e e e two minutes late sorry about that uh we will call July 8 2024 Park border vegetation order M re please call the RO here
hereis here here medison here have to item number two reputation of the district mission and vision no okayy Madison you look like you gonna say no so trusty Madison go okay the mission is to create an
inclusive learning community that provides the best academic and social experience by educating the the whole child one child at a time and the vision is cultivating Visionary leaders and compassionate citizens engaged in the glob
thank you go to item three approval of the agenda agenda was circulated for today's meeting um if there's no issues with the agenda we will pass motion to approve agenda byous consent just one item is
that on item 6C the second part of that the only part of 6C that that remains approval no I I was listening um are there any issues with
that one change all right so what we'll do is we'll pass Mo to approve the agenda um issues appr item four appr consent agenda um that
also was uh shared with everyone the two items the special meeting minutes and the personel actions um report as well as theend are there
with the approval of the consent agenda yes sir P something off I just have a question about okay um Dr Ferris the on the agendum
there was a annual accounts receivable support stipend is that because the person's position is in accounts payable and they were helping in accounts receivable yes instead ofing full staff yes got and those were additional
hours there there's an accounts receivable stien and I noticed that the individual's um position is Accounts Payable so I was just clarifying that that was they were working additional hours in accounts receivable and that's
got thank you if nothing else passend that all right number five public participation public participation is one way communication which members of the public are asked to address the full board understand that board
members resp particip because the O Park Board of Education values public public meetings not just meetings and public we welcome public comment on school issues speakers are asked to express themselves in a civil manner with due process for the
dignity and privacy of others who may be affected by public comments the public comment portion of the meeting cannot be used to make personal attacks against a school board member or School District employee that disrupts the order of the
meeting and is totally unrelated to the manner in which the member or employee performs his or her duties speakers should be aware that if statements violate the rights of others under the law of defamation or invasion of privacy
such comments may result in legal liability most comments can be concisely stated in three minutes and the board respectfully ask that comments remain focused on the topic or issue and not be directed at specific Personnel or board
members I do not have any public comment cards at this time okay to address the board going twice okay we go to item six um we go to
action items under item six 6A designation of meeting dates I'm sorry nothing um so the meeting dates were shared at the last meeting are there any
the proposed meeting dates uh were shared at the me and they are in your packet now are there any questions comments concerns about any of these no I just can't do January 20th that's all yeah that's that's for the uh set
dat oh got to that oh but these are the regular regular okay concerns here okay hearing none
um yes resolve that the OPA Board of Education approves the schedule of public meetings for the 2024 2025 school year as attached second motion made by trusty Smith by trust questions on motion yes yes Davis
yesin yes Madison yes and Smith yes that motion passes going to item 6B acceptance of food service contract Chartwells um trusty Clark resolve that the Oak Park Board of
Education officially approves the recommendation of the district's Food Service committee to select chart Well's food group located at Compass Group 2400 York Mount Road Charlotte North Carolina 28217 for the district's food service
program this selection will be effective from July 1st 2024 to June 30th 2025 for the sum of 2, 38,1 19736 it can be extended for up to an additional one-year periods upon mutual
agreement between the SFA and the fsmc as outlined in the bid documents dated May 28th 20124 second motion trust Clark second about any questions on
clarification was it four additional I was too fast I can reread that last up to one per yes any other questions or
clarification okay second I did Elvin yes Davis yes yes yes Madison yes Smith
yes and C yes uh motion motion passes item 6 C approval of Nova bid pack uh you available to read that sure resolve that the Oak Park Board of Education accepts the district
administration's recommendation to purchase the Nova HVAC bid pack number six not to exceed 9,614 3283 including contingency and construction management fee the purchase will be made using proceeds from the
2021 bond funds second motion made and second by trust second by trust Clark any questions on that motion I assume you're here to discuss actually just here to answer any questions uh in your board pack you do have two recommendation letters uh so
our last board presentation we said we're out for bids we actually received 27 B different biders in eight different categories uh right now we're just below the $9.4 million there is an ad alternate for the Michigan Works area about $270,000 we're not going to award it yet but we want the board to be aware of it
