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Votes at a glance: solar project, budgets, staffing and contracts approved
Summary
The Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District board approved a slate of motions including final approval for a solar project, acceptance of donations, revisions to FY26 and a preliminary FY27 budget, hiring a part-time online clerical position, substitute-rate changes, and ratification of a custodial contract.
At its meeting the Long Prairie-Grey Eagle School District board recorded a series of formal actions and roll-call motions.
Key outcomes recorded in the transcript:
• Solar-array resolution approved: Board authorized the superintendent to sign an energy-saving contract with Ideal Engineers LLC / Ideal Engineer Solar Leasing LLC. Roll-call in the record: Jeremiah (yes); Connie (no); Lisa (no); Lori (yes); Linda (yes). Motion carried.
• Donations accepted: The board accepted multiple community donations, including gifts from the Long Prairie Lions Club, Impact Foundation, American Legion Post 12 and an entry corrected in the transcript to Magnify Credit Union. Motion carried by voice vote.
• Hiring: The board approved hiring a part-time clerical position to support the district’s online program with leeway to combine duties with a 21st Century grant-funded role; roll-call recorded several yes votes and at least one no vote in the transcript.
• Budgets: Administration presented and the board approved a revised FY26 budget and approved the FY27 preliminary budget to move forward with the software and public-notice process.
• Substitute rates and vendor change: Trustees approved ending the district’s use of Kelly Services for substitute onboarding and adopting substitute pay tied to step one of the prior contract to increase some substitute rates.
• Custodial contract ratified: The board ratified a custodial contract that consolidated differentials into straight hourly pay and added a market adjustment for mechanical positions.
• EDM authorization and affidavit of candidacy: The board delegated EDM authorization to the superintendent to grant access for required state systems and approved placing the affidavit of candidacy on the record for upcoming filing dates.
Where the transcript records explicit roll calls, this article reproduces those named votes. For other voice votes the transcript records the motion and the chair’s announcement that the motion carried.
