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PUBLIC NOTICEMinutes of Maple Valley Board ofEducationMeeting: RegularLocation: Tower City, NDWhen: September 10, 2018Present: Joey Bata, Lori Kasowski,Gil Schnase, Corinna Knecht, DustinTheurer, Megan McKay, Meridee Er-ickson Stowman, Superintendent Bri-an Wolf, Business Manager CathyJanish. Absent: Sara Zaun, ToddPierce.1. President Bata called the meetingto order at 6:17 p.m.2. There are changes/additions to theAgenda: (additions)- 8-E New Busi-ness- Special Reserve accountchange 8-F Superintendent Request.3. Approval of Minutes: A motion wasmade by Dust in Theurer andseconded by Lori Kasowski to ap-prove the minutes of August 14 regu-lar and August 20 special boardmeetings. MSU.4. Approval of Bills: A motion wasmade by Dust in Theurer andseconded by Gil Schnase to pay thedistrict bills as printed. MCU.ACE HARDWARE 10.99 , AD-VANCED BUSINESS METHODS341.78, ALLARD TROPHY COM-PANY 196.25, AMAZON 693.57,APPLE COMPUTER, INC 1,197.00,AT&T Mobility 5.94, AUSK, RE-BECCA 126.98, BAKKEGARD &SCHELL 164.95, BESETTE ROOF-ING & HOME REPAIR 425.00, BLUECROSS BLUE SHIELD 811.30,BUSINESS ESSENTIALS 3,518.77,CASS COUNTY REPORTER 195.00,CENTURYLINK 139.62, CINTASCORP 171.23, CITY OF BUFFALO288.78, CITY OF ORISKA 213.25,CITY OF TOWER CITY 309.80, CU-LINEX 728.89, CUMMINS 974.29,DECKER INC. 1,027.51, DISCOUNTHOMESCHOOL CURR 27 .09 ,FARGO ELECTRIC CONSTRUC-TION 1,717.03, GRAINGER 215.95,Harlow's Bus Sales 1,106.50, HI-LINE ELECTRIC 1,498.58, HOPEA U T O G L A S S , L L C 7 1 2 . 0 0 ,HOUGHTON MIFFLIN MCDGAL LIT-TELL 1 ,532 .25 , INTER-COM-MUNITY TELEPHONE 280.92, JAN-ISH, CATHY 397.77, K & S CARPETCLEANERS 88.80, KASOWSKI-GUBRUD 2,872.84, KILLORAN, ALE-CIA 108.98, KOCKA, JAYSON 54.01,L E A R N I N G S O L U T I O N S I N C1,300.00, LEWIS, BRYAN 434.18,MCGRAW-HILL CO 3,801.74, MCIWORLDCOM COMM SERVICE61.77, MENARDS 1,750.80, MID-STATES WIRELESS 1,074.36, MID-WEST PEST CONTROL 191.22,MIKES CONST & REPAIR 6,379.06,MITZEL, HEATHER 49.44, NDIAAA125.00, NEWEGG BUSINESS INC2,346.30, NORTHWEST IRON FIRE-MAN 453.50, ONLINE DAKOTAINFO NETWORK 1,819.28, OTTER-TAIL POWER COMPANY 5,139.04,PERMA-BOUND 57.09, PETERSON,JESSICA 129.39, PFM FINANCIALADVISORS LLC 1,500.00, REAR-DON OFFICE EQUIPMENT, INC.106.07, SCHNASE, GIL 13.92, Schol-astic Equipment Company, LLC13,704.39, SMITH LUMBER 157.17,SOUTH EAST EDUCATION COOP1,600.00, STEIN'S INC. 12,182.02,T I M ' S P L U M B I N G 3 , 4 6 1 . 0 0 ,TRENDA'S AUTO 4,178.90 , USPOSTAL SERVICE 250.00, VALLEYOFFICEWORKS 275.17, VOSBERG,MARY 40.00, WASTE MANAGE-MENT 520.48, WOLF, POLLY106.50, XCEL ENERGY 92.06,Totals: 85,453.475. Approval of Accounts. A motionwas made by Meridee Erickson Stow-man and seconded by Lori Kasowskito approve the Activity, Hot Lunchand District Accounts as presented.MCU6. Reports:A. Budget Report- Presented Ex-penditure report showing enhanceddepartments and more developedfinancial breakouts, meeting with Fin-ance Committee to develop further asneeded. Item 7-A“Finalize Budget – defer to Octobermeeting.B. Superintendent’s Report- Vandal-ism Oriska school, Fuel Tank Oriska,Alternate heating options Oriska,Buffalo Building sale, Class of 1958reunion visitors, Building project up-date, enrollmentnumbers, Website upkeep, SepticTanks, Footba l l f ie ld upkeep,Ra ider /Fa lcon gear sa les ,Marquee sign /electrical, High SchoolA/C instal.C. HS Principal report- Star testing,phone training.7:12pm – Megan McKay excused toleave meeting.D. Elementary Principal report- See-ing lots of changes in elementary en-vironment, going well.E. AD report- concessions/clothingsales, use of commons all going well.Very busy.F. SRO report- training completed,security work on campus, generatingemergency route maps,fire drill.G. Presidents report- recognized allthose staff, board members, students,parents and volunteerswho have put in time and donated re-sources to help get all the projectsdone.7. Old Business:A. Set Final Budget and Tax Levy- ta-ble until October meeting.8. New Business:A. Approve Financial Report for 2017-2018 School Year. A motion wasmade by Meridee Erickson Stowmanand seconded by Corinna Knecht toapprove the Financial Report for the2017-2018 schoolyear. MCU.B. A /C b id fo r Gym. Rev iewBakkegard & Schell bid, A motionwas made by Meridee Erickson Stow-man andseconded by Lori Kasowski to tablethe A/C project for the gym. MCU.C. NDSBA convention. Review of NDSBA convention dates and requestthat those planning to attend letthe Business Manager New in thenext few weeks for registration pur-poses.D. Bid for playground Fence. A mo-tion was made by Gil Schnase andseconded by Dustin Theurer to ac-ceptthe bid by Dakota Fence for the lar-ger fence for the playground. MCU.E. Special Reserve Account Change.A motion was made by CorinnaKnecht and seconded by Gil Schnasetoapprove the change in the SpecialReserve account to go from Non-In-terest bearing toInterest bearing account. MCU.At 7:48pm a motion was made byCorinna Knecht and seconded by LoriKasowski to move into ExecutiveSession. MCU.At 8:05pm a motion was made by GilSchnase and seconded by LoriKasowski to move out of ExecutiveSession. MCU.Next Board Meeting:October 8, 2018 at Maple ValleySchool, Tower City. 6pm9. Adjourn: A motion was made byMeridee Erickson and seconded byLori Kasowski to adjourn the meetingat 8:15 pm. MCU.Cathy Janish -Business ManagerJoseph Bata -President

