CITY OF SARTELL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON VACATION OF CERTAIN DRAINAGE AND UTILITY EASEMENTS
LOTS 10 AND 11, BLOCK 4 MADISON CROSSING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN upon motion of the city council of Sartell, Minn., a public hearing will be held before the city council of Sartell, Minn, in the council chambers at the Sartell City Hall, at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to hear all persons present upon the proposed vacation of certain drainage and utility easements located in the plat of Madison Crossing in the city of Sartell, Minn.
Mary Degiovanni
City Administrator
Publish: Nov. 28, 2014
CITY OF SARTELL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL-USE PERMIT
FENCE PANELS – 1300 SIERRA COURT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That a public hearing will be held before the city council of Sartell, Minn., in the council chambers of the Sartell City Hall, at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to hear all persons present upon the application by the City of Sartell, applicant and owner; for a conditional-use permit to construct fence panels within the Watab River floodway.
Mary Degiovanni
City Administrator
Publish: Nov. 28, 2014
CITY OF SARTELL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON AN APPLICATION FOR A VARIANCE
219 6TH ST. NE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That a public hearing will be held before the city council of Sartell, Minn., at the Sartell City Hall at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2014, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, to hear all persons present upon application by Steve and Julie Lojovich, applicants and owners; to obtain a variance from the corner side-yard setback requirements in an R-1 Single-Family Residence District.
Mary Degiovanni
City Administrator
Publish: Nov. 28, 2014
SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 748
NOV. 7, 2014
DISTRICT CENTER BOARD ROOM
The special school board meeting of Independent School District 748 to canvass election results was called to order at 7:20 a.m. by Chair Michelle Meyer. Members present: Meyer; Krista Durrwachter, vice chair; Jason Nies, clerk; Mary McCabe, director; Pam Raden, director and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent. Member absent: Dan Riordan, director.
A motion to approve the agenda was made by Raden and seconded by Durrwachter. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Nies and seconded by McCabe to pass the resolution canvassing returns of votes of school district general election. All in favor. Motion carried.
The final ballot results of the School Board election are as follows:
- Michelle Meyer 4,376
- Patrick Marushin 3,743
- Mary E. McCabe 3,630
- Write-In 122
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:20 a.m. was made by Durrwachter seconded by Nies. All in favor. Motion carried.
/s/ Jason Nies, clerk
Publish: Nov. 28, 2014
REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING
SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OCT. 20, 2014
DISTRICT CENTER BOARD ROOM
The regular school board meeting of Independent School District 748 was called to order at 7 p.m. by Michelle Meyer, chair. Members present: Meyer; Krista Durrwachter, vice chair; Jason Nies, clerk; Mary McCabe, director; Pam Raden, director; Dan Riordan, director; and Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent.
A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Riordan to approve the agenda. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Riordan to approve consent items a-c as presented below:
a. Minutes of the regular school board meeting held on Sept. 15, 2014.
b. Checks in the amount of $2,413,322.92 as presented:
General Fund 1,532,528.66
Food Service Fund 142,926.38
Transportation Fund 120,026.31
Community Service Fund 29,223.97
Capital Expenditure Fund 81,209.14
Building Fund 504,467.87
Summer Rec Agency Fund 2,940.59
Check numbers 157502 to 157936
Receipts in the amount of $2,735,562.24 as presented:
General Fund 2,432,893.48
Food Service Fund 176,714.98
Transportation Fund 21,464.34
Community Service Fund 46,516.43
Capital Expenditure Fund 1,559.12
Building Fund .59
Debt Service Fund 56,342.80
Summer Rec Agency Rec 70.00
Receipts 40195 to 40319
Wire transfers in the amount of $8,724.51 as presented:
General Fund 4,250.87
Food Service Fund 3,914.79
Summer Rec Agency Fund 558.85
Wire transfers 201400019-201400022
c. Accept the following donations:
| Name | To | Donation | Purpose |
| Anonymous Donation | Sartell-St. Stephen School District #748 | $40 | Tech Fund |
| Sabres All Sports Booster Club | Sartell High School | $5,000 | Bleachers |
| Sabres All Sports Booster Club | Sartell High School | $1,200 | Fall Weight Coach |
| Oak Ridge Elementary PTC | Sartell-St. Stephen School District #748 | $755.60 | Slab Roller w/Worktable |
d. Accept the resignations of Jaime Garas, Sartell Middle School, student supervisor, effective Oct. 9, 2014; Theresa Villeneuve, District Service Center, custodial sub, effective Oct. 17, 2014; Allison Kuklok, Oak Ridge Elementary, supervisor, effective Aug. 6, 2014.
