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Eden Valley‑Watkins board adopts 2025–26 budget, approves student representative and personnel actions; tables audit decision
Summary
At its June 18 meeting, the Eden Valley‑Watkins School Board approved the district’s 2025–26 revenue and expenditure budget, confirmed a student school‑board representative, ratified personnel and summer contracts via the consent agenda, adopted an IOwA access resolution for a staffer and tabled selection of an audit provider to July.
The Eden Valley‑Watkins School Board adopted the district’s 2025–26 revenue and expenditure budget during its June 18, 2025 meeting at the district office. The motion to approve the budget was made by Member Jen Evens and seconded by Member Christina DeRose and carried unanimously.
The vote followed a consent agenda that included approval of minutes, personnel actions and multiple extra‑curricular and certified contracts. That consent approval—moved by Member Jen Evens and seconded by Clerk Ann Lemke—ratified summer‑school assistant contracts for Jessica Piram and Emily Sieben and summer credit recovery contracts for Stephanie Borscheid and Melissa Notch, and certified contracts for Leah Hendricks (.8 FTE, Family & Consumer Science, EVW Secondary) and Jason Louwagie (Science Teacher, EVW Secondary). The consent agenda also authorized the district office to issue P‑Cards to Leah Hendricks and Jason Louwagie.
The board approved a resolution authorizing Joel Baumgarten to access State of Minnesota secured websites under the district’s annual IOwA designation. Ann Lemke introduced the resolution, which Member Jen Evens seconded; the board voted in favor (Jay Brovold, Ben Stommes, Jen Evens, Ann Lemke, Christina DeRose). Two members, Charli Magedanz and Nate Haag, were recorded as absent.
The board also approved Grace Brovold as the 2025–2027 Student–School Board Representative on a motion by Member Jen Evens, seconded by Clerk Ann Lemke. Tenured employees’ status for the 2025–26 school year was approved on a motion by Ann Lemke, seconded by Jen Evens.
Business Manager Alisa Woolcott presented the district’s bills for June 18, which the board approved on a motion by Member Ben Stommes, seconded by Member Christina DeRose. The meeting packet listed fund totals including Fund 01 (General Education) at 646,478.8, Fund 02 (Food Service) at 228,476.8 and Fund 04 (Community Education) at 30,980.03, for a combined total listed as 905,935.7.
Superintendent Mark Messman reviewed professional audit provider proposals but the board voted to table that decision until the July meeting on a motion by Ben Stommes, seconded by Ann Lemke. The meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m. on a motion by Jen Evens, seconded by Ben Stommes.
Votes at a glance: agenda approval (motion: Ben Stommes, second: Jen Evens) — approved; consent agenda (motion: Jen Evens, second: Ann Lemke) — approved; bills approval (motion: Ben Stommes, second: Christina DeRose) — approved; IOwA designation resolution (motion: Ann Lemke, second: Jen Evens) — adopted unanimously; student representative appointment (motion: Jen Evens, second: Ann Lemke) — approved; budget adoption (motion: Jen Evens, second: Christina DeRose) — approved; audit provider decision — tabled (motion: Ben Stommes, second: Ann Lemke); tenured employees status — approved (motion: Ann Lemke, second: Jen Evens); adjournment — approved (motion: Jen Evens, second: Ben Stommes).