(Oct. 29, 2018)

Valley City Public School Dist #2Bill List

ACDA $125.00ACE HARDWARE $135.21ALL FLAGS, LLC $38.55APPLE INC. $2,098.00ART and LEARN $17.98ANNETTE BEATTIE $562.50BEK COMMUNICATIONS $367.95JILL BURNS $69.81C A R D M E M B E R S E R V I C E S$ 1 0 , 6 5 0 . 5 5CENEX FLEETCARD $353.39CITY OF VALLEY CITY $2,500.00COLE PAPERS $673.12CONNECTING POINT COMPUTERCNTR $3,219.00DAKOTA PLAINS COOPERATIVE$108.95DIANE HOCHHALTER STUDIO$40.00D ICKEY RURAL NETWORK S$16 ,195 .60DIETRICH'S OF VALLEY CITY INC.$19,990.98DOCU SHRED INC $38.80ECKROTH MUSIC $2,057.95EDUCATIONAL NETWORKS, INC$4,200.00EDUTECH $20.00EFFECTIVE CONCEPTS LLC$260 .00ENTERPRISE SALES CO. $14.22FAR FROM NORMAL $1,854.57GO PROMO,LLC $484.00GOODHEART-WILLCOX PUBLISH-ER $1,068.96GROTBERG ELECTRIC INC. $63.00HANDY HARDWARE & RENTAL$350.71HANDY HARDWARE & RENTAL$9.83JIM HEGDAHL $10.00HIGH PLAINS WATER TREAT-MENT IN $48.00HIGH POINT NETWORKS $417.50KATHLEEN HORNER $69.88HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURTPUBLISHING CO $2,742.40KAREN HUBER $10.00ONLINE DAKOTA INFORMATIONNETWORK $443.00INNOVATIVE OFFICE SOLUTIONS,LLC $168.02J.W. PEPPER & SON, INC. $546.89JOHN R. GREEN COMPANY $38.13TRISTAN JOHNSON $86.22JOURNEYED.COM.INC. $2,500.00KEITH'S INC $1,247.68TOM KJELLAND $64.10LAURA KLEVGAARD $37.32SUSAN KRINGLE $10.00HAYLEIGH LAUTT $10.00LEEVERS $291.80NICOLE MAUCH $178.65MCGRAW-HILL SCHOOL EDUCA-TION HOLDINGS LLC $1,135.37M I D W E S T T E C H N O L O G YP R O D U C T S $ 1 , 1 0 7 . 1 9BEVERLY NANNENGA $10.00NASCO $46.56NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BEE$120.00ND CENTER FOR DISTANCE EDU-CATION $1,807.00ND COUNCIL OF EDUCATIONALLEADERS $3,075.00NDALL $120.00NDDPI $2,000.00NOODLE TOOLS, INC $330.00MARIAH OLSTAD $10.00O'REILLY AUTO PARTS $70.97O T I S E L E V A T O R C O M P A N Y$ 8 4 1 . 0 8PITSCO EDUCATION $507.40POPPLERS MUSIC INC. $164.95PRAIRIE LEARNING CENTER$1,109.28R.C. WELDING & MACHINE SHOP$200.00RAMKOTA HOTEL & CONFER-ENCE CENTER $167.40REALLY GOOD STUFF $94.25REARDON OFFICE EQUIPMENT$421.00RJ'S PLUMBING & HEATING INC.$96.91ROCHESTER 100 INC. $250.00SCHOOL SPECIALTY INC $186.55KRISTI SHANENKO $380.54SHEYENNE VALLEY AREA CA-REER TECH CENTER $361.69S H E Y E N N E V A L L E Y M U L -TIDISTRICT SP. ED. $29,143.94SHOPKO STORE OPERATING CO.LLC $138.63NICOLE SORTLAND $31.00SOUTH CENTRAL ADULT SER-VICES $117.00SOUTH EAST EDUCATION CO-OPERATIVE $2,995.00STEINS INC. $549.11SUPREME SCHOOL SUPPLY CO.$52.41TYLER THOMPSON $31.85BRITTNEY TORBENSON $48.00TRANE SERVICE GROUP $240.50TRICORNE AUDIO, INC $204.00UNIVERSITY OF OREGON $350.00UPS $65.36VALLEY AUTO PARTS $90.10VALLEY CITY PARKS & RECRE-ATION $1,492.68VALLEY EXTINGUISHER SER-VICES $909.65VALLEY LUMBER COMPANY$33 .07VALLEY OFFICEWORKS $571.22VALLEY SERVICE $138.70VC PUBLIC WORKS $15,073.02VC TIMES-RECORD $749.91VCHS ACTIVITY FUND $510.57VOWAC PUBLISHING CO., INC$42.95VOYAGER SOPRIS LEARNING$438.90DENISE WADESON $36.64YOUTH FRONTIERS, INC $2,105.00$147,260.57

(Oct. 29, 2018)

NOTICE OF HEARINGNotice is hereby given that theBarnes County Planning and ZoningBoard will hold a public hearing onThursday, November 8, 2018, at 7:00p.m., in the Commissioners Room ofthe Barnes County Courthouse, 2304th Street NW, Valley City, NorthDakota, to consider a request fromBarnes County P&Z for the 2019 De-velopment Code Changes, changesare filed with the Auditors office orP&Z office at the Barnes CountyCourthouse Room 202.The public may comment by attend-ing the meeting or in writing to theBarnes County Planning & ZoningBoard, 230 4th St NW Rm. 202, Val-ley City, ND 58072

