July 10, 2023 Minutes
A regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Creighton Community School District No. 13 was held on July 10 ,
2023, at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Library.
Notice of the meeting was given in advance thereof by publication in the Knox County News, as shown by the Affidavit
of Publication attached to the minutes. Notice was also posted at the City Offices, front door of the high school, and
front door of the elementary school.
Notice of the meeting was simultaneously sent to all the members and a copy of their acknowledgment and receipt of
notice and agenda is attached to these minutes. Availability of the agenda was communicated in the advance notice as
was the notice to the members of this meeting. All proceedings hereafter shown were taken while the convened
meeting was opened to the attendance of the public. The agenda for the meeting is attached and incorporated into
these minutes.
President Fanta called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. He announced that the Open Meeting Laws Act Poster was
displayed on the wall at the entrance.
Members present: Greg Kuhlman, Erik Burns, Duane Fanta, and Josh Key. Burns moved to excuse Hanefeldt and
Borgmann. Seconded by Key. RCV: 4-0. Motion Carried.
Others Present: Superintendent Weber, Secretary Hoffman, and district patron.
The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Kuhlman moved to move the agenda. Seconded by Burns RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion
Carried.
The fee policy hearing was held. Burns moved to open the floor for comments for the fee policy hearing. Seconded by
Key. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried. There were no comments, so Key moved to close
the hearing. Seconded by Burns. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
There was no public comment.
Reports:
A. Superintendent Weber reported that DSN Security will begin installing more cameras on Wednesday. Clausen
Concrete is working on the track cement work. Pro Track and Tennis will be here at the beginning of August.
The curriculum committee and McDowell committee will meet before the August meeting.
B. There was no principal’s report.
C. There was no president’s report.
D. There were no committee reports.
E. There was no correspondence.
The consent agenda consisted of the monthly financial report, bills, June minutes, and KSBs recommended updates to
policies 3001, 3003.1, 3004.1, 3036, 3059, 4003, 4045, 4059, 5003, 5004, 5035, 5049, 5052, 5062, 5064, 6003, 6004, and
6025. Burns asked to pull out the Burns Lumber bill. Kuhlman moved to approve the consent agenda without the Burn’s
Lumber bill. Seconded by Key. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion carried. Key moved to approve
the Burn’s Lumber bill. Seconded by Kuhlman. RCV: 3-0-1 Kuhlman – yes, Burns – abstain, Fanta – yes, and Key – yes.
Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
Discussion/Action Items:
A. The Policy 5045 (Student Fees) was updated and presented. Adult meal prices were updated in the policy from
last year. Kuhlman moved to approve policy 5045 as presented. Seconded by Key. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt
excused. Motion Carried.
B. KSB (the school’s legal counsel) recommends adding an Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy to address students
using AI for coursework. Burns moved to approve Policy 6038 (Artificial Intelligence) as presented. Seconded by
Kuhlman. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanfeldt excused. Motion Carried.
C. The bus routes for 2023-2024 have been set. There may be minor changes to the routes if new students move
in. Routes will be mailed to families in August. Key moved to approve the 2023-2024 bus routes as presented.
Seconded by Kuhlman. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
D. The administration went through handbooks developed by KSB and made minor adjustments to fit them to our
district. Kuhlman moved to approve the 2023-2024 student, staff and activity handbooks. Burns seconded the motion.
RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
E. The custodians and Superintendent Weber have created a list of several surplus items that the district has not
used in several years but have been storing. Superintendent Weber presented a list to the board. Key moved to
approve the surplus items sales list. Seconded by Burns. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
F. The bids for concrete work in front of and behind the school need to be reapproved as the bids were not for the
same work. Two bids were reviewed. Kuhlman moved to approve the bid from Clausen Concrete for cement work for
$8,347. Seconded by Key. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
G. Superintendent Weber stated that we are on the lower end of substitute teacher pay. He recommends
increasing five dollars a day to $130 a day and $140 for ten consecutive days for the same teacher. Key moved to
increase sub pay to $130 a day and $140 a day for 10+ consecutive days. Seconded by Burns. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and
Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
H. The board discussed potentially buying another bus. We currently run three bus routes and need to take the
activity bus on route some days as the smaller bus doesn’t have the capacity. Superintendent Weber contacted several
companies but most have 71 passenger buses for sale, which is almost too big to drive on bus routes. A local bus is
available for sale but requires considerable work. Superintendent Weber will continue to shop around and see what is
available.
I. Superintendent Weber shared that we need to hire more paras for the next school year and cannot attract them
at our current wages. He suggested raising our starting pay to $15.00 and $16.00 with a degree. An additional one
dollar raise would move all paras above $15.00. The board also discussed how it is determined if a student needs a one
on one para and what happens if we do not have enough paras. Kuhlman moved to raise the starting wage for all paras
to $15 with an additional $1.00 for a degree. All other para pay will increase by $1.00. Burns seconded the motion.
RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
J. The board discussed bus driver compensation. Fanta moved to increase bus driver route pay by $2.50 a route.
Seconded by Burns. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion Carried.
K. There are no upcoming board member workshops.
L. Jim Borgmann would like a fifty dollar monthly increase in rent for the bus barn. After discussion, Key moved to
lease the bus barn for $450 a month. Seconded by Kuhlman. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt excused. Motion
Carried.
M. Due to legislative changes, our districts property tax request authority dropped significantly. The board will
need to vote a 7% increase in our property tax increase in order to keep the amount similar to what it is now. This does
not mean that our tax levy will go up.
At 8:40 p.m., Borgmann moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Kuhlman. RCV: 4-0. Borgmann and Hanefeldt
excused. Motion Carried. The next regular meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Monday, August 14, at
7:00 p.m. in the high school library.
Jennifer Hoffman, Secretary
