Annandale Public
School District 876 Regular Meeting of the School Board – July 28, 2025 at 7:00 pm
1. Jones called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Board members present: Katie Jones, Dillon Dougherty, Gena Jacobson, Melissa Muehring-Paulson and Jenna Witherbee. Absent: Jennifer Mealey
4. Jacobson moved to approve the agenda items. Muehring-Paulson seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
5. Committee Reports
6. Community Comments/Concerns : None
7. Jacobson moved to approve the Consent Agenda. Witherbee seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
A. Approval of meeting minutes from the June 23, 2025 Regular Board Meeting
B. Approval of the July check register
C. Approval of the 26-28 Superintendent Contract
D. Approval of Leave(s) of Absence
E. Approval of Resignation(s)
8. Unfinished Business
A. Enrollment projections for 2025-26
9. New Business
A. Jacobson moved to approve the Lunch Prices and Fees for 2025-2026. Muehring-Paulson seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
B. Jacobson moved to approve the following Student Handbooks. Witherbee seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
1. Elementary School Student Handbook for 2025-26
2. Middle School Student Handbook for 2025-26
3. High School Student Handbook for 2025-26
C. Dougherty moved to approve the 2025-26 Annandale Athletics and Activities Handbook. Jacobson seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
D. Muehring-Paulson moved to approve the FY27 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Ten-Year Plan. Witherbee seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
1. Resolution Adopting the School District’s Fiscal Year FY27 Long-Term Facilities Maintenance Ten-Year Plan
2. FY27 LTFM 10-Year Expenditures Application
3. FY27 LTFM 10-Year Revenue Projection
4. LTFM Health & Safety Indoor Air Quality Narrative
E. Witherbee moved to approve and adopt the Resolution Designating Identified Official with Authority for the MDE External User Access Recertification System. Jacobson seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
F. Muehring-Paulson moved to approve and adopt the July Resolution Accepting Donations. Witherbee seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
G. Dougherty moved to approve the following 25-26 contracts. Jacobson seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
1. Kody Rolfzen – Physical Education Teacher – Middle School
2. Kiley Broste – Math Teacher – Middle School
3. Jordan Gries – Special Education Teacher – Middle School
H. Witherbee moved to approve the following 25-26 work assignments. Dougherty seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
1. Brittany Rau – Health Assistant – Elementary School
2. Howard Chant – Custodian – Elementary School
3. Amber Rutherford – Paraprofessional (shared position)
I. Muehring-Paulson moved to approve six policies in the review cycle. Witherbee seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
10. Information Items
A.School Board/New Staff dinner – Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 6:00 pm – location TBD.
B. The next monthly meeting will be at the Annandale Elementary School on Monday, August 25, 2025 at 7:00 pm held in person in the media center.
11. Jacobson made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:14 pm. Muehring-Paulson seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
A full copy of the Minutes of the School Board Meeting are available in the ISD 876 District office.
(published in the annandale advocate on wednesday, September 3, 2025)
NOTICE TO ALL CITIZENS OF THE CLEARWATER RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Managers will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2026 budget for the Clearwater River Watershed District as follows:
Date: September 11, 2025, Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: CRWD Offices 93 Oak Ave S, Suite 5, Annandale MN 55302 or via teleconference at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84492047239
Agenda for this special meeting is as follows:
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ADOPT AGENDA
3. 2026 BUDGET – PUBLIC HEARING
a. Opening of Public Hearing
b. Adoption of Budget
c. Approval of Resolution 2025-01
4. ADJOURNMENT
All citizens of the Clearwater River Watershed District are invited to attend the public hearing. The Board will vote to approve or amend this budget at the hearing with a resolution as follows:
WHEREAS, the Board of Managers for the Clearwater River Watershed District (CRWD) has prepared a proposed budget for the CRWD for 2026; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Managers for the CRWD has held a public hearing on the
proposed budget hearing pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 103D.911; and,
WHEREAS, the Rules and Regulations of the CRWD require the Board of Managers to
adopt a sewer utility rate schedule, and to set a certification date for collection of delinquent sewer utility accounts to the applicable county; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Managers for the Clearwater River
Watershed District as follows that:
• The proposed 2026 Budget for the CRWD, as noticed publicly in legal newspapers, is hereby adopted in the amount of $822,539.
• The proposed 2026 general ad valorem levy of $250,000 and data acquisition fund levy of $75,000 are hereby adopted.
• The General Fund budget, in the amount of $290,000 is adopted as follows:
o Governance: $35,000
o Admin & General: $64,000
o Tech & Engineering: $35,000
o Operations & Maintenance: $6,000
o Water Quality Monitoring: $100,000
o Other Special Projects: $25,000
o Capital Outlay: $25,000
• The following special assessments are levied as follows, the levied amounts are equal to the budgets for these funds:
o 2026 Lake Augusta Bog Control O&M Assessment: $2,500
o 2026 Clearwater and Grass Lakes Bog Control O&M Assessment: $12,000
o 2026 Pleasant Lake Outlet O&M Assessment: $2,500
o 2026 School Section Lake Outlet O&M Assessment: $7,700
o 2026 Clearwater Chain of Lakes (1980) O&M Assessment: $176,000
o 2026 Project #06-1 O&M Assessment: $55,000
o 2026 Cedar Lake AIS O&M Assessment: $32,000
o 2026 Louisa & Marie Lake AIS O&M Assessment: $28,485
o 2026 Lake Augusta Aquatic Invasive Species O&M Assessment: $4,500
• The 2025 sewer utility billing rate schedule is adopted as follows, the levied amounts are equal to the budgets for these funds:
o Hidden River Sewer System: $294.00 per quarter ($222.00 to General O&M; $72.00 to Nitrogen Mitigation O&M Fund)
o Rest-A-While Sewer System: $239.00 per quarter
o Clearwater Harbor Sewer System: $166.00 per quarter ($94.00 to General O&M; $72.00 to Nitrogen Mitigation O&M Fund)
o Wandering Pond Sewer System: $215.00 per quarter
• The certification date of collection to the applicable counties for collection as part of 2026 property taxes for 2025 delinquent sewer utility accounts is November 30, 2025.
• The certification date of collection to the applicable counties for collection as part of 2026 property taxes for unpaid special assessments levied by this resolution is November 30, 2025.
At the time of budget adoption, the managers also may approve administrative adjustments of benefited property status in accordance with CRWD policy.
By order of the Board of Managers, Clearwater River Watershed District www.crwd.org
(published in the annandale advocate on wednesday, august 27, 2025, and September 3, 2025)
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF WRIGHT
TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT
PROBATE DIVISION
Court File No. 86-PR-25-4919
Estate of Elaine Clara
Robinson, Decedent
NOTICE OF HEARING ON
PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is given that on 10/28/2025 at 9:00 a.m., a hearing will be held remotely via Zoom in this Court at 3700 Braddock Avenue, Buffalo, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated May 22, 2013, (“Will”), and for the appointment of Diana L. Maki as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in unsupervised administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate. Please contact Wright County Court Administration at 763-760-6300 for instructions for appearing remotely.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section 524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
Dated: 08/20/2025
BY THE COURT
(COURT SEAL)
Elizabeth Reller
District Court Deputy
Attorney for Petitioner
Sheldon R. Brown
Young & Brown, LLC
63 Oak Ave S P O Box 859
Annandale, MN, 55302
Attorney License No: 12154
Telephone: (320) 274-8221
FAX: (320) 274-3476
Email: brown@annandalelaw.com
(published in the annandale advocate on wednesday, september 3, and 10, 2025)