ANAMOOSE FIRE PROTECTION

DISTRICT ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the

Anamoose Fire Protection District

will be held at the Anamoose Fire

Hall on Saturday, January 23, 2021

for the purpose of electing officers

and directors and to take care of any

other regular and new business that

may come before the meeting. The

volunteer department will hold it’s

annual meeting at 6:00 PM with a

meal after. District meeting to follow

at 7:00 PM. Past directors and re-

tired firemen are invited to the meal.

All district patrons are welcome to

attend the meeting.

(January 9-16, 2021)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE

APPLICATION

The City of Rugby intends to file an

application with the U. S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture Rural Develop-

ment for financial assistance to

develop the 2 1/2 AVE & 6th St

Street and Utility Improvements Pro-

ject. The proposed project will re-

place the City’s existing water,

sewer, stormwater, and street infras-

tructure along 2 1/2 Avenue and 6th

Street. A public meeting will be held

at 6:30 PM on February 1st at City

Hall in the Council Chambers, or you

may attend by GOTOMEETING

-https://www.gotomeet.me/JenniferS

tewart1 , Toll Free: 1 866 899 4679,

Access Code: 325-066-093, to dis-

cuss the proposed project and to

provide the opportunity for public

comment.

(January 16, 2021)

NOTICE

Rugby Public School District #5,

Board of Education – Policy Com-

mittee, held a meeting Wednesday,

December 16, 2020 at 7:00 AM in

Dr. McNeff’s office at Rugby High

School.

Committee members present were

Kris Blessum, Mike McNeff, and

Dawn Hauck.

The Committee reviewed current

district policies that NDSBA recom-

mended changes to.

The Committee reviewed NDSBA’s

recommendations for policy changes

and accepted the changes as

recommended.

The adjusted policies will be brought

to the January 12, 2021 board meet-

ing.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:55

AM.

Dawn Hauck, Business Manager

(January 16, 2021)

NOTICE

Rugby Public School District #5,

Board of Education, held a regular

board meeting Tuesday, December

8, 2020 at 7:00 AM in the Library at

Rugby High School.

Board members present were Dustin

Hager, Kris Blessum, Carlie John-

son, Shane Livedalen, and Brenda

Heilman was present via Zoom.

Also present were Mike McNeff,

Jared Blikre, Jason Gullickson, and

Dawn Hauck. In addition, the follow-

ing were in attendance: Scott Gro-

chow and Breanne Welk. Heidi

Backstrom and Travis Risovi were

present via Zoom.

Chairman Hager called the meeting

to order at 7:00 AM.

Motion by Livedalen to approve the

agenda. Second by Blessum. All

voting yes, motion carried.

Scott Grochow gave a presentation

on the athletics programs. Atten-

dance at winter season events, ac-

cording to NDHSAA, is recommend-

ed to be 50 home fans only. That

number does not include players,

coaches, statisticians, or other event

staff. When all three squads play,

there will be two tickets given to var-

sity and one ticket given to JV and

C-squad players. When only varsity

and junior varsity play, each player

will be given two tickets. Tickets can

only be used for parents, siblings,

and grandparents. Four tickets will

be given to the administration of the

other team. For Junior High games,

each athlete will be given two tick-

ets.

Mr. Gullickson gave the elementary

report. Included in the report were

the following items: Mrs. Mattson

has been meeting with the 12 lego

league participants once per week.

A competition will be held in Janu-

ary. The 5th grade classes held a

food drive that raised over 900

pounds of food to give to the Pierce

County Food Pantry. The deadline

for evaluations for teachers in their

first three years at the district is De-

cember 15th. There are seven

teachers that fit into this category at

Ely. Mid-year assessments in

English/Language Arts and Math will

begin on January 11th.

Mr. Blikre gave the high school re-

port. Included in the report were the

following items: The first semester

will end on January 15th. There will

be no semester testing time. After

winter break, schedule changes will

begin for the new semester. The

deadline for evaluations for teachers

in their first three years at the district

is December 15th. There are 13

teachers that fit into this category at

RHS. Winter activities have begun.

Competitions can begin December

14th after the governor’s ruling on

the activity break ends. As of yes-

terday morning, only 13 students

were out due to COVID-19. The

numbers are getting much better.

Dr. McNeff gave the District report.

Included in the report were the fol-

lowing items: The Governor release

his budget for the next biennium,

which included 0% and 0% in-

creases for FY22 and FY23 on the

per pupil state aid payment. There

will need to be a big legislative push

to get an increase. The district has

received CARES Act money for the

following grants: Ed Corps Funding

$158,000, Resiliency Grant

$178,000, and ESSER Funds

$115,000. Much of this money will

be used to upgrade the technology

systems to better serve the distance

education students. There is a dis-

cussion about another relief bill for

education. There will be more to

come on this issue. Empower is the

new grading and reporting system.

