Board approves agenda additions, consent items, gifts, vendor bids and preliminary budget

The Mankato Public School District School Board took multiple routine approvals at its June 16 meeting. The actions below are recorded from motions, seconds and roll-call votes in the meeting transcript.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of the meeting agenda with an addendum - Motion: “I move to approve the agenda with the addendum.” (mover: Chair) - Second: Superintendent Peters - Outcome: Approved (voice vote: ayes; no opposition recorded)

- Approval of the consent agenda (minutes of May 19 and June 9 meetings; approval of June bills; personnel with addendum; 2026 meeting dates; renewals of Minnesota State High School League and Minnesota School Boards Association memberships; hourly and co-curricular rates of pay; community education rates) - Motion: moved from the floor (mover identified in the record) - Second: second recorded - Outcome: Approved by roll call; board members recorded as voting yes included Miss Roberts, Chair Sineen, Mr. Baker, Mrs. Henke, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Pratt (and other members present) as called by the clerk.

- Acceptance of gifts and grants - Motion: approval of the gifts-and-grants list (mover: Mr. Kine as recorded) - Second: second recorded - Outcome: Approved by roll call. The district read donations including targeted gifts (examples): - $10,000 from the Andreas Foundation to the Central High School TAP program - $4,000 each from the Mankato Area Foundation to East and West VEX robotics programs - Individual donations to scholarships and program equipment - In-district PTO/PTA and booster club donations totaling more than $633,000 for the 2024–25 school year (the transcript contains two similar totals; $633,649 was referenced and a later figure of $633,006.49 was also read aloud; the district packet includes a complete listing).

- Approval of 2025–26 milk and bread vendor bids - Motion: approve low bidders for milk and bread (mover recorded) - Second: recorded - Outcome: Approved by roll call. Kemp’s was the low bidder for milk and Panagold (Panagold/Panagold Bakery) was the low bidder for bread; Prairie Farms and Bimbo were other bidders.

- Approval of the 2025–26 preliminary budget - Motion: “I move to approve the preliminary budget for 2526.” (mover recorded) - Second: recorded - Outcome: Approved by roll call. The board approved the preliminary budget that projects total operational revenues of about $158.4 million and total operational expenditures of about $158.9 million across all funds. The district reported an anticipated unassigned fund balance of about 14.36% (approximately 52 days of operations) for 2025–26.

Details and vote records

The transcript records roll-call confirmations for the approval votes. The clerk called roll for the consent agenda, gifts, vendor bids and the preliminary budget; the members recorded as voting in the affirmative included Miss Roberts, Chair Sineen, Mr. Baker, Mrs. Henke, Mr. Kind, Mrs. Pratt and others present for those votes. No votes in opposition were recorded in the transcript.

Notes

- The transcript contains two slightly different totals for PTO/PTA/booster donations; staff said a full rundown is included in the board packet. The minutes or packet should be consulted for the definitive donation totals and itemized listing. - The preliminary budget presentation included discussion of an estimated 163-student enrollment decline for 2025–26 and financial assumptions about state aid, property taxes and federal grants; staff said federal grant estimates are conservative until final awards are received.

All motions described above were approved at the June 16 meeting; several items were informational and will return for additional board action (for example, policy second readings).