Student Representative Report: Ryan Kororll, senior at Sartell High School
- Homecoming week at Sartell High School was very successful including the SHS carnival featuring human foosball and the powderpuff football game. The students also enjoyed the homecoming dance.
- The Matchmaker, performed at Sartell High School, was well-received by several audiences.
- Sartell High School has had several notable successes during the past weeks, including:
- The Girls Soccer team is headed to the state competition.
- Boys Soccer played well against, but lost to, Apollo in their state-qualifying match.
- Football earned the CLC Championship title.
- Girls Volleyball will play in a playoff game on Friday night.
- Girls Swimming and Diving placed third at the State True Team meet.
- Student Voice held their first meeting of the year.
- A junior at Sartell High School, Gopi Ramanathan, scored a perfect score of 36, on the ACT.
Superintendent Report: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent
- Homecoming across the district was celebrated with spirit and the opportunity to create traditions, school connections and unity across all of our buildings.
- The elementary fundraising homecoming walks raised more than $50,000 for our elementary schools to support educational opportunities for our students.
- The superintendent continues to meet with a variety of staff and community groups including grade-level groups, staff units and community partners like Partners for Student Success.
School Board Committees: School Board Members will report on committee meetings that have taken place since the last Board meeting.
SEE Regional Meeting Board Summary – Oct. 13, 2014
Submitted by Pam Raden
Jeff and I were in attendance to review their legislative platform and how it aligns with our priorities as a district. (Which we need to finalize as a board)
What we wanted SEE to be focusing on:
Facilities funding – we want greater equity in terms of both resources and tax fairness and would also streamline the revenue areas currently available to school districts. We would like to see, not only, the top 25 largest school districts have the option to levy for necessary building maintenance and upgrades but the other 300 plus districts also. We would also like a specific call out to Technology and Safe Schools funding in regard to facilities funding issues.
This board is always working to increase the general fund and not so many specialized funds and to work on greater equity in categorical formulas. i.e., SPED.
Finally – we will receive Q-comp dollars this year (one year).
Benton – Stearns Education District 6383 Board Meeting – Oct. 14, 2014
Submitted by Dan Riordan
- Minnesota Rural Education Association (lobby organization): join for one year
- Teacher Development and Evaluation Plan (Fall 2014): approved
- Stearns County Interagency Agreement: discuss methods of collaborating to improve delivery of services to children with disabilities; approved
- BSED Coordinator/Supervisor position for Foley and ROCORI: add supervision of BSED staff according to recommendations of Minnesota State Schools Association and the Bureau of Mediation Services
- Crisis Prevention Institute: add another training; change training time (not during school day)
- Voyager School: student count = 54 (six waiting for approval); school is full
- Staff negotiations: non-licensed, supervisory on-going
- Principals’ meeting:
- general education teachers must remain at entire I.E.P. meeting
- if an SPED category is added to student I.E.P. total comprehensive re-evaluation must be done
- hands on students is a last resort; only if student is a danger to him/herself or others
- at I.E.P. “Does student need support in extra-curricular activities?” must be asked
Report on Enrollment: Jeff Schwiebert, superintendent, presented the current months enrollment report for district schools.
