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Votes at a glance: Council Bluffs school board meeting — key motions and outcomes
Summary
A summary of motions, roll-call outcomes and funding amounts recorded during the board meeting, including tabling of wage and administrator contract items and approvals of budget, policies and capital bids.
The Council Bluffs Community School District board recorded multiple formal actions during the meeting. Below are the principal motions and outcomes drawn from the meeting's roll calls and agenda items.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of amended agenda: passed (motion and second; recorded as approved). - Approval of minutes (04/08/2025 special and workshop meeting): passed. - First reading of multiple personnel and student policies (policy numbers listed in meeting): passed on roll call (Miss Hardiman voted no; other board members voted yes). - Second reading of listed policies: passed on roll call. - Approval of district career and academic plan: passed. - Acceptance of 06/30/2024 audit report (Eide Bailly LLC): passed. - Approval of the 2025–26 certified budget: passed on roll call. - Standard employee 2025–26 wage increase (3%): motion made but the board voted to table the item (item F) on roll call. - Issuance of 2025–26 administrator contracts: motion made but the board voted to table the item (item G) on roll call. - Instructional materials purchase (National Geographic Cengage for grades 6–12 ELD): approved. - Set public hearing on possible sale of a vacant lot near the warehouse for 2025-05-13 at 6:30 p.m.: approved. - Multiple job-description approvals (elementary school Spanish/K–12 world language facilitator; Kanesville transition teacher): approved; board noted these reduce FTE by combining roles. - Bid approvals and capital projects (selected items): Wilson Middle School PA/bell replacement $58,800 (approved); Thomas Jefferson auditorium seating $110,140.70 (approved); concrete repairs at multiple sites (approved; amounts listed in agenda); districtwide annual technology purchases including Chromebooks and licenses $672,692.32 (approved); Thomas Jefferson PA/intercom $84,900 (approved); professional services for TJ HVAC $48,000 (approved). - Consent agenda (multiple contracts, special-education agreements and finances): approved; board members asked for clarifications on certain contract fee pages and redacted student details. - Board adjourned public session and entered exempt session to discuss employment conditions per Iowa Code 21.9.
Several items included roll-call votes with individual board members recorded. Where roll-call details were recorded in the meeting transcript, those names and votes are included in the board minutes and have been reflected above; items tabled during the meeting were explicitly recorded as "tabled."