(Oct. 29 & Nov. 5, 2018)

VALLEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLVALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA

September 19, 2018Regular Meeting5:00 P.M. – Administration BuildingValley City School BoardMembers PresentMike CallahanNatalie WintchVal MoritzRyan MathiasMembers AbsentJoyce BraunagelOthers PresentSupt. JohnsonMr. LueckLeah HochhalterAugust HochhalterDiane HochhalterDavid HochhalterKaren AskeroothMike BarsnessMike StromMike SchultzSean HagenSteve Urness (KOVC)Linda HeitThe Valley City School Board of theValley City Public School District #2,Valley City, Barnes County, NorthDakota, met in regular session onWednesday, September 19, 2018.Vice-President Mike Callahan calledthe meeting to order. Guests werewelcomed.The Pledge of Allegiance was led byLeah Hochhalter.Changes and addition to the Agenda:Under Business Letter E. Open En-rollment Application.Moritz moved to approve the minutesof the regular meeting on August 15,special meetings August 9, August 24and September 12, and board retreatAugust 15, 2018, seconded byWintch. Motion carried.Wintch moved to approve the bills inthe amount of $147,260.57, secondedby Mathias. Motion carried.The General Fund financial balancesheet ending August 31, 2018 wasshared with the Board showing a bal-ance of $2,153,125.93 with the inter-im at 17.95%.The Health Fund financial balancesheet ending August 31, 2018 wasshared with the Board showing a bal-ance of $187,774.49.The Board recognized Mike Schultz,AD. Schultz reported the activitiescommit tee met on WednesdaySeptember 5. The activities commit-tee discussed the Youth Sports Com-plex lease with VCPS that will termin-ate on July 31, 2020; a Coop requestreceived from Barnes County Northfor football starting the fall of 2019and VCPS Homecoming weekevents. Discussion was held on thefootball Coop request.The health insurance committee meton Thursday September 13. The bal-ance of the Health Fund as of 9/12 isat $184,821.83 with 2 weeks ofclaims and a reinsurance paymentthat will need to bepaid. The committee discussed themedical premium rates and the in-curred but not recorded (IBNR)amount of $75,000 as of August 31,2018 received from BC/BS. Discus-sion was held regarding the Negoti-ated Agreement language regardingthe health fund should have a minim-um balance sufficient to cover the in-curred but not recorded (IBNR)amount that is provided by the insur-ance carrier’s actuary. Starting Octo-ber 1, 2018, if the fund drops belowthe 3-month required reserve, the ad-ditional funds needed to bring thefund up to the reserve, as determ-ined by the HIC, will be split 20%members of the health insurance and80% School District. The committeediscussed if premiums should beraised above the suggested 11.7% in-crease amount or to continue to mon-itor the fund for another year to beable to compare apple to apple claimsfrom the first year to the second yearof the plan. The committee decidedunanimously to recommend the sug-gested funding premium increase of11.7% received from BC/BS. The re-newal rates were sent out to mem-bers of the health insurance plan onFriday September 14.Supt. Johnson reported on: that theVCPS Marzano Teacher EvaluationCommittee has agreed to place agreater focus and detail of the evalu-ations on specific elements and do-mains of the Marzano Evaluation toolfor the 2018-2019 school year; allVCPS staff members participated in aschool safety exercise on Wednes-day, September 19; a 2018-2019 Hi-Liner Publication highlighting import-ant information about VCPS will beshared with the community andprovide use as a source of informa-tion and recruitment for new families,business and