An image from the Detroit Lions shows Iron Mountain High School head football coach Robin Marttila, recipient of the 2024 High School Football Coach of the Week honor in October. (Courtesy photo)

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain Board of Education has accepted with regret Robin Marttila’s resignation as varsity head football coach.

A 1997 graduate of Iron Mountain High School, Marttila has coached 23 years at Iron Mountain, spending his first nine seasons as an assistant and the past 14 seasons as head coach.

He led the Mountaineers to the playoffs in 13 of his 15 seasons and to the state semifinals three times — 2011, 2019 and 2022.

The board Monday also approved a financial audit done by Lynn Sadowski of Anderson Tackman and Co. of Iron Mountain.

Though a little late, the audit went well, Sadowski said. The district’s revenues have increased quite a bit over the years.

The districts’s net position showed $14.5 million in total assets, an increase of $7.4 million. The Zanardi Family Trust contributed $4.2 million of that money.

Sadowski said once the district receives a trust, it becomes an endowment

with restrictions. Fortunately for the district, the restrictions are only that the money be used for the school.

The district’s general fund balance has increased $745,000 to $4.8 million.

She did find a couple minor issues — a few journal entries totaling $102,000 were not entered correctly and $138,000 in debt service money was not transferred to debt service.

Overall she thought the district was in good financial shape.

In other business, the board:

— Approved the non-resident tuition rate of $9,608, the same as last year.

— Agreed to sell two lots of land. One on Hughitt Street is 90 feet by 120 feet and will be offered for $10,000 and a lot on C Street that measures 150-by-150-feet will be sold for $20,000.

— Approved the district’s drinking water management plan as presented by Superintendent Jerry Sardina. The new unfunded mandate is required by the state. The district must have all their water sources labeled and filtered. Sardina thought it also might be a good idea to have the water tested.

— Accepted a project contribution from the Iron Mountain Kingsford Community Schools for $100,000. One was also given to Breitung Township Schools.