Okay, we'll call this meeting to order if everyone could please stand for the Pledge
of Allegiance.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for
which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Sienna, if you could do roll call please.
Angie Schreiber, Angie Schreiber, Joe Madison, here, Kristin Matt Miller, here, Daniel
Nicholson, Jean Adams, Randy Mudders.
Thank you, Andy.
Mike Prezek, Melissa Cornelius, here, Danny Pinkett, no, thank you, okay, all right.
So the district mission, Dan, if you could read that for us, please.
Sorry, did I call you off, Rod?
Okay.
Do you have it up, Mike?
Jean's coming, thank you.
All right, so our mission, we are driven by purpose, guided by integrity, and defined
by success.
Our vision is to build a proud, annual community, and I know it is down talk about it, be about
it.
Thank you.
So now I'm going to move on to the Antigua High School W.S.M.
accreditation.
Go ahead.
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As of August 30th, 2026, Diego High School has officially been recognized by the Wisconsin
State Music Educators Association for Excellence in Music Education.
This recognition is a tremendous accomplishment for our students, our music staff, our families,
and our entire community.
It represents the incredible growth, dedication, and commitment we have seen throughout our
music program over the past year.
One of the major factors in receiving this recognition was the tremendous success of
our students at Solon Ensemble.
Last year, Annigua High School set more than 120 events to District Solon Ensemble with
more than 30 of those events advancing to the highest level of competition that being
State Solon Ensemble.
These numbers represent countless hours of preparation, practice, and commitment from
our students on an individual level, and those that support them are extended beyond Solon
Ensemble.
Both our band and choir program also have outstanding performances as there is respected contest
festivals.
These festivals provide our students with the opportunity to perform in front of a panel
of three highly qualified and experienced judges.
Each performance is evaluated using extremely detailed and rigorous rubrics, covering numerous
aspects of musical performance.
Students and ensembles are held to a very high standard, and earn a high rating is a
significant accomplishment.
Last year, both the Annigua High School band and choir earned a first division rating,
the highest possible rating an ensemble can receive.
The achieving this rating is a tremendous accomplishment and is a direct reflection
of the preparation, discipline, and musical growth demonstrated by our students.
Because of these accomplishments and the significant growth of our music program, Annigua High School
has officially earned recognition as a Wisconsin State Music Educator Association accredited
school for music excellence.
This recognition is about much more than the title or an award.
It represents the countless hours our students spend rehearsing, practicing, performing, and
challenging themselves to better become musicians.
It represents their commitment of our music educators in support of our families, administration,
school district, and community.
Most importantly, it reflects of what our students are capable of achieving when they
are given the opportunity to support and the encouragement to strive for excellence.
And we have quite a few students here, so they can stand up with me.
Yes, truly great work, everyone.
Congratulations.
You have a certificate for you.
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Absolutely.
I don't want to be a little.
Congratulations, you guys.
Awesome.
Congratulations, you guys.
Thank you all for your time.
Thank you so much.
And then we will go on to the Culture and Climate Committee presentation.
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Thank you for that, Alice.
Before I get started I'd like to introduce the members of our climate and culture committee.
I'd love to have Anna Schurfinske.
And the bulk of the chance to marry.
Did I say that later?
Okay.
And then Emily Kizzarek.
And like Linda said, I am Anna Hilder.
So.
Hello.
I am Anna Hilder.
I am Anna Hilder.
I am Anna Hilder.
I was born and raised in Annabelle.
Graduated about 2020.
And on my fourth year as a school counselor in the district.
I never speak tonight as an employee of the Annabelle School District.
And I'm all of the district culture and climate committee.
Before I gave all of the data, I would also like the purpose that I hear tonight because
I love AMGO.
And I want to thank our district to flag together.
I was surprised that I didn't really speak into it in my own words.
And I am not receiving any special treatment opportunities for being here.
We are communicating together with the nuts of bonus training.
And also that we can create a stronger climate and culture within our district.
Gail events in the last few years are currently in our district have obviously not been in
the same page.
And it is not known as for anyone.
So I wanted to then job on our hands.
One of our first projects was truth and questions for the staff survey.
All of us in the team worked together to create a regular live survey that would provide us
with feedback to then create goals to work towards.
One hundred and fifty-five staff members coded out of the survey.
Results coded out anonymously.
And the data of the group allies that organized the data.
But I want to tell you the events of the data and pick three terrible goals for the year.
Let's start with two other positives for the survey.
Now we have our 82% of staff struggling or agreeing that their work has purpose.
This tells us that our teachers still have to teach.
They are passionate about helping our students grow and learn.
They are positive.
8.9% of staff struggling or agreeing that they feel supported by their colleagues.
This tells us that our staff builds bonds, works closely together and around each other
for help in many areas.
More on to some areas for improvement.
52.26% of staff struggle or disagree.
That professional development sessions have better help than their students' needs.
This is a tele-statement for administration and it opens the door to collaborate with staff
regarding that they think they can benefit from regarding pain delays and how their time is spent.
Another area for improvement.
52.1.61% of staff struggle and disagree that they will be able to receive useful feedback.
This again will provide joy for administration and all staff to shutter their out.
So avoid the good and provide doubts for improvement.
Our last area for improvement.
64.16% of staff struggle and disagree or disagree that the district core explores the reasons behind decisions on key issues.
Communication for people is a need, especially educators who love a good email.
Our first goal is to provide staff with an hour of culture and climate time during each professional development day.
So what does that look like?
While requesting for a while of time, first they have to do something that benefits themselves, their classrooms, and their students.
This might look like golden papers or looking at a lesson planning, but it also might look like a district-wide walk, a book club, or a game of pickle ball.
Our team hopes that this boost fail is of value, decreases fail as a burnout, and emphasizes the importance of staff while being.
To allow the score, we will ask for feedback for the staff made way through the year and changer approach by some of their thoughts and opinions.
Our second goal is that climate and culture staff members will shut out two staff members from each building level a month.
We will showcase staff for day of things that exhibit our strategic priorities.
So don't achieve that in success, encourage community engagement, and cultivate talent and invest in our people.
This shout-outs will be added into our monthly staff newsletter for all district personnel to see.
Connecting our students and staff to our district will be creased to our behaviors and increase the sense of belonging for all.
Our third goal is for cultural and climate climate members to be advocates for staff.
When a brand comes around to administration, I put the bell in their court to communicate with staff accordingly.
We hope that this will increase communication on those small and large scale problems.
Before we finish tonight, I want to add that upon to share not only to our board, but to our entire community.
If you must want more than for tonight, please listen to this.
Our summary feedback will be that our 43.9% of staff strongly agree or agree that they feel appreciated by our community.
We all, even staff members, have been confused and are saddened by some of the decisions that have been removed or advanced that have occurred in recent times.
However, we cannot keep level in the past and focus in the negative.
We have to find a way to move forward.
We have to start working together and listen to each other, not just talk.
We need to think of those feeling activities surrounding the topic of the Inigo School District, especially on the social media.
The lack of support, the broken relationships, the unkind of words, and so on and plastered all their Facebook for care owners and students to see their needs to stop.
Despite all of this, we still show up each and every day, and it's a discouraging feeling.
So it is really difficult to get through with this moment in our faces, especially when they stand in front of our students.
The most part of it is that it hurts them. They're sealed and full of it, too.
One of the adults, the role models, and the mentors.
As hard as it has, they're all begging for us all to take a moment and reflect on our behavior, all the words, our choices, and our goals.
And it's time to put more emphasis on our lives and things that our staff and students are doing.
All of that can be a goal one and should all work together to get back on the same team.
And go Red Robbins.
Thank you.
Thank you very much, ladies. Keep up the good work.
I want to see public comment.
I will be reading our limitations rules, if you will.
Public comment at board halls.
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The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules.
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Council's name in the public shall be civilly and content in total,
and affirming a decoral and establish for a school board, known by the school board.
The strategy comments remarks about school board members, employees, students, positions, position titles,
and our district citizens shall not be made permitted.
Comments by the public shall be in reference to a specific agenda item.
Participants must be recognized by the presiding officer and will be requested to preface their permits by announcements of their name and group affiliation, if and when appropriate.
Each student might be able to participate should be limited to five-minute duration.
No participant will speak your own notes on the same topic unless all others who wish to speak on that topic have been heard.
Participants shall be recognized by the board and not to staff for other participants.
Participants shall address all topics within the agenda and jurisdiction of the board.
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The portion of the living room comment of the public is embedded shall be limited to 60 minutes unless instead of a bell vote of the board.
In order to go down those end speakers, this is not a conversation between the board and the person speaking at the microphone.
The person at the microphone will be allotted. I follow minutes to speak and I move to the next person who has signed up to speak.
So, with that moved and carried by those a first speaker.
Good evening. My name is Carol Bardo and I'm a 38-year resident of the City of Annago.
Tonight I would like to voice my support for the board action item A and encourage each of you to delay your decision and any recommendations concerning actions on the Clara R. McKenna Aquatic Center until you have done a district-wide survey and see the results and take a look at what people are saying.
My position on this pool situation is not anti-pool. It is anti-clarity and I would really like there be time to hear what everyone has to say.
I'm compelled to remind you you are a nine-member governing body. You represent 19 municipalities and that's what makes up our school district.
You charge to be the face of 18,862 people. That's taken from the 2020 census so I'm sure it's a little off but I didn't know where else to find the numbers.
Those are the children that are in our districts and per data from our city director of Parks and Recs.
The Annago Center users was approximately 862. I'm assuming that is, I got that from an element that is from last year's memberships.
Both of our numbers are not card and stone but it gives us some idea of usage.
That number represents 4.5% to 5% of the district population.
Over the last three weeks I have sent out a total of 40 letters and I'm really tired.
30 of those went with a longitudinal levy history and were sent to town chairman except for one which I sent to your clerk but I did bring a copy because I thought that might be considered a conflict of interest and I didn't want to put one of our board members in that situation.
