Board Minutes - 2025.09.03 Special Board Meeting

Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Community School District

Special Board Meeting Minutes
September 3, 2025

The Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Community School District Board of Directors met at the District Office in Eddyville on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. for a special board meeting. Visitors in attendance: Ann Ohms, Lily Olivas, and others who did not sign in.

Call to Order

President Houk called the special meeting of the EBF Board of Directors to order at 6:00 p.m.
Roll call: Ed Glenn – present; Eric Klyn – present; Brianne Batterson – present; Micah Van Mersbergen – present; Tom Judy – present; Tyrone Lobberecht – present; Curt Houk – present.
Quorum established.

Approve Agenda

Glenn moved, and Lobberecht seconded, to amend and approve the agenda. Agenda item 4b(ii) was deleted. Motion carried unanimously.

Action Items

$4,080,000 School Infrastructure Sales, Services, and Use Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 2025

• Judy moved, and Glenn seconded, to approve the Resolution Appointing Paying Agent, Bond Registrar & Transfer Agent; Approving the Paying Agent, Bond Registrar & Transfer Agent Agreement; and Authorizing the Execution of Same.
  Roll call vote: Glenn – yes; Klyn – yes; Batterson – yes; Van Mersbergen – yes; Judy – yes; Lobberecht – yes; Houk – yes. Motion carried unanimously.
• Glenn moved, and Lobberecht seconded, to approve the Tax Exemption Certificate.
  Roll call vote: Glenn – yes; Klyn – yes; Batterson – yes; Van Mersbergen – yes; Judy – yes; Lobberecht – yes; Houk – yes. Motion carried unanimously.
• Van Mersbergen moved, and Batterson seconded, to approve the Resolution Authorizing the Terms of Issuance and Providing for and Securing the Payment of School Infrastructure Sales, Services, and Use Tax Revenue Bonds.
  Roll call vote: Glenn – yes; Klyn – yes; Batterson – yes; Van Mersbergen – yes; Judy – yes; Lobberecht – yes; Houk – yes. Motion carried unanimously.

Personnel

• Glenn moved, and Lobberecht seconded, to approve the hiring of Damion Dover as Assistant Volleyball Coach. Motion carried unanimously.
• Judy moved, and Lobberecht seconded, to accept the resignation of Jaimie Votrobek, Behavior Interventionist at Explore Academy. Motion carried unanimously.

Agreements & Contracts

• Glenn moved, and Klyn seconded, to approve the Infinite Campus Support Agreement with Grant Wood AEA. Motion carried unanimously.
• Van Mersbergen moved, and Lobberecht seconded, to approve the renewal of the myPerspectives ELA Curriculum for two years in the amount of $24,741.00. Motion carried unanimously.
• Judy moved, and Glenn seconded, to approve the 2025–26 Shared Human Resources Agreement with Oskaloosa Community School District. Motion carried unanimously.

Open Enrollment

• Glenn moved, and Batterson seconded, to approve an open enrollment out request submitted after the March 1 cutoff date. Motion carried unanimously.

Adjournment

Van Mersbergen moved, and Glenn seconded, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 6:18 p.m.

 

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Curt Houk, Board President

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Mary McCrea, Board Secretary