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Board reviews general fund bills and discusses rehoming middle-school fish tanks
Summary
During consideration of general and other fund bills, board members questioned a payment for middle-school fish-tank maintenance and discussed options to rehome or auction tanks after prior budget reductions; the board approved the bills as presented.
The Elkhorn Area School District business office presented general and other fund bills at the March 9 meeting with check and wire ranges read into the record and a total amount as stated in the minutes. Board members asked specifically about a payment to Aquatic Specialty Systems for middle-school fish-tank maintenance, noting tanks had been slated for removal in a prior budget reduction.
Mr. Earl from the business office explained that Mr. Magnus had been providing maintenance for free for several months and that funding for the tanks had been pulled previously, but the tanks remain in place. Board members discussed options—rehome, auction, find a local facility or a Milwaukee organization that would accept the fish—and asked administration to contact Mr. Magnus and identify rehoming or disposal plans. One board member suggested an 'adopt-a-fish' approach and another suggested following standard property-disposal procedures if tanks are sold.
After the discussion the board moved and approved the general and other fund bills as presented by voice vote; individual roll-call votes were not recorded in the excerpt.