So I brought one with me if you have not had a chance.
I just in that letter it was not in any way trying to buy us one way or other but just to explain to people what fund 80 is and where that money comes from because in conversing with people over the last few months, there were many people I've met that had absolutely no idea.
And that was my purpose.
The remaining 10 letters with additional 50 pages per support data were sent to state elected officials, state agencies and legal entities with the primary focus of I really think we need to do a forensic audit of this district going back to see where money has gone and where it's come from.
That has not been clear that with the documentation.
Ms. Fazmer did a wonderful job of doing a deep dive and it appears that there were about $7 million that was unauthorized and that's based only on the lack of documentation.
And that's why I think a forensic audit would help all of us to know where our money's gone and to go forward so we can make a plan.
I grew up in a swimming family in the south, my brother won state for years.
I mean it is not something I am anti at all but I as a former elected official feel we need to be responsible for money.
And if you look in the past where money has been spent over those years with $7 million was spent and during that time six of our rural schools were closed because of insufficient funds.
We've had budget limits that restricted staff salaries in fact I believe at least since I've been here there has been one year that staff did not get raised.
And due to the limitations we have three aging elementary buildings that were allowed to degrade because there was not money and there wasn't even as I recall at some time there was not even a maintenance budget.
So these are all issues that we as a whole need to be looking at where should we be using our money and that's all I ask.
Is that the students and the taxpayers of all the municipalities have some accountability and that going forward we could all work together to come up a plan that meets everybody needs and not just special special groups.
Thank you for this time.
Thank you Carol.
Thank you Carol.
Next up I have Melissa.
I apologize I don't have much of a voice right now but I am also a fig.
I will I've been coaching middle school track and cross country third year for cross country it'll be my fifth season come spring for track.
Excuse me.
And I am speaking on behalf of several parents of the children athletes that I coach and the athletes themselves who are very hardworking dedicated kids.
I am not opposed to football or football stadium.
I know that this is high school football was awesome as a kid.
It is important that something gets addressed with it.
But now it is being proposed as a sports complex which I can excuse you understanding the majority funding is now going to be requested through the school.
Part of portion of it I should say.
But I am also not opposed to having a sports complex facility.
But a question why a track is not a part of it.
You know I've been an athlete most of my life I've been all the US running track and majority of all of these stadiums football stadium was there the track was on the outside of it.
Even our local moving schools it is that set up that way.
So I'm addressing that part of possibly do we include a track in the stadium.
I know a lot of people aren't thinking that's nuts but let me get back to my track of notes here though.
Currently we have JC track which is not even should be considered a track at all.
For middle schoolers we don't have a track so we've been using the high school track.
My team went from approximately 22 kids.
The first year I started coaching track to 1.0 or 68 the majority.
Get those kids and then your high school kids on one track plus me have soccer.
It's really difficult to get anything done and we extend our track practice so that we can have these moments my clock never started.
Yeah I saw that.
Sorry at 642 I'm watching it on my computer so you're good.
You're good.
So there's also unfortunately the sharing of the track currently with the soccer teams.
They're asked to leave our practices which we practice on a track majority because the soccer has a meet.
So we cut our practices in half frequently enough and that is not on their fault it's just the way our setup is.
So a question on this because I was here at the meeting last where it was a beautiful presentation.
It was a beautiful complex but today I was a coach and to work hard as a coach and to work hard with my kids to show up at this beautiful complex with everything for them.
And then we can't even hold a meet after daylight hours.
We can't hold a post conference meet because of our we have our lights.
We have a PA system that is rolled in.
We don't have any formal seating for parents and family.
Usually it's on the fence line.
They're a little bit your seating.
And we barely have anything for bathrooms and concessions.
And so to see this big complex and to see our track that we can't do much with.
Yes it's a beautiful track but I think that some possibilities of including the track or ideas for this complex to include track along with all the other sports that it's claiming to be a part for.
Some of the ideas.
Yeah about 30 seconds.
Okay so some of the ideas.
Sorry I wish I had my clock.
Is that if we can do you have the track included or you know I must have been told it's a possibility of having consideration of lights, bathrooms, buildings, seating and a PA system at the track.
It's just it's a passionate heart.
And not many kids just as valued as the rest of the school.
So I asked for your consideration and this project to include the angle track athletes middle school and high school.
The old track in soccer field I think should remain and we would have that as another track for practice.
Well soccer is doing a note or whoever could be used for football practices if that's a possibility.
But I just ask that we're taking consideration that my kids also deserve to be under the lights and be a part of this plan. Thank you for your time.
Thank you also.
Good evening.
I'm just here to talk about that sports complex as well.
I'm Kevin Foley community member head varsity baseball coach.
I'm here to support all the student athletes here in the annual school district.
I fully support the idea of moving this facility to the main campus of the district.
I believe though we need to unite as a community and include the track and field component as well as well with the well designed plan the grid iron club has proposed.
It only makes sense to push our youth into athletics as head varsity baseball coach.
I truly believe track and field is something we can't neglect with this tremendous opportunity.
This idea will only benefit our football program by keeping our athletes in competition year round or at least another season.
What better activity to promote speed strength and endurance than track and field.
That's exactly what our football program and athletics department needs.
This opportunity provides the ability to support all track and field athletes as well as promote your own competition for all our athletes by providing high quality place to compete and a place to be proud of.
The decision to build this complex should include a facility similar to other complexes in the state.
We can't divide our athletes because they all need each other to be successful in what they choose to do.
I hope we can make a decision that is the best choice for all our student athletes with this proposal. Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
J.A.R.R.P.C.
J.A.R.R.P.C.
Good evening.
Why am I here?
Well, because a long time ago I was a student athlete at City Van Gogh in high school.
I actually was a four sport athlete.
I played football, basketball, tennis in the summertime.
I played baseball.
I was fortunate enough to have a nice girlfriend, Judy Williams, and we were at prom king and prom queen.
Students and the faculty and basically selected me to go to Badger Boys State.
So I have a pretty strong history.
But why am I here for this project?
And the answer is I've done it before.
I live in the pier.
I taught at the pier.
My kids went to the pier.
And we had significant capital campaigns for different events.
And I was one of the key people.
So, I think what I have tonight for you is kind of a summary of where we are.
And I'd like to, you know, kind of just read it if you don't mind.
First, thank you for allowing us to pursue this project for the last 18 months.
That's when we had our very first meeting.
And secondly, for taking the time, excuse me, especially tonight, to just even consider it.
In the middle of the park, the middle school field was built in the depression by the EPA in 1948.
The faculty has served this community well, hosting countless squad games, maybe a couple
of them here.
The remarkable athletes, you know, and one of us, the geronations available for families
care within, to today.
But after a couple of decades of service, the squad field is now old, tired, and shy of
an age.
It is terrible to learn a little more tired with the dignity that she deserves.
In the school environment, you have a very difficult decision to make.
In a sense, you will have an impact far beyond the same way.
It will affect current and future studies, past alumni, virtual and my parents, coaches,
the business community, and all that support annego.
The challenges surrounding the current facility will not go away.
The learning of this decision will increase future costs and potential effect for the
community.
In private convenience, that are available already to me.
One of the completed designs, one of course estimates, will be available for the 36
resources.
There will be interest in meeting opportunities.
We have substantial private donations in hand.
In order to have some other current order consideration.
This is one of the football field.
It is about providing a self-accessible environment facility for all of the
annego students.
It is about supporting the strengthening of our community.
In a 18 year period, tradition, and legacy, the generations of the annego alumni have
carried forward.
A problem is for us equal annego to annego to provide a first class facility
for its students and the community.
It will create opportunities for athletics, for physical education, for community
events, and activities that bring people together, which is important for any
community.
It will enable a growth in the development of current service, improve the learning,
and help the business community.
So our community respectfully asks you to vote yes and allow this project to
continue as soon as this fall.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Tom Collins.
Sure, little guy.
Thank you.
Shifting here is completely, I just want to make a comment about the survey for the
Aquatic Center.
One of the girls certainly, it's very important, let's get the feedback from our community,
but very challenging.
And I was going to talk about the numbers and the challenges we're trying to
gather at information, because I have three points as to what's going to make it very
challenging.
And one of them is that we're really short of time.
You as a board have to decide.
And let's see, this is September 21st and nine to eight days we're in October after
coming tomorrow.
So that would be challenging.
But I wanted to share something with you since there is more, as people from the
Y had said, there is more to this pool than the money.
I looked at some statistics from CDC and elsewhere.
Each and USA 4,000 people die from drowning.
8,000 more have new drowning incidents that require ER care.
Children ages one to four.
The number one cause of death is drowning.
Children ages five to 14.
The number two cause of death is drowning.
It's probably one of those facilities like the Y offer toddler swimming lessons.
My Ukrainian orphan that lives with us has one year old daughter over there learning to
swim.
My oldest daughter nearly drowned when she was two years old.
But looking back at her and her four brothers learned how to swim as toddlers came from
me and their mom because the pool wasn't here.
But definitely I want you to think about that and really give yourselves the time and
the community the time.
And I think I personally know I was coming through six people who have drowned.
And if one of them could have been saved, what would that be worth?
It's hard.
You have a hard job.
But thank you for listening to that.
And I know this is not my place.
But I also for Deanna, I have the check for the contribution that we promised on September
3rd.
So there's a cover explaining and there's the check.
Okay.
125,000 came from donors.
25,000 came from the Sheldon Foundation, which we applied for on June 30th, the very last
day that the applications were accepted.
And so the check has come to the district recently.
Isn't that right, Deanna?
Okay.
So just a little explanation saying that you take something and write it.
Sorry.
A discussion of how we got here and what we got.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay.
And then I will give you a seat.
Okay.
So there, thanks for listening.
Thanks, Tom.
Thank you.
Ted Bielanski.
On
behalf of the entire football team.
We want to thank our school board for everything you do for us, our classmates and our community.
