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Pequot Lakes board adopts resolution to accept $16,263 in local donations and grants
Summary
The Pequot Lakes Public Schools board adopted a resolution accepting $16,263 in donations and grants, including $5,000 from the Jeffers Foundation and $5,000 from Blue Water Wells, earmarked for Eagle View Nature Center, classroom items, athletics and a fitness center.
The Pequot Lakes Public Schools board (ISD #186) adopted a resolution on June 22, 2026, to accept $16,263 in donations and grants for district programs and projects. The minutes list specific gifts and grants to support classroom supplies, athletics, Eagle View Nature Center and a fitness center.
The resolution text in the minutes cites Minnesota Statutes 123B.02, Subd. 6 and Minnesota Statutes 465.03 as legal authority for accepting gifts and grants. The minutes enumerate donors and amounts, including Pequot Lakes School PTA grants of $98 (Middle School — Harmala classroom), $765 (Kindergarten — dramatic play items) and $4,000 (Eagle View Nature Center); a $1,000 donation from the Patriot Activities Club for Eagle View Nature Center; a $5,000 grant from the Jeffers Foundation for Eagle View Nature Center; a $400 gift from the Bobbertown Boosters Club for state expenses for girls golf and boys & girls track; a donation of six men’s basketballs from Waldon Brown to the boys basketball program; and a $5,000 donation from Blue Water Wells toward the fitness center project. The minutes show a June total for district accounts of $16,263.00.
The extract of minutes records the resolution as "adopted." The document does not provide a roll‑call tally or identify the motion mover or seconder in the excerpt provided. The resolution language reiterates that acceptance of donations by a governmental unit should be by resolution adopted by a two‑thirds majority, per the cited Minnesota statute.
The board did not attach conditions or amendments to the donations in this extract. The minutes do not indicate further action steps or reporting requirements for how the donations will be expended; those details are not specified in the excerpt.
