Agendas

Building tours 5:30-7 p.m.

Meet at the elementary site at 5:30 p.m. The tour will begin there and finish with a tour of the high school music addition. Hot dogs, chips and a beverage will be served sometime during the tour.

Committees that need to schedule meetings should look at alternate dates.

Pequot Lakes School Board Agenda

7 p.m., Monday

Gathering Room

1. Chairperson call the meeting to order and take roll

2. Consent calendar

a. Approve minutes of the July 14, 2003 regular meeting -- Motion required

b. Adopt agenda -- Motion required

c. Consider monthly checklist -- Motion required

d. Reports

1. DLR

a. Construction progress report

b. Payment requests -- motion required

2. Superintendent

3. Principals

4. Committees

3. Correspondence

4. Unfinished business

5. New business

a. High school band trip request

b. School board elections -- Motion required

c. Approve staff hiring -- Motion required

6. Announcements and meeting dates

7. Closed meeting, negotiations -- Motion required

8. Adjournment

Crow Wing County Planning Commission

5 p.m., Thursday

Welton meeting room, Elks building

Roll call

Approval of minutes, July 24, 2003

Old business

1. Brainerd Area Invest -- request zoning change/conditional use

2. Jensen/Pilgrims Pass -- request zoning change/preliminary plat

3. Dennis and Karen Logelin -- request conditional use

New business

4. Bradley and Marilyn Monson -- request zoning change/conditional use

5. Keith Damm -- request zoning change/conditional use

6. Jack Steinke -- request zoning change

7. Gary and Gloria Jensen -- request conditional use

8. Mark Lawerence -- request zoning change

9. Orville Griffiths -- request zoning change/conditional use

Matters not on agenda

Adjournment

Independent School District No. 181

Regular school board meeting

7 p.m. Monday

1. Roll call

2. Delegations, petitions, communications

3. Approval of minutes

Regular school board meeting -- July 14, 2003

4. Consent calendar

Claims and accounts

Certified resignations

Christine Kennedy, Title 1 teacher, Garfield, effective July 31, 2003

Susan Lund, Spanish/German teacher, Washington, effective Aug. 4, 2003

New certified employees

Paul Bloom, Community Education director, $62,996.80, effective Aug. 1, 2003-June 30, 2004 (40 weeks)

Joann Georges, special education teacher, BS Step 0, effective 2003-04 school year

Heidi Hahn, special education teacher, MS Step 7, effective 2003-04 school year

Non-teaching employee resignation

Veronica Morris, educational assistant, effective July 18, 2003

Diane Silvernail, educational assistant, effective Aug. 1, 2003

Theresa Tautges, food service, effective July 30, 2003

Kristina Toman, noon aide, effective July 14, 2003

New non-teaching employees

Jessica Kargel, secretary, Level A, Learning Center, Early Childhood, 19 hours/week, 12 months, $11.29/hour, effective Aug. 4, 2003

Jennifer Nagel, teaching assistant, Early Childhood, Learning Center, 19 hours/week, nine months, $8.45/hour, effective Aug. 27, 2003

5. New business

For action:

1. Student teacher agreement/resolution, St. Cloud State University

2. Milk bid

3. Fitness system bids

Informational:

1. Advanced placement scores, Steve Razidlo/Stu Lade

2. Family Services Collaborative, Ruth Gmeinder

3. Schools for Equity in Education, Janet Moran

4. Superintendent's report, Jerry Walseth

5. Director of Business Services' report, Steve Dickinson

6. Committee reports

1. Building committee, Bob Nystrom

2. Curriculum/Student Activities committee, Ruth Gmeinder

3. Finance/Insurance committee, Bernie Roberts

4. Legislative committee, Lew Hudson

5. Long Range Planning committee, Janet Moran

6. Personnel committee, Randy Klinger

Staples City Council

Meets 7 p.m. Tuesday

City Hall

1. Approve agenda

2. Approve consent calendar:

Minutes from previous meeting

Payment of bills

3. Consider request from the Still Cruisin' Car Club to close a portion of Third St. Northeast and Pleasant Avenue on Aug. 23 from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. for a car show in conjunction with Railroad Days Activities

4. Consider approval of lawful gambling premises permit renewal application for the Staples Lions Club at Lefty's Bar

5. Public hearing at 7:10 p.m. to consider request to vacate the north-south alley between Fourth and Fifth Streets Northeast and Michigan and Summit Avenues.

6. Consider appointment of Lawrence Hammond to the Staples Housing and Redevelopment Authority Board to replace Mark Blessing

7. Consider grant agreement for airport maintenance and operation with the Minnesota Department of Transportation

8. Committee reports:

Water and Light Board

Community Services Board

9. Open forum

10. City administrator's report

11. Business brought forward by city council members

Thirty Lakes Watershed District

9 a.m. Monday - Board of manager's meeting at the district office

1 p.m. Wednesday - I-team meeting at MPCA office in Baxter

2 p.m. Wednesday - 30 Lakes/CWC Joint Powers Board meeting at MPCA in Baxter