organizations that arelooking to make VC home; the StateCTE reviewed the VCPS Career andTechnology programs of career de-velopment counseling, agriculture,technology education, marketing,business and family consumer sci-ence; he attended the ND StudyCouncil School meeting in DevilsLake held September 13 and 14 withkey topics discussed of BehavioralHealth, the 2019 Legislative Sessionand school funding, Innovation Edu-cation and NDSU teacher leadershipacademy; stated that enrollment num-bers at the end of August was 1102;home school enrollment of 30; Non-Tuition/Open Enrollment (Out of Dis-trict) of 31 and Non-Tuition/Open En-rollment (Into District) of 32.The Board recognized Sean Hagen,SRO. Hagen gave a review of theschool safety exercise which in-cluded four scenarios that providedstaff with opportunities to evaluateand respond to the different situ-ations. Hagen stated it was a greattraining opportunity for all staff.T h e B o a r d r e c o g n i z e d M i k eBarsness, CCC and Mike Strom, KLJ.Barsness gave a project update in-cluding a budget report showing ap-proximately $132,000 left in the con-tingency; that all work is substantiallycompleted and the continuation tomonitor the track surface color. Heitshared that of the contingency withthe charges received for professionalfees and other services only about$62,000 is unobligated funds.The donations received for the Hi-Liner Athletic Complex balance sheetending 8/31/18 was shared with theBoard show ing a ba lance o f$87 ,042 .72 .Moritz moved to approve the LEA An-nual Compliance Report for theschool year 2018-2019, seconded byMathias. Roll call Moritz aye, Mathiasaye, Wintch aye, Callahan aye. Mo-tion carried.Mathias moved to approve the Non-Tuition Agreements for resident stu-dents to attend out of distr ict ,seconded by Moritz. Roll call Mathiasaye, Moritz aye, Wintch aye, Calla-han aye. Motion carried.Mathias moved to accept the letter ofretirement received from Linda Heit,Business Manager effective Decem-ber 31, 2018, seconded by Wintch.Roll call Mathias aye, Wintch aye,Moritz aye, Callahan aye. Motion car-ried.Wintch moved to adjourn the regularmeeting at 6:30 p.m. to start the Pub-lic Tax Hearing, seconded by Moritz.Roll call Wintch aye, Moritz aye,Mathias aye, Callahan aye. Motioncarried.The property tax levy hearing startedat 6:30 p.m. Resident Ronald Norriswas in attendance. A letter receivedfrom residents Laura and Randy Krugwas presented. Discussion was heldon the increased valuation of prop-erty and the VCPS District proposedlevy of 96.55 mills for 2018-2019school year compared to the levy of96.85 mills for the 2017-2018 show-ing a decrease for 2018-2019 of .30mills. The percentage increase of2.57% does not mean there was a2.57% increase in mills but the per-centage represents the increase ofdollars received from the valuation in-creases.Mathias moved to close the propertytax levy hearing at 6:45 p.m.,seconded by Wintch. Roll Mathiasaye, Wintch aye, Moritz aye, Calla-han aye. Motion carried.Regular meeting reconvened at 6:45p.m.Wintch moved to amend the Busi-ness Manager Job Description forqualifications to read Bachelor’s de-gree in finance, business, or account-ing (Required), seconded by Moritz.Roll call Wintch aye, Moritz aye,Mathias aye, Callahan aye. Motioncarried.Mathias moved to approve the OpenEnrollment Application, seconded byWintch. Roll call Mathias aye, Wintchaye, Moritz aye, Callahan aye. Mo-tion carried.The next regular meeting is sched-uled for Wednesday, October 17,2018 at 5:00 p.m.There being no further business tocome before the Board, the meetingwas adjourned.Linda Heit, Business ManagerMike Callahan, Vice-President

