Lanesboro I.S.D. 229 School Board Meeting January 8, 2025 MINUTES

In Attendance: Steve Snyder, Mark Holmen, Sarah Peterson, Kevin Horihan, Lucas Bergo, Matt Schultz, Wanda Hanson

1. Call to Order at 7:00pm by Snyder
2. Pledge of Allegiance:

III. Public Input: Tamara DeGarmo

1. Seat New Board Members:
2. Sarah Peterson
3. Lucas Bergo
4. Mark Holmen
5. Approve Agenda:

Moved by Horihan; 2nd Holmen; Pass

1. Board Organization:
2. Election of Chair

Nominee(s): Steve Snyder Vote: Passed

1. Election of Vice Chair

Nominee(s): Mark Holmen Vote: Passed

1. Election of Clerk 

Nominee(s): Sarah Peterson Vote: Passed

1. Election of Treasurer Nominee(s): Steve Storhoff
2. Approve day, time, and location for regular board meetings as the 2nd 

Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the Lanesboro Schools Forum.

Moved by Peterson; 2nd Horihan; Passed

1. Other Business
2. Approve the designation of Merchants Bank of Lanesboro as the District

Depository Moved by Horihan; 2nd Snyder; Passed

2. Approve board’s (a) legal counsel and (b) contacts as the following
3. a) General Business as Nethercut Schieber PA and School Law as 

Rupp, Anderson, Squires & Waldspurger, PA

1. b) Superintendent and Board Chair

Moved by Holmen; 2nd Horihan; Passed

3. Approve Fillmore County Journal as the Official Newspaper

Moved by Bergo; 2nd Holmen; Passed

4. Motion to Table setting the school board members’ compensation

Moved by Snyder; 2nd Peterson; Passed

5. Appoint board committee members
6. a) Policy – Holmen and Horihan
7. b) Finance, Facilities, and Long-Range Planning – Storhoff and Bergo
8. c) Advisory – Peterson
9. d) Personnel – Snyder and Storhoff

Moved by Snyder; 2nd Holmen; Passed

6. Appoint board representatives
7. a) MSHSL – Storhoff
8. b) Education District – Horihan
9. c) Economic Development – Peterson
10. d) Legislative Liaison – Holmen

Moved by Snyder; 2nd Peterson; Passed

VII. Approve Minutes of December 11, 2024 Regular Board Meeting:

Moved by Horihan; 2nd Holmen; Passed

VIII. Approve Monthly Revenues and Expenditures:

Moved by Bergo; 2nd Horihan; Passed

1. Board Reports:
2. Finance, Facilities, & Long-Range Planning Committee
3. HVED Report
4. City Committee Liaison
5. Superintendent’s Report:
6. Personnel Items
7. Approval of hiring
8. Jane Holien – Paraprofessional

Moved by Holmen; 2nd Horihan; Passed 

1. Approval of resignation
2. Frankie Kohn-Nelson – Paraprofessional 

Moved by Peterson; 2nd Snyder; Passed

XII. New Items

1. Approval to direct the superintendent to make recommendations for

adjustments in curriculum, programs, and staff for the following school year.

Moved by Holmen; 2nd Bergo; Passed

1. Resolution to approve gifts to Lanesboro School District:

Moved by Horihan; 2nd Peterson; Passed by Roll Call

Roll Call: Y Snyder; __Storhoff; Y Peterson; Y Holmen; Y Horihan; Y Bergo

XIII. Informational Items

XIV. Other

1. Adjourn: Moved by Holmen; 2nd Horihan; Passed

Sarah Peterson, Clerk 

Date 2/12/2025 

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