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UNOFFICIAL MINUTES OF THERHAME CITY COUNCIL MEETINGMonday, June 8, 2020 @ 7:00 PM

Location: Rhame City Hall

I, Tom called the meeting to order @7:04 P.M.II. Roll Call: Tom Johnson. HenryWaller, Doyle Kruger, Helen Ed-wards, David Erickson, JeremyStotts, Darcy GoniIII. Guests:IV. Minutes: Doyle made a motionto approve minutes as read from theMay 2020 regular meeting and Dave2nd the motion, motion carried.V. Mayor Comments:VI. Financial Report:a) Bank Rec & Cash Report: Motionto approve made by Doyle 2nd byDave. motion carried.b) A/R Report: Motion to approve AIRby Doyle, 2nd by Henry, motion car-ried.c) AlP Report: Discussion, Motion toapprove AlP by Doyle, 2nd by Henry,motion carried.VII. StreetslWaterlSewer:a) Streets: MDU still hasn't fixed thehole - Bowman County will swing inand patch it, bill the City of Rhameand then we will need to bill MDU forthe repair.b) Water:1. 29 Day usage and 13,337 gallonsaverage2.336.776 tower total gallons3. 5,624 gallons tower to townii. Value and meter pit need to be in-stalled at Erickson house.c) Sewer: No Issues.VIII. Old Business:a) Spring Cleanup went well, had toget a second dumpster and it wasoverfilled by the end of the week.IX. New Business:X. Comments: Some local businesswere vandalized with red spray paint.XI. Next Official meeting date July13th, 2020 @ 7:00 PM Rhame CityHall.Adjournment: Helen made a motionto adjourn the meeting at 7:51pm,2nd by Henry the motion carried andmeeting adjourned.Note: The City of Rhame per NOCentury Code 40-0H)9.1 is publish-ing these unofficial minutes subjectto the governing body's review andrevision at the official July 13th, 2020Meeting.

Respectfully submittedTom Johnson, MayorDarcy Goni, Auditor

Accounts Payable: May John DeerFinancial 121.21, Montana Da-kota Utilities 1095.20; GooseneckImplement 75.14; Dakota WesternInsurance 16,975.00; Napa 19.98;Consolidated Telecom 127.52;Southwest Water 2579.50; Pro PointCo-op 91.15; BCBSIAflac 777.25;Country Media 43.52; Payroll April6105.00; City of Bowman 2,231.50;US Treasury 1232.34; NO PERS931.62

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WILD & WEISS LAW OFFICE, P.C.20 East DividePO Box 260Bowman, North Dakota 58623swlawpc@ndsupernet.com701.523.3112Attorney for: PersonalRepresentativeCase No. 44-2020-PR-00003

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OFSLOPE COUNTY, STATE OFNORTH DAKOTA IN THE

MATTER OF THE ESTATE OFDARYLE F. DENNIS, AKA DARYLEDENNIS, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Thatthe undersigned have been appoint-ed personal representative of theabove estate. All persons havingclaims against the said deceased arerequired to present their claims withinth ree month s after the date of the

first publication of th is notice or saidclaims will be forever barred. Claimsmust either be presented to MaryDennis, the personal representativeof the estate, at 4509 Boulder Ridge,Bismarck. NO 58501, or filed with theCourt.Dated this 10th day of June, 2020.

Mary Dennis4509 Boulder RidgeBismarck, NO 58501

WILD & WEISS LAWOFFICE, P.C.PO BOX 260

BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA58623

Attorney for PersonalRepresentative

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OFFICIAL MINUTESBOWMAN COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT #1