Fifteen teachers agreed to work with

the system this year to get it ready

for implementation next school year.

Mrs. Hauck reviewed the financial

report. Each fund was reviewed.

The General fund is roughly $85,000

below this same point last year.

There have been many purchases of

personal protection equipment to

help with distancing and sanitizing

due to the COVID-19 pandemic as

well as technology purchases

through the CARES Act grants.

Those funds are received on a reim-

bursement basis, so the expense is

seen before the reimbursement is

obtained. The Sinking Fund current-

ly contains roughly $5 million of the

$6 million balloon payment that is

needed in May 2025. Another

$400,000 transfer will be made in

May 2021 to the fixed investments

that are set aside for the balloon

payment. Items in the consent agen-

da were considered. Motion by Bles-

sum to approve the Consent Agen-

da. Second by Johnson. Included in

the consent agenda were the No-

vember 10, 2020 Board Meeting

Minutes, the November Board Bills,

the November Board bills detail, and

the November Financial Reports. All

voting yes, motion carried.

Mrs. Hauck reviewed the FY20 Final

Audit Report. The same items were

noted in the Finding of the Financial

Statements as have been in the

past. The first finding states that the

auditors assist in creating proper

financial statements and notes. The

second finding states that the district

must provide segregation of duties

as much as possible with the staff

we have. In the management report,

it was noted that there was a student

activity account that was negative.

This will be fixed going forward. A

second observation was that one

employee file did not contain the

employee’s start date. Employee

files will be gone through to ensure

all necessary paperwork is con-

tained in the files. Hager requested

information on the Financial State-

ment Disclosure Checklist as noted

in the first finding of the audit.

Hauck will request information from

the auditors on this issue. Motion by

Johnson to approve the FY20 Final

Audit Report and Management Re-

port. Second by Livedalen. All voting

yes, motion carried.

The board discussed the 2020-2021

School Calendar. Dr. McNeff recom-

mended to continue operating in the

current four day in-person and one

day virtual learning model until the

end of March. Discussion was held

on teacher burn-out if the district

were to go to five days in-person.

Teachers are required to make sure

there the curriculum is ready for both

in-person and online students each

day. Several students in the Virtual

Learning Academy are not doing

well. The district is asking for some

virtual students to return to in-person

learning next semester so they do

not fall behind in their learning. The

end goal is to return to five days of

in-person instruction. Motion by

Blessum to re-evaluate the calendar

in January, look at how the holidays

affected COVID cases, and discuss

the calendar again at the February

board meeting. Second by

Livedalen. All voting yes, motion car-

ried.

Board Member Johnson exited the

meeting at 7:38 AM.

The Winter Activity Spectator Guide-

lines were reviewed. It was dis-

cussed that the district should follow

the guidance provided by NDHSAA

for spectators and if the administra-

tion feels differently, then they can

come to the board at that time. Mo-

tion by Blessum to use NDHSAA

recommendations for spectators un-

less the administration feels dif-

ferently at which time they can bring

concerns to the board. Second by

Livedalen. All voting yes, motion car-

ried.

Dr. McNeff gave a COVID-19 up-

date. New guidance from the CDC

states that close contacts can come

back after seven days if a negative

rapid test is obtained on the 7th day

or after 10 days if there is no test

done and no symptoms. Positive in-

dividuals must still quarantine for 10

days.

Dr. McNeff updated the board on

BINAX testing for that is available for

school staff. Weekly voluntary CO-

VID testing will be available for staff.

It will be self-administered. The

tests will be available in about 2-3

weeks. There is no cost to the dis-

trict for these tests.

A vaccination survey will be going

out to staff members. School per-

sonnel are included in Phase 1b of

the vaccine administration schedule.

It could be available to staff in late

January. The survey is needed to

know how many staff members

would want to receive the vaccine so

Pierce County Health can be

prepared. There are still issues to be

worked out. More information will

come in the next few weeks.

There is a big decline in the number

of quarantined students in the dis-

trict, which is a good sign. The hope

is that this continues but with the

holidays coming up, we could see a

spike in numbers again.

There will be a school policy review

committee meeting on December

16th at 7 AM with Blessum and Heil-

man. The information will be brought

to the January board meeting.

The staff participating in the Teacher

Leader Academy will be presenting

their Action Research Presentations

on December 16th at 3:30 PM. The

board members are asked to attend.

The Negotiations Seminar is

scheduled for February 4-5th. No in-

formation has been provided yet as

to how the seminar will be conduct-

ed. It is a negotiations year so we

will have to pick the negotiations

committee soon.

The next regular board meeting is

scheduled for January 12, 2021.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:10

AM.

