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Ririe Joint School District #252 Thursday March 19, 2026 6:00 pm School Board WORK Meeting Minutes 6:00 pm – The Ririe Joint School District #252 Board of Trustees met on Thursday March 19, 2026 at 6:00 pm for their monthly School Board Work Meeting. Board Chair Hansen welcomed all those in attendance. 6:00 pm – Board Chair Hansen asked that roll call be taken. Roll call was taken and those in attendance were as follows: Board Chair Mike Hansen, Board Assistant Treasurer Darby Taylor, Trustee Brigham Cook, Superintendent Gee, Business Manager/Co Treasurer Trapper McCallister, and Board Clerk/Treasurer Kristi Hamilton. Trustees Dallin Howell and Kevin Landon were not present for tonight’s meeting. 6:02 pm – Action Item – Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion to approve the agenda. Brigham made a motion to approve the Work agenda as posted. Darby seconded; passed unanimously. 6:02 pm – Item 4/New Business a. Discussion Item – Kindergarten Center Window Tint & Glass Update. Trapper informed that this is complete and looks good. He informed that from the inside you can see out the windows but someone from the outside cannot see in unless they are right up against the glass. He commented they are still working on installing some blinds. Brigham questioned if blinds are still necessary now that the window tint is done. Trapper informed that they would still like blinds. He explained. b. Discussion Item – Elementary School BOND. Superintendent Gee displayed some properties for the Board to review. He explained in detail. Discussion occurred. Mayor Kimmel gave some detailed insight on 2 of the properties. He informed that the City does not own the property from the alley to the canal on one of the properties. Brigham commented that he believes the canal company will ultimately allow a bridge to be built. He explained further. Superintendent Gee commented that building a bridge will add a significant expense to the district. Discussion continued on both potential properties. Darby asked how far the walk will be for students. Discussion occurred. Mayor Kimmel informed that 28 homes are going to be built at the old fairgrounds location, along with more coming in other areas. He informed that there are grants available for Safe Schools. He explained. Board Chair Hansen asked if the properties being looked at are available to purchase? Superintendent Gee informed they are just possibilities at this point. Discussion occurred regarding the property that is shaped weird with a small strip through it and how that would or wouldn’t work to build a school on. Comment was made that the school needs to be built for future growth. Superintendent Gee informed that a decision is not being made tonight, but rather this is all just discussion at this point. Trapper commented that the other option he would really like to consider is the property the district already owns next to the current Jr/Sr High School. Superintendent Gee commented that he needs to get some numbers back to see what the other two properties would cost. He informed that he met with Doug Hymas and his thought was that $550,000 would probably be the price. He commented that purchasing more property will also add a significant expense to the district. Brigham asked if they have ruled out his property. He commented that he will figure out something if the district thinks that is the spot where they would like to build. Superintendent Gee commented that they have ruled it out because Idaho State Statute § 33-507 makes it illegal for Trustees to personally benefit from or have any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in district contracts, meaning they cannot sell their property to the district. Brigham commented that there is a way around that, even if it is him resigning from the Board. Mayor Kimmel made some further comments about the other locations. Brigham commented that he doesn’t mind one of the locations for the next 5 years, but as growth comes he wonders if that is the best spot. He commented that he feels the other location has some advantages. He explained further. Discussion occurred regarding walking distance of both locations. Darby commented that to us it might not seem too far to walk, but to a little student it is a long walk. She explained. Mayor Kimmel made some comments about making a pathway. Brigham commented that he doesn’t think people can be trained to make the Maverick intersection better. Mayor Kimmel explained some ideas the City has planned to make it a bit better. Trapper commented that there are options to whatever location is chosen, but there are a lot of advantages to the property that the district already owns. He explained. Discussion occurred. Trapper commented that another advantage to having two schools in one location would be that the SRO would be accessible for both. Discussion occurred. Brigham asked what the next step is at this point. Board Chair Hansen commented that he thinks the next step would be to get numbers. Brigham commented that he thinks it would be worth our time to get the architects opinion on the odd shaped property to see if building an Elementary there would work or not. Superintendent Gee will reach out to the architect and gather some information and numbers for the board meeting in April. c. Discussion Item – Time and Effort Policy. Superintendent Gee informed that the district just went through a Federal Programs Audit. He informed that one of the things they came back with is they feel our district needs to have a stronger time and effort policy. He explained further and informed that he looked into the model policy that the ISBA has. He informed that it is a good policy and will work for our district and get us in line with where the state feels we should be. He commented that there is nothing different in the policy than what we already do, but updating to the ISBA policy is what we should do. Discussion occurred. Chair Mike Hansen commented that if the state is telling us we need this, then he feels we need it. d. Discussion Item – ISBA Policy Updates. Superintendent Gee brought up all policy updates and went over each one. He commented that these are all on the regular agenda tonight to be approved as a 1st Reading. e. Discussion Item – Supplemental Levy Meetings. Trapper asked the Board if any of them have given any thought to holding a Supplemental Levy information meeting themselves. None responded. He then informed that he and Superintendent Gee have scheduled one for May 6th @ 7:00 pm. He informed that they were also at Parent Teacher Conferences this week to hand out the Pamphlets and answer any questions patrons might have. He then asked the Board to think about holding an information meeting themselves. f. Discussion Item – District Auditor Contract. Tapper informed that Quest CPA’s would like to move to a 3-year contract with the district. He informed that Quest has been doing our district audits for several years and they are fantastic. He commented that all involved love working with them. He commented that they are less expensive than most firms and specialize in schools and district audits. He informed that the cost for a 3-year contract would be $9,500 the first year, $10,000 the second year, and $10,500 the third year. Superintendent Gee informed that he has referred a lot of other Superintendents to Quest because they do such a great job. Discussion occurred. g. Discussion Item – Construction Liaison & Spending Limit. Superintendent Gee commented that he briefly touched on this at the last School Board meeting. Trapper recommended setting the spending limit higher than $10,000 for this, otherwise nothing changes from what is already in policy. Brigham commented that the biggest problem for him with this is that he would hate to give permission to go higher and then all of the contingency funds are spent. He explained further. Trapper commented that the reasoning for this is so construction doesn’t have to be stopped if something unexpected comes up. He explained. Discussion occurred. Board Chair Hansen asked if more than one person can be assigned to this. Discussion occurred. Trapper commented that we are hoping there are no issues that come up, but wants to make sure something and someone are in place if they do. Brigham commented that he thinks someone from the Board needs to be involved with this. He commented that he feels it should be Kevin or himself. He commented it Kevin is willing and wants to do it, he is fine with that. Discussion occurred. 6:55 pm - There being no further discussion in tonight’s School Board Work Meeting, Board Chair Hansen entertained a motion. Darby made a motion to adjourn the School Board Work Meeting. Brigham seconded; passed unanimously. Reviewed & Approved: April 16, 2026 Board Chair: Mike Hansen Board Clerk: Kristi Hamilton
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