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Jesup board approves $119,419 security license, multiple hires; Bell abstains from consent vote
Summary
At its Aug. 11 meeting the Jesup Community School District board approved a consent package including a $119,419.63 five-year security software license, several personnel hires and other contracts; the motion passed with six ayes and Director Bell abstaining.
At its Aug. 11 meeting in the PreK-8 Media Center, the Jesup Community School District Board of Directors approved a consent package that included a $119,419.63 five-year security license for camera and door security systems and several personnel recommendations.
Director Youngblut moved to approve the consent items and Director Jung seconded. The board approved the package with six ayes; Director Bell recorded an abstention. The consent list included purchases and subscriptions — a Fehr Graham/Legacy Fund item for $15,000, CDW Nutanix hardware and subscription ($20,903), a Willy Goat rural play system for $19,766.32 listed for Triumph School, and Bell Tile’s roller window shades for the east side of the building at $34,222.13 for shades and installation — as well as August 2025 claims, July financials, and the July transportation report.
The packet also listed open enrollment applications (four incoming from Independence, two from EB, one from Waterloo, and one outgoing to Oelwein Online), contracts including a real estate purchase agreement and a CEC agreement, planned fundraisers (football discount cards), and handbook updates for staff and students. The board approved personnel recommendations including hires and role assignments: Jason Pilcher (high school girls basketball head coach 0.5 FTE; assistant coach 0.5 FTE), Roger Oberhauser (high school girls basketball head coach 0.5 FTE; assistant coach 0.5 FTE), Alex Ruehlow (middle school girls wrestling), Amanda Youngblut (elementary paraeducator), Jamasa Emery-Daye (middle school paraeducator), Julia Aalsburg (day custodian), and others listed in the packet. The FFA requested out-of-state travel to the national convention in Indianapolis; that travel was included with the consent approvals.
The motion to approve the consent items was recorded as moved by Youngblut and seconded by Jung; the transcript notes the vote result as “Six AYES, Bell abstained from vote: Motion Carried.”
The board did not record extended discussion about the individual consent items in the transcript provided; questions about employee hiring procedures and department-level hiring processes were raised elsewhere during the meeting.
