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Eden Valley‑Watkins board adopts revised capital and LTFM budgets, approves personnel and bills
Summary
At its Feb. 19 meeting, the Eden Valley‑Watkins School Board unanimously adopted revised Capital and LTFM budgets, approved several certified contract changes for teachers effective January–March 2025, and approved the district’s February bills as recorded in the minutes.
Eden Valley‑Watkins School District trustees unanimously adopted revised Capital and LTFM budgets and approved multiple personnel and contract items at their Feb. 19, 2025 meeting in the district office.
The board approved the revised Capital and LTFM budgets on a motion by Trustee Jen Evens, seconded by Trustee Charli Magedanz. The minutes record the motion as carried unanimously. Business Manager Alisa Woolcott presented the budgets for adoption.
Separately, the board approved several certified contract changes for the 2024–25 year. As recorded in the minutes, Dan Berg (Physical Education/Health) will move from BS+45, Step 17 to MS, Step 17 effective March 1, 2025; Melissa Notch (Teacher on Special Assignment: Curriculum Director) will add the Teacher on Special Assignment: Educational Literacy Lead role effective Jan. 1, 2025; Laura Roush (Elementary Teacher) will move from MS, Step 7 to MS+15, Step 7 effective March 1, 2025; and Haylee Weege (Elementary Teacher) will move from BS, Step 6 to MS, Step 6 effective March 1, 2025. The board also approved a medical leave of absence for Elementary Teacher Shonda Nohner beginning approximately April 30, 2025.
The board approved the February 19 bills on a motion by Trustee Ann Lemke, seconded by Trustee Jen Evens; the minutes state the motion carried unanimously. The minutes include a detailed vendor and payment listing covering a broad set of vendors and recurring payroll/benefit payments (examples include Teachers On Call, HealthPartners, Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy). The minutes show a reported total of 499,928.7 across listed funds; several vendor lines and totals in the minutes show truncated or abbreviated decimal entries. The minutes do not list individual board roll‑call votes for these motions, only that motions carried unanimously.
Why this matters: adoption of capital and LTFM budgets sets the district’s near‑term plan for facility maintenance and capital projects; approved contract changes affect staffing pay and assignment for the remainder of the school year and into 2025–26.
What’s next: the minutes list the next meeting agenda to include a legislative update, summer projects and a curriculum/fine arts update.
