Board votes: agenda, minutes, personnel, policies, utilities and facilities contracts approved

The Dallas Center‑Grimes Community School District board took multiple actions at its regular meeting. The following summarizes motions the board voted on and the outcome of each action; the meeting transcript records aye votes without roll‑call tallies for most matters.

Key votes and motions (outcomes as recorded) - Approval of agenda — Motion to approve by Trustee Dickinson; second McNeese. Outcome: approved. - Approval of minutes (April 28 regular, May 12 special) — Motion by Malmberg; second Dickinson. Outcome: approved. - Presentation of bills (payment authorization) — Motion by Viela; second Baker Curtis. Outcome: approved. - Consent agenda — Motion by Almberg; second Van der Velde. Outcome: approved. - City presentation (Dallas Center) — informational; no district action required. - Class size guidelines for 2025–26 (no changes except a kindergarten classroom associate exception to accommodate a larger kindergarten section at Dallas Center) — Motion to approve by Lundberg; second Dickinson. Outcome: approved. - First reading of multiple board policy revisions (400, 500, 600, 700 series and selected 200/800/900 series policies) — Motion by Biella; second Malmberg. Outcome: approved on first reading. - Contract: DCG high‑school principal employment/benefit package — Motion to approve contract; mover noted as McNace (second Lundberg). Outcome: approved; contract salary discussed as $140,000 for incoming principal. - Distribution of Education Support Personnel salary supplement (retention stipends for classified staff funded via state ESSP funds) — Motion by Dickinson; second (recorded). Outcome: approved. Stipend schedule: $250 (first year) up to $850 (10+ years) by years of service (presented in packet). - Cooperative sharing agreement with Johnston Community School District (boys/girls swimming and bowling) — Motion by Van der Velde. Outcome: approved. - School‑bus use/transportation agreement with North Polk Community Schools for an individual special‑education student’s routing — Motion by Dickinson. Outcome: approved (the arrangement funds North Polk transportation for the student while DCG assumes costs as the student resides in DCG). - 2025–26 transportation and activity fee schedules — Motions to approve fees; outcomes: approved. - Facilities and energy actions: Baker Group engineering study and remedial work for administration HVAC balancing and a Woodman Controls quote for high‑school heat‑pump loop — motions to approve (movers recorded). Outcomes: approved. - Participation in the Iowa Local Government Natural Gas Risk Pool via Wood River Energy (one‑year risk‑pool arrangement to provide budget certainty for natural gas) — Motion to approve. Outcome: approved; district finance reported it will move most natural‑gas costs into the management fund and the pool cost equals a one‑time payment of about $171,000 starting July 1 (as presented). - Financial statements and budget summary for May 2025 — Motion to approve. Outcome: approved. - Board commendations — Motion to approve seven pages of recognitions. Outcome: approved. - Closed session under Iowa Code 21.5(1)(a) and subsequent action — The board entered closed session, then returned and approved a separation agreement (motion and vote recorded). Outcome: approved.

Notes on voting record and tallies The transcript records the customary “All those in favor say ‘aye’” wording for votes and does not include a named roll call or per‑member yes/no tallies for most motions. Where a motion failed to appear in the transcript as a formal vote it is recorded here as “informational” or “no action.”

What happens next Several approved items (contracts, facility work, energy pool participation and stipend payments) will be implemented administratively. The board scheduled its next regular meeting for Monday, June 23, 2025.