Minutes of Special Board Meeting Budget Board of Education Badger ISD 676 PO Box 68, 110 Carpenter Avenue East, Badger, Minnesota 56714 Special School Board Meeting to Authorize Preparation of Review and Comment and Adopt Preliminary Initial 24-25 Thursday, June 27, 2024 6:00 PM Business Tech Room 29 Badger School Board Meeting information can be found onlin

Minutes of Special Board Meeting Budget

Board of Education Badger ISD 676

PO Box 68, 110 Carpenter Avenue East, Badger, Minnesota 56714

Special School Board Meeting to Authorize Preparation of Review and Comment and Adopt Preliminary Initial 24-25

Thursday, June 27, 2024 6:00 PM Business Tech Room 29

Badger School Board Meeting information can be found online at our website: www.badger.k12.mn.us

Click on “Badger School Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes” under the “Helpful Links” menu located on the center of the home page.

1. Call to Order at 6:01 PM

1.1. Pledge of Allegiance

1.2. Roll Call (alphabetical order): Jodie Davy, Cari Dostal (arrived at 6:18 p.m.), Jamie Isane, Brent Olson,

Jeramy Swenson, Jared VonEnde

Student (non-voting) Representative: Open for SY2023-24

1.3. School Employees in Attendance: Kevin Ricke

1.4. Community Members in Attendance: Dan Carpenter

1.5. Other people attending virtually from remote locations:

Matt Rantapaa, Director of Baird Public Finance, 7755 3rd Street North, Suite 400, Saint Paul, MN 55128

Blair Stoltman, Business Dev. Specialist with ICS, 104 Park Avenue North, Suite 104, Park Rapids, MN 56470

2.Visitor Comments – None

Visitors Present in Attendance – None

2.1.Listening Session – None

3.Recommendation to add and/or to remove items to the agenda from Board Members or School Administrators– None

4. Approval of Agenda

4.1. A motion was made by Member Swenson to approve the agenda for this Thursday, June 27, 2024 Special School Board Meeting as presented. The motion seconded by Member Davy. Discussion (none); 5-Yes, 0-No vote, 1-Absent Member Dostal; BE IT RESOLVED M.C. = the motion carried.

5. Reports

5.1. Badger Student Enrollment Forecast for SY2024-2025 Attachments: (3)

Safeguard: 208 pupil count for grades K-12 including Early Childhood Sp Ed (EC) would be the ‘low range’ safeguard projection for slightly under-estimating a conservative revenue projection

Rollover: About 211 would be the ‘mid-range’ approximation for end of year rollover including 13 pre-registered kindergarten students. 211 = 214 end of year count – 16 outgoing grads + 13 incoming registered kindergartners

Optimistic: Above 214 (or more) would be the count for grades K-12 plus Early Childhood Sp Ed (EC) which is the optimistic ‘high range’ (active + in-active in JMC)

5.2. Superintendent’s Notes regarding the Preliminary Initial Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Attachments: (2)

6. Proposed Resolutions

6.1. Approve and Adopt Initial Revenue and Expenditure Budget for the 2024-2025 School Year (Fiscal Year 2025):

A motion was made by Member Swenson to approve and adopt the initial revenue and expenditure budget for the coming year. The motion seconded by Member Davy. Discussion (Enrollment Projections; Miscellaneous Revenues were discussed during Reports 5.1 and 5.2 above); 5-Yes, 0-No vote, 1-Absent Member Dostal; BE IT RESOLVED M.C. Description: Attachments: (3)

MN Statute 123B.77 indicates that prior to July 1 of each fiscal year, the Board of each school district must approve and adopt its revenue and expenditure budgets for the next school year.

What we do know is state general education revenue is projected to increase at least 2.0% on the basic formula per Badger student for the 2024-25 school year (not all categorical increases apply to Badger). However, the increase in State Aid may be negated by declining K-12 student enrollment, increasing Sp Ed student enrollment, higher inflationary costs and new legislative mandates.

6.2. Resolution to Complete and Submit a Review and Comment to the Commissioner of Education:

A motion was made by Member Swenson:

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of Badger Independent School District Number 676, County of Roseau, State of Minnesota adopt and approve:

Authorization of Badger School Administration to work with District consultants to complete and submit all required information to the Commissioner of Education to request Review and Comment on an approximate $15.2 million construction project financed through the issuance of voter-approved bonds, if approved by voters in an election on November 5, 2024. The project would include the following:

Renovations to include: HVAC improvements, restroom improvements, door and window replacement, interior renovations to create a new music room and media center

New construction to include: A new gymnasium, locker rooms, weight room, commons, concessions, restrooms, flex classroom; Career and Technical Education (CTE) space; and parking lot

The motion was seconded by Member VonEnde.

Yes Roll Call Vote: Yes=Member Davy, Yes=Member Isane, Yes=Member Olson, Yes=Member Swenson,

Yes=Member VonEnde

No Roll Call Vote: No=None; 1 Absent=Member Dostal

The recorded vote is 5-Yes, 0-No and 1-Absent Member Dostal; BE IT RESOLVED M.C. = the motion carried.

Description: Please note in the near future, it will be necessary for a Resolution Relating to the Issuance of School Building Bonds and Calling an Election.

Communications & Upcoming Meetings

Brief recap and review of 5.1., 5.2., 6.1. and 6.2. upon Clerk Cari Dostal’s arrival at 6:18 p.m.

7:30 P.M. Monday, July 8, 2024 Regular Board Meeting (second-Monday of each month)

7. Adjourn: Recommended motion: Member VonEnde moved to adjourn at 6:22 P.M. The motion seconded by Member Olson. Discussion (none); 6-Yes, 0-No vote; BE IT RESOLVED U.C. = the motion carried unanimously.

Cari Dostal, Clerk

Jamie Isane, ChairpersonBadger School Board Meeting information can be found online at our website: www.badger.k12.mn.us

Click on “Badger School Board Meeting Agenda and Minutes” under the “Helpful Links” menu located on the center of the home page.

(July 17, 2024)