Notice of Regular Meeting
Benicia USD
November 04, 2021 6:00PM
Benicia Unified School District Board Room 350 East K Street Benicia, CA 94510. This meeting will be in-person and masks are mandatory. For those not in-person, we will continue to Livestream and it will be recorded via the BUSD YouTube channel.
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Approval of the Agenda as presented Passed with a motion by Diane Ferrucci and a second by Gethsemane Moss. |
Yes Diane Ferrucci.
Yes CeCe Grubbs.
Yes Mark Maselli.
Yes Gethsemane Moss.
Yes Sheri Zada.
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| Tania P. Courtney, Food & Nutrition Services Director |
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| Alice Wells, LHS, Ally Ballinger, BHS ASB President and/or Marie Markus, ASB V. P. |
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PLEASE NOTE: BUSD has moved to in-person Board meetings. We ask that members of the public who wish to attend, including those who wish to address the board, wear a mask at all times. All functions of the Board meeting, including public comments, will take place in person. Members of the public may address the Board at a regular meeting on any item within the Board's jurisdiction. Speaker cards are available at the back table. Please note the item you wish to speak to and submit a card to the Board Secretary. The Board President will call all the “open session” public comments not on the agenda (Gov. Code Section 54954.3) during the public comment item. Comments for items on the agenda will be called during the specific item. Comments are limited to no more than three minutes per speaker or the board may limit the total time to 20 minutes per item. By law, no action may be taken on any item raised during the public comment periods and matters may be referred to staff for placement on a future agenda of the Governing Board. Please be reminded to keep your comments respectful as students may be watching the board meeting, thank you. |
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| Approve the Consent Calendar as presented. |
Approval the Consent Calendar as presented Passed with a motion by Mark Maselli and a second by CeCe Grubbs. |
Yes Diane Ferrucci.
Yes CeCe Grubbs.
Yes Mark Maselli.
Yes Gethsemane Moss.
Yes Sheri Zada.
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| All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered by the Board to be routine and will be approved by the Board in one motion. There will be no discussion on these items unless members of the Board, staff or public request specific items to be pulled and discussed. |
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| Timothy Rahill, CBO and Jon Isom, Isom Advisors, a Division of Urban Futures, Inc. |
| As the District approaches full expenditure of its locally-approved Measure S GO Bonds for BUSD School Facilities, and there remains school facility needs from the District’s Facility Master Plan, the District is providing information on the District’s GO Bond History and New GO Bond Program Analysis. |
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| For the BUSD Governing Board to review and comment on the information on the District GO Bond History and New GO Bond Program Analysis. |
Benicia USD 11012021_New GO Bond Board Presentation
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| Timothy Rahill, Chief Business Official |
Currently, a school board member may participate in the district benefit plans at his/her own expense, and is provided the statutorily-allowed school board stipend of $240/month. It is at the school board’s discretion to consider providing district-paid benefits and up to an annual 5% increase to the monthly school board stipend to its school board members. Staff will provide a presentation on the details regarding board benefits and stipend for possible action at the organizational meeting on December 9, 2021.
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1-Board.Benefit.and Stipend.PP
2-Bylaw9250
3-Resolution 21.22.13
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| Timothy Rahill, Chief Business Official |
The District wishes to initiate proceedings for the issuance of general obligation refunding bonds to refinance certain maturities of the District’s outstanding General Obligation Bonds Election of 2014, Series A. The Resolution sets forth all of the terms and conditions of the issuance of refunding bonds to achieve interest rate savings. The Resolution authorizes the Bonds to be issued as traditional, federally taxable, general obligation bonds pursuant to the authority contained in the California Government Code, which will be payable from the receipts of ad valorem property taxes levied by the County on property within the District. |
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| Review and Approval of Resolution 21.22.13: “AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF 2021 General Obligation Refunding Bonds IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,000,000 TO REFINANCE OUTSTANDING BONDS OF THE DISTRICT, AND APPROVING RELATED DOCUMENTS AND ACTIONS” as presented |
Review and Approval of Resolution 21.22.13: “AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF 2021 General Obligation Refunding Bonds IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,000,000 TO REFINANCE OUTSTANDING BONDS OF THE DISTRICT, AND APPROVING RELATED DOCUMENTS AND ACTIONS” as presented Passed with a motion by Diane Ferrucci and a second by Mark Maselli. |
Yes Diane Ferrucci.
Yes CeCe Grubbs.
Yes Mark Maselli.
Yes Gethsemane Moss.
Yes Sheri Zada.
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1-Resolution 21.22.13.BUSD.2021 GORB
2-BPA.BUSD.2021 GORB
3-Escrow Agmt.BUSD.2021 GORB
4-POS.BUSD 2021 GORBs
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| Dr. Khushwinder Gill, Assistant Superintendent HR |
| Each year prior to June 30, public school districts must file with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) a declaration of need for fully qualified educators. The declaration provides the District’s best current estimate of the number of emergency teaching permits and limited assignment permits it may need to appropriately staff its schools as well as local efforts it will undertake to certify, assign, and develop fully qualified certificated personnel for the pending school year. The signed, Board-approved declaration must be on file with the CCTC in advance in order for any emergency permits to be issued to certificated employees on the District’s behalf. Action on this item was taken at the board meeting of May 6, 2021, however it was done under the Consent Calendar and the commission brought it to our attention that it must be acted on as a "Non-Consent" Action item, therefore we are bringing it before the board once again to have it corrected. Thank you for your consideration. |
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| Approval of the Declaration as Presented |
Approval of the Declaration as Presented Passed with a motion by Gethsemane Moss and a second by CeCe Grubbs. |
Yes Diane Ferrucci.
Yes CeCe Grubbs.
Yes Mark Maselli.
Yes Gethsemane Moss.
Yes Sheri Zada.
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2021-22 CL500 Declaration of Need for Fully Qualified Educators
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| Next Regular Governing Board Meeting is November 18, 2021 |
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| In compliance with the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact Georgina Martinez at 747-8300, ext. 1211. Notification 48 prior to the meeting will enable the District to make reasonable arrangement to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II). |
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Published: October 29, 2021, 10:11 AM
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