Budget hearing for Laurens-Marathon Community School District held on April 23, 2026.

Laurens Marathon Budget Hearing #2 and Regular Board Meeting April 23, 2026
President Matt Hertz called the budget hearing #2 meeting to order at 5:00 pm.  Roll call to establish quorum of present board members included President Matt Hertz, Vice President Collin Lind, Jason Gustafson and Amanda Martz. Mason Reed was absent. Also, in attendance was Superintendent Kevin Wood, Principal Hannah Zylstra and Board Secretary Amy Hubbell. Lind moved and Gustafson seconded, to approve the agenda. Motion passed 4-0.Mr. Wood presented the budget. Lind moved and Gustafson second to adjourn the public hearing at 5:06.  Motion passed 4-0. The Laurens-Marathon School Board of Directors met April 23, 2026 regular board meeting in the Laurens-Marathon Telehealth Room. President Matt Hertz called the regular meeting to order at 5:06 pm.  Roll call to establish quorum of present board members included President Matt Hertz, Vice President Collin Lind, Jason Gustafson and Amanda Martz.  Mason Reed was absent. Also, in attendance was Superintendent Kevin Wood, Principal Hannah Zylstra and Board Secretary Amy Hubbell. No Presentations Lind moved and Martz second, to approve the agenda. Motion passed 4-0. Reports- Superintendent-Kevin Wood-Discussed financials, Discussed budget guarantee resolution, Discussed negotiations and retention, Discussed bids. Principal-Hannah Zylstra-Discussed Charger Pride Bake sale, Discussed end of year testing, Discussed field trips, Discussed upcoming events-May 13th is preschool graduation, goodies with grownups and track and field day and May 19th is the last day of school, Discussed teacher assignments for next school year. 
Board Secretary-Thank you to Katherine Bayer Estate for the donation to the art department.  Thank you to Jason Gustafson for the donation of hatching eggs to 1st and 3rd grades. Consent Items-Gustafson moved, Martz second to approve the March 24, 2026 minutes and invoices. Motion passed 3-0, Lind abstained. Lind moved, Gustafson second to approve and waive 2nd reading of 300-302.08 board policies.  Motion passed 4-0. Gustafson moved, Martz second to approve hiring John Jamison and Jim Hodgell for seasonal mowing and other ground maintenance and resignations from Kathy Reiling and Afton Brinkman.  The board would like to thank them for the dedication to the Laurens-Marathon CSD. Motion passed 4-0. Martz moved, Gustafson second to approve 2.75% pay increase for classified staff, substitute teacher-$190, substitute para educator-$15/hr and professional development-$32/hr.  Motion passed 4-0. Lind moved, Martz second to approve the OE for Wade Lane.  Motion passed 4-0. Old Business-No old business. 
Action Items-Lind moved, Gustafson second to approve the bid from Denison Drywall.  Motion passed 4-0. Lind moved, Gustafson second to approve the bid from P&H Cabinets for counter tops and cabinets.  Motion passed 4-0. Gustafson moved, Martz second to approve the FY 27 levy rates and budget.  Motion passed 4-0 by roll call, Hertz-aye, Lind-aye, Gustafson-aye, Martz-aye and Reed was absent. Lind moved, Gustafson second to the FY 27 budget guarantee resolution as presented.  BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Laurens-Marathon Community School District, will levy property taxes for fiscal year 2026-2027 for regular program budget adjustment as allowed under section 257.14, Code of Iowa. Motion passed 4-0. Lind moved, Martz second to approve bids from Anderson Erickson and Pro Coop for FY 27. Motion passed 4-0. Lind moved, Gustafson second to approve the FY 27 sharing agreements. SBO-SCC; Superintendent, HR and nutrition director-SC and counselor, transportation director and ELL-PAC.  Motion passed 4-0.Lind moved, Gustafson second to approve liquidating pallet jack.  Motion passed 4-0. Lind moved, Gustafson second to approve the purchase of 2008 John Deere skid loader.  Motion passed 4-0. Discussion Items-Board Comments and Future Agenda Planning-The next regular meeting May 11, 2026 at 5:00 pm and a joint work session with PAC.  There will be no July 2026 board meeting.  PAC graduation May 17, 2026 at 2 pm. With no further business to discuss, Lind moved, Gustafson second, to adjourn the meeting at 6:08 pm. Motion passed 4-0.  The next regular board meeting will be May 11, 2026 at 5 pm.
LAURENS-MARATHON CSD
LIST OF BILLS – April 23, 2026
Vendor, description	amount
GENERAL FUND
Amazon, sup	408.77
Apple, sup	149.99
Carroll Glass, purch srv	205.00
Ellis, Mary, 
	spec ed trans	1,096.20
Janitors Closet, sup	50.55
Jeff's Lawn/Snow, 
	purch srv	490.00
Kroese & Kroese CPA, 
	purch srv	15,000.00
LMU, utilities	4,411.00
Laurens Plumbing, 
	sup/purch srv	461.61
Laurens Sun, legals	58.96
LMPC, utilities	254.49
McGraw-Hill, cirriculum	129.84
One Source, purch srv	21.00
Paper Corp, sup	1,400.95
PACSD, se tuition	110,935.98
PLAEA, purch srv	13,595.47
Presto-X, purch srv	77.52
Pro Coop, 
	sup/diesel/purch srv	3,251.95
Rieman Music, 
	purch srv/sup	469.13
School Bus Sales, sup	142.07
Schumacher Elevator, 
	purch srv	342.44
SCCSD, se tuition	40,400.15
Windstream, purch srv	36.29
TOTAL GENERAL 
	FUND	193,389.36
MANAGEMENT FUND
SU, purch srv	9,271.25
TOTAL MANAGEMENT 
	FUND	9,271.25
SILO FUND
Carroll Control, 
	purch srv	12,634.77
Electronic Spec, 
	purch srv	501.00
PLAEA, purch srv	11,745.75
Rieman Music, sup	869.75
Riverside, purch srv	2,419.95
TOTAL SILO FUND	28,171.22
PPEL FUND
Access Elevators, 
	purch srv	858.00
Century Business, 
	purch srv	224.17
Fleetside Ford LLC, 
	purch vehicle	37,078.00
TOTAL 
	PPEL FUND	38,160.17
NUTRITION FUND
Anderson-Erickson, 
	groceries	1,105.08
Martin Bro, 
	grocieries/sup	6,355.73
TOTAL NUTRITION FUND	7,460.81