By Aberdeen Insider - June 5, 2025 in WARNER SCHOOL DISTRICT
May 12, 2025
The regular meeting of the Board of Education, Warner School District #6-5, Brown County, SD was called to order by President Jensen at the Warner School Board Room on May 12, 2025 at 6:00 pm. Board members present: Sarah Bierman, Shannon Knuppe, Cody Bruns, and Val Jensen. Leah Haaland was absent. Also present were Superintendent Mike Kroll, HS Principal/AD Tyler Severson, Elem/MS Principal Roby Johnson, Business Manager Angie Vetter, and Bobbie Deuter.
Pledge of Allegiance
Motion by Bierman, second by Knuppe and carried to approve agenda with additions/corrections to #5, #6, #7
Congratulations to our Elementary, MS, and HS students as well as Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Barkmeier on 2 great spring concerts!! Congrats to all our seniors on their scholarships and awards!!
Board President asked for Public Comment: None
Board President asked for Continuing Disclosures: None
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bruns and carried to approve the minutes from the meeting held on April 14, 2025.
Motion by Bruns, second by Knuppe and carried to approve the bills and financial report.
Discussed District Goals.
Motion by Bruns, second by Knuppe and carried to approve Eide Bailly to perform FY25 audit.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve resignation from Roby Johnson as Elem/MS Principal at the end of FY25.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bruns and carried to approve resignation from Taylor Brown as Sped Aide at the end of FY25.
Motion by Bierman, second by Bruns and carried to approve teacher contract to Taylor Brown as Sped Teacher for FY26.
Motion by Bierman, second by Bruns and carried to approve working agreement to Rylan Evenson for summer 2025 custodial at $15.00/hr.
Motion by Bruns, second by Bierman and carried to approve working agreement to Shannon Evans for summer 2025 custodial at $17.00/hr.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve one time bonus to Glen Armstrong of $1000 payable May 2025.
Motion by Bierman, second by Knuppe and carried to select Billy Clanton for SDHSAA Small School Board of Education Representative.
Motion by Bruns, second by Knuppe and carried to select Tim Leibel as SDHSAA East River At-Large Representative.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to select Steve Moore as SDHSAA Division I Representative.
Motion by Bierman, second by Knuppe and carried to select Jeff Sheehan as SDHSAA Division III Representative.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bruns and carried to approve SDHSAA Constitutional Amendment No. 1 Proposal.
Motion by Bruns, second by Bierman and carried to approve SDHSAA Constitutional Amendment No. 2 Proposal.
Motion by Bierman, second by Bruns and carried to approve SDHSAA Constitutional Amendment No. 3 Proposal.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve SDHSAA Constitutional Amendment No. 4 Proposal.
Motion by Bruns, second by Knuppe and carried to approve SDHSAA Constitutional Amendment No. 5 Proposal.
Discussed Open Enrollments, and preliminary budget for FY26.
BILLS:
GEN FUND: May PR (Certified—106959.19; Aides/Paras—14972.76; Admin-20854.97; Classified-13853.75; Board Salarys-0.00; Sub Salarys-2930.50; Student Salarys-0.00; PR Benefits—38324.37). Total May PR—197895.54; Aberdeen Insider, Minutes/Advertising, 267.10; Agtegra Cooperative, Gasoline/Fuel, 2,192.51; Amazon, Supplies, 41.97; Aramark/Vestis, Towel Service, 249.56; Athletic.Net, 2 Aberdeen Track Meets, 646.00; Boston Fern, Floral Purchases, 87.98; Century Business Products, Inc, Supplies, 996.39; Clubhouse Hotel & Suites, Spring Busn Mgr Room, 393.14; Dakota Timing, Howard Wood, 500.00; Dependable Sanitation Inc, Service, 642.00; Eide Bailly Llp, Final Audit Bill For Fy24 Audit, 6,785.00; Gas, Gas Purchases, 192.04; Glowforge, Supplies, 199.16; Harbor Freight, Shop Supplies, 14.99; Hauff Mid-America Sports Inc, Athletic Supplies, 4,199.06; House Of Glass, Supplies, 23.75; John Deere Financial, Supplies, 21.44; Jw Pepper, Supplies, 49.65; Ksb School Law, Legal Help, 50.00; Linde Gas & Equip Inc, Supplies, 585.21; Mac’s, Supplies, 53.94; Menards, Supplies, 21.12; Midcontinent Communications, Service, 249.20; Northern Plains Insurance Pool, Health Insurance, 15,581.10; Northwestern Energy, Service, 18.24; Npip Vision, Vision Insurance, 100.48; Purchase Power, Postage, 255.60; Runnings Supply Inc, Supplies, 157.65; Standard Insurance Company, Dental Insurance, 859.76; Taylor Music, Supplies, 65.00; Thee Glass Dokter, Repair, 60.26; Town Of Warner, Water/Sewer, 328.43; Trust & Agency Fund, Imprest, 2,708.00; Verizon Wireless, Telephone Service, 53.13; Wal Mart, Supplies/Equipment, 8.22. TOTAL GENERAL FUND BILLS: 38657.08.