so funding does become available between now and let's say uh somewh 2025 26 we're able to do that um if approved tonight's uh procurement will start we actually had a great call with DTE this morning so they're already looking at ordering the primary switch gear the telephone pole which is going to take them some time
uh so we're getting new power uh distributions to Nova as we look at the new H upgrad so again appreciate the board to take a look and we're doing improving this evening so that keep us on schedule within budget so again thanks to the superintendent's office finance and Facilities get us to here this point
so question on trusty cour the taxes have been uh included into this amount right they have yes that was a uh and again the bond passed before prevailing wage took effect in March so not effective to the new prevailing wage rates because your bond
did pass before the 2024 um but again competitively bid but bid that um as well as um some others District's website again they have 27 different biders in any categories great coverage other questions on the
motion M call yes yes Davis yesin OD yes Madison yes and Smith yes okay that motion passes go to item thank you thank you
for being here go to item um 6D which is approval of Oak Park schools 20242 catching kids Hearts contract trusty Davis the resolve the Oak Park Board of
Education approves purchasing the capturing kids heart service agreement contract for $131,400 for the 202 24 through 2025 school year made by truste Davis and seconded
by trusty Smith heat to the punch trusty has a question are we expanding capturing kids Hearts districtwide now so previously it was limited to elementary elementary y so we're expanding it across secondary so
we're adding secondary and and this is aimed at increasing in our um our belonging and and engagement with yeah this this is our overall foundational strategy for the whole um culture um
piece for the district and that belonging piece was one big portion of it but it's the overall School culture piece that's encompassed inside of capturing kids Hearts thank you remind me how
I to say 31 response the uh previous um sessions were conducted under a mental health Grant and Esser this year will be used against section
31 thank you any any other questions Smith yes yes Davis yes Elvin yes Madison yes yes and
yes okay uh item 6 e where we will discuss schedule dates for the superintendent EV goal setting um we have two available dates for for the superintendent evaluation Tuesday
December 18th Wednesday December 19th December 18th that far ahead so me personally I I'm better for the 19th and the 18th cuz that's an early release day I think it's Wednesday and Thursday Wednesday and Thursday wday
Thursday messed that up all right then uh yeah I guess you're right my apologies for the 18 you're bad on the 18th I would prefer the 19th if I have to do the 18th I will but I would prefer the 19th cuz the 18th is an early release day and my son's
therapist probably won't either one works for me either one works for how about you one of those days you got something no I don't actually don't I cannot I actually don't but I have I'm having foot surgery so I don't know if I'll be up or
not this would be a 6m start by the way uh you're good I I hate see that far so it's always like you know y'all man you guys got I think we need to start schedule stuff even further out cool all
right right so um Thursday December 19th then for that um and then goal setting uh the 20 20 yeah we're not doing that all right
so the 21st through the 23rd 30th or the 28th through the 29th any one of those days what say the 28th January 30th you want to go all the way out to
the yes please that's just that's your preference yes please 28 there's no is there isn't there a uh some sort of um thing Washington around that time
yeah oh me the dat I think that is the week before it's usually that last week I thought it was before here it is advocacy and Equity
Institute is February 2nd through is there any concern with January 30th at the beest of trusty cor January 30th yes sir really six six oh
yeah 6 o00 it is uh all right so we decided on Thursday 19 and is that one at 6 too they all at 6 okay Thursday
January like these all right with that said then I'll make the motion resolve that the O par Board of Education approve the dates of December 19th 24 to conduct the annual superintendent evaluation and
January 30th 2025 to set the superintendent go for 2025 calendar year second motion made by myself second trust any questions on the motion
he Smith yes Madison Yes Yes Alvin yes Davis yes cin yes Clark yes okay thank you the motion passes 7A wellness policy and I believe you are on for this
yes okay good evening so in your packet is the uh draft wellness policy um during a recent Food Service audit it was discovered that uh wellness policy has not been updated by the board we're not asking for an updated wellness
policy for the board's actual policies this is just our administrative guidelines for that policy any questions anyone else any questions I couldn't hear you didn't hear her I did not hear her would you please
say so we're not asking the board to adopt a new wellness policy these are just the administrative guidelines that mde has asked us to get approval for understood good yep okay anything else from members of the board
okay hearing none uh we will go to our Communications are there Communications from members of the administration no for members of the board yes love the definitive nature with which you said
trusty Smith yeah I just want to thank the district for their participation in the Oak Park youth Assistance programs uh pancake breakfast that was held on the fourth of July um our cohesiveness and collaboration made