7/24/2020 FCC Mail - Fwd: Comment Concerns

Jeff Pieters <jpieters@postbulletin.com>

Fwd: Comment Concerns

Michael Wojcik <votewojcik@gmail.com> Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 6:23 PM
Bcc: jpieters@postbulletin.com

Hi all,

This is going to several local journalists. I will follow up when the information has been delivered to the appropriate state
agency.

I am sharing this with the local media because I am concerned about some of the content contained in the official public
document (email) below. This is in response to a comment I made that Superintendent Munoz hid the offer of free land in
the NW from the school board, city, and public. I believe this to be true and have some additional data collected.

I am not an attorney, however I try to understand the letter and intent of the Open Meeting law (Chapter 13D of Minnesota
statutes). I will be forwarding this information to the State Auditor or State Attorney General's Office. I am unsure of who is
responsible for violations of Minnesota's Open Meeting Law. There are at least two pretty clear violations of the Open
Meeting Law here. The timing of this official document and the inclusion of a quorum of the body means that this business
was conducted outside of a public meeting either in a private meeting or a series of serial meetings. Both are clearly
illegal.

Second, the reference to this being discussed in a closed session is also an over violation of the state Open Meetings
law. I don't believe this topic could even be covered in a closed meeting, but certainly the topic and parcel would have to
be noted prior to entering a closed session. This is clearly illegal.

This email smells like election year politics, but on their own these open meeting law violations by all 7 school board
members and the Superintendent are very serious issues.

Lastly, this whole email seems silly. If the information contained in this official public document is correct; I would revise
my statement from "The Superintendent hid the offer of free land from the School Board, City, and Public" to "The
Superintendent and the School Board hid the offer of free land from the City and Public. It's not like the new statement is
somehow better than the first.

-Michael

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From: SEELINGER, DEBORAH <DESEELINGER@rochester.k12.mn.us>
Date: Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 2:04 PM
Subject: Comment Concerns
To: Wojcik, Michael <MWojcik@rochestermn.gov>
Cc: AMUNDSEN, MELISSA <meamundsen@rochester.k12.mn.us>, BARLOW, DONALD
<DOBARLOW@rochester.k12.mn.us>, MARVIN, JEAN <JEMARVIN@rochester.k12.mn.us>, NATHAN, CATHERINE
<canathan@rochester.k12.mn.us>, SCHLEUSNER, MARK <MASCHLEUSNER@rochester.k12.mn.us>, WORKMAN,
JULIA <JUWORKMAN@rochester.k12.mn.us>, MUNOZ, MICHAEL <MIMUNOZ@rochester.k12.mn.us>, Norton, Kim
<KNorton@rochestermn.gov>, Staver, Randy <rstaver@rochestermn.gov>

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Councilman Wojcik,
We have followed—or have been sent screenshots—of your recent online posts regarding the Superintendent’s
communication with the School Board regarding property. You wrote that the Superintendent intentionally “hid”

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information from School Board members regarding a landowner’s offer to donate property to the District, and then you
engaged with others who shared your disdain for that action.
We want to tell you, in the strongest possible terms, you are incorrect. The Superintendent did provide the School
Board with this information in a timely fashion. It was discussed in closed session, as policy stipulates, a number of
times before the Board determined that the cost to modify this property to make it suitable for a school building was
prohibitive. Mr. Wojcik, truth matters. Clearly you have every right to disagree with School District actions but,
especially as an elected official, we ask you to get your facts right.
We are very concerned about your motivation and eagerness to publish this false narrative which paints both the
Superintendent and the School Board as unethical and inept.
Trust and collaboration between Rochester’s governing bodies are very important to those of us who serve on the
School Board. We hope you will not work to undermine those relationships.

Sincerely,
Rochester School Board Members,
Melissa Amundsen
Don Barlow
Jean Marvin
Cathy Nathan
Mark Schleusner
Deborah Seelinger
Julie Workman

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Regards,

Michael Wojcik
Rochester City Council - Ward 2

www.votewojcik.org/blog

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