The North St. Paul-Maplewood Oakdale School Board (ISD 622) met in a special session on Nov. 12, 2025, to canvass returns from the Nov. 4 special election and certify outcomes. Board members adopted canvass resolutions by voice vote, confirmed that two district levy questions failed, and certified Sam Rosemark as the winner of a special election to fill a board vacancy.

Why it matters: The rejected levies would have altered the district's referendum revenue and provided a capital project levy for district technology; their defeat preserves the district's existing revenue authorization and means ISD 622 will not collect the proposed additional levy for taxes payable in 2026. The certified board-seat result fills a vacancy and changes the board's membership going forward.

Vote counts and outcomes
The board read the abstract returns for the two ballot questions and accepted them into the record. For school district question 1 (revoke existing referendum revenue authorization and replace it), 13,610 voters cast ballots: 5,709 voted in favor and 7,901 voted against. The chair declared the proposition failed for lack of a majority.

For school district question 2 (a capital project levy to fund district technology for taxes payable in 2026), 13,602 voters cast ballots: 6,044 voted in favor and 7,558 against. The chair declared that proposition failed for lack of a majority. (The transcript includes a typographical error listing the payable year as "02/1966"; records and context indicate the levy was for taxes payable in 2026.)

Board-seat result and certification
The board canvass for the special election to fill a school board term expiring Jan. 4, 2027 showed 11,515 voters cast ballots for the seat. The abstract reported Sam Rosemark with 7,198 votes and Justin Bridal with 4,121 votes; the board declared Sam Rosemark elected to fill the vacancy. The board then authorized the chair and clerk to execute a certificate of election to Rosemark.

Procedural actions
After the chair read the resolutions and abstracts, the board approved the canvass resolutions and the certificate authorization by voice vote. The motions recorded on the transcript included a motion to adopt the canvass resolutions moved by Martins and seconded by Yener; the canvass resolution for the board vacancy was moved by Livingston and seconded by Skor. The motion to adjourn was moved by Swar and seconded by Barnes. The transcript records voice votes and does not record individual roll-call votes.

Quotes
"All in favor, say aye," the chair said while taking the voice votes.

Next steps
The certificate of election will be executed by the chair and clerk on behalf of ISD 622, and Sam Rosemark will assume the seat once he qualifies under the statutory requirements for taking office.

Sources and limits of the record
All vote totals cited are from the abstract returns read into the record during the Nov. 12, 2025 special session. Individual member roll-call votes were not recorded in the transcript; the board adopted the resolutions by voice vote.