We know that the decisions you make take time and a lot of thought.
We truly appreciate your commitment to giving the students a venue of the best opportunities
possible.
We also know that being here tonight at so many other meetings means you have missed family
dinners, your own children's activities, and instead of past your bedtime to serve our
district.
That doesn't go unnoticed.
And we are grateful for the sacrifices you make for us.
We are here tonight to share our strong support and hope that you see the value of the new sports
complex.
This isn't just about football.
It's about creating a place where so many of our friends and teammates can grow and succeed
at all levels of football, soccer, baseball, and the golf team.
We will have benefit from safe, modern facilities, and our marching band will have a quality
space to rehearse and perform.
If I had classes from the high school and new elementary school, we'll have access during
the school day.
This complex will also bring our school together, give us pride in what we play, and showing
the visiting teams the community we are.
Right now our football stadium is beyond a pair.
Only half the lights work, making games at night dark and unsafe.
The seating for our fans is limited and in poor condition.
There are currently only two handicapped parking spots and no more for our elderly or
compromised fans to sit.
The sound system does not work at all, so you cannot hear the announcer during the game.
Most embarrassing for us, the visiting team has nowhere to prepare to fulfill the games.
No restrooms to use, and no shelter from other.
We want to represent our school with pride, but as hard when our facilities do not reflect
the effort we put in on the field.
We believe that the new sports complex will be a place where athletes, musicians, families,
and fans can come together to create memories for years to come.
We are ready to work hard, play hard, and make our school proud.
We just need the facilities to match that spirit.
Thank you, and thank you for believing in us.
Thank you.
Andrew Tanta.
Yeah.
Good evening.
My name is Ray Daven.
I am the president of the Great Iron Club, and the president of literally baseball as well.
Thank you for allowing me a few moments tonight.
I want to begin by simply saying thank you for considering the Antigua athletic facility
project, and for the time and responsibility you put in evaluating it.
We understand that decisions involving school resources are significant, and that at times
the decisions you have to make may not make everybody in the community happy.
There will always be small groups of that disagree, and particularly, I'm sorry.
There will always be small groups who disagree with a particular decision,
but we appreciate that you have the responsibility to look at the bigger picture,
to make decisions based on what you know and what is best for the school, the staff, community,
and most importantly, our children.
This project is about much more than a facility.
It's about creating opportunities for our kids and providing a place that can serve students
and the community across a number of different programs.
It is about giving our kids a facility they can be proud of, a place that represents the pride
we have in our schools, in our community, and shows our children that we believe in them
and that we are willing to invest in their future.
To help put that into perspective, the students and young athletes who could utilize this facility
include 61 7th and 8th grade football players, 56 high school football players,
104 little league baseball players, 44 Babe Ruth baseball players,
39 high school level baseball players, 100 softball players across all levels,
24 high school golfers, 49 high school soccer players boys and girls,
52 marching band numbers, and 236 youth soccer players.
That represents 765 students across just those programs,
not to mention the roughly 800 enrolled in the high school that can utilize it for PE.
And I want to apologize if I missed any associations or programs.
I know there are others who can and will utilize this facility,
and that is part of what makes this project so meaningful.
We want better to number students to be here tonight because we wanted you to see first-hand
the young people who you would benefit this investment.
If they're still here, if all of you could stand.
These are just a small number of kids we are doing this for.
They represent different sports, different ages, and different programs,
but they all share something in common.
They're all part of our community, and they deserve opportunities to grow, compete,
and succeed in a facility that they can be proud of.
To all the athletes, families, coaches, volunteers, and community members
who have supported this effort, thank you.
And to the school board members, thank you for the difficult decision,
or the difficult work you do, and for being willing to make decisions
with a long-term interest of the community and our children in mind.
We recognize the responsibility that comes with that,
and we are genuinely grateful for the consideration and your support.
Thank you for listening to me, and thank you for everything you do.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
And I also do have a young John Reitz, our golf coach,
was not able to be here tonight, but he did share this email with us
that he wanted me to share with you as well.
I can provide that to you if you'd like to read that.
Thank you.
Andrew Tanton.
Good evening.
My name is Andrew Tanton.
I'm here representing the Annago swim club.
I'm the Annago swim club's head coach.
And I wanted to talk with you guys tonight about the survey that you're proposing to send out.
Over the past few months, the district has provided the community
with dramatically different estimates on what the pool actually costs to operate.
Really, estimates were around $650,000 annually.
The two hours prior to that estimate for 24 and 25 were in the $450,000 to $500,000 range.
Those numbers have climbed drastically over the months.
Later statements put operating costs closer to a million.
Well, unless the district budget, there's a claimed $800 and some $1,000 for $26 and $27.
That's a range from $650,000 to $1,000 on the same facility.
And if things changed, we've been having the same conversation for the last six months.
It's not a small margin, it's a 54% variance.
So I'm going to stay on the urgency we're in right now to get a handle on the finances
and nobody is going to pretend that there's not some financial difficulties that need to be worked out.
But I think before we do anything, we have to understand what we're actually looking at.
The Strabona survey asking the community whether they want to fund $890,000 annually operating.
You're going to ask if they're willing to pay more taxes.
You're going to ask how they prefer to be taxed, whether they want to school levy, the city, the county.
And when I look at this survey, it's very confusing.
I've been involved with this for the entire time that we've been talking about this.
And when I look at that survey, my eyes roll back because there's a lot of confusing information.
Information's not clearly disseminated.
And nobody is really even agreeing on what the information is.
What are we supposed to be voting on?
It's $190,000, $650,000.
We'll be comfortable in understanding of what the actual cost is before you send out a survey into the community asking what they want.
I think that's extremely important.
And it will lay this whole thing to rest if you guys decide to do that at some point.
But now's not the right time.
I don't know when your own administration has numbers all over the board.
It's not only improper, but it's reckless.
And it's confusing.
It's going to confuse people in the community.
If a common number looks at what the survey thinks, and they think, wait, cost $1,000 last month, and now it's $890,000.
And they look further into it and realize that back in April, the amount was proposed at $650,000.
There's going to be questions.
And I appreciate the financial information that you guys gave out a couple of weeks ago.
But there's a lot more information in there that I think is shrouded in ambiguity that the public doesn't understand.
Now, someone who works in those numbers all the time may understand that, but it's not.
The way it was laid out in the survey was not clear.
So now I'm asking you guys to indefinitely delay this, but we need to understand what these numbers are.
We need to understand what the operational changes are, why they're changing.
And we need to get to the bottom of the fund 10, fund 80 debate.
DPI requires that if you are going to operate in this manner that you look at,
what does it cost the school district to operate?
And anything above that is going to be community expense.
Well, we don't really fully understand what it costs.
And there were some numbers thrown out in the press release on, I don't remember the exact amount of garbage and toilet paper and other different miscellaneous expenditures.
That money was for the entire district, and that was not clearly articulated.
That's the type of thing that needs to be clearly articulated.
What does it cost the pool?
And what does it cost the school?
And digging deeper of what it costs the pool, what is community, and what is fund 10?
I think the community is going to accept the truth, then we finally get to it, but you need to get to the truth before you send this out.
Thanks.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Okay.
We'll read one and a number three on our area, the consent agenda.
I'll be looking for a motion.
The Board approve the agenda.
August 17th, 2026, Board of Education meeting minutes, August 18th, 2026, and August 26th, 2026.
Our McKenna Aquatic Center subcommittee meeting minutes, September 3rd, 2026 special called.
Board meeting minutes, September 14th, 2026 building and grounds committee meeting minutes, September 15th and 16th,
2026 board retreat meeting minutes.
Report of district new hires, report of resignations in retirements, overnight school activity trips.
Financial reports for August, 2026.
In September, 2026 consideration of current bills checks number 9924 through 9979.
And the amount of 90,063 dollars and 71 cents.
ACH is numbers 26270069 through 262700236.
And the amount of 940,683.57 cents and wire transfers in the amount of $5475.81 for a total of $1,036,223.09.
Would you like to speak to your motion?
No, thank you.
Deanna, I have to abstain from ACH 262700164.
Questions?
I'd like to make an amendment to that motion.
Yes, go ahead.
Changing the order of items on the agenda.
I'd like to propose that for B, the possible action on the property for sale, be made the last item under board action.
So, switching B and C around.
Okay.
We will put that to a vote, so item B will become item C, item C will become item B.
Is that what you're looking for?
Yes?
Yep, thank you.
Anyone have any questions on that?
Okay.
Nathan, are you ready?
Do I need to answer that before we vote?
I can.
To me, it seems like item C, the capital improvement from the 46 for the sports complex.
The decision on that could play into our later decision on potential sale of West.
Any other questions?
Nathan, are we ready?
Okay.
With that, the voting device is on.
Again, we're voting to move item B to item C.
I have you to do a voice vote for the three remote.
Angie Schreiber?
Yes?
Randy Myers?
Danny Pirate?
Okay.
He's still absent.
Okay.
So that does pass.
Item B will now become item C in the board action.
Any other discussion on the consent agenda?
Okay.
Okay.
With that voting device is on.
I can vote on the consent agenda.
And Deanna, if you could do a voice vote, please.
Okay.
Randy Myers?
Angie Schreiber?
Yes?
Okay.
Could they reveal the vote?
Okay.
And that passes eight to zero.
We'll be moving on to let a fair a consideration to approve the community survey for clear arm mechanics.
I will be looking for a motion.
I move to approve the attached community survey for the clear arm mechanics.
Would you like to speak to your motion?
I had previously discussed or shared my feedback as just one board member that I felt it was very important to gather community feedback on an additional tax to the 19 municipalities relative to the total cost for the aquatic center.
And I think that is one way to be very transparent with tax dollars and seeking community feedback because it's routinely been shared with us that this is a community gem.
And so therefore receiving feedback from the community and those impacted by their tax dollars and additional tax I think is important.
