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Tri-Center board approves $5 adult lunch price, saferoom local-match resolution and routine contracts
Summary
At its June 9 meeting the Tri-Center Community School District Board of Education unanimously approved raising the adult lunch price to $5.00, accepted a fixed-price fuel bid, approved a local-match resolution for a saferoom grant and agreed to participate in the Storm Protection Fund for FY26; concrete bids were tabled.
The Tri-Center Community School District Board of Education on June 9 unanimously approved a series of routine fiscal and safety measures, including raising the adult lunch price and approving local-match paperwork for a saferoom grant.
Board President Sara Arnold opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. with five board members present. The board approved the agenda and the consent agenda, which covered payment of bills, financial reports and May meeting minutes. Business Manager and Board Secretary Jennifer Harder then reviewed the district’s FY24 audit, prepared by Nolte, Cornman & Johnson P.C.; the audit review was presented to the board (no separate vote on acceptance is recorded in the minutes).
On a motion by Jeremy VanArsdol, seconded by Mike Olsen, the board raised the adult lunch price to $5.00 while leaving student lunch prices unchanged. The motion carried 5-0. VanArsdol initiated the motion and Olsen seconded.
The board accepted a fixed-price fuel bid from FSC in Harlan on a motion by Mike Olsen, seconded by Amanda Scherer; that motion carried 5-0. The board also approved a breakdown insurance policy for 2025–2026 through Jester Insurance (motion by Katie Ausdemore, second by Jeremy VanArsdol), again by a 5-0 vote. Concrete bids were tabled after a motion by Katie Ausdemore, seconded by Jeremy VanArsdol; the board will revisit those bids at a later date.
Superintendent Angela Huseman updated the board on a saferoom grant; the board voted 5-0 (motion by Katie Ausdemore, second by Amanda Scherer) to approve a Local Match Resolution for the Hazard Mitigation Assistance Program. The minutes do not specify the required local-match amount. Huseman also discussed the Storm Protection Fund (SPF25); Mike Olsen introduced a resolution for Tri-Center to participate in the Storm Protection Fund (identified in the minutes as an Iowa Code 28E and Chapter 670 risk pool) for FY26. Amanda Scherer seconded the motion and it passed 5-0.
The board approved the first reading and waived the second reading of multiple policies by motion of Mike Olsen and second by Amanda Scherer. Policies listed in the minutes are: 206.3 (Secretary); 401.6 (Employee Records); 402.2 (Child Abuse Reporting); 501.8 (Student Attendance Records); 506.1 (Education Records Access); 708 (Care, Maintenance and Disposal of School District Records); 804.6 (Use of Recording Devices on School Property); and 901 (Public Examination of School District Records).
The board approved legislative priorities for 2025–2026 with a motion by Katie Ausdemore and second by Jeremy VanArsdol. The adopted priorities are preschool funding, Area Education Agencies, mental health, school safety and supplemental state aid.
On personnel matters, the board accepted the resignation of Walter Bangert as custodian (motion by Amanda Scherer, second by Mike Olsen; vote 5-0). The district set an end-of-fiscal-year meeting for June 26, 2025 at 7:30 a.m. via conference call in the Business Manager/Board Secretary’s office, and scheduled the July regular meeting for July 14, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. in the Secondary Library. Board President Sara Arnold declared the meeting adjourned at 6:47 p.m.
What’s not specified in the minutes: the minutes do not list dollar amounts for the saferoom local match, the value or term of the Jester Insurance contract, or the amounts included in the accepted fuel bid. Those details will appear in procurement files or future board packets if and when provided.
