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Board approves contracts, playground change order, wages and AEA transfer; votes at a glance
Summary
The Ames Community School District board unanimously approved contracts, payroll adjustments and a transfer agreement with Heartland AEA during its regular meeting.
The Ames Community School District Board of Directors approved a series of motions during its regular meeting, unanimously on recorded voice votes. The board took formal action on gifts, two construction/architecture items, personnel compensation and contracts, and an agreement to transfer state funds to Heartland Area Education Agency for special‑education services.
Votes at a glance (motions approved, all recorded as passing 6–0 unless otherwise noted):
• Approve agenda — Moved by Sabrina Shields Cook; seconded by Angie DeWard; outcome: approved.
• Approve consent agenda as presented — Moved by Angie DeWard; seconded by Beerbohm; outcome: approved.
• Approve gifts as presented (cash donations to choir, lunch program, Mitchell Elementary and Ames Education Foundation for band) — Mover/second: motion recorded and seconded; outcome: approved.
• Approve change order No. 2 to Bid Package No. 2 for the 2025 elementary playground project — Mover/second: motion recorded and seconded; outcome: approved.
• Engage Tenfold Architecture for design services for redevelopment at Northwestern Avenue and Thirteenth Street — Moved by Sabrina Shields Cook; seconded by Amy Erica Smith; outcome: approved. (Staff earlier reported nine proposals were received in response to the RFP and recommended Tenfold Architecture.)
• Approve administrators and nonunion staff contract and wage information as presented (report and adjustments based on a market compensation study) — Mover/second: motion recorded and seconded; outcome: approved. (Staff described a Cunningham & Butler compensation study comparing district nonunion positions to a market that included City of Ames, Iowa State University, Story County and multiple peer districts.)
• Approve substitute rates and starting rates for support staff for 2025–26 — Mover/second: Amy Erica Smith moved; Aaron Rodriguez seconded; outcome: approved.
• Approve superintendent contract as presented — Mover/second: motion recorded and seconded; outcome: approved.
• Approve contract with Heartland AEA for the transfer of state funds to the AEA for special‑education services — Moved by Sabrina Shields Cook; seconded by Amy Erica Smith; outcome: approved. Staff explained the district will now receive state special‑education aid and remit 90% to the AEA, retaining roughly 10% (estimated $169,695) for district special‑education supports; the AEA will bill and the district will ACH funds to the AEA on schedule.
Staff confirmed that all recorded votes on the consent and action items were in favor and that each motion passed by voice vote and unanimous assent. The board did not record roll‑call tallies by individual name beyond the unanimous voice votes stated in the meeting.