And also I made the motion because I'd like to kind of hand it off to the building and grounds committee to discuss kind of how they came up with the recommendation that came to us.
Does anyone on the committee want to speak to that?
On the subcommittee.
And then brief discussion is at the board retreat almost.
And that is determined that we'll be moving ahead with it.
So then we can get community feedback.
And of course, the direction that I are going to be able to have my left is.
I'm going to get some of them as in the direction.
So.
Oh.
Okay.
What did the committees or subcommittees recommend in looking at the attachment relative to.
I guess what is what is the recommendation coming to the full board to vote on.
Within this attachment.
Okay.
I want to go ahead and be sure this survey and then if there is any comments and changing the questions you have awards or anything like that.
Then I've gone through.
Two different committees with it.
And this was given at the board retreat as well.
I'm going to discuss it.
Anything.
Change of the questions that they might like to.
Just I guess not by the time.
We're just looking for the point of providence to be able to issue the.
Survey.
And Jill, I think maybe a little bit of what you're asking.
So the highlighted.
And correct me if I'm wrong you guys.
But the highlighted is stuff that we added to the document that was presented to us.
At the building and grounds committee.
The strike throughs are stuff that we removed.
From the document that was handed to us at the committee.
And I'm thinking the things that are highlighted and struck out.
We did both.
We added it and then we decided to change it.
They were just kind of keeping up with us as we were spitballing stuff back and forth.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I just want to clarify that this survey was not discussed at the subcommittee meeting.
We talked about having a survey, but we did not look at the survey or discuss any of these questions at that meeting.
I don't recall discussing it at the retreat.
It was handed out to us, but we didn't make any changes or review it at all at the retreat.
Yeah.
This was handed out by the law discussable laws handed out at the retreat.
So nobody had it.
Yeah.
And we were looking for input from above all those just the questions.
We're not sure about this.
So it's not like one person corrected this survey.
Well, again, two people was told that we had to show some of the questions.
Honestly, looking at this survey.
I don't think this is ready to go to the community right now because there is just so much stuff.
And there's so many things on here that need explanation.
I talked to Michelle from the Donovan group at the board retreat and she stated that the survey should be put out at a third grade reading level.
And this is not there.
And I just think this is going to really muddy the waters.
I don't think we're going to get honest feedback from this along with the timeframe.
We want feedback before our next meeting.
I would assume in order to have this information for our budget meeting.
I would agree, Mike.
I think it is too complicated.
And I think by giving the option to answer it, not sure you're going to lose a lot of input from getting from that.
Item alone.
I do agree with that.
And I think one of my suggestions on this is to eliminate.
And there's one, two, three, four, five, six bullets on that one question for someone to select.
I think it just needs to be two options to support your polls and give someone an option to put their own remarks on and then just compile like minded feedback.
And then we can review it at that time.
I agree, Danny.
And I know that it feels like we're on a time crunch, but this information is relevant no matter when we get it back.
So I agree.
I think it's important to share too that when we pass a historic referendum, we did so by first creating a survey that we distributed to the community and that drove our decision making relative to what option we were going to ask the taxpayers to fund a referendum.
And we had very good results.
There was a lot of work that was put into it to ensure that it was well distributed to receive results.
But we have established when we are asking something significant of the community relative to their taxes.
We've at least established with our referendum that we put out the survey with the information.
Can I speak to what we wanted to leave them not sure or need more information as an option on that?
Kristin.
Or did you say it at a different time?
Yeah, so we talked about that at the Building Grounds Committee and I was in favor of putting it the unsure, especially if the survey requires an answer just because some people might have strong feelings about a subset of the questions, but not feel informed enough to.
To vote or choose a choice on all of them.
We did get rid of them on the ones where there was kind of a neutral or a middle ground question, but we left it in for the other ones.
And I'll go back and I support what's been said here already.
I do not think this is ready to go.
I think getting information from the community would be valuable.
I think it would be even more valuable if we had a solid year under our belts with updates to this fund 80 distribution.
Now I'm losing my voice.
But I think when we get to that point, then we could actually include a bullet on there that said, would you want to fund?
We'd have the dollar amount for if you wanted to fund the whole thing, which I think would be really informative at that point.
We might also know better from the foundation what they think they'd be able to support on an annual basis so we could take that into account.
I disagree that the survey is not prepared in a way that I would feel good about.
We also did in that previous meeting state that the current additional tax levy for the aquatic centers at 300,000 and increasing that to 1 million.
So I also feel like we're not being very transparent in general with the community if we are as a nine member board in a month going to vote to potentially significantly increase the additional tax levy.
With out seeking community feedback, I keep going through this and I'm like, this is a great rough draft.
So I just struggled because we have heard a considerable amount about the impact of taxes from the referendum and also the city with the assessed values and not occurring for seven years, which had a big impact.
So I just, I don't feel like it's very transparent if we do not seek input from the community to help drive our decision making for a community amenity.
That said, this is not well prepared.
I have a question for this going on.
Can we approve like this as a draft and then that said, it's for those with the news email.
Two, and then we send it out and see if everybody agrees right now.
I have a simple phone.
And things of that nature and then we could send it all from there.
We would have to hold a special meeting to approve it, Angie.
Okay.
I guess not like our budget hearing is in my October to end of October.
And then after that is when we put it on the budget and that will determine if taxes will be released or not.
So we're kind of having a lot of time here.
But in regards to doing this and giving that a feedback from the email, which I feel like is important to the transparency.
Just to put it in perspective, what's been the current fund 80 levy for the past five years is $300,000 for the entire school district.
Which worked out in 2025 to $17 for someone with a $100,000 property for the year.
Not $17 a month, $17 for the year.
That's three big Macs.
I am not a fan of increasing that by some tremendous amount.
Obviously we have to figure that out in October as a board.
It doesn't really matter what I as an individual think.
But I mean, even if the crazy notion of tripling that and going up to $900,000, that's nine big Macs in a year.
It does not compare, you know, it's not a huge chunk of a person, a individual person's property tax.
It's still a chunk.
And number one is the property taxes to go up, especially with inflation and cost of living and the recent valuation of properties.
So I get that.
I also don't want my property taxes to go up.
But this is small potatoes compared to what most of the size of your property taxes.
I do want to just support that in the sense of I'm not a big fan of raising property taxes either.
But I think when we hear the word property taxes in this community, everybody is alarmed when I get that.
But I do think that we have to very clear that we're talking pennies on the dollar and the overall of your property taxes to support a community asset.
So I just want to put that in perspective, not hundreds of dollars a month.
We're talking pennies on the dollar when you look at it.
If we were to do that.
So if we are not ready to commit to this survey, we have to realize that we will be making this decision in October without that community input.
And if we are wanting to continue with the survey, but we don't feel like it is ready at this time,
I would be likely looking for a motion to refer back to committee.
If anyone wants to do that.
Second part again, if we're wanting to stick with this survey and just not as it is now, we will be looking to refer it back to committee.
As it stands, we're voting yes or no to this survey.
So I just want to put that out there as to where we are right now.
Bringing it back to committee goes back to the time crunch.
It does.
But are we willing to send out what information are we really going to get from this survey that we're looking at right now?
I don't think we're going to get clear information on this survey now.
I think it would be worse if we sent this out than what we would be if we waited or sent it back and refined it.
I like the motion then to refer this back to the building grounds committee.
So now all discussion will be back to the motion and the floor of referring this to the building grounds committee.
What's going on in this committee, Kristen?
Building grounds.
Building grounds.
Okay.
And so you can make a motion when there's a motion.
Isn't there a motion hanging right now?
This is amended.
This is, I'm doing my best to get all these rules.
But I'm going to the magic Google when we're referring back to committee.
Oh, you're allowed?
Yes.
Yes.
Then it will go back to committee if we vote no, then it goes back to the motion on the floor.
But we do need a majority.
I'm sorry, I'm doing my best.
Danny, are you there?
Anyone have any input?
Are we okay to vote on referring this back to committee?
Everyone is ready for that?
Nathan, are you ready for that?
All right.
So we are currently voting on referring that survey of the products on our back to committee.
You can vote now.
Angie Schreiber?
Yes.
Randy Myers?
No.
Standing with us yet?
No.
Okay.
We can move the vote.
Okay.
So that passes one, two, three, four, five, six to two.
The survey will go back to the building and grounds committee for October and then be represented to the school to the board meeting after that.
We will now move.
I think this will change when it gets presented to the board after that, but I believe it will make the decision.
Yes, it will.
Okay.
Thank you.
Okay.
So now we are going to item B, which is discussion and possible action on the use of long term capital improvement trust fund 46 for the construction of the sports complex to be located on district property.
I'll be looking for a motion.
I move to approve the use of $5 million from the long term capital improvement trust fund 46 for the construction of a sports complex to be located on district property.
Jay, would you like to speak to your motion?
Yes.
So the ask was 4.5.
My motion is for five.
And the reason is because one thing for our school district for years and years and years.
So this is not targeting any board administration.
It's our pattern of behavior that I'm hoping we can shift.
Is part of the gridiron club fundraising efforts have focused on establishing an endowment.
By increasing the amount.
It allows the gridiron club to use 500,000 of the monies that they would already be committing to raise towards establishing an endowment.
Which would be utilized to maintain the turf investment when it needs to be replaced.
So as a clear claim for point fund 46 cannot be used to create an endowment.
So what we'll be asking a good island club to do with that is to raise the same amount of money that they have committed to.
But since they would have been an extra 500,000 to use that to create their own endowment fund.
Correct.
Any other?
Jay.
Ms. Jerry here.
Yes.
Jay, are you able to speak on the creation of an endowment fund?
If that's something that you guys are prepared to do and what that looks like.
I'll try.
Thank you.
When you say the endowment fund, do you mean I'm not critical what you're asking me yet?
So it's basically dollars that are put in investment and then in the future needs of the facility will be pulled from that fund.
Okay.
And our plan, our fundraising plan, there is an endowment entity.
The money amount moves a little bit.