CAP OUTLAY FUND: Book Systems Inc, Library Software, 795.00; Brick’s Tv & Appliance, Maintenance, 1,522.30; Century Business Products, Inc, Supplies, 779.01; Nucleus Courses, Software, 250.00; Software Unlimited Inc, Software-Annual, 7,750.00; Wenger, Flag Uniforms, 2,407.20. TOTAL CAPITAL OUTLAY BILLS: 13503.51.
SPECIAL ED FUND: May PR (Certified-8259.53; Non Cert-8413.10; Admin-1458.29; Sub Salarys-0.00; PR Benefits-3097.47). Total May PR-21228.39. Provider-12.29; Provider-14.36; Provider-722.80; Provider-5.48. TOTAL SP ED FUND BILLS: 754.93.
FOOD SERVICE FUND: May PR (Non Cert-8303.48; PR Benefits-1053.17). Total May PR-9356.65. Aramark/Vestis, Towel Service, 311.60; Bimbo Bakeries Usa, Food, 187.67; Cash-Wa Distributing Co Of Fargo, Llc, Food, 7,834.46; Kemps Llc, Milk, 2,338.02; Kesslers Inc, Food/Supplies, 46.24; Standard Insurance Company, Life Insurance, 5.48; Trust & Agency Fund, Imprest, 14.81. TOTAL FOOD SERVICE FUND BILLS: 10738.28.
ENTERPRISE FUND: May PR (Non Cert-178.64; PR Benefits-24.46). Total May PR-203.10.
FINANCIAL REPORT:
GEN FUND; Bal 4-1-25: $297447.55; Receipts: $198382.13; Disbursements: $221570.10; Bal 4-30-25: $274259.58.
CAP OUTLAY; Bal 4-1-25: $729782.38; Receipts: $31928.98; Disbursements: $6206.79; Bal 4-30-25: $755504.57.
SPED; Bal 4-1-25: $214654.55; Receipts: $15092.75; Disbursements: $23543.34; Bal 4-30-25: $206203.96.
NHTC; Bal 4-1-25: $-605.76; Receipts: $0.30; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 4-30-25: $-605.46.
BOND #2; Bal 4-1-25: $-18328.57; Receipts: $4762.48; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 4-30-25: $-13566.09.
FIELD PROJECT: Bal 4-1-25: $-242.13; Receipts: $0.00; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 4-30-25: $-242.13.
FOOD SERVICE; Bal 4-1-25: $-19202.07; Receipts: $20575.92; Disbursements: $22981.52; Bal 4-30-25: $-21607.67.
ENTERPRISE; Bal 4-1-25: $140.17; Receipts: $540.06; Disbursements: $193.79; Bal 4-30-25: $486.44.
TRUST & AGENCY; Bal 4-1-25: $206117.16; Receipts: $31410.31; Disbursements:$36836.74; Bal 4-30-25: $200690.73.
SCHOLARSHIP; Bal 4-1-25: $12720.78; Receipts: $0.00; Disbursements: $0.00; Bal 4-30-25: $12720.78.
Reports Heard:
JK-8 Principal Report-Mr. Johnson
HS Principal/AD Report-Mr. Severson
Business Manager Report-Mrs. Vetter
Superintendent/Transportation/SPED Reports-Mr. Kroll
Motion by Bruns, second by Bierman and carried to go into executive session at 7:17 p.m. pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2 (1) for personnel.
Board President declared executive session over at 8:05 p.m.
Motion by Bruns, second by Bierman and carried to approve contracts of administrators for FY26.
Motion by Bruns, second by Knuppe and carried to approve offering of working agreements for volunteer coaches for FY26.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bierman and carried to approve working agreements for NHTC for FY26.
Motion by Bruns, second by Bierman and carried to approve working agreements to the following coaches for FY26:
- Bobbie Deuter-Assistant volleyball
- Clayton Dulany-JH Wrestling
- Ashley Gunn-Oral Interp
- Jami Heinrich-One Act Play
- Derek Hoellein-Head football, Head boys’ basketball
- Julie Hoellein-Cheer
- Danielle Hoglund-JH volleyball
- Jason Jung-Assistant football
- Kari Jung-Head volleyball
- Keith Knuppe-Assistant football
- Jeff Larson-Head cross country, Head track
- Chelsey Liebl-yearbook
- Jackie McNeil-Mathcounts
- Jackson Metz-Head wrestling
- Austin Nath-Assistant wrestling
- Casey Nilsson-Assistant boys’ basketball
- Kayla Nilsson-Assistant track
- Sophie Olson-JH girls’ basketball, pep band
- Brenda Rozell-Assistant girls’ basketball
- Allen Ryckman-JH boys’ basketball
- Landon Seaman-Head Trap
- Tyler Severson-JH Football
- Jeremy Smidt-Assistant Trap
- Christina Winter-JH track, Head girls’ basketball
Next regular meeting will be held on June 9, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the school board room.
Motion by Knuppe, second by Bruns and carried to adjourn at 8:08 p.m.
Valerie Jensen, President
Angie Vetter, Business Manager
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