Bills presented/paid: Checking Ac-

count ID: 1 Automatic Payment

Check Number Check Date Void

Entity Name Amount

943 11/29/2020 OTTERTAIL

POWER COMPANY 10,339.11 945

11/10/2020 CITY OF RUGBY

1,413.48 948 11/17/2020 JP MOR-

GAN – PCARD 13,531.77

Checking Account ID: 1 Check

Check Number Check Date Void

Entity Name Amount

1034708 11/02/2020 RUGBY

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

120.00 1034709 11/06/2020 MATH-

COUNTS FOUNDATION 150.00

1034710 11/09/2020 BLACK-

BOARD, INC 1,030.00 1034711

11/16/2020 ACCENT WORKPLACE

ENVIRONMENTS 899.00 1034712

11/16/2020 ACT 168.00 1034713

11/16/2020 B & M LAUNDRY SER-

VICE 397.60 1034714 11/16/2020

BISMARCK PUBLIC SCHOOL DIS-

TRICT 106.00 1034715 11/16/2020

BSN SPORTS INC 40.95 1034716

11/16/2020 CITY OF RUGBY 86.58

1034717 11/16/2020 COLE PA-

PERS INC 3,799.08 1034718

11/16/2020 DAKOTA BOYS AND

GIRLS RANCH 4,400.00 1034719

11/16/2020 DAKOTA LAWN &

TREE SPRAYING 3,770.00

1034720 11/16/2020 ENVISION

242.61 1034721 11/16/2020

HARTLEY’S SCHOOL BUSES,

INC. 53,778.16 1034722 11/16/2020

HOME OF ECONOMY 177.75

1034723 11/16/2020 HORIZONS

SPEECH THERAPY SERVICES

252.00 1034724 11/16/2020

JOHNSON’S PLUMBING SERVICE

INC 496.46 1034725 11/16/2020

LEEVERS FOODS 55.65 1034726

11/16/2020 LEEVERS FOODS

379.80 1034727 11/16/2020 ME-

NARDS 268.58 1034728 11/16/2020

MINOT DAILY NEWS 187.20

1034729 11/16/2020 NDCEL 980.00

1034730 11/16/2020 NORTH CEN-

TRAL EDUCATION COOPERA-

TIVE 6,427.48 1034731 11/16/2020

NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL STUDY

COUNCIL 500.00 1034732

11/16/2020 NORTH DAKOTA

TELEPHONE COMPANY 255.60

1034733 11/16/2020 PIERCE

COUNTY TRIBUNE 676.09

1034734 11/16/2020 POPPLERS

MUSIC INC 1,614.43 1034735

11/16/2020 ROBERTA ROSEN-

KRANZ 2,400.00 1034736

11/16/2020 RUGBY BROADCAS-

TERS, INC 38.50 1034737

11/16/2020 RUGBY GREENHOUSE

53.00 1034738 11/16/2020 RUGBY

HARDWARE HANK 811.73

1034739 11/16/2020 SCHOCK’S

SAFE & LOCK SERVICE INC

361.70 1034740 11/16/2020

SCHOOL SPECIALTY / CLASS-

ROOM DIRECT 23.76 1034741

11/16/2020 SEESAW LEARNING,

INC 550.00 1034742 11/16/2020

SOURIS BASIN TRANSPORTA-

TION 14.00 1034743 11/16/2020 ST

MICHEL FURNITURE & FLOOR

1,175.00 1034744 11/16/2020

STEIN’S INC 788.79 1034745

11/16/2020 TEACHERS FUND FOR

RETIREMENT 1,113.74 1034746

11/16/2020 THE VILLAGE FAMILY

SERVICE CENTER 1,500.00

1034757 11/30/2020 ASHLEIGH

BLIKRE 146.00 1034758

11/30/2020 CIRCLE SANITATION

INC 928.00 1034759 11/30/2020

COLE PAPERS INC 879.31

1034760 11/30/2020 DARYL’S RE-

FRIGERATION LLC 165.00

1034761 11/30/2020 ENVISION

701.73 1034762 11/30/2020

HARTLEY’S SCHOOL BUSES,

INC. 136.97 1034763 11/30/2020

JW PEPPER & SON, INC 204.98

1034764 11/30/2020 TOM KLAPP

50.00 1034765 11/30/2020 ME-

NARDS 30.25 1034766 11/30/2020

MIDWEST INVESTIGATION &

SECURITY INC 475.00 1034767

11/30/2020 MINOT DAILY NEWS

187.20 1034768 11/30/2020

NDDEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

QUALITY 240.00 1034769

11/30/2020 NORTH DAKOTA

TELEPHONE COMPANY 870.00

1034770 11/30/2020 PEARCE

DURICK PLLC 300.00 1034771

11/30/2020 RUGBY ELECTRIC

88.50 1034772 11/30/2020 RUGBY

GOLF CLUB 250.00 1034773

11/30/2020 SAVVAS LEARNING

COMPANY LLC 11,406.98 1034774

11/30/2020 SCHOLASTIC INC.