(Oct. 29, 2018)

VALLEY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLVALLEY CITY, NORTH DAKOTA

September 19, 2018Regular Meeting5:00 P.M. – Administration BuildingValley City School BoardMembers PresentMike CallahanNatalie WintchVal MoritzRyan MathiasMembers AbsentJoyce BraunagelOthers PresentSupt. JohnsonMr. LueckLeah HochhalterAugust HochhalterDiane HochhalterDavid HochhalterKaren AskeroothMike BarsnessMike StromMike SchultzSean HagenSteve Urness (KOVC)Linda HeitThe Valley City School Board of theValley City Public School District #2,Valley City, Barnes County, NorthDakota, met in regular session onWednesday, September 19, 2018.Vice-President Mike Callahan calledthe meeting to order. Guests werewelcomed.The Pledge of Allegiance was led byLeah Hochhalter.Changes and addition to the Agenda:Under Business Letter E. Open En-rollment Application.Moritz moved to approve the minutesof the regular meeting on August 15,special meetings August 9, August 24and September 12, and board retreatAugust 15, 2018, seconded byWintch. Motion carried.Wintch moved to approve the bills inthe amount of $147,260.57, secondedby Mathias. Motion carried.The General Fund financial balancesheet ending August 31, 2018 wasshared with the Board showing a bal-ance of $2,153,125.93 with the inter-im at 17.95%.The Health Fund financial balancesheet ending August 31, 2018 wasshared with the Board showing a bal-ance of $187,774.49.The Board recognized Mike Schultz,AD. Schultz reported the activitiescommit tee met on WednesdaySeptember 5. The activities commit-tee discussed the Youth Sports Com-plex lease with VCPS that will termin-ate on July 31, 2020; a Coop requestreceived from Barnes County Northfor football starting the fall of 2019and VCPS Homecoming weekevents. Discussion was held on thefootball Coop request.The health insurance committee meton Thursday September 13. The bal-ance of the Health Fund as of 9/12 isat $184,821.83 with 2 weeks ofclaims and a reinsurance paymentthat will need to bepaid. The committee discussed themedical premium rates and the in-curred but not recorded (IBNR)amount of $75,000 as of August 31,2018 received from BC/BS. Discus-sion was held regarding the Negoti-ated Agreement language regardingthe health fund should have a minim-um balance sufficient to cover the in-curred but not recorded (IBNR)amount that is provided by the insur-ance carrier’s actuary. Starting Octo-ber 1, 2018, if the fund drops belowthe 3-month required reserve, the ad-ditional funds needed to bring thefund up to the reserve, as determ-ined by the HIC, will be split 20%members of the health insurance and80% School District. The committeediscussed if premiums should beraised above the suggested 11.7% in-crease amount or to continue to mon-itor the fund for another year to beable to compare apple to apple claimsfrom the first year to the second yearof the plan. The committee decidedunanimously to recommend the sug-gested funding premium increase of11.7% received from BC/BS. The re-newal rates were sent out to mem-bers of the health insurance plan onFriday September 14.Supt. Johnson reported on: that theVCPS Marzano Teacher EvaluationCommittee has agreed to place agreater focus and detail of the evalu-ations on specific elements and do-mains of the Marzano Evaluation toolfor the 2018-2019 school year; allVCPS staff members participated in aschool safety exercise on Wednes-day, September 19; a 2018-2019 Hi-Liner Publication highlighting import-ant information about VCPS will beshared with the community andprovide use as a source of informa-tion and recruitment for new families,business and organizations that