The regular meeting of the BowmanCounty School Board was held onWednesday May 13, 2020 at 5:30pmin the Bowman County High SchoolConference Room. Members pres-ent: President Stacy McGee, VicePresident Andrea Bowman & BoardMembers Tobiann Andrews, RandyGaebe, Russ Homelvig, Camie Jan-ikowski & Jim Stafford (remote viaTeams). Others present: Superinten-dent Wayne Heckaman, 7-12 Princi-pal Tyler Senn (remote via Teams),Elementary Principal Mitch Strand,Co-AD Nick Walker & Business Man-ager Debbie Bucholz.Guests were invited to listen live viaremote access.1. Call to Order: President Stacy Mc-Gee called meeting to order.2. Pledge of Allegiance.3. Agenda: Janikowski moved, sec-onded by Bowman to approve theagenda with two additional items:Additional committee report - Cur-riculum Committee on 5/4/20 addedas item 5(g) and New Business - El-ementary Assessment Map added asitem 9(g). Discussion was held. Allin favor, motion carried.4. Routine Board Items:a. Minutes: Bowman moved, sec-onded by Stafford to approve theApril 15, 2020 Regular Board Meet-ing minutes with suggested word-ing changes & May 4, 2020 SpecialSchool Board Meeting minutes. Dis-cussion was held. All in favor, motioncarried.b. Bills: Bowman moved, secondedby Andrews to approve the districtbills as presented. Discussion washeld. All in favor, motion carried.c. Financial Reports: Discussion washeld. Approved as presented.5. Committe.e Reports:.a. Building Committee: Aoof war-ranty & inspection discussed later inagenda. Further discussion was heldwith no motions being made.b. Negotiations Committee: Later inagenda.c. Policy Committee: Committee isusing NDSBA chart for identifyingneeded policy review.. Thank you toAndrews for her commitment to thePolicy Committee during her Boardtenure. Policies to be discussed lat-er in agenda.d. RESP Governing Board: Sum-mer training will be virtual. Furtherdiscussion was held with no motionsbeing made ..e. School Leadership Committee:Professional development for nextyear was discussed. Further discus-sion was held with no motions beingmade.f. Technology Committee: Discus-sion was held with no motions beingmade.g. Curriculum Committee: Assess-ment map to be discussed later inagenda and is included in Elementa-ry Principal report. Discussion washeld with no motions being made.6. Public Comment: Public CommentGuidance Statement read by Pres-ident McGee. No comments werebrought forth.7. Administrative Reports:a. Elementary Principal Report: Wait-ing to hear when Dyslexia committeeplanning meetings will resume/re-scheduled. Written report distributedwith school board packet information.Further discussion was held. No ad-

ditional items were added.b. 7-12 Principal Report: Gradua-tion to be discussed later in agen-da. Drivers Ed options discussed.Written report distributed with schoolboard packet information. Furtherdiscussion was held. No additionalitems were added.c. Activities Director Report: Waitingfor guidance from state for summertraining programs. Drainage for foot-ball field is an issue and solution is beworked on. Written report distributedwith school board packet information.Further discussion was held. No ad-ditional items were added.d. Superintendent Report: Ener-gy Conservation Grant discussed.Written report distributed with schoolboard packet information. Furtherdiscussion was held. No additionalitems were added.8. Unfinished Business:a. Roof Warranty & Inspection:Heckaman expressed gratefulnessfor local contractor's work. Roofwarranty has been issued with theinspection to occur later. Limited in-spectors, back-log due to COVID-19and local contractor (R&L Contract-ing) certification with roof manufac-turer were contributing factors inallowing this to occur. Roof manufac-turer is taking on the liability. Gaebemoved, seconded by Homelvig toapprove final payment to R&L in theamount of $5,184. Discussion washeld. All in favor, motion carried.b. COVID-19 & School Closure Up-date: Thank you to all, throughoutschool closurei. Food Service Accounts: May 22ndis last day to serve food. Recom-mendations: Yearly ticket purchas-ers to receive a refund. All accountfor non-yearly roll over to next yearor can obtain a refund with a writtenrequest. Discussion was held. Con-sensus of board is in agreement withrecommendations.Ii. Other: Discussion was held withno motion being madec. Facilities PlanninglSummer Proj-ects: Discussion was held with nomotions being made.d. UNO-Special Education ResidentTeacher Program Approval: Informa-tion provided on Teams. Heckamanrecommended to move forward withprogram. Strand recommended mov-ing forward with program to grow ourown in positions that are difficult tofill. In addition, individual is a knownquantity. and is an effective educa-tor. Janikowski moved, secondedby Gaebe to approve UNO residentteacher program to include cost ofprogram, stipend wages & stipendhealth care. Discussion was held. Allin favor, motion carriede. Negotiations: Moved to end ofagenda.9. New Businessa. Graduation Plans: Lengthy dis-cussion was held regarding the pro-cess used to identify alternatives lorgraduation using guidance from thestate and determining the numberof guests per graduate. Processdescribed in Principal written reportdistributed with school board packet.i. Bowman moved, seconded byStafford to host HS graduation inthe gym. allowing up to 5 guestsper graduate on May 24th @ 2pm.,following guidelines set up for grad-uation by the state. Roll call vote:Andrews no, Stafford yes, Homelvigyes, Gaebe yes, Janikowski yes,Bowman yes and McGee yes. Dis-cussion was held. Majority in favor,motion carriedb. School Board Policies - to Re-scind:i, GABBA Childfind Referral Programfor Students with Disabilities - Re-scind Entire Policyii. GCAAGrade Promotion, Retention& Acceleration - Rescind 2009 Policyiii. IBA Alternative Food Service -Rescind Entire Policyiv. FACA Placement & Adjustmentof Transfer Students - Rescind 2011Policyv. DKDA-BR Early Retirement Appli-cation Procedure - Rescind BoardRegulation - no current policy1. Andrews moved, seconded byJanikowski to rescind above policies'as noted by year of policy and boardregulation. Discussion was held. Allin favor, motion carried.c. School Board Policies - 1st Read-ing:i. BAA Employing Board Members:'1. Andrews moved, seconded byJanikowski to adopt BBA with thefollowing changes to draft provided:Eliminate entire 1st paragraph andthe word "However" at the beginning