It's a moving target.
But the intent was not to use it for the construction now.
It was to replace the turf field 10, 12, 4 channels in the future depending on use of when the turf will need to be replaced.
And if you maybe come up with a number, we've discussed 500,000 invested at the credit union or wherever.
They'd have it cool back over a 10, 12, 14 year window, grow to something.
And then have that piece, that endowment, be it not just for general capital and construction day one.
It's there, it'd be raised on day one and now, but it's there for that turf replacement.
So by the motion that we have on the floor, by contributing an additional 500,000, you would have an endowment closer to a million dollars then.
Based on rough planning.
Sure.
And I mean a little freedom to say, there's a whole bunch of antigo community and business people that are saying,
we're going to act verbally.
And that's where we are.
And we're waiting for the board to make a decision before they basically follow through with their commitment.
So we have some that have already written out checks.
We have some that have signed a binding document.
Some for the remainder of this year and another check for next year.
And we have some that are, we're negotiating for in-kind type fundraising where, you know, maybe somebody's going to do it at a reduced cost.
So they're going to eat some of the proceeds or some other margin.
Then we have the verbal commitments.
Then we have the, if the board does it, will help kind of commitments.
So there's a whole series, but that floats that number then that you're asking me.
But yes, some number set aside simply for the replacement of the turf.
You know, and who knows what the turf's going to cost in 12 years.
But at least we'll have it planned and you can invest in a lot of different things.
I'll leave that up to the board.
Does that help everybody?
Do you have any other question while I'm up here?
Okay.
Thank you.
We're going to wait until you sit down and then we'll call you back.
You had to, sorry, go ahead.
Mine is just going to clarify that that would be a million then in the roughly in the endowment.
And he just answered that.
So.
Anyone have any other questions?
Comments on the motion on the floor?
I have some comments, yeah.
I am really excited about the new stadium.
I love the idea.
I love that it serves multiple sports.
I like that it's located close to the high school.
This whole concept of sort of a one campus thing is new to me.
But I think it makes a lot of sense to have that proximity.
I'm really impressed that the community has been stepping forward and willing to contribute almost $4 million toward the project.
I do have some negatives though.
We have a lot going on.
The school district does construction wise right now.
In the middle school and the admin building coming up next.
I wonder if doing this all at once will affect our choice of contractors or worry that maybe things will get lost in the shuffle.
I also know there's a sense of urgency to making this decision right now.
But it is my understanding that the proposed stadium has not yet gone through the city of Annigos plan commission,
which may cause further delays.
So even if we hurry up and approve this now, it doesn't necessarily mean that action will be able to be taken right away.
And then finally, and this has been brought up in previous meetings and it was brought up here today.
The fact that the current design doesn't include a track.
At first, I kind of thought we could live with that because they were saying that the press box can work out of either side or whatever.
And then maybe we could get lights or something like that.
But the bottom line is this super quiet, amazing stadium sports complex will be with us for like 30 to 50 years.
So it's not like track and field just has to live with something on the side for a year or two.
They're going to be living with something on the side for 30 to 50 years.
So I think a track has to be included.
I think it has to be included.
I want to speak to the track too.
Gurdier in club has been gracious in their planning process in terms of they need a facility to play football on.
And what they have proposed to us is a facility, a sports complex that allows for football, softball, soccer,
literally baseball, marching band, fired class.
With double-sided press box with a concession stand and with flushing toilets instead of party parties that track and field and soccer currently have.
They didn't have to include any of that in their plan.
They just need to feel the play out.
So I appreciate the expansion and the consideration from Gurdier in club to really look at if we're looking at four community donations.
How do we get the best bang for our buck with who can utilize it?
Additionally, one big consideration that was presented from Gurdier in club to us at one point is that the track was recently resurfaced.
And I talked to Jake.
I know it was within my time on the board.
I've been on the board for five years.
2021.
So it was resurfaced in 2021 for what was the price?
$170,000.
So the track is in very good condition.
And I don't want to speak.
I almost wonder if Gurdier club comes up to revisit this or not.
But this has been discussed.
I think it was discussed in our last meeting when they presented to the board as well.
So it's not that track and field was overlooked or not considered.
It was truly the investment that the district has put in of $170,000 to resurface the track in making that space really
inclusive with what they're asking to bring to the table.
That said, I would be in favor of encouraging building and grounds, maybe finance department to consider.
So this is not a motion just within the discussion because I want track and field and soccer to be heard right now.
That there's discussion about lighting.
Maybe going on an agenda for committee moving forward because it's still an unaddressed need.
Soccer would have that need met with lighting of the new sports complex.
But that field itself used and that doesn't address the lighting issues or track and field.
So that's just my suggestion.
And we are doing a lot of work on our facilities long term facilities plan.
So this is a time to really look at what our needs and how do we get there and how do we meet it because we've neglected our facilities for so long.
Is that correct in the theme that if we have a track sample in Little League could not use the facility?
Thank you for that.
There's another consideration as well.
So I'll follow in Little League could not use it.
Correct.
Correct.
Yeah.
Mike, why is that?
Mike, can I come speak to that?
I don't know the why.
I can anticipate the why, but you guys did the work on this.
Sure.
And like as you've been talking, we've tried to make this as inclusive as we possibly count in cater to as many students and student athletes as possible.
And with discussions with the point of beginnings, they explain that you need a bump out to accommodate softball or baseball on this facility.
And that bump out exceeds what would be a typical track.
So if the track is included, we would have to eliminate the current bump out that is there to accommodate for a softball sized facility that would be able to accommodate us hosting a WIA softball game there if need be.
So that was the reason why we went that route versus the track knowing that the track was in good condition.
It was there.
It also allows for additional flexibility.
I know, I'm sorry, I forgot her name, the track and field coach pointed out that congestion is a problem.
And we wanted to also have that not be a problem at this facility either because again, you'll have football, soccer and track and field going on at the same time.
So we didn't want that congestion there as well.
So we figured this would allow for the most flexibility with this project and get the most being for a buck.
I don't know what a bump out is.
Oh, I'm sorry.
The bump out is the additional space outside of the field itself.
So along the sidelines, there's additional space that is also turf that exceeds what would be where normally a track is.
Gotcha.
I get it now.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Any other questions?
Thanks, guys.
Jake, I have a question for you.
Can you hear me?
I'm more importantly saying you understand me.
This is Randy Mowers.
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Can you address how the new sports complex would assist in the seating for the current track in the soccer?
So when we look at the renderings and what the plan is for the new facility.
It's a run sided stadium, but the press box sits on top of there.
So there's, you can make that a dual side press box.
So you can service fields out of both sides of it.
So that press box will be utilized to run events out of both sides very easily.
Point of beginning says that they've done this before.
There is a space behind those bleachers between that and the track that we could either add bleachers or there is the place over on the west side.
By the, what most people know is the list of field parking lot.
There is a area there that we could add bleachers to.
And I do have ideas for how we could get some reasonable bleachers to do that.
Also, there is a sound system that actually showed up today that we're going to get installed to the football field this week as the plan.
Biring anything unforeseen.
And that sound system would then be repurposed likely at list of field to update that sound system because we know that that's an aging system that has had problems over the time.
We did just recently update that scoreboard as well.
I think that was, I think it was maybe the year after we did the track, maybe 2002 or 2022.
So we've made some investment there.
There's a lot of life left there.
I certainly understand the thought of, you know, why not the track there?
How is it going to blend in?
But I think that there's been a lot of consideration and thought and reason to consider that having those right next to each other back to back really is better than trying to overlay them.
Especially when you look at event scheduling, but also just flexibility.
And down the road, what that could mean for possible growth or just different events.
Having that valuable space that we already paid for with little investment to keep it up in the next.
I'm going to say eight to ten years.
You know, that would be a big value just to kind of walk away from because I don't know how you would maintain two tracks once that current track kind of hits that age where it needs to be restructured.
I don't know how you justify spending that type of money to maintain two tracks.
I have another question in this one.
I'm sorry.
It's really putting you on the spot.
So if you don't have an answer, that is completely fine.
How much additional cost would you think it is to add lights to listal field?
Why we were doing this project?
I'm going to guess 300,000.
That's a guess.
Don't hold me to it.
I won't.
But I think it's a reasonable thing.
Not millions of dollars.
Correct.
And I can certainly get numbers on that.
Thank you.
Anybody have anything else for Jake?
Jake, you might not know this either.
So if you don't know, let's find.
Would it cost us more money to fix school filled stadium in its current state than what it would be for us to invest in a new complex?
And if so, do you have a rough estimate as to how much?
That's a really loaded question, Danny.
I'm trying to gauge where if we don't do something and we end up putting more money into that space, now we're going to spend tax dollars on something that's going to cost more than something new.
That's what I'm getting at.
I'm trying to put that in perspective.
I could only help put some more money in there.
The Good Iron Club has said that they will not contribute any more money to school filled stadium.
Really?
Can you come to the mic and tell us how much money the Good Iron Club has given to the district through the football field in recent years?
Excuse me, I don't have exact numbers, but I know there was private funds raised for the current concessions building team room and restroom.
That was up to $300,000 alone.
That was privately raised by the Good Iron Club and donated to the Good Iron Club.
Additional crowning and drainage work to the current field along with replacing the goal post was also done.
Jake, I don't know if you know the number that I do not.
That is a significant amount, though, recounting and drainage.
It was $250 to $300.
Right.
We have also purchased the two bleachers, additionally, that were brought in to school filled stadium, the two nicer bleachers that are there.
Those were $40,000.
Again, all good iron money.
Total.
Total.
Between the two of them, with both of them, correct.
Those bleachers I will add to.
We are donating if we do get the approval of the new facility.
The Good Iron Club would be moving those to listal field for additional seating over at listal, which is significant amount of seating for that field.
Additional seating for that field.
One of my missing.
The caps.
For this, I don't know about that one.
Sorry.
Jake can speak to that one.
