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ISD 191 board unanimously approves multiple personnel resolutions, labor contract and benefits changes
Summary
The Burnsville school board voted unanimously on a slate of business items including termination/non-renewal resolutions for long-term substitutes and probationary staff, adjustments to portions of contracts exceeding 1.0 FTE, adoption of a 2025–27 collective bargaining agreement with the 191 Liaison Association, and multiple terms-and-conditions updates.
At its April 9 meeting, the ISD 191 Board of Education moved through a series of business items and approved personnel and labor actions by unanimous votes.
Stacy Sovine, the district’s executive director of administrative services, presented three resolutions that the board adopted by roll call: termination of named long-term substitute contracts effective at the close of the 2025–26 school year; termination of portions of teaching contracts exceeding 1.0 FTE; and termination/non-renewal of specified probationary licensed teachers pursuant to Minnesota Statute 122A.40. Each resolution was moved, seconded and passed with seven 'I' votes recorded by the clerk during roll calls.
The board also approved a two-year collective bargaining agreement with the newly organized 191 Liaison Association. Sovine described it as the unit’s first two-year agreement, negotiated over multiple meetings, with an estimated two-year package cost of about $150,000 and an MSBA-indexed 9.59% package covering career steps and insurance contributions. "It is my recommendation that the board of education approve the proposed revisions and readopt the unchanged language in the 2025–27 collective bargaining agreement with the 191 Liaison Association and independent school district 191," Sovine said; the motion carried unanimously.
Other business items approved unanimously included updated terms for five confidential employees (a $56,000 two-year package, MSBA 7%); terms for four operations and maintenance supervisors (2-year cost ~$31,000, MSBA ~5.31%); selection of Benefits Extra as third-party administrator for FSA/HRA administration; and the first reading of policy updates aligning district policy with state statute (policies 404, 406, 410 and 701).
Board procedures noted that consent agenda items were approved without separate discussion after no board member moved any item for separate consideration. Several motions were voice votes; roll call votes were used for statutory-resolution items. The actions taken are administrative and personnel decisions required for year-end staffing and collective bargaining cycles.