arelooking to make VC home; the StateCTE reviewed the VCPS Career andTechnology programs of career de-velopment counseling, agriculture,technology education, marketing,business and family consumer sci-ence; he attended the ND StudyCouncil School meeting in DevilsLake held September 13 and 14 withkey topics discussed of BehavioralHealth, the 2019 Legislative Sessionand school funding, Innovation Edu-cation and NDSU teacher leadershipacademy; stated that enrollment num-bers at the end of August was 1102;home school enrollment of 30; Non-Tuition/Open Enrollment (Out of Dis-trict) of 31 and Non-Tuition/Open En-rollment (Into District) of 32.The Board recognized Sean Hagen,SRO. Hagen gave a review of theschool safety exercise which in-cluded four scenarios that providedstaff with opportunities to evaluateand respond to the different situ-ations. Hagen stated it was a greattraining opportunity for all staff.T h e B o a r d r e c o g n i z e d M i k eBarsness, CCC and Mike Strom, KLJ.Barsness gave a project update in-cluding a budget report showing ap-proximately $132,000 left in the con-tingency; that all work is substantiallycompleted and the continuation tomonitor the track surface color. Heitshared that of the contingency withthe charges received for professionalfees and other services only about$62,000 is unobligated funds.The donations received for the Hi-Liner Athletic Complex balance sheetending 8/31/18 was shared with theBoard show ing a ba lance o f$87 ,042 .72 .Moritz moved to approve the LEA An-nual Compliance Report for theschool year 2018-2019, seconded byMathias. Roll call Moritz aye, Mathiasaye, Wintch aye, Callahan aye. Mo-tion carried.Mathias moved to approve the Non-Tuition Agreements for resident stu-dents to attend out of distr ict,seconded by Moritz. Roll call Mathiasaye, Moritz aye, Wintch aye, Calla-han aye. Motion carried.Mathias moved to accept the letter ofretirement received from Linda Heit,Business Manager effective Decem-ber 31, 2018, seconded by Wintch.Roll call Mathias aye, Wintch aye,Moritz aye, Callahan aye. Motion car-ried.Wintch moved to adjourn the regularmeeting at 6:30 p.m. to start the Pub-lic Tax Hearing, seconded by Moritz.Roll call Wintch aye, Moritz aye,Mathias aye, Callahan aye. Motioncarried.The property tax levy hearing startedat 6:30 p.m. Resident Ronald Norriswas in attendance. A letter receivedfrom residents Laura and Randy Krugwas presented. Discussion was heldon the increased valuation of prop-erty and the VCPS District proposedlevy of 96.55 mills for 2018-2019school year compared to the levy of96.85 mills for the 2017-2018 show-ing a decrease for 2018-2019 of .30mills. The percentage increase of2.57% does not mean there was a2.57% increase in mills but the per-centage represents the increase ofdollars received from the valuation in-creases.Mathias moved to close the propertytax levy hearing at 6:45 p.m.,seconded by Wintch. Roll Mathiasaye, Wintch aye, Moritz aye, Calla-han aye. Motion carried.Regular meeting reconvened at 6:45p.m.Wintch moved to amend the Busi-ness Manager Job Description forqualifications to read Bachelor’s de-gree in finance, business, or account-ing (Required), seconded by Moritz.Roll call Wintch aye, Moritz aye,Mathias aye, Callahan aye. Motioncarried.Mathias moved to approve the OpenEnrollment Application, seconded byWintch. Roll call Mathias aye, Wintchaye, Moritz aye, Callahan aye. Mo-tion carried.The next regular meeting is sched-uled for Wednesday, October 17,2018 at 5:00 p.m.There being no further business tocome before the Board, the meetingwas adjourned.Linda Heit, Business ManagerMike Callahan, Vice-President

