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Citizens'
Bond Oversight Committee 1. Call to Order Vice Chair Fadness , acting as Chair called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. (Mr. Fadness acted as Chair due to Mr. Tate not having a voice). 2. Roll Call: The requirements for a quorum were met. CBOC Members Present:
Martin Cohen, Jill Escher, Dave Fadness, Dave Ferguson, Liza Ferras,
Allen Rice, Al Roosma, Fred Schorr, Charles Tate, Greg West. Board of Education Representatives to the Committee Present: Veronica Lewis, Carol Myers. Staff (SJUSD) Representatives Present: Joe Aversano, Bruce Collins, John Cimino, Charles Corr, Florence Eng, Jerry Matranga, Dr. Linda Murray, and Ty Williams. Others Present: Geoff Lightfoot, Turner Construction and Curtis Matthews, Price Waterhouse Coopers. 3. Adopt Agenda It was moved (
Rice) and seconded (West) to adopt the agenda. 4. Approval of Minutes It was moved (Schorr)
and seconded (Cohen) to approve the February minutes. 5. Public Comment (Speaker Cards)
6. Consent Calendar
7. Old Business 7.1 Pre-school and Specialized Instructional Report. Mrs. Escher presented the report. It was moved (Escher) and seconded (Roosma) to accept the report. It was noted that Mrs. Escher had not received District staff edits and comments and therefore they were not included in the report. Motion Failed. It was moved (Schorr) and seconded (Ferguson) to have members Escher and Tate amend the report, and then publish. As a substitute motion it was moved (Mr. Rice) and seconded ( West) to amend the motion to have the report come back to the full committee before publishing. The substitute motion failed 4 to 6. The motion to amend and publish the report passed 7 to 2 with one abstention. 8. New Business 8.1 Expenditure Efficiencies. Mr. Corr reported
that the joint Board of Education/CBOC field trip had visited three
schools which were examples of three main topics under consideration: 9. Reports 9.1. Chair Report. There was no report. 9.2 Implementation Plan Report. Geoff Lightfoot of Turner Construction distributed a schematic of milestones for the production of the Implementation Plan (Exhibit A).It was moved (Cohen) and seconded (West) to accept the report. Motion carried unanimously. 9.3 Auditor Selection Sub-Committee Report. Mr. Schorr distributed the Sub-Committee report (Exhibit B). With this report the Sub-Committee has completed its work. It was moved (Cohen) and seconded (Rice) to accept the report. Motion passed unanimously. Mr. Aversano introduced Curtis Matthews of Price Waterhouse Coopers. Mrs. Lewis reported that the Board had accepted the recommendation. Mr. Tate nominated Mr. Schorr and Mr. Ferguson to serve on the Board of Education’s Audit Steering Committee. 9.4 Deferred Maintenance Sub-Committee Report. Mr. Cohen distributed the Sub-Committee report (Exhibit C) along with two proposed formats for reporting Deferred Maintenance activity (Exhibits D and E). It was moved (West) and seconded (Rice) to accept the report. Motion passed unanimously. 9.5 District Staff Report. Mr. Corr distributed a Conflict of Interest Questionnaire to the Committee and asked that they be completed and returned as soon as possible. 9.6 Web Liaison Report. Mr. Rice reported that since the last meeting there had been 134 hits on the web site between the February meeting and the original scheduled date for the March meeting and 507 hits from the Middle of March through April 15th. Mr. Rice will look into displaying the names of all of the Committee members at the beginning of the web page.
9.7 Bid Process Review Sub-Committee Report. Ms. Ferras said there was no written report. Mr. Williams stated that a draft of the Procedures Manual will be available in May and it will be distributed to the Committee. 9.8 Implementation Plan Review Criteria Ad Hoc Committee Report. There was no report. Mr. Tate will distribute a set of criteria and agendize it for the next meeting. 9.9 Financial Report. Mrs. Eng distributed the current financial report (Exhibit F). It was moved (Tate) and seconded (Rice) to accept the report. Motion passed unanimously. 9.10 Field Trip Report. (Mr. Corr had reported on the field trip in conjunction with Item 8.1). 9.11 Other. Mrs. Lewis introduced Al Roosma as a newly appointed member of the CBOC.
10. Items for Future
Agendas.
11. Adjournment. Meeting adjourned at 8:32 p.m.
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