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Board approves personnel contracts, leases, vehicle purchases, meal price changes and facility agreements
Summary
At the meeting the Watertown School District 14-4 board approved multiple routine and substantive items including personnel resignations and hires, fleet purchases to support career programs, lease agreements for training and hangar space, a parking-lot change order, adult meal price increases and fundraising and enrollment items.
The Watertown School District 14-4 Board of Education on Aug. 11 approved a package of personnel, property and operational items during its regular meeting. Most motions passed by voice vote with no recorded roll-call tally reported in the meeting minutes.
Key board actions (voice votes; motion-by-motion details below): - Personnel: the board accepted three resignations and approved a set of contract recommendations and addendums for certified and classified staff and adjunct/corporate education instructors. - Fleet and equipment: the board authorized purchase of a 2021 Ford F-350 from Watertown Ford Chrysler for $51,189 to support the heavy equipment operator program and approved the purchase of two additional pickups (totaling approximately $50,000) budgeted in FY26 fleet funds. - Leases: the board approved a lease with Greater Plains Company for a commercial driver’s license (CDL) training maneuver site at 3301 Ninth Ave. SW for July 1–May 31, 2026 for $18,924.04; and approved three month-to-month airport hangar leases with the City of Watertown to support the professional pilot program (two hangars at…
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