Board authorizes city easement, holds meal prices and moves to closed session

The board approved two operational items and then moved into closed session to address personnel and property matters.

Easement: Administration presented a draft utility easement requested by the city to facilitate routing of power from a recently built substation. Counsel reviewed the draft agreement; the board approved the easement and authorized the superintendent to sign final documents. Administration said the easement route was designed to minimize impacts to athletic fields and to allow necessary construction access and conduit boring.

Meal prices: Business staff recommended keeping student meal prices unchanged for the 2026–27 school year after reviewing food-service fund balances (reported around $247,000) and noting variability in input prices for some items. The board approved keeping prices at the current rates for the coming year.

Closed session: The board voted by roll call to enter closed session under Wisconsin statutes to consider individual staff compensation, litigation strategy and negotiating options for the sale of the prior middle-school property with a real-estate representative. The transcript records affirmative roll-call votes for the board members present before the meeting moved into closed session.