I'm sorry.
I'm having a present for a few months, so I'm trying to catch up on all the expenses.
Those two new bleachers sections.
The Good Iron Club said that they would be final, thus taking and using as we need.
They're not elevated, meaning that they're made more for a baseball setting, if you will.
When you have a track field, typically you have elevated seats.
The hope is that we could find a set of bleachers that may be available and utilize the aluminum caps that are on the current concrete bleachers to modify those so that we have nice elevated aluminum bleachers that meet code at listal field.
I didn't really answer your question, but that's $600,000 that they've contributed that we would be losing on that alone.
I don't know if Jake can speak more to whether it be more cost effective to upgrade school field stadium than to build a new stadium.
Well, I think when you're asking for donations, I mean, there's been pretty thorough and I don't want to speak for them, but I know that they've told me this a number of times.
They're not interested in raising money to stick into that facility anymore.
So, and then you have to make it apples to apples.
Yeah, it'd be the same cost, except for you wouldn't have the luxuries that you would have a one campus theory.
I'm not sure you could do it band-aid fix, but I think that's been kicked over enough.
And I'll just remind the board too, and the community as well.
We had a board retreat last week and that centered for facilities centered on centralizing our facilities.
I'm sorry, I feel like I'm either talking to one side of the room or the other just based on where this is.
I'm sorry, but centralizing our facilities, which was in support by consensus of the sports complex at the high school and funding.
The sports complex is something that might not be an ideal time to be talking about, but it's a need just because of the state of what our current stadium situation is.
I've had a lot of questions about costing things as we've been talking about these things.
And overall, I'm in support of this, but just like Randy had some questions, reserves about the financials.
At our board retreat, we talked about the one campus idea and having everything essentially over here at some point in the near future.
So with that being said, I would like to make an amendment to Jill's motion that is on the floor currently.
And again, I'll try to talk slow so that you get the office.
But I'm going to leave everything that Jill said there in the motion.
And I would like to add the aquatic center to the long term capital improvement plan.
And dedicate your earmark $250,000 to necessary facility repairs.
And the addition of the aquatic center to the capital improvement plan and dedicate $250,000 to facility repairs.
Okay, all discussion will be the amended amendment to the motion.
Any discussion?
We are a small meeting, so we do not need a second for any amendments.
Thank you.
Any comments or concerns?
Can we read the motion in full so I make sure that I'm speaking to the correct thing, like the beginning to end?
Sure, Diana, can you please read the motion?
Okay.
So I move to approve to use the long term capital improvement trust fund 46 for construction of sports complex to be located at the district property.
And add the aquatic center long term capital improvement plan.
Wait a minute.
Dedicates to the facility repairs.
Read that again.
I think you skipped a section.
That's where move to improve on the use of long term capital improvement.
So are we saying 5 million?
So, yeah, the total motion will be moved to approve the use of $5,000 long term capital improvement trust fund 46 for the construction of sports complex to be located on the district property.
And the addition of the aquatic center to the capital improvement plan and dedicate $250,000 to facility repairs.
That's right.
That's $250,000.
Correct.
Okay.
I will read that one more time.
And you've tried to have the use of $5 million long term capital improvement trust fund 46 for the construction of sports complex to be located on district property.
And the addition of the aquatic center to the capital improvement plan and dedicate $250,000 to facility repairs.
Thank you.
Mike, can you, can you, you know, speak to your motion?
Sure.
So, I wanted to add that to it is the aquatic center has been a topic of discussion for several months.
And I think if we're going to move forward with this new addition, because we have another failing complex, I think it's important to include a plan to maintain what we currently have and bring it up to current operational standards.
And we've been talking about this for since April.
And I think we just need to put it in motion.
I think we can do both as a community.
And that's why I have decided to amend this.
And we have a list of 250 k worth of maintenance.
Things at the pool.
Jake, I'm going to refer that to you because I don't know.
I know that there is at least 130 was a number that I remember from a prior meeting that was talked about for a while this summer.
But I don't know exactly what all is out there. And I know we've been working on some things with some of the HVAC and things over there. So.
Yeah.
As it hasn't sat, I guess.
I'm trying to think back when when the board made the motion that we were to no longer.
Take care of that building is a maintenance department. That number was about 125.
Since that I mean my staff have not been in there.
The last that we were in there was to maintain the pool water temperature as directed.
But there's a number of other things that I suspect are problematic there.
I don't know the state. I don't know who's done what.
Because it wasn't me and it wasn't my department. So.
I don't really know how to answer that because I don't know what we're going to.
What the condition is.
I don't know how to answer that. Sorry.
It would be anything on the current plan. Yes. It can only be used for anything on the approved capital improvement plan.
Are you asking Jake if he has thoughts of with discussion on what's in our capital improvement plan. Does Jake have plans to utilize.
Fund forty six dollars for any of those needs. Is that what you may be asking.
Yes.
The court center is not.
Go home to a capital improvement plan.
So I would be able to. That's part of the funds to do spent on it.
That's part of the motion Angie is to add it to the capital improvement plan.
Am I correct in so if we earmark the two hundred and fifty thousand.
In forty six.
For the aquatic center.
If it ends up being right now we need a hundred and twenty five.
That hundred and twenty five other hundred and twenty five doesn't just disappear that can be used in the future for the aquatic center.
Or is that time sensitive. I don't think I mean I think it's not so it could be if we don't need it all up front. It's not like it's going to waste.
It's going to be a future question for repairs. Okay.
My struggle. I don't I don't disagree with the idea. I would ideally prefer.
That to be a separate agenda item.
Brought to a committee and then to the full board would be my preference.
I'm not opposed to the content of your of your amendment in terms of.
Adding fund forty six or the aquatic center to fund forty six.
I want to just clarify can we add a fund eighty program to fund forty six.
So I have a couple of things going through my right now.
Depay to answer that question. Depay to let us know we can't.
I don't know if we are able to do this because it was not.
I'm not sure.
To have an extra pool.
Or fund forty six is where I that's where my hang up is to be super clear.
My second part of it is.
The budget numbers have been discussed for six months.
Maybe tying down what the repair needs are would be helpful since.
That was part of our discussion in the survey is we need like it wasn't ready.
And numbers that continue to be disagreed upon that.
If we could know for sure.
And then maybe we need to adjust. I don't know.
Maybe it's three hundred thousand. Jake just said he hasn't been in there.
I don't know.
Just like making sure that we're not just throwing out a number.
We know the one thirty. I thought it was one twenty five.
You know we know that.
But just being intentional with the dollars to ensure that we're addressing what we need.
I'm not able to ask do this if this is a legal emotion.
I will. I'm suspicious that maybe it needed to be agendized just specifically to add it to the capital improvement plan.
But I will call him right now. Thank you.
And I can request that from Brian with the YMCA that we get some information on that and then work together with Jake and bring it to the subcommittee.
I'm going to call for a five minute recess until we can get an answer from Davis before we go any further.
Okay. Thank you. So we are coming back into session at eight oh eight.
And legal team in order to add a item to your capital improvement plan.
It does have to be a specific agenda item.
So we are not able to honor the amendment on the floor at this time.
So we will revert that to the original amendment.
And I'm going to approve the notice of five more matters.
The long term capital improvement trust fine forty six for construction of a sports complex to be located on district property.
So all discussion will go back to the motion on the floor.
I am speaking indirectly to the main motion on the floor to offer consideration for either building and grounds or finance to consider adding that to their upcoming committee meetings.
So Jean you are back to the original motion on the floor.
I know to approve the use of five million dollars long term capital improvement trust one forty six for the construction of a sports complex to be located on district property.
As I don't ask you capital improvement plan to be an individual action item on the agenda.
I'm going back to the original motion.
I just want to make more of a statement where I'm at.
I absolutely agree that we should not continue sticking funds into school field stadium.
It's beyond band aids.
I agree that we need a forward looking plan.
I am a sports anyone that knows me or my family.
We are very sports oriented.
So I absolutely recognize the beauty of the plan that is before us.
My concern at this point.
Is once again and I've said this before so it's not going to be any huge surprise.
Most of us at this table learned about this in August.
It's been in the works for eighteen months is what I've been hearing.
And we're as being asked to make a four point five to five million dollar decision.
In a month so it can start in a month.
That's a really quick turnaround for four and a half million dollars.
I'm not saying we need to drag it out for a year but I haven't heard all the answers.
I mean to answers to some of my questions what's going to keep this from becoming in ten fifteen twenty years another scenario like we have with the aquatic center.
Well.
All of a sudden it gets lost in five ten years who's in charge of what.
It's on our capo improvement plan.
Right.
But this is there's an endowment for who's in charge of the endowment.
The gradator club.
Okay.
What have to be.
Correct.
My understanding.
So we're throwing five hundred thousand dollars or roughly a million dollars whichever into the endowment for them to use for the.
Field which I get and I agree that an endowment fund is a fabulous idea.
But again there's nothing in place.
Paperwork wise or contracts or agreements or there's not even a.
Whisper of those things coming about.
I mean I clarify that.
Yeah.
You know you go back to all the all the aquatic center paperwork that we've been through and.
You know this is how things were supposed to happen while that disappeared as people.
That were involved disappeared.
You know the paperwork got forgotten and this changed a little bit this year and this changed a little bit this year.
But we didn't have a million dollars for those.
People to a million dollars of school district money.
So those people to manage.
It's just going to be fun.
It's not any school district money because you can't.
It came into the four point five is required to build create the field.
So it's five hundred.
Yep.
Thank you for that one.
But I just I don't know.
I feel like there are a lot of.
Things that haven't been addressed in the partnership between the grid art club and the school district.
Have you reached out to the grid art club.
I had had time.
I've been researching this and trying to.
Again I would love to have them at a building and grounds committee but we.
Haven't had the availability or the time because the last one we had to focus on.
You know or finance or something.
I feel like they.
You know I mean.
So I think part of the struggle is that the aquatic center is a business.