A motion was made by Durrwachter and seconded by Nies to APPROVE the Personnel Omnibus #1-18:
New Employees or Changes:
Hannah Brenner, DSC, Nutrition Coordinator, $21.13 per hr., 8 hrs./171 days/yr. New Position;
Debra Hahn, SHS, server, $13.69 per hr., 10 hrs./week, R1, Step 1, new position; Ryan Hiltner, SHS, ninth-grade boys basketball, $2810, BS1, replacing Mathew Myer; Karen Klien, SMS, server, $16.71 per hr., 4.25 hr./day, replacing Tammy Thibodeau; Karen Kuschel, PME, dishwasher, $16.71 per hr., 3.0 hr./day, additional (.25 per hr.) needed; Kim Leigh, PME, cashier, $14.77 per hr., .25 hr./day, additional (45 min.) need for breakfast; Noel Meyer, SHS, strength coach, outside funded, $1,185 BS3, replacing Karl Scharnweber; Gina Och, SHS, media aide, $15.71 per hr. 5 hr./day, RIV, Step 1, replacing Janet Summerall; Kristina Peterson, PME, LTS para, $15.71 per hr., 6.25 hr./day RIV, Step 1, new position; Betty Rogers, ORE, reading intervention, $43,098.66, .8989 FTE MA, S5, replacing Kristin Uran; Mike Sieben, SHS, assistant girls basketball, $4,442, BS11, replacing Ryan Voss; Sherry Weide, ORE, cashier,$16.01 per hr., 3.25 hr./day, additional (45 min.) need for breakfast; Brenda Wenning, DSC, human resources assistant, $18.50 per hr. 22.5 hrs./week, replacing Mallory Wetzell; Mary Lou Westra, SMS, lunchroom supervisor, $13.26 per hr. 10 hr./week, replacing Jamie Garas.
Leaves of Absence:
Jen Bettenberg, ORE, kindergarten teacher, requested leave, Jan. 5-March 30, 2015; Karen Butler, SMS, Para, requested leave, Oct. 29-Dec. 1, 2014; Nicole Feuchtmann, PME, third-grade teacher, requested leave, Jan. 22-April 7, 2015; Mitze Olson, PME, reading interventionist, requested leave, Dec. 10, 2014-Jan. 5, 2015.
All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Nies and seconded by Durrwachter to HAVE SECOND READING AND APPROVE REVISIONS TO POLICY 514. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Riordan and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR THE TEACHER PREPARATION INITIATIVE WITH THE MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND ST. CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE DISCOVERY ACADEMY AGREEMENT FOR FY 15 BETWEEN ST. CLOUD TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Riordan and seconded by Nies to APPROVE THE CLINICAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE AGREEMENT WITH THE COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Raden and seconded by Durrwachter to APPROVE MINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE FOUNDATION APPLICATION FOR GRANT FOR STUDENT PARTICIPATION. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Nies and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE SPANISH CLUB EXTENDED FIELD TRIP. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by McCabe and seconded by Durrwachter to APPROVE BUILDING AND DISTRICT GOALS FOR 2014-15. All in favor. Motion carried.
A motion was made by Riordan and seconded by McCabe to APPROVE FACILITIES COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO OBTAIN AN ARCHITECT TO CONDUCT A BUILDING NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF THE SARTELL-ST. STEPHEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. All in favor. Motion carried.
Schedule Work Session and Committee Meetings
Policy Committee – Nov. 6 at 4:15 p.m. at the District Service Center
Canvas meeting – Nov. 7 at 7:15 a.m. at the District Service Center
Facility Tour and Work Session – Nov. 17 at 4:30 p.m. at the Transportation Facility
The board had the official review of policies 405, 407, 410, 413, 418, 422 and 519.
The board had the first of two readings of revisions of the following policies: 205 and 425.
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made by Riordan and seconded by Nies at 7:47 p.m.
Meyer entertained a motion to open the meeting for the closed session pursuant to Minnesota Statue Section 13D.05 Subd. 2(b) to consider concerns related to an employee. Motion made by Riordan and seconded by Nies to close the meeting at 8:02 p.m.
A motion was made by Nies and seconded by McCabe to reopen the meeting at 8:09 p.m.
Durrwachter introduced the resolution and moved its adoption to release Diane Brum, an employee of Independent School District No. 748. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Riordan, and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Meyer, Raden, Durrwachter, McCabe, Nies and Riordan and the following voted against the same: None.
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
A motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m. was made by Meyer and seconded by McCabe. All in favor. Motion carried.
/s/ Jason Nies, clerk
Publish: Nov. 28, 2014