of the second paragraph, fi rst sen-tence. In addition, eliminate the fol-lowing from the third paragraph, firstsentence: "Administration shall useevery means available to fill openclassified positions from other sourc-es, but when unable to do so .. .".Also the last part of last sentence of3rd paragraph shall read "must ap-prove any such hiring by 2/3rds ma-jority vote." Discussion was held. Allin favor, motion carried .:ii. FDB-BR Education of the Home-less Dispute Resolution Procedure1. Per policy, only one reading isneeded for approval of Board Regu-lations. Andrews moved, secondedby Homelvig to approve board regu-lation as presented. Discussion washeld. All in favor, motion carried.d. Approve 2020-2021 TeachingContract: Andrews moved, secondedby Homelvigto approve the followingcontract and salary for 2020-2021:CJ Wilson $45,500. Discussion washeld. All in favor, motion carried.e. Tuition Agreements: Andrewsmoved, seconded by Gaebe to grantthe authority to BUSiness Manager toissue tuition agreements. Discussionwas held. All in favor, motion carried.f. Park & Rec Summer Bus Use:Janikowski moved. seconded byBowman to allow Bowman Park &Rec buses for summer bus use, ifneeded. Discussion was held. All infavor, motion carried.g. Elementary Assessment Map: An-drews moved, seconded by Janikow-ski to approve the PreK- 6th Gradeassessment map. Discussion washeld. All in favor, motion carried.Brief recessNegotiations Strategy & Instruction(moved to end of agenda): Negoti-ations for wages & salaries was dis-cussed. Gaebe moved, secondedby Homelvig to hold an executivesession for the purpose of discussingnegotiations per NDCC 44-04-19.1.Roll call vote: Bowman yes, Gaebeyes, Homelvig yes, Janikowski yes,Stafford yes and McGee yes. Allin favor, motion carried. PresidentMcGee adjourned open session at8:43am. Members present in execu-tive session; President Stacy McGee,Vice President Bowman & BoardMember Gaebe, Homelvig, Janikow-ski, Stafford (via phone). PresidentMcGee called meeting (executivesession) to order at 8:44pm. Topicdiscussed Negotiations Strategy. Ex-ecutive session adjourned 8:58pm.President McGee reconvened openmeeting at 8:59pm.i. Homelvig, moved, seconded byGaebe to approve the Superinten-dent contract for Mr. Wayne Hecka-man for the 2020-2021 school year at$121,025 annual salary with 20 vaca-tion days. Unused vacation days willnot be carried over and payment forthese will be paid at the end of eachschool year at full daily rate. Discus-sion was held. All in favor,ii. Homelvig moved, seconded byBowman to approve the 7-12 Princi-pal Contract for Mr. Tyler Senn for the2020-2021 school year at $84,975annual salary with an increase ofone additional personal day and oneadditional sick day. Personal daysaccumulate indefinitely with the pro-vision that accumulated personalleave over 5 days will be paid at fulldaily rate. Discussion was held. Allin favor, motion carried.iii. Bowman moved, seconded byStafford to approve the Elementa-ry Principal contract for Mr. MitchStrand for the 2020-2021 schoolyear at $74,675 annual salary withan increase of one additional person-al day and one additional sick day.Personal days accumulate indefinite-ly with the provision that accumulat-ed personal leave over 5 days will bepaid at full daily rate. Discussion washeld. All in favor, motion carried.iv. Bowman moved, seconded byJanikowski to offer the BusinessManager employment agreement toDebbie Bucholz at $64,684 annualsalary. Personal days accumulateindefinitely with the provision thataccumulated personal leave overfive days will be paid at full daily rate.Discussion was held. All in favor,motion carried.v. Bowman moved, seconded byHomelvig to approve the Tech Co-ordinator contract for Mr. JonathanJahner for the 2020-2021 schoolyear at $76,117 annual salary. Dis-cussion was held. All in favor motioncarried.10. Other Items:a. Board Directives forSuperintendent.

