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IT'S MAY 30TH, 2025 AT 12 P.M. I NOW CALL THIS SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER.
[I. Call to Order]
PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? . THE ROLL HAS BEEN CALLED. BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
[IV. Approval of Agenda]
SO MOVED. SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS. ANY DISCUSSION? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND IT'S BASICALLY AN OPEN-ENDED QUESTION.WHY ARE WE HERE TODAY? I UNDERSTOOD WE'RE HERE TODAY BECAUSE THE NOTICE DIDN'T GET PRINTED IN TIME.
WE ONLY HAD NINE DAYS LEAD WHEN WE VOTED ON THIS VERY MOTION THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH.
AND SO, BECAUSE THE PUBLISHER DIDN'T GET IT THE JOB DONE IN TIME, WE NOW NEEDED THIS ADDITIONAL WINDOW, AND WE HAVE A GENEROUS WINDOW TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO HICCUP.
AND WE'RE APPROVING WHAT WE DID BEFORE. SO, IF I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, WE DID EVERYTHING RIGHT.
OUR PUBLICATION FAILED US. IT DID NOT GET THE LAST COMMUNICATED DATE.
IT DID NOT GET PUBLISHED ON THE DATE THAT I WAS TOLD.
SO, IT GOT PUBLISHED A DAY LATER, PUTTING US OUTSIDE THE MINIMUM REQUIRED TIME FRAME.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN BECAUSE THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW.
SO LUCKILY, WE DID GET IT REPUBLISHED WITH THE CORRECT DATE OF TODAY ON TUESDAY, MAY 20TH.
TEN DAYS LATER, WE'RE HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH IS TODAY ON MAY 30TH, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET THE DEADLINE, IT SOUNDS LIKE. MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THIS GOING AROUND.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE, IS IT? I ATTENDED A CITY ASSESSOR AND COUNTY ASSESSORS CONFERENCE BOARD MEETINGS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE WE FINALLY HAD A KEY THAT OPENED UP THE MAGIC BOX, AND IT WAS ACCEPTED AGAIN. PUBLICATION PROBLEMS. I THINK MAYBE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE CHANGE IN THE NEWSPAPER STRUCTURE FROM A LOCAL PAPER PRINTED LOCALLY, TO DEALING WITH A NEWSPAPER THAT'S PRINTED 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK. WHATEVER IT IS NOT REALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF STATE LAW.
SO EVENTUALLY OUR FRIENDS IN THE LEGISLATURE WILL NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE IT'S VERY COMMON AND IT HAS TO, AND IT HAS TO BE PRINTED. IS THAT CORRECT, PATTY? I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. HAS TO BE PRINTED IN GENERAL CIRCULATION SINCE MOST PAPERS HAVE GONE DIGITAL FOR THE MOST PART.
WE NEED A CHANGE. WE NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR A CHANGE IN THE.
THE LAW BASICALLY IS WHAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE DIGITAL SINCE WE ARE IN THE 22ND CENTURY, 21ST CENTURY, WHATEVER, OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE IF THAT WOULD YOU KNOW, QUALIFY AS PUBLISHED.
OUR NEWSLETTER THAT WE SEND OUT DOES NOT QUALIFY.
NO. NEWSPAPER IN GENERAL CIRCULATION IS ACTUALLY SPECIFIED BY THE STATE WHICH ONES ARE, AND WHICH ONES AREN'T. SO, YOU DO HAVE TO PICK ONE. THAT IS.
AND JOURNAL IS FOR THIS COUNTY. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN USING THE JOURNAL.
BUT THE JOURNAL STEP UP THEIR GAME OR WE NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED.
THE EITHER OR DIGITAL AND OR PAPER PUBLISHED NEWSPAPER SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENT. AND YOU KNOW, IF I WAS TO GUESS, I WOULD THINK DIGITAL AND OR PAPER PUBLISHING SHOULD BE EASY TO PASS, BUT WHO KNOWS. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA SAY AYE.
AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. AGENDA IS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
[V.A. FY25 Proposed Budget Amendment]
PUBLIC HEARING. FISCAL YEAR 25. PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT.PATTY BLANKENSHIP IS HERE. NOTICE WAS PROVIDED THAT A HEARING WOULD BE HELD AT 12 P.M.
AT THE EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER, 627 FOURTH STREET, SIOUX CITY, IOWA, ON THE 30TH DAY OF MAY 2025 TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON THE DISTRICT'S FISCAL YEAR 25 PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
ANY INTERESTED PARTY MAY APPEAR AND FILE AN OBJECTION OR OBJECTIONS AT ANY INFORMATION FOR,
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OR AGAINST THE SAME AS B HAS BEEN, OR WILL BE HEARD ON THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT.WITH THE FINAL DECISION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AS A MATTER OF RECORD.
SEANIECE, IS THERE ANY CITIZEN INPUT FOR THIS HEARING? NO BOARD MEMBER HAS ANY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I DECLARE THAT THIS HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25 PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT CLOSED.
ITEMS OF PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION.
[VI.A. FY25 Proposed Budget Amendment – Patty Blankenship]
THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT. PATTY IS HERE.PATTY, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? JUST WANT TO INDICATE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED PROOF OF PUBLICATION THAT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE NOTICE FOR THE HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER ON MAY 20TH.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS JUST THAT. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVED THE FY 24 BUDGET AMENDMENT.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE FISCAL YEAR 25 BUDGET AMENDMENT? SO MOVED. SECOND. FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY CITIZEN INPUT? NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THIS MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
TIME TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SORRY, DAN. ALL THOSE OPPOSED.
SAY NAY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.