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>> GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S SEP 15TH,
[I. Call to Order]
2025 AT 4:01 P.M NOT A.M, I NOW CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER.PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> SHANICE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
[IV. Approval of Agenda]
>> WE HAVE FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND.
BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> HAS THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTED A CLOSED SESSION?
>> ARE WE DOING THE MOTION FOR A CLOSED SESSION OR ARE WE JUST APPROVING THE AGENDA?
>> IT'LL COME LATER THEN. THE SAME QUESTION WILL COME LATER.
>> HEY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE AGENDA, SAY AYE.
>> ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY, NAY.
APPROVAL OF THE CLOSED SESSION.
[V. Approval of Closed Session / Closed Session]
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE SECTION 21.5 (1)(I) TO EVALUATE THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE APPOINTMENT, HIRING, PERFORMANCE, OR DISCHARGE IS BEING CONSIDERED WHEN NECESSARY TO PREVENT NEEDLESS AND IRREPARABLE INJURY TO THAT INDIVIDUAL'S REPUTATION AND THAT INDIVIDUAL'S REQUEST A CLOSED SESSION.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR CLOSED SESSION?
>> FIRST, WE HAVE A SECOND. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> YES. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENTS THAT CAME AS SUCH A SURPRISE.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR A WHILE.
WHEN I LEFT, I FELT LIKE EVERYTHING WAS REALLY ON TRACK, SCHOOL WAS STARTING THE NEXT DAY, AND ANYTHING THAT WE HAD THEN GOING ON SEEMED TO BE ALL FINE.
WHEN I CAME BACK, THE FIRST THING I FOUND OUT WHEN I COULD GET BECAUSE WHEN I'M OVER SEAS, I DON'T GET EMAILS OR ANYTHING, SO IN COMES THE INDICATION OF A SPECIAL MEETING, AND THEN I COME BACK AND START HEARING FROM PEOPLE AND A LOT OF RUMORS AND THE LIKE, AND IF THIS IS ABOUT WHAT I THINK IT'S ABOUT, MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THE COMMUNITY HAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF RUMORS OUT THERE, SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY SLANDEROUS TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S CHARACTER, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND HE'S A PUBLIC FIGURE, AND I AM URGING EVERYONE TO VOTE NO FOR THE CLOSED SESSION.
>> YOU JUST VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS.
>> WE HAVE FIRST, WE HAVE SECOND, DIRECTOR, GREENWELL.
>> HAS THE INDIVIDUAL REQUESTED A CLOSED SESSION AND HAS THAT IN WRITING?
>> SHANICE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE OUT IN THE PUBLIC IF IT'S ABOUT OUR LEADER. I VOTE, NO.
>> YES. OH, WE GOT TO CALL THE ROLL.
>> WE DID CALL THE ROLL BUT WE NEED A TWO THIRDS VOTE IN ORDER TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION, AND I DON'T THINK WE MET THAT.
>> MOTION FAILS. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING?
>> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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LET'S GO BACK ON THAT ONE. LET'S LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE ADJOURNMENT.>> NO. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS NOW AND GET IT OFF THE TABLE FOR THE PUBLIC.
>> THE GENTLEMAN REQUESTED A CLOSED SESSION. DID YOU NOT HEAR THAT?
>> I'M THINKING ABOUT THE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
>> YOU DON'T KNOW THE FACTS BEHIND THESE STORIES.
>> WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT, AREN'T WE?
>> NOT WHEN YOU REQUEST A CLOSED SESSION, WE CAN'T.
>> LET ME INTERRUPT BOTH OF YOU GUYS.
IF YOU UNDERSTOOD, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL DO, THAT THE REASON FOR A CLOSED SESSION IS TO EVALUATE THE PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCY OF AN INDIVIDUALS WHOSE APPOINTMENT HIRING PERFORMANCE OR DISCHARGE IS BEING CONSIDERED WHEN NECESSARY TO PREVENT NEEDLESS AND IRREPARABLE INJURY TO THAT INDIVIDUAL'S REPUTATION, AND THAT INDIVIDUAL'S REQUEST A CLOSED SESSION.
HE REQUESTED A CLOSED SESSION.
BUT WHAT YOU'VE DONE, MR. EHMKE, IS YOU ALREADY NAMED THE PERSON, AND TO HAVE A FREE AND FRANK DISCUSSION OUT HERE COULD POTENTIALLY MAKE THAT PERSON'S PERFORMANCE OR THAT PERSON'S REPUTATION AND HARM IT GREATLY, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
>> NO. I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS GOING AND HAVING A SECRET MEETING WITH ALL THE STUFF THAT'S RUMORED AROUND THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF IT THAT I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE ANYONE WOULD SAY, AND I'M SAYING, WE HAVE A PUBLIC FIGURE, WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A DISCUSSION SO THAT THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT RATHER THAN SPECULATE.
>> IT'S THEIR RIGHTS, DIRECTOR EHMKE.
>> ASK HIM WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
>> HE'S ALREADY SIGNED A CLOSED SESSION, A REQUEST FOR IT.
AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE NOW IS YOU'VE VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS, SO LET'S DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON ADJOURNMENT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO HERE. DIRECTOR MICHAELSON?
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO DO, JURY?
>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT THERE IS TO DO, WE CAN GO FORWARD AND HAVE A DISCUSSION THAT EITHER CLEARS THE AIR IN THIS COMMUNITY ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I'VE HEARD, THE RUMORS ARE JUST SLANDEROUS AND INCREDIBLE, AND LET'S CLEAR THE AIR.
>> WE DON'T HAVE THE FACTS EITHER.
>> WELL, THEN LET'S HEAR THEM.
IT'S PRIVATE, IT'S A CLOSED SECTION.
>> YEAH, THIS IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT, BUT THE FACT REMAINS WHICH YOU WANT TO DO IS YOU WANT US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON PUBLIC, YOU'VE ALREADY NAMED THE GUY, SO YOU VIOLATED HIS RIGHTS.
>> I THINK WE ALREADY VOTED TO ADJOURN SO THE MEETING SHOULD BE ADJOURNED.
>> I CALLED FOR A RE VOTE, REMEMBER? I WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON IT.
>> NO. WE DIDN'T DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON ADJOURNMENT.
>> I WANTED A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THE ADJOURNMENT.
>> IF YOU'RE INSISTENT THAT IT BE A SECRET MEETING, THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO GO, IF YOU WANT TO CLEAR THE AIR, WE CAN CLEAR THE AIR RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW.
>> THAT VIOLATES THE INTEGRITY OF THAT INDIVIDUAL, WHICH YOU'VE VIOLATED ALREADY, THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
>> NO, AS TO ADJOURN OR YES, AS TO ADJOURN.
>> WE ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.