b. Committee meetings: BuildingCommittee May 7 - Gaebe & Hemet-vig; Curriculum Committee May 4- Andrews & Janikowski, Negotia-tions Committee Apr 17 - Bowman,Homelvig & Janikowski + Apr 28 -Bowman & Homelvig; Policy Com-mittee Apr 29 - Andrews & McGee;RESP May 6 - Bowman; SchoolLeadership Committee May 12 -Bowman & Janikowski; TechnologyCommittee May 4 - none11. Future Meeti ng Date/Location:Next Regular Meeting: Wed, June10, 2020, 5:30pm @ MUlti-PurposeRoom, Rhame Campus.12. Adjournment: With no furtherbusiness, meeting was adjourned at9:15pm.

Stacy McGe·ePresident

Debbie Bucho Iz. Business Manager

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OFFICIAL MINUTESBOWMAN COUNTY SCHOOL

DISTRICT #1

The special meeting of the Bow-man County School Board was heldon Wednesday May 20, 2020 at10:00am in the High School Con-ference Room. Members present:President Stacy McGee & BoardMembers Tobiann Andrews, CarnieJanikowski & Jim Stafford. Otherspresent: Superintendent WayneHeckaman, 7-12 Principal Tyler Senn(remote via Teams), ElementaryPrincipal Mitch Strand, Co-AD NickWalker & Business Manager DebbieBucholz.Members absent: Andrea Bowman.Randy Gaebe & Russ HomelvigGuests were invited to listen live viaremote access.1. Call to Order: President Stacy Mc-Geecalle.d meeting to order.2. Pledge of Allegiance.3. Public Comment: Public Com-ment Guidance Statement read byPresident McGee. No commentswere brought forth4. COVID-1 9 Related Topics:a. Spring Activitiescencelled.b. Summer Student Centered Pro-grams:i. Dawg Pound Summer Programs:(1) Weight Room(2) Open Gym(3) Team Camps(4) Plan involves working with fami-lies and being mindful and respect-ful for safety of everyone. Tentativeopening Jun 1.ii. Drivers Ed:(1) Including on-line classroom in-struction and driving "behind thewheel".iii. Summer School:(1) Using Guidelines from the state.iv.. Janikowski moved, seconded·by·Stafford to approve ,the, S~erStudent Centered Programs in,i,,~c-cordance with ND Smart Restartguidelines. Discussion was held. Allin favor, motion carried.c. ESSR (COVID-19 CARES) Fund-ing. Discussion was held. Consen-sus of the board was in agreementwith earmarking ESSR funding to-ward technology.d. Further discussion was held withno motions being' made.5. Adjournment: With no furtherbusiness, meeting was adjourned at11:05pm.

Stacy McGeePresident

Debbie BucholzBusiness Manager

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JUN 2020 DISTRICT CHECKS &BETWEEN MEETING PAYMENTS

Fund: 01 GENERAL FUNDA2Z PRINTING 295.72; ABLE, INC125.00; ADVANCED BUSINESSMETHODS, INC 6,268.10; ALLE-RDINGS, MANDl 75.00; AMAZONMARKETPLACE 1,322.76; AT&TMOBILITY 136.19; BADLANDSENVIRONMENTAL CONSUL-TANTS, INC 1,675.00; BANK OFNO 1,250.00; BANK OF NORTHDAKOTA 1,250.00; BARNES & NO-BLE, INC 239.69; BEACH PUBL1CSCHOOLS 3,095.46; BENZ, COLE125.00; BERNINA PLUS 250.38

