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Board approves consent agenda, calendar, audit contract and work session; several routine motions pass unanimously
Summary
The Big Lake Public School District board approved routine business including the consent agenda, donations, food-service budget revisions and staffing additions, a three-year audit contract with Bergen KDV, the 2025–26 school calendar and a June 11 work session; all motions carried.
The Big Lake Public School District board approved a series of routine motions during its meeting, including the consent agenda, donations, fiscal actions and calendar items. Board members voted unanimously on the motions recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Approve agenda: Motion to adopt the meeting agenda was made and carried; transcript indicates Nelson moved the agenda.
- Consent agenda: The board approved the consent agenda, which included the January 22 regular meeting minutes; claims and accounts totaling $845,346.41; the credit-card report; the personnel report; listed fundraisers; the Local 284 agreement; and a set of first-read policies. Motion made by Chabillion, second by Brown; motion carried.
- Donations: The board approved donations as presented. Motion was made and seconded (second by Sixberry); motion carried.
- Food-service budget revisions, staffing additions and financial report: The board approved midyear food-service budget revisions, the 2025–26 staffing additions (one high-school DCD/ASD teacher and one elementary teacher) and the monthly financial report. Berry moved the combined motion; motion carried.
- Three-year audit contract: The board approved a three-year contract with auditing firm Bergen KDV to provide financial and single-audit services. Motion to approve Bergen KDV’s three-year quote carried.
- School calendar for 2025–26: The board approved the proposed 2025–26 school calendar, which includes a two-week student holiday window around year-end and designated e-learning days in place of traditional snow days. Motion made by Shabillion, second by Nelson; motion carried.
- Work session: The board approved a work session for June 11, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the middle school. Motion carried (second by Brown).
Where motions were recorded as carried, the transcript uses the board’s standard voice vote phrasing (“All in favor? Aye. Opposed? Motion carries.”). The meeting record did not contain roll-call tallies naming each board member’s vote for these routine items.