(Oct. 29, 2018)

ABBREVIATED NOTICEOF INTENT TO

ADOPT AND AMENDAND REPEAL

ADMINISTRATIVERULES

relating to Programs under theAuthority of the

North Dakota Department of Agriculture

North Dakota Department of

Agriculturewill hold a public hearing to address proposed amendments to and repeal of N.D. Administrative Code Article 7.

Fort Lincoln RoomGround Floor

N.D. State Capitol600 East Boulevard Ave.

Bismarck, ND 58505Monday, Nov. 26, 2018

9:00 a.m.Sections being amended include provisions for the dairy program,meat inspection, apiary, plantindustries, and to repeal sectionsregarding the organization of theagency and the noxious weeds list.

A copy of the proposed rules areavailable at https://www.nd.gov/ndda or may be obtained by writingthe North Dakota Department of Agriculture, calling (701) 328-4764, or by email doarules@nd.gov. Also, written commentsmay be submitted to: NorthDakota Department of AgricultureA t t n : R u l e s C o o r d i n a t o r600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 602Bismarck, ND 58505-0020.Written comments will be acceptedthrough Dec. 6, 2018. Writtencomments may be submittedelectronically to doarules@nd.gov.If you plan to attend the publichearing and will need specialfacilities or assistance relating to adisability, please contact the NorthDakota Department of Agriculture at the above telephone number,address, or email address at least10 days prior to the public hearing.Dated this 23rd day of Oct., 2018.

/s/ Doug GoehringAgriculture Commissioner

(October 29, 2018)

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