BEYLUND, BREANNE 125.00;BL1CK ART MATERIALS 717.47;BONUS BUCKS 870.00; BOSTYAN,EMILY 125.00; BOWMAN COUNTYDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION60.00; BOWMAN PARK & RECBOARD 8,900.00; BOWMAN SALES& SERVICE 1,348.93; BREWER,JODI 125.00; BROSZ ENGINEER-ING,INC 562.50; BURKE, JOHN125.00; CASHWAY BUILDINGCENTER 181.36; CDW GOVERN-MENT,INC 18.09; CITY OF BOW-MAN 1,740.13; CITY OF RHAME'425.00; COMMITTEE FOR CHIL-DREN 2,226.00; CONSOL1DATEDTELCOM INC 814.64; COUNTRYMEDIA INC 389.20; COYLE ELEC-TRIC INC 480.70; CURRICULUMASSOCIATES LLC 653.73; DAKOTABOYSANDGIRLS RANCH 3,030.00;DEMCO, INC 525.32; DEMORRETT,AMBER 7020;' DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION FED LOAN SER-VICING 1,250.00; EAGON, DANA125.00; EIDO CONNECT 113.40;FED· LOAN SERVICES 1,250.00;FED LOAN SERVICING, 1,250.00;FISCHER, APRIL 1,322.95; FISCH-ER, JACKI OR JASON 125.00;FOLLETT SCHOOL SOLUTIONS,INC 957.05; FOUR SEASONSTROPHIES 805.54; FRONTIERTRAVEL CENTER 19.02; GERBIG,KARl 180.59; GREAT LAKES HIGH-ER EDUCATION CORPORATION1,250.00; HAAR, JENNIFER 143.75;HEINEMANN 190.30; HENDER-SON, NICHOLE 125.00; HIGHEREDUCATION SERVICING CORPO-RATION 1,250.00; HLEBECHUK,MEGAN 125.00; HORACE MANNCOMPANIES, THE 1,238.63; HOTLUNCH FUND-BOWMAN SCHOOL9,97200; INNOVATIVE OFFICESOLUTIONS LLC 1,025.28; ISTA-TION 5,715.00 IXL SUBSCRIPTIONDEPARTMENT 3,713.00; J.W.PEP-PER & SON, INC 5.00; JOSTENS,INC 15.24; KIDD, SYDNEE 125.00;KPOK 80.00; LAKESHORE LEARN-ING MATERIALS 1,445.18; LAST-ING VISIONS FLOWERS 307.50;MCGRAW-HILL EDUCATION, INCTEXTBOOK 88.92;. MIDWEST IN·VESTIGATION & SECURITY INC750.00; MIDWEST TECHNOLOGYPRODUCTS 306.90; MNJ TECH-NOLOGIES DIRECT, INC 219.67;MONTANA-DAKOTA UTILITIES8,206.57; MRNAK, JENNA 200.00;MYSTERY SCIENCE 999.00; NAS-CO FORT ATKINSON 2,476.84; NCSPEARSON, INC 268.18; NO COUN-CIL OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERS250.00; NEWBY'SACE HARDWARE135.16; NORTH DAKOTA ASSOCOF SE;HOOL BUSINESS MANAG-ERS 50.00; NORTH DAKOTA EDU-CATORS SERVICE COOP 250.00;NORTH DAKOTA HERITAGE CEN-TER 250.25; NORTHWEST EVAL-UATION ASSOCIATION 2,125.00;OAKLAND, KIMBERLY 144.63;OFFICE DEPOT INC 256,98; ORI-ENTAL TRADING COMPANY INC99.12; OWL PELLETS.COM 66.25;PESI CONTINUING EDUCATIONPROVIDER 659.97; PRAXAIRDISTRIBUTION INC 287.75; PRO-POINT COOPERATIVEIFARMERSUNION OIL CO 247.00; PS CUS-TOM EMBROIDERY 36.98; REAL-LY GOOD STUFF, LLC 1,35431;RENAISSANCE LEARNING, INC3,390.00; REUNION STUDENTLOAN FINANCE CORP 1,250.00;RIVERSIDE INSIGHTS 1,274.07;ROB & RITA LEWTON R&RSER-VICE 3,450.00; ROUGH RIDER IN-DUSTRIES 257.60; SaT CUSTOMPLUMBING, LLC 60.51; SCHOCH,JADEN 2,887.50; SCHOOL HEALTHCORPORATION 100.94; SCHOOLSPECIALTY 648.97; SCHROEDERCONTRACTING INC 33,250.00;SHURLEY INSTRUCTIONAL MA-TERIALS INC 231.00; SM@RTCOMPUTERS & SECURITY 938.50;SOUTHWEST AG INC 2,417.50;STEIN'S, INC 1,497.02; STUDENTLOAN SERVICE CTR - NDUS1,250.00; SUPREME SCHOOLSUPPLY CO 411.29; TEACHERCREATED RESOURCES 125.55;

. TIME CLOCK PLUS, LLC 2,700.00;U.S. POSTAL SERVICE 208.00; USDEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION1.250.00; VAN DAELE BUS SER-VICE 21,979.40; WELLS FARGOBANK EFS 2,500.00; WEST RIV-ER STUDENT SERNCES 790.20;WEST, DARRELL 125.00; WOOD-LEY CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY148.70: Fund Total: 176,617.23

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