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Board approves fundraiser, donations, new law firm and administrative budget changes
Summary
At the March meeting the Lake Park Audubon trustees approved a Raider Care fundraiser, accepted several donations, selected a new law firm, and approved changes to administrative/operational budgets including fundraising form rollout and a substitution in substitute staffing.
The Lake Park Audubon School Board approved a set of administrative and operational items that together clear the way for district fundraising, vendor engagement and short-term cost reductions.
Trustees accepted a donations resolution that listed multiple community contributions, including $500 and $5,000 gifts from the Lake Park Fire Department and a $2,000 robotics donation from the University of Minnesota. The resolution cited Minnesota Statutes 123B.02 and 465.03 as the statutory basis for accepting gifts to a school district.
The board also approved a request to support the Raider Care fundraiser and discussed implementing a standard fundraising form; the district office said it had distributed a fundraising request form districtwide to prevent overlapping solicitations.
On legal services, trustees voted to engage the law firm Rathwick, Rossick, and Maloney (board materials and in-person discussion used multiple spellings), saying the firm’s representative (Christian Schaefer) had experience advising school boards and districts. The motion passed by roll call.
Operational changes included approving a plan to reduce some miscellaneous and technology spending and to ask the district office to administer hiring and applicant tracking more closely. The board approved a three-part package of administrative cuts and reassignments that includes Frontline applicant-tracking review and a plan to revisit Chromebook lease options. The board also approved a motion to reduce per diem and to change substitute pay rates, and administration estimated these measures could contribute to roughly $144,720 in miscellaneous savings.
All motions on donations, fundraiser approval and administrative budget changes were adopted by recorded vote during the meeting; administrators will follow up with contracts and implementation details in the coming weeks.
