Board of Education Independent School District 200 Hastings, Minnesota A Regular Meeting of the School Board of Independent School District 200, Hastings, Minnesota, was held on Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 via Zoom conference.

The meeting was called to order by Kelsey Waits at 6:01 PM. The following members of the School Board were present: Brian Davis, Scott Gergen, Lisa Hedin, Stephanie Malm, Dave Pemble, and Kelsey Waits. Those absent: Becky Beissel and Interim Superintendent Jeff Pesta. A motion to approve the agenda was made by Brian Davis and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, and 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to approve the minutes from the May 20th Regular Board Meeting was made by Dave Pemble and seconded by Scott Gergen. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. Kelsey Waits took time to welcome and acknowledge those who were attending the Board Meeting via Zoom as well as those watching the meeting remotely. Time was taken to acknowledge the good news items happening throughout the District including the Senior Graduation procession, the Middle School end of year sendoff parade, and the parade held of those employees who retired during the 2019-2020 school year. The time was turned over to Mary Ellen Fox to present the annual results of the wellness survey. Jennifer Seubert and Brittney Hirschauer took time to provide the School Board with updates on summer community food security. Jennifer Seubert then presented the board with the CARES Act impact and provide updates on upcoming fund transfers related to the state’s emergency orders. She also presented further details regarding the recommended budget for the upcoming 20-21 fiscal year. The time was turned back over to Kelsey Waits to discuss the recommendation of forming an ad-hoc discipline policy committee to review policy 506. The Board took time to go over the reports from the facility committee meeting as well as to hear and discuss the summaries of the policy committee meetings. The first order of business was to approve the consent agenda. A motion to approve the consent agenda including change order number 12 with an addition of $113,024.00 was made by Stephanie Malm and seconded by Lisa Hedin. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to adopt Policy 534 was made by Dave Pemble and seconded by Scott Gergen. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously.

A motion to adopt Policy 721 was made by Stephanie Malm and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to adopt Policy 620 was made by Brian Davis and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. Policy 612 was discussed at length and it was agreed that the policy will be reviewed further and be brought back for a third read. A motion to adopt Policy 408 was made by Dave Pemble and seconded by Stephanie Malm. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously.

A motion to adopt Policy 419 was made by Stephanie Malm and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to adopt Policy 515 was made by Lisa Hedin and seconded by Scott Gergen. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to adopt Policy 535was made by Lisa Hedin and seconded by Stephanie Malm. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously.

The following policies were brought forward as first reads for the board, discussed, and will be further reviewed and brought back for a second read at a future meeting: Policy 901, Policy 902, Policy 902A, Policy 903, and Policy 610. A motion to approve the recommended budget for fiscal year 20-21 was made by Brian Davis and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to approve the master agreements for the Community Education Coordinators and the Technology Support Group was made by Dave Pemble and seconded by Brian Davis. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to approve the pay equity review for the reviewed positions and updated position descriptions was made by Scott Gergen and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to approve the School Resource Officer and Traffic Control Agent Program Agreement Renewal was made by Dave Pemble, however there were issues with the documents and further discussion about the topic. This item will be moved to the July meeting for further approval. A motion to approve the Sternau and Associates Employee Assistance Plan Agreement Contract Renewal was made by Stephanie Malm and seconded by Scott Gergen. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to approve the recommended quote for property, liability, and workers’ compensation insurance was made by Dave Pemble and seconded by Stephanie Malm. The vote was 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously.

Lisa Hedin made a motion to approve the following prime food service vendor agreements: Trio Supply Company, BIMBO Bakeries, Upper Lakes Foods, Plainview Milk Products Cooperative, Big 8, and Bix Produce Company. This motion was seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to accept the recommended vid from Wold Architects and Engineers was made by Lisa Hedin and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding to staff the summer food service program was made by Scott Gergen and seconded by Stephanie Malm. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. There was a motion to approve the Designation of Identified Officials with Authority for the MDE External user Access Recertification System as follows: Dr. Robert McDowell to act as the Identified Official with Authority (IOwA) and Missy Williams to act as the IOwA to add and remove names only for Hastings Public School District 0200-01. The motion was made by Dave Pemble and seconded by Scott Gergen. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to designate the St. Paul Pioneer Press as the official district posting for the Hastings Public School District was made by Lisa Hedin and Seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously.

A motion to adjourn to a closed session of the School Board pursuant to Minnesota Statute §13D.05 Subd. (1b) for the purposes of discussing admin negotiation strategy was made by Scott Gergen and seconded by Dave Pemble. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. A motion to adjourn the closed session of the School Board was made by Dave Pemble and seconded by Scott Gergen. The vote was: 6 ayes, 0 nays, motion carried unanimously. Closed session of the board was adjourned at 9:05 PM. The Board returned to the open session of the Regular Board Meeting. With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 9:06 PM.