Board approves agenda, consent items and general fund statement; moves to executive session

The Grand Forks School Board took several procedural votes during its May 27 meeting. All roll-call tallies reported in the transcript were unanimous among nine members present.

The board first approved the meeting agenda. The motion to approve the agenda was moved by Mr. Larson, seconded by Dr. Lund, and the clerk took a roll-call vote with the transcript recording nine "yes" votes and no opposed or absent votes. (Transcript roll call sequence: Manley; Anderson; Podak; Cleven; Larson; Palmasino; Flynn; Lund; Berger.)

Later, the board approved the consent agenda. The motion was moved by Mr. Palmasino and seconded by Mr. Anderson; a roll-call vote recorded nine "yes" votes, zero no votes and zero absences.

The board then approved the general fund financial statement for the period July 1, 2024 through April 30, 2025. The financial report presented by Brandon Baumbach showed revenues of approximately $113.5 million and expenditures of approximately $94.3 million at the reporting date, leaving revenues over expenditures near $19.2 million before summer payrolls. The motion to approve the financial statement was moved by Dr. Hodak and seconded by Mr. Cleven; the roll call recorded nine "yes" votes, zero no, zero absent.

Finally, the board voted to convene an executive session to discuss negotiating strategy regarding contracts, citing North Dakota Century Code provisions for closed-session authority. The motion to enter executive session was moved by Mr. Cleven, seconded by Mr. Larson, and the roll-call vote was recorded as nine "yes" votes, zero no and zero absent. The board asked members of the public to leave the room during the executive-session period.

No minutes of the executive session are included in the public transcript; the board indicated it would reconvene briefly after the executive session and then adjourn.