEA Funding, Budget Guarantee and Local Control.
- Adjourn
The time being 7:50PM it was moved by Hoover, seconded by Price to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 5-0.
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Kerry Peyton, Board Secretary Jeffrey Boss, Board President
