Cedar Rapids board approves budget amendment, certified budget and settlement; moves to closed session
May 11, 2026 | Cedar Rapids Comm School District, School Districts, Iowa
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The Cedar Rapids Community School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to approve a fiscal year 2026 budget amendment and to certify the district budget, approved a settlement agreement and moved into a closed session for evaluation of professional competencies under Iowa Code section 21.5(1).
Board Secretary Shelty told the board the public hearing on the fiscal year 2026 budget amendment drew no written correspondence and no requests to address the board. Following that announcement, board members moved, seconded and approved the consent agenda and then approved the motion to adopt the fiscal year 2026 certified budget after a procedural clarification about the motion wording.
One board member asked whether the motion referenced the fiscal 2027 certified budget rather than the fiscal 2026 amendment; the board re-stated the motion with the corrected wording and re-took the roll-call vote. The roll calls recorded affirmative responses from Directors Taminsky, Burns, Zimmerman, Vice President Dimski, Director Buyers, Director Garlock and President Newman.
Separately, the board moved and approved a settlement agreement under its governance agenda; that motion was also decided by roll-call with the same directors recorded as voting in the affirmative. The meeting then moved to a closed session for the limited purpose of evaluating professional competencies, and the board appointed Director Burns to act as board secretary for that closed-session evaluation.
No public testimony was recorded on the budget amendment, and the board completed the procedural steps before adjourning into closed session.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: approved by roll-call (directors present recorded affirmative responses).
- Fiscal year 2026 certified budget / budget amendment: approved by roll-call after clarification of motion wording.
- Settlement agreement: approved by roll-call.
- Motion to enter closed session under Iowa Code section 21.5(1): approved by roll-call; Director Burns appointed to serve as board secretary for the closed session.
The board then proceeded into the closed session; no additional public actions were recorded on the transcript before the close-session motion.
Board Secretary Shelty told the board the public hearing on the fiscal year 2026 budget amendment drew no written correspondence and no requests to address the board. Following that announcement, board members moved, seconded and approved the consent agenda and then approved the motion to adopt the fiscal year 2026 certified budget after a procedural clarification about the motion wording.
One board member asked whether the motion referenced the fiscal 2027 certified budget rather than the fiscal 2026 amendment; the board re-stated the motion with the corrected wording and re-took the roll-call vote. The roll calls recorded affirmative responses from Directors Taminsky, Burns, Zimmerman, Vice President Dimski, Director Buyers, Director Garlock and President Newman.
Separately, the board moved and approved a settlement agreement under its governance agenda; that motion was also decided by roll-call with the same directors recorded as voting in the affirmative. The meeting then moved to a closed session for the limited purpose of evaluating professional competencies, and the board appointed Director Burns to act as board secretary for that closed-session evaluation.
No public testimony was recorded on the budget amendment, and the board completed the procedural steps before adjourning into closed session.
Votes at a glance
- Consent agenda: approved by roll-call (directors present recorded affirmative responses).
- Fiscal year 2026 certified budget / budget amendment: approved by roll-call after clarification of motion wording.
- Settlement agreement: approved by roll-call.
- Motion to enter closed session under Iowa Code section 21.5(1): approved by roll-call; Director Burns appointed to serve as board secretary for the closed session.
The board then proceeded into the closed session; no additional public actions were recorded on the transcript before the close-session motion.
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