The Ed-Co School Board has approved offering an Early Retirement Program for full-time certified and classified employees. The eligibility rules include if they reached age 55 at the actual date of retirement and worked a minimum of 12-years with the District. The application must be submitted no later than 4pm on January 23rd.
1. ELIGIBILITY
A regular full-time certified or classified employee is eligible for early retirement if the employee:
a. has reached the age of 55 at the actual date of retirement,
b. has worked a minimum of Twelve (12) years at the Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District, with the years occurring continuously prior to retirement and is an active and full-time (1.0 FTE) employee in good standing during the last fiscal year prior to early retirement,
c. submits an application and notifies the Board as provided by this Plan, no later than 4:00 pm on January 23rd, 2025
d. submits a resignation from employment with the School District effective not later than June 30, 2025,
e. has not received a notice concerning termination of the employee's contract, unless the notice is based upon reasons which are related to staff reduction,
f. works through the end of the 2024-2025 school year and retires effective not later than June 30, 2025, in accordance with the written resignation, unless an alternative date is agreed to between the Superintendent and eligible employee and approved by the Board per Section 5a of this plan, and
g. has not previously received early retirement benefits from the School District.
Early Retirement Benefits
An eligible employee granted early retirement by the Board shall be entitled to the following benefits:
i. For certified employees, a one-time payment of $150 per day for any remaining accrued unused days of sick leave paid into a health reimbursement account (HRA)
ii. For classified employees, a one-time payment of $50 per day for any remaining accrued unused days of sick leave paid into a health reimbursement account (HRA).
Regular Meeting December 9, 2024
The Board of Directors of the Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District met for the regular meeting in the Colesburg Elementary Library, on Monday, December 9, 2024. Board President Matt Elliot called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
Directors Present: Matt Elliot, Tammy Kirby, Dan Venteicher, & Brad Bockenstedt Directors absent: Jeff Hoeger
Also Present: Superintendent Kim Huckstadt, Principal Dawn Voss, Principal Patty Briggs, and Board Secretary Melissa Conner.
Director Kirby moved to approve the agenda as presented. Director Bockenstedt seconded the movement. Motion carried 4-0.
Director Bockenstedt moved to recognize the following:
All District Football
○ Coach of the year-James Rochford
○ 1st team: Pryce Rochford, Will Wiskus, Connor Davis, Ethan Gaul, Carson Ingles, Carter Battin
○ 2nd team: Lucas Barnhart, Christopher Lange, Jax Steger, Landon Campbell ○ Honorable mention: Carter Hillers, Logan Barnhart
Cross Country
○ Ellie Kirby-Academic all-state
Director Kirby seconded the movement. Motion carried 4-0.
Director Venteicher moved to approve the Consent Agenda.
● Minutes of Previous November 11th, 2024 Meeting
● Bills
● Financial Reports
● Open Enrollments
● Special Education Contracts
● Fundraisers
● Personnel Recommendations
○ New Hires:
1. Kaylyn LeGrand-JH Speech
● Annual Agreements
○ Athletic Trainer Agreement-amount up to $5,000
Director Bockenstedt seconded the movement. Motion carried 4-0.
Visitors: Nic Stelken.
President Elliot welcomed our visitors.
Principal Briggs: Celebrated our Commendable rating at our Professional Development. We had around 100 kids attend our Family Reading Night.
Regular Meeting December 9, 2024
Director Venteicher: Great Family Reading Night.
Director Kirby: The Open House went well. Thank you to everyone & all their hard work. No change orders were presented.
Director Kirby moved to approve 2024-2025 SBRC Application for Increasing Enrollment, Open Enrollment Out and LEP Instruction Beyond Five Years for a total of $83,625.00. Director Venteicher seconded the movement. Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Elliot, Kirby, Bockenstedt, & Venteicher. Nays: None. Motion carried 4-0.
Director Bockenstedt moved to approve the Transfer of $15,575.00 from SAVE/LOSST account to the Debt account. Director Venteicher seconded the movement. Motion carried 4-0.
Director Kirby moved to approve the following 2024-2025 Early Separation Plan for employees 55 or old as of June 30, 2025 with 12 years at Ed-Co:
For certified employees, a one-time payment of $150 per day for any remaining accrued unused days of sick leave paid into a health reimbursement account (HRA)
For classified employees, a one-time payment of $50 per day for any remaining accrued unused days of sick leave paid into a health reimbursement account (HRA). Director Bockenstedt seconded the movement. Motion carried 5-0.
The Board discussed the following items:
Construction/Building Project Updates
With no further business to come before the board for consideration at this time, Director Venteicher moved to adjourn the meeting at 6:46 p.m. Director Kirby seconded the movement. Motion Carried 4-0.