197.78 1034775 11/30/2020

SCHOOL SPECIALTY / CLASS-

ROOM DIRECT 4.67 1034776

11/30/2020 STEIN’S INC 416.12

1034777 11/30/2020 JESSICA

STOEN 50.00

Checking Account ID: 1 Direct

Deposit Check Number Check Date

Void Entity Name Amount

18085 11/17/2020 GAIL MONSON-

RHAM 49.13 18086 11/17/2020

KIMBERLY WILLIAMS 99.21 GEN-

ERAL FUND TOTAL 133,250.43

Checking Account ID: 3 Check

Check Number Check Date Void

Entity Name Amount

1369 11/16/2020 NORTH CEN-

TRAL BUILDERS, INC. 12,100.00

1370 11/30/2020 B & J EXCAVAT-

ING, INC. 6,734.00 BUILDING

FUND TOTAL 18,834.00

Checking Account ID: 4 Automatic

Payment Check Number Check

Date Void Entity Name Amount

62 11/01/2020 WELLS FARGO

BANK 172,120.00 SINKING FUND

TOTAL 172,120.00

Checking Account ID: 5 Automatic

Payment Check Number Check

Date Void Entity Name Amount

234 11/10/2020 FOOD SERVICES

OF AMERICA/MINOT 17,159.20

235 11/07/2020 REVTRACK 14.91

Checking Account ID: 5 Check

Check Number Check Date Void

Entity Name Amount

12070 11/16/2020 BERNARD

FOOD INDUSTRIES, INC. 534.84

12071 11/16/2020 DEPARTMENT

OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 988.66

12072 11/16/2020 LEEVERS

FOODS 892.84 12073 11/16/2020

LEEVERS FOODS 265.77 12082

11/30/2020 LAKE REGION DIS-

TRICT HEALTH UNIT 600.00 12083

11/30/2020 RUGBY PUBLIC

SCHOOL DISTRICT 5 238.21

12084 11/30/2020 STEIN’S INC

582.67 12085 11/30/2020 SUNRISE

DELIVERY, INC 3,655.20 FOOD

SERVICE TOTAL 24,932.30

Checking Account ID: 6 Automatic

Payment Check Number Check

Date Void Entity Name Amount

38124 11/30/2020 DOLLYWOOD

FOUNDATION 194.71

Checking Account ID: 6 Check

Check Number Check Date Void

Entity Name Amount

41567 11/02/2020 KERRY GRO-

CHOW 131.00 41568 11/02/2020

JENNIFER RAMSEY 131.00 41570

11/16/2020 BSN SPORTS INC

1,400.00 41571 11/16/2020 COCA-

COLA BOTTLING COMPANY HIGH

COUNTRY 116.00 41572

11/16/2020 DESLACS / BURLING-

TON PUBLIC SCHOOLS 851.20

41573 11/16/2020 DRAKE/

ANAMOOSE PUBLIC SCHOOL

132.72 41574 11/16/2020 OLIVIA

ERPELDING 50.00 41575

11/16/2020 SCOTT GROCHOW

160.00 41576 11/16/2020 I DESIGN

INC 273.50 41577 11/16/2020 WIL-

LIAM JANSEN 474.12 41578

11/16/2020 JEREMY JOHNSTON

50.00 41579 11/16/2020 ERIC

KUNTZ 50.00 41580 11/16/2020

NDHSAA 395.95 41581 11/16/2020

NEDROSE PUBLIC SCHOOL DIS-

TRICT #4 314.78 41582 11/16/2020

NORTHWEST CONFERENCE

125.00 41583 11/16/2020 PEPSI

299.00 41584 11/16/2020 QUALITY

MEATS AND SEAFOOD 2,345.34

41585 11/16/2020 RUGBY PAN-

THER BOOSTERS 150.00 41586

11/16/2020 RUGBY WELDING &

MACHINE 121.91 41587 11/16/2020

KRISTI TONNESSEN 100.00 41588

11/16/2020 TROPHIES-N-TEES

125.00 41589 11/16/2020 AMY

VOLK 75.00 41590 11/16/2020 EMI-

LY YODER 75.00 41591 11/30/2020

A-1 EVANS SEPTIC SERVICES

1,280.00 41592 11/30/2020 RUGBY

PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT 5

1,577.57 ACTIVITY FUND TOTAL

10,998.80 TOTAL ALL FUNDS:

360,135.53

Dustin Hager, Chairman

Dawn Hauck, Business Manager

(January 16, 2021)