School District 876
Regular Meeting of the School Board – August 25, 2025 at 7:00 pm
1. Jones called the meeting to order at 7:01 pm.
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Board members present: Katie Jones, Dillon Dougherty, Jennifer Mealey, Gena Jacobson: arrived at 7:12 pm, Melissa Muehring-Paulson and Jenna Witherbee. Absent: None
4. Muehring-Paulson moved to approve the agenda items. Mealey seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
5. Committee Reports
6. Community Comments/Concerns: None
7. Mealey moved to approve the consent agenda. Muehring-Paulson seconded. Motion carried 5-0.
A. Approval of meeting minutes from the July 28, 2025 Regular Board Meeting
B. Approval of the August check register
C. Approval of 25-26 September Lane Change Requests
D. Approval of Retirement(s)
E. Approval of Resignation(s)
8. Unfinished Business
A. Enrollment projections for 2025-26: Tim Prom reviews enrollment
9. New Business
A. Update on the 2025 Operating Levy: Tim Prom and Katie Jones give an update
B. Facilities Update: Rick Pullen and Tim Prom give an update
C. Mealey made a motion to approve and adopt the Resolution Appointing Wright County to Serve as Ballot Board for Stearns County Absentee Ballots. Witherbee seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
D. Muehring-Paulson made a motion to approve and adopt the August Resolution Accepting Donations. Dougherty seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
E. Witherbee made a motion to approve the following 25-26 work assignments. Mealey seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
1. Ella Miller – Paraprofessional – Middle School
2. Ashley Mossman – Paraprofessional – Paraprofessional – Middle School
3. Denise Hawkinson – Paraprofessional – Elementary School
F. Muehring-Paulson made a motion to approve five policies in the review cycle. Mealey seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
10. Information Items
A. The next monthly meeting will be at the Annandale Elementary School on Monday, September 22, 2025 at 7:00 pm held in person in the media center.
11. Mealey made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:21 pm. Muehring-Paulson seconded. Motion carried 6-0.
full copy of the Minutes of the School Board Meeting are available in the ISD 876 District office.
(published in the annandale advocate wednesday, october 1, 2025)
Notice of Hearing on
Proposed Assessment
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Annandale will meet in the Council Chambers, 30 Cedar Street East, Annandale, Minnesota at 6:30 p.m. on October 13, 2025 to consider, and possibly adopt, the proposed assessment for the Street and Utility Improvements in the following areas:
Trunk Highway 55 – Brown Avenue to 1500 feet east of Annandale Boulevard
Harrison Street – Trunk Highway 55 to the CPKC Railroad crossing
Adoption by the City Council of the proposed assessment against abutting property may occur at the hearing.
Such assessment is proposed to be payable in equal installments extending over a period of 20 years, the first of the installments to be payable on or before the first Monday in January, 2026, and will bear interest at a rate of 5.66 percent. To the first installment shall be added interest on the entire assessment from the date of the certification to the County Auditor until December 31, 2025. To each subsequent installment when due shall be added interest for one year on all unpaid assessments.
You may at any time prior to the certification of the assessment to the County Auditor, pay the entire assessment on such property to the City Administrator of the City of Annandale. No interest shall be charged if the entire assessment is paid within 30 days from the adoption of this assessment. You may at any time thereafter, pay to the County Auditor the entire amount of the assessment remaining unpaid, with interest accrued to December 31 of the year in which such payment is made. Such payment must be made before November 15 or the interest will be charged through December 31 of the succeeding year. If you decide not to prepay the assessment before the date given above, the rate of interest that will apply is 5.66 percent. The right to partially prepay the assessment is also available.
The proposed assessment roll is on file for public inspection at the City Clerk’s office. The total amount of the proposed assessment is approximately $367,672.50. Written or oral objections will be considered at the meeting. No appeal may be taken as to the amount of an assessment adopted pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 429.061, subd. 2, unless a written objection signed by the affected property owner, is filed with the City Administrator prior to the hearing or presented to the presiding officer at the hearing. An owner may appeal an assessment to the District Court pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 429.081 by serving notice of appeal upon the Mayor or City Administrator of the City of Annandale with in thirty (30) days after the adoption of the assessment and filing such notice with the District Court within ten (10) days after service upon the Mayor or City Administrator.
Kelly Hinnenkamp
City Administrator
City of Annandale
Published in the Annandale Advocate:
September 24, 2025 and October 1, 2025
(published in the annandale advocate wednesday, september 24 and october 1, 2025)
Corinna Township
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that the Corinna Township Planning Commission/Board of Adjustment will convene on Tuesday October 14, 2025, beginning at 7:00 PM at Corinna Town Hall, 9801 Ireland Ave, Annandale to conduct the following public hearing(s):
Any tabled items from previous meetings that have provided the required information.
Requests related to the reconstruction and relocation of a water-oriented accessory structure and lakeside stairway and landing. Approvals required include a variance to reconstruct and relocate a 12’ x 17’ water-oriented accessory structure on a parcel with 32.7% impervious coverage (max. 25% allowed). Applicant and Property Owner: David Alan and Lisa Anne McNeil. Property address: 11107 Hollister Ave NW, Annandale. Sec-Twp-Range: 2-121-27. Parcel number(s): 206056001050.
Requests related to the construction of a detached garage to replace an existing detached garage and garden shed. Approvals required include a variance to construct a 24’ x 30’ detached garage with 9 ft sidewalls and bonus storage trusses with 6’10” ceiling height and 8/12 roof pitch (max. 6 ft ceiling height and 6/12 roof pitch) to replace an existing 16’ x 20’ two-story garage and 8’ x 12’ garden shed approx. 50 ft from the centerline of a road (min. 65 ft required) and increasing impervious coverage on the parcel from approx. 24.3% to approx. 26% (max. 25% allowed). Minimum floor elevation of new garage may need to be raised approx. 1 ft. to meet floodplain regulations. Applicant: Ergen Exteriors. Property Owner: Karin Howard. Property address: 11824 103rd St NW, South Haven. Sec-Twp-Range: 7-121-27. Parcel number(s): 206042000150.
Measurements and details of requests, including variances or other approvals needed, are approximate and/or subject to change. All interested persons are invited to attend these hearings and be heard or send written comments to Corinna Township Zoning Administrator, 9801 Ireland Ave, Annandale MN 55302. Application information and a staff report are available for viewing at www.hometownplanning.com (staff report typically 5-7 days prior to the hearing date). A quorum of the Town Board may be present at the meeting but will not hold deliberations or make any decisions.
Corinna Township Planning Commission/Board of Adjustment
Dated: September 26, 2025
(published in the annandale advocate wednesday, october 1, 2025)
Corinna Township
County of Wright
9801 Ireland AVE NW
Annandale, MN 55302
There will be a public accuracy test of the Corinna Township Omniballot and voting equipment on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. at the Corinna Town Hall, 9801 Ireland AVE NW, Annandale, MN.
Mary Barkley Brown
Clerk/Treasurer
(published in the annandale advocate wednesday, october 1, 2025)