Edgewood-Colesburg CSD
December 9, 2024 Listing of Expenditures
GENERAL FUND: Amount 2080 MEDIA INC equipment $ 3,500.00
AHLERS AND COONEY, P.C. services $ 230.00 ALLIANT ENERGY electricity $ 16,938.57 BI-COUNTY DISPOSAL, INC. garbage collection $ 901.00 Camp Powersports-NAPA parts $ 445.38 CAPITAL SANITARY SUPPLY CO., INC-CSS supplies $ 4,738.11 CITY OF COLESBURG water/sewer $ 606.73 CITY OF EDGEWOOD water/sewer $ 4,145.90 Clearfly services $ 140.13 COMELEC INTERNET SERVICES internet $ 143.00 CONTINENTAL RESEARCH CORP. supplies $ 3,917.96 Decorah Mobile Glass services $ 485.00 EDGEWOOD FARM & HOME SUPPLY supplies $ 522.31 EDGEWOOD REMINDER publication $ 465.63 Edgewood Signs & Designs supplies $ 98.00
Regular Meeting December 9, 2024
ELAN postage, travel, supplies, fees, gasohol, & equipment
$ 4,885.31
FOLLETT SCHOOL SOLUTIONS INC. books $ 198.07 GRANT WOOD AEA kits $ 120.00 H2I GROUP equipment $ 28,800.00 HANNA, ALEX equipment $ 181.92 IOWA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK services $ 523.50 J.W. PEPPER AND SON, INC. music $ 373.72 JOHN DEERE FINANCIAL supplies $ 74.49 KARL'S GROCERY supplies $ 484.06 Kuder supplies $ 2,500.00 KULLY SUPPLY supplies $ 671.20 Lamiator.com supplies $ 228.24 MEDICAL ENTERPRISES fees $ 1,165.00 MIDWEST ALARM SERVICES services $ 1,574.96 Napa Auto Parts parts $ 387.16 NCS PEARSON, INC. Write to Learn $ 523.25 PALMER HARDWARE INC. supplies $ 131.97 PIE-EYED AND FLAKY supplies $ 30.00 QUILL CORPORATION supplies $ 144.42 Regional Medical Center physical $ 156.00 SPAHN & ROSE LUMBER CO. supplies $ 618.00 TIMBERLINE BILLING SERVICE LLC medicaid $ 10.90 Time Management Systems fees $ 353.00 U.S. CELLULAR hot spots $ 217.45 UPS postage $ 16.71 VALUE INSPIRED PRODUCTS & SERV, VIPs equipment $ 25,319.00 VARSITY GROUP equipment $ 33,308.50 WEST MUSIC CO. repair $ 109.50 WINDSTREAM services $ 758.58 Fund Total: $141,142.63
CAPITAL PROJECT BOND:
Cardinal Construction, Inc. Addition & Renovation $200,303.79
INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
services $ 600.00
Fund Total: $200,903.79
LOSST/SAVE FUND:
ELAN equipment $ 548.00 VALUE INSPIRED PRODUCTS & SERV, VIPs equipment $ 2,264.00 Fund Total: $ 2,812.00
DEBT SERVICE FUND:
UMB Bank, N.A. interest $ 15,575.00
STUDENT ACTIVITY FUND:
BROOKLYN PUBLISHERS LLC supplies $ 31.00
Regular Meeting December 9, 2024
Capital One(Walmart) supplies $ 168.36 Derlein Scale, Inc. supplies $ 185.73 Doyle, Dan official $ 153.41 DVORAK, JOHN official $ 140.00 EDGEWOOD FARM & HOME SUPPLY supplies $ 82.41 Edgewood Signs & Designs printing & shirts $ 604.00 ELAN supplies & fees $ 3,350.74 Family Resource Center donation $ 738.20 GRIFFITHS, FRED official $ 140.00 Hammerand, Jim official $ 140.00 HEIDELBAUER, CHRIS official $ 140.00 KARL'S GROCERY supplies $ 704.14 KOOPMANN, KEITH official $ 140.00 LOUGHREN, PAT official $ 115.99 MARTIN, FRED official $ 488.21 MINNTEX CITRUS supplies $ 12,306.60 MONTICELLO SPORTS supplies & equipment $ 930.00 REICKS, QUINTEN official $ 118.00 RINIKER, A.J official $ 221.81 RITE BITE FUNDRAISING butterbraids $ 76.00 SCHLEISMAN, MARK official $ 140.00 SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR-15 book fair $ 1,281.27 SCHOTT, BRENDAN official $ 223.04 SINGSANK, Tim official $ 624.06 Thurn, Cora tote carrier $ 90.00 VALUE INSPIRED PRODUCTS & SERV, VIPs equipment $ 796.00 Varner, Rodney Dean scrimmage $ 90.00 WINDMILL HILL deposit $ 100.00 Fund Total: $ 24,318.97
NUTRITION FUND
Atlantic Coca-Cola ala carte $ 483.24 Brown, Olivia lunch refund $ 0.10 DRIPS, TANYA hot lunch $ 5.89 ELAN hot lunch & supplies $ 137.88 EMS DETERGENT SERVICES supplies & fee $ 99.50 FAREWAY STORES hot lunch $ 64.77 Hill Country C.S. LLC hot lunch $ 26.90 MARTIN BROS. DISTRIB. CO., INC hot lunch, ala carte, supplies, & fee $ 14,804.70 PRAIRIE FARMS DAIRY milk $ 3,950.08 Fund Total: $ 19,573.06
PPEL FUNDS:
ACCESS SYSTEMS LEASING copier lease $ 1,379.30 ELAN equipment $ 147.99 KEYSTONE AREA EDUCATION AGENCY shared tech $ 7,310.00
Regular Meeting December 9, 2024
Fund Total: $ 8,837.29 Total of All Funds: $413,162.74
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