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Southeast Polk board approves budget amendment, contracts, literacy adoption and sets hearings
Summary
The Southeast Polk Community School District board approved a fiscal year 2025 budget amendment, multiple vendor contracts, a grades 3–5 literacy adoption and set public hearings for the transportation building plans at its May meeting. Votes on each item were recorded and passed by the board.
The Southeast Polk Community School District Board of Directors on Thursday approved a fiscal year 2025 budget amendment, several vendor contracts, and a grades 3–5 literacy adoption, and set a public hearing for plans and specifications for a new transportation building.
The board opened and closed the public hearing for the FY2025 budget amendment with no public comments and then voted to adopt the amendment. Board members recorded affirmative votes in roll call; the motion passed. The board also adopted the FY26 board meeting schedule and confirmed June 12, 2025, for the next meeting.
On contracts, the board voted to approve an employee assistance program (EAP) contract and a student assistance program contract. The board also approved a contract identified in the meeting as the "SEPIA contract." During discussion of the SEPIA contract a board member asked about insurance and the district’s approach; staff said insurance costs are handled separately from collective bargaining and that the total compensation package increase being discussed is 2.9 percent.
The board approved a literacy adoption for grades 3 through 5 after brief comments praising the work, and it set a public hearing for the plans and specifications for the new transportation building for June 12, 2025.
Votes at a glance - FY2025 budget amendment (Item C): motion to approve passed (roll-call recorded affirmative votes). No public comment during the hearing prior to the vote. - FY26 board meeting schedule (Item E): motion to approve passed. - Employee Assistance Program (Item F): motion to approve passed. - Student Assistance Program (Item G): motion to approve passed. - Grades 3–5 literacy adoption (Item H): motion to approve passed. - SEPIA contract (Item I): motion to approve passed; board discussion touched on insurance and total compensation packaging. - Public hearing set for transportation building plans and specs (Item J): set for June 12, 2025.
Board members called during roll-call and recorded affirmative votes for the motions above, including Laurie, Brett, Karen, Chad, Rick, Lori, Bridget and Jared (as recorded in the meeting transcript). The motions carried as recorded in the meeting minutes.
The board’s consent agenda and confirmations (including next meeting date) were also approved earlier in the meeting.
The meeting included routine procedural actions and a range of staff reports; no contested votes or roll-call no votes were recorded in the transcript for the items above.
