EXETER-MILLIGAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING- MUSIC ROOM, MILLIGAN, NEBRASKA TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2023 8:00 PM. President Erdkamp declared the regular meeting open at 8:00 pm. Also present were E. Milton, D. Kallhoff, K. Jansky, P. Jurgensen, Superintendent Sheffield, and Principal Kroll. There were four other visitors present. The Nebraska open meetings act was posted Motion by E. Milton and 2nd by K. Jansky to verify that the meeting of the School Board of Exeter-Milligan Public School was duly advertised, and all Board members were notified as to the time and place of the meeting pursuant to Board policy and practice. Motion carried 5-0. Motion by K. Jansky and 2nd by P. Jurgensen to approve the consensus agenda consisting of the Treasurer's report, the regular monthly meeting minutes on July 12, 2023, the work session minutes on July 18, 2023, and the August expenditures. Motion carried 5-0. The board reviewed Policy 5001-Attendance and Excessive Absenteeism and Policy 5055-Bullying. Public Comment: Eric Johnson, representing the Milligan Village Board, gave an update on the Milligan site. He has had discussions with three different architecture firms about repurposing the Milligan site for future use including housing. He is still waiting for two firms to come and tour the building and will update the board when he has more information. President Erdkamp shared a recap of the area committee meeting and the work session. The E-M board toured the Friend facility and vice versa. After the tour, E-M’s board traveled back to Exeter and continued the discussion of future possibilities with Friend, including consolidation, and how that would look. Another area committee meeting will be scheduled for the end of August/beginning of September to continue these discussions. Superintendent Sheffield shared a possible consolidation timeline with the board. This same timeline was shared with the Friend School Board at their meeting. This timeline will be a discussion item at future meetings. There was no more information to share about the elementary/gym HVAC project. The goal is to have a proposal for the September meeting. Superintendent Sheffield shared some information pertaining to the preliminary 2023-24 budget. E-M will see an increase in state aid due to the new foundation aid and will also see an increase in special education reimbursement. Going forward, Supt Sheffield recommended either keeping the tax asking the same for the 2023-24 budget year or to slightly increase the tax asking to capture the unused property tax authority. A final decision will be made at the September meeting. Motion by E. Milton and 2nd by K. Jansky to approve the resolution to increase the base growth percentage used to determine its property tax request authority for the 2023-24 budget in an amount of 7%. Motion carried 5-0. Motion by K. Jansky and 2nd by D. Kallhoff to approve the resignation of board member Allen Vavra as of August 2nd. Motion carried 5-0. The board will take applications for the open position until 4 PM on August 23rd. The vacancy will be filled by school board appointment from the completed applications. Motion by K. Jansky and 2nd by D. Kallhoff to authorize the transfer of up to $200,000 into the Depreciation Fund. Motion carried 5-0. Info and discussion items included: Open House on Thursday, August 10 from 5 to 7 PM; Parent sports meeting for athletes in grades 9-12 on Monday, August 14 at 7 PM in Friend; NASB Regional meeting on Thursday, August 24 in York. A special board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 29 at 5:30 PM in the Exeter site Community Classroom. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 13th at 8 pm in the Exeter site Community Classroom. The budget and levy requisition hearings will be held before the regular meeting. Motion by D. Kallhoff and 2nd by E. Milton to adjourn the meeting at 8:55 pm. Motion carried 5-0. CLAIMS (Including check # and date) 21067 Black Hills Energy 124.06; 21068 Candlewood Suites Kearney 519.80; 21069 Central Nebraska Rehabilitation Services 2,163.05; 21070 Culligan of York 147.00; 21071 DAS State Accounting - Central Finance 238.13; 21072 Eakes Office Products 1,792.35; 21073 Educational Service Unit #6 65,477.42; 21074 Egan Supply Co. 84.20; 21075 Electronic Contractig Company 441.65; 21076 Elite Card Payment Center 3,258.11; 21077 Erdkamp Motors 455.42; 21078 Farmers Cooperative 260.59; 21079 Fillmore County Hospital 4,583.33; 21080 Flinn Scientific Inc. 225.39; 21081 Generations Bank 185.00; 21082 Hastings Tribune 96.00; 21083 Hometown Leasing 2,516.55; 21084 Hot Lunch Fund 60,000.00; 21085 Jackson Services, Inc. 50.55; 21086 JourneyEd.com, Inc. 1,662.80; 21087 Kopchos Sanitation 354.00; 21088 KSB School Law 350.00; 21089 Lee Advertising 38.00; 21090 M and B Construction 350.00; 21091 Menininger Fire Protection 315.00; 21092 Midwest Grads 266.85; 21093 NCSA 904.00; 21094 Nebraska Rural Community Schools Association 850.00; 21095 NREA 75.00; 21096 Perennial 2,916.84; 21097 Brandi Perez 2,247.29; 21098 Petty Cash 452.83; 21099 Amanda Pettygrove 1,080.00; 21100 Marilyn Pribyl 141.48; 21101 Pulliam Plumbing, Inc. 152.00; 21102 Purple Ribbon Meat Program 2,500.00; 21103 Quadient Leasing USA, Inc. 203.88; 21104 Really Good Stuff 33.68; 21105 Scholastic Inc. 384.62; 21106 Seward County Independent 93.85; 21107 Sherwin Williams 84.06; 21108 Sinking Fund 6,638.46; 21109 Student Activity Fund 40,000.00; 21110 Taylor Lawn Sprinklers 54.00; 21111 Unite Private Networks, LLC 5.80; 21112 Verizon Wireless 102.74; 21113 Village Of Exeter 474.75; 21114 Voss Lighting 190.10; 21115 Darcy White 373.30; 21116 Windstream 339.73; 21117 WoodRiver Energy LLC 881.20; ; 1635 Heartland Roofing Consultants "HRC" 910.00; 1636 Pulliam Plumbing, Inc. 2,380.50. Dan Kallhoff Secretary FS — August 23, 2023 ZNEZ