Right.
So those numbers and expenses are significantly different than a facility and especially an outdoor facility.
So I'm hearing you entirely.
In terms of numbers and needs.
That's going to look much differently.
Oh absolutely.
And I'm not even so.
It's.
I don't know.
I'm not realizing this very well.
It's not so much.
The current or you know we're all at the table right now I get that but what.
Things are going to change in ten years.
You know a lot of us aren't.
Most of us probably aren't going to be sitting here.
The grid iron club is going to turn over.
There needs to be.
Is there a plan for that portion of this complex.
More than just building it.
What's the long term handling between the school district and the grid.
Or are they just.
Building and stepping away and just doing the endowment fund when we need turf.
I mean those are all you know things that.
I think need to be visited with an entire board not just me as a person.
Having the endowment is part of their plan and it's always been about the plan and it was in the plan that really.
Presented to both the building and grounds committee the finance committee and to the full board.
I don't expect.
It's your responsibility to get caught up in the things that have been on the table.
I've been at every table that they have publicly talked to.
I didn't know this was even a thing until August.
And I don't think I'm the only one on the board that was not aware of this even being in the works.
So how could I ask prior to August.
If I didn't know it existed.
Well I was asking have you reached out to the good iron club since August.
So I guess you bring up fair points and so.
I'm wondering about considerations regarding.
Bussing expenses.
And a facility.
For the upcoming season then if this does not pass.
And that's I said I'm not saying I don't want this to pass.
I recognize the value and the beauty in.
We would be lucky to have something like this.
I just think there needs to be things.
I earned out first or put into place.
To try and.
For the future.
To prevent what we're going through right now.
I know it's the same.
Go ahead.
Sorry.
Can I just come to the bottom and address and.
I guess the title of the stainless steel pastor failed tonight.
No forgiving.
You know.
Additional donations.
But.
Our teams for next year.
If it's if it doesn't pass tonight.
He's welcome to speak to us.
But I don't think anyone.
Questions that.
I mean I understand.
What that need is and why.
And I'm not saying do or don't or I am or I'm not going to vote for this.
I'm just saying these are things that.
We should have.
Addressed prior to tonight.
As a group.
I think we just need to.
Keep it moving forward.
We can make the timelines and sort of kids next year and will feel the plan.
I think.
We can do those.
We can just keep moving forward with it.
I would agree.
Angie that the commitment gets that ball rolling to get all the paperwork.
And where we're headed because we don't even have bids yet.
This is just an idea of how much it's going to cost.
So there's a lot of work that needs to be done.
And also in reference to your.
The issue of where we are with other facilities at this time.
This is a little bit different because this is a.
With.
I don't want it always to be a.
Aquatic center versus a school field skating sports complex.
But with the aquatic center the whole problem came in is how the finding.
The fine time versus find 80.
This is that is not a situation with the sports complex.
It's something that will come into play.
So it is a little.
It is a completely different.
I understand.
But we've got missed over the years.
That's I'm not saying it's going to be the same level or the same issue.
But if I think we need to put safeguards in place.
So the issue of it being missed for all of these.
Doesn't happen again.
That's kind of I guess what my point is.
Complete.
Yeah.
Definitely is a valid concern.
I also think we've learned from that and we know what.
We have to have in place.
Jake.
Maybe you can answer this.
Maybe the grid on your club can answer this but has.
The city of any goal been approached about this.
Complex and do they have any questions concerns on how it's going to affect the rest of the
town traffic flow of things of that nature.
Yeah.
So just to give a little bit of history.
Back in September of 24.
This is first brought to the board where the board that committee gave me permission to
point a beginning and blue design group to begin this process with the grid iron club.
And the district agreed to pay for that upfront work to be done in the amount of $5,500.
So it's been going on for over two years now.
Point of beginning is the civil engineer that does the design.
They did a referendum work.
So it's something that was identified out of their net that out of point of beginning and
blue designs initial facilities assessment.
Back pre referendum.
They identified that we had a number of problems with school field stadium and that we need
to find a solution and that's what prompted that agreement to start two years ago to find the
solution.
They have been in constant contact with the city with all of our projects.
I don't know if they've submitted any drawings to the city.
For this as far as like for approval for construction would likely be known because obviously we
don't have the funds or the approval from the school board to do so.
But if you look at 10th Avenue and the road construction project that they did that was
submitted to the DOT probably 18 months ago.
They have provisions made and they had the preliminary drawings from point of beginning to make sure
that they could accommodate what the future plans may be.
Now not all of those are put in but like crosswalk location if you notice they changed a little
bit in the parking lot because they never really aligned with anything to begin with.
So we figured why don't we align them with where the future entrance would likely be.
So we went through those steps with the city and they obviously reflected that in their
DOT approved plans when they did that road construction project.
So kind of a yes kind of a no one.
That was that answer.
Okay.
Thanks, Jake.
I'll offer up an amended motion.
Okay.
I'll keep all the verbiage that's there.
But I will say pending inclusion of a track in the stadium.
Maybe pending isn't the right word.
There you go.
Thank you.
It's ancient upon including a track in the stadium.
This was about the same thing as what we just went through this like and the polar.
Because this would be changing the actual design of the complex.
So I think this is different.
I'll give you that.
It's not repairing the current track.
It's changing the plan.
So our discussion will be about the amendment on the floor, which is as reads.
An actual problem on the use of $5 million long-term capital improvement trusts fund
fund 46 for the construction of a sports complex to be located on district property
contingent upon inclusion of a track in the complex.
Jean, is that right?
It's good.
Thanks.
Did you want to speak to your motion?
No.
Does anyone have any?
Ms. Danny.
So, okay.
May I only feel that, okay.
If we do that, do we now eliminate softball being able to be utilized on that site?
Yeah.
Softball baseball.
Apparently.
Yeah.
Okay.
So we would essentially be trading one sports use for another.
Yeah.
Well, in addition, we did, as Jake shared in 2021, we paid 170,000 to resurface the track.
So the track is in very good condition with a life expectancy of 10 to 12 years.
10 to 15 years, I think.
10, 12.
I would recommend that it would be around 2035 before we have to do anything with that track.
So another question that I have on this is that I thought that when it was brought forward
to us that the whole purpose of it, and you go, doing this separate from all the other
surrounding districts, was because we could then have simultaneous sports like that taking
place instead of having scheduling conflicts, not being able to utilize the track, and over
the field, I'm just trying to bring that up, is that I do remember that at the retreat.
But that was said, that it was intentionally designed to be different, so that we could
have multiple schedules happening at once.
That's correct, Danny.
I will not vote in favor of the amendment simply because I think given the work that's
been done, the intentionality behind it, and the inclusion in a lot of groups with the
current layout, I just, there's a lot of logistical things that come to mind for me in
terms of time crunch, but then needing a full new design created.
What does that look like, and then space and size and all the things, and does that impact
the parking lots, the concession locations, like a lot of questions I eliminate.
So that's a concern.
The second is, our track is in really good shape, and there's discussion and talks about
how do we meet the needs that the track currently doesn't fulfill, such as lighting, such as
sound, such as bleachers, which has already been included in discussion, and I'll also
say that Gritter and Club mention willingness to even donate their $40,000 investment in
bleachers, and I'm not cutting on the hockey association.
Blue bleachers are awful, and they're replacing them, but they're trying to sell the really
bad old ones.
So Gritter and has $40,000 of brand new ones that they'd like to try and repurpose, so
my point is there's discussion of how do we make this all work together, and I go back
to recommendation to building on grounds committee for things like lighting, sound bleachers that
just seems to make the most sense, given what the condition is of the track and field
currently, the location and all the planning that's been done to this point.
Go ahead, Malcolm.
This might, I'm sure, be an overly simplistic question, make it sound like it's just an
easy thing to do, but is there any way without it being a huge, I mean, because we haven't
gone to, you know, no one's been contracted to build this, we don't have plans officially,
any of that, of maybe looking at moving the entrance concession stand, that area of it
kind of to the other side, and have it more in between the track in the complex, and you
know, we're already incorporating the press box, and that stuff into the track, is there
a way of making it feel like it's truly one big complex, as we're going to designers
and stuff like that, and then we would have inclusion, and we could vote on the lights
and stuff, but the sound would be there, the bleachers would be there, we would vote to
get them their lights that they need, because obviously they would need their own lights,
I don't know, to me that just feels like maybe a way of including a sport that feels excluded.
I think that's a great middle ground on that to discuss for that.
Jerry, is that a possibility with the way that it's laid out right now, and spacing?
I'm briefly put, there wouldn't probably be a little extra design cost of time, but
it can certainly be done, and it's not even a bad idea, but I would also like to apologize,
it's probably my fault, in March of 25, the board gave me permission, because I stood
right here, to take this on, and not thinking that there was a change in the board, and some
people didn't know, and I just didn't pop in my head to have an update until now, because
there were more commitments now, dollar commitments.
Absolutely.
So I am sorry.
No, and I'm not trying to make it sound like I don't appreciate what you all have done,
because I really very much do.
I just want to be respectfully responsible, because I didn't think of it, and I should
have.
That's okay.
Thank you.
I just want to add, with taking out the softball slash little league option, our district current
is not only a softball field, correct, and currently little league minors in the softball
team share a field, so often when they're younger, or young little league or so our softball
players can play, which I totally agree with, but having that extra field would allow for
that overlap to be sad, and also in the summer, I would add more than two or three
biggest at economic weekends, our long-host, our softball tournaments, and our little league
series tournaments, so to have one more field to do so, and a possible source of revenue
for the district would be another thing to consider.
I also did reach out to Tom Schofield to ask how many softball games had to be rescheduled
due to weather, but they did change their, I don't know, call the reporting system, so
that those numbers aren't as readily available.
I know some of you in the audience that likely has that answer, but to respect that this
is an agenda item in a full board meeting, point is I know that field conditions for softball
are impacted, especially at the location and start times.
Are we done with being able to do amendments?
We can amend, since the first one was not truly a minute, we can amend one more time.
I'd like to make an amendment, propose an amendment, again, keeping everything in the
original recommended action with the $5 million verbiage in place, and then going off with
jeans, I'd like to make it contingent upon inclusion of the existing track facility in
the layout and design.
Can you say that one more time, I'm sorry.
Yeah, let me think.
Just one second, please.
So contingent upon inclusion of, you want contingent?
Yeah, right, I moved to approve the use of $5 million long term capital improvement trust
fund 46 for the construction of a sports complex to be located on district property.
So contingent upon the inclusion of the existing track complex in the new sports complex design.
Is that track field, contingent on the inclusion of the entrance of the sports complex, including
the listal field, inclusion of the sports complex entrance, including listal field.
So if I may, I move to approve the use of $5 million long term capital improvement trust
fund, fund 46 for the construction of a sports complex to be located on district property.
And then on the inclusion of the sports complex entrance, including listal field.
So all discussion will be on that motion on the floor, a contingent on inclusion of the
sports complex entrance, including listal field.
And that is doable.
And then how do we do the votes with you got two amendments hanging in?
If this passes, then that would be the current amendment.
And then we would have to vote to make this amendment the motion in the floor.
Correct.
So if that's nice, then this would be the current amendment if it votes no, and it goes back to your amendment.
That doesn't sound right.
It is.
It's amendment of an amendment.
So that votes yes, amending my amendment.
She is ending your amendment.
Get out.
So I thought, well, it's yes, then it becomes the amendment on the floor.
If it's a no, then it goes back to the contingent upon inclusion of a track in the complex.
Okay.
What are you asking for?
I basically want the entrance to be flipped and listal to be in the complex field of the space.
Okay, so if I'm playing this out, timelines, and if I'm playing this out in the timelines of moving forward and
then relying on the company, women and free the name of it, to redesign and look at and
come out like, I don't disagree with that.
I just want to make sure that that doesn't actually intrude on the time frame of getting the work started this fall because it would be contingent on.
That's why I asked about contingent.
My point is how do we make them both work without necessarily inadvertently saying no to one.
Right, but like, I don't disagree with what you're wanting.
I'm just, I'm worried that we're inadvertently.
Somebody who was on the work contingent, just say to include, we can't amendment more.
So it's, I don't know how to say anything like that, okay.
So Kristen repeat what Melissa's is on.
So the current motion amendment on the floor would be to, I will move to approve on the use of $5 million long-term capital improvement trust fund,
$1.46 for the construction of the sports complex to be cooler.
Complex, we're located on district property contingent on the inclusion of the sports complex entrance, including listal field.
Okay, so that is more than that entrance, so it's an mid-point so that both areas can utilize that.
Okay, so I'm just going to be honest, I don't think that should impact amendment that, because at this point,
the initial commitment that we're being asked to make is to playground and get it functional.
And then everything else after that is the luxury amenities that are coming forward that we can discuss at a later date, correct?
Well, yes.
So I could stop right there.
We have a very nice storage building there, so like in my head, trying to figure out like there's good intentions here.
But even if it passes, we could still break down and get started on the field.
Yes, that's my point is that we can stay away.
We can make this happen, but it doesn't have to slow us down because the field is going to be the field.
And that's what we need first, right?
That's how I'm understanding that.
That's how I'm understanding it.
Jerry, can you?
Sorry to get up for the millionth time tonight.
I'm getting stiff sitting back here anyway.
I called point of beginning just to give my heads up and I'm not knowing what we were going to talk about tonight.
But they're prepared to make little changes, you know, cosmetic changes, and they'll start as soon as we tell them.
So from my professional opinion, if you want to do that, all of a sudden you'll call it your plaza area,
your entrance to both facilities just got nicer.
You can have two ticket booths.
You know, you might even need two ticket booths for a large event in a Reiner game
where students go in one and they'll go in the other or something like that.
But all it means is move it over and there was only one negative that Ray mentioned is
that's where that store area is and that would just have to be moved.
So I think you can do it.
You know, and whether it's, they're going to have to redesign it and get approval anyway.
So, you know, you can certainly have input on the redesign if that's what you want.
Yeah.
All right.
Thank you.
So I mean, I'm in favor of this because I do think that when you do sit down and you look at this,
the poor in this are two separate things as much as it is hard to distinguish
and the community may not see that at this time.
I'm just going on a record.
These are two separate things.
And I am going to support this because I do and I feel like everybody up here wants to support this
because I do feel that we're at a point where if we make a decision, it's either going to contribute
to the growth and success of this community or the decline.
And I am advocating for both.
I think if we are a one campus mindset, I am going to continue to vote in support of the pool
and because I want the pool to be a non-negotiable with this complex out there
and I think we can do both.
And I think the community, we need to rally behind both concepts.
With that.
I was going to call the question.
Okay.
With that being said,
little later on, the current motion on the floor, I would have to approve the use of five million dollars
in the regulatory campaign for the trust fund and 46 for the instruction of the sports
complex to be located in a district property.
Containment and inclusion of the sports complex entrance including the still field.
So we're just going to link this, the amendment.
If you vote yes, this becomes a amendment.
If you vote no, it refers back to change in the amount of contingent upon inclusion of a track in the complex.
Are we all ready to vote?
Okay.
We are ready.
Randy Myers.
Angie Shriver.
Yes.
Danny with us yet.
No.
Okay.
All right.
We will reveal the results of the vote please.
So it passes.
Seven to nine.
So the current amendment and the full bill is.
I want to approve the use of five million dollars in the regulatory campaign for the trust fund and 46 for the construction of the sports complex to be located in a district property.
Containment and inclusion of the sports, all the sports complex entrance including the still field.
So we are now going to make this the motion on the floor.
Are we all ready to vote?
Voting to make it the motion.
Yes, it's currently.
We just voted to make it the amendment.
Now we're going to make it be the motion.
Go back up the letter.
Yes.
And if it fails, it goes back to the original motion.
Correct.
Any other.
Okay.
We'll be ready to vote then.
Angie Schreiber.
Pass.
Randy Myers.
Yes.
Okay.
We could please reveal the vote.
All right.
That passes.
Seven to one.
So now the.
Motion on the floor.
Is a motion to vote the house of five million dollars, line turn capital approval trust fund 46.
Excuse me for the construction of the sports complex.
We will get our district property contingent on the closure of the sports complex entrance including the still field.
And further discussion and the motion on the floor.
Okay.
We can vote.
Randy Myers.
Abstain.
Abstain.
Oh, sorry.
Angie Schreiber.
Yes.
Okay.
We could please reveal the vote.
It passes.
One, two, three, four, five.
Yes.
And so the motion passes.
Six.
One, two, three, four, six.
One, six.
I'm sorry.
There are the total on the top.
Oh, how about that?
That makes it a lot easier.
Depends on where you're sitting with.
Okay.
Ready.
Because we don't want to make it.
We're not going to even close public.
We're not only out of comments.
No, we're not, we're not in the mic at all.
All right.
We're just gonna vote on, yeah?
Just a little focus on.
And we're going to call...?
Quality of the state?
Yeah, okay.
Thank you.
Go behind that.
We'll make it an hour tonight.
I move to approve the discussion and possible action on offering school property located
at 506 grand and go Wisconsin 5 4 4 9 and 1 2 3 2 7th and go Wisconsin 5 4 or 9 for
sale and move to direct administration 1 to identify and recommend consultants or agents
to be retained by the district for purposes of soliciting offers to purchase to purchase
of the properties located at 506 gram and go Wisconsin 5 4 4 0 9 and 1 2 3 2 7th and
go Wisconsin 5 4 4 0 9 and 2 to solicit receive review and recommend offers to purchase the
properties located at 5 6 gram and gram and go Wisconsin 5 4 0 9 and 12 3 2 7th and go
Wisconsin 5 4 4 0 9. I'm gonna guess Davis was behind that. I think that's a fair assumption.
I was talking about a motion, sorry, that this was also consensus from the board during
the retreat. Last week we spent two days centered on facilities planning so this was
consensus and in my motion.
And not else had anything. So just to be clear it still comes back to the board to approve
the sale. So that would all clear on that. Any other further discussion?
Just a question.
Sure. So this motion as it stands, sorry, that Jill just went through. I'm not gonna
repeat it all. We're basically just telling administration that, hey, find us some people
who can do these things for us. I mean, we're not even saying listed or anything. We're
just saying, here's A, B and C that can help us with our issue at hand, right?
Well, number one is doing that. Number two is allowing them to receive offers and ask
for offers. So it's doing both of those things.
Ultimately, any offers would still come back to the board.
Yep. Absolutely. Okay. Thank you.
You didn't catch that part?
I got it.
Five or four, nine?
Five or four, nine.
Can I just say something? I'm looking for a committee of consultants or a juris to make
the table with districtor purposes. But does that sit around and I'm looking for an agent
for this locally, like well, state agents, local, and we can be looking for consultants
outside of the area that's specialized in this town, school property, school buildings.
Am I a collector, I understand? Yes, correct.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Right.
That's a good point to the retreat about outside the box, not just realtors. It could be something
that we're all missing because that's not our specialty.
Right.
Yeah.
So to advertise that outside of just a local area, I mean, we have some entities that are
interested in some of the properties that have, but like, I think we actually should look
at, you know, investment groups that come in and, you know, sell those into different
businesses or residential areas too. So.
Yes. And I think that's included with an identify and recommend consultants and agents
to be retained. Yeah.
Any other further discussion on the motion on the floor?
Okay.
Okay. We're going to move to the vote.
Angie Schreiber. Yes.
Randy Myers.
No.
We can move you to the vote.
It passes eight zero.
Okay.
Our next board of education meeting will be on October 19, 2026.
I'll be looking for a motion to adjourn.
So moved.
Beach of this time.
Beach of this time.
Beach of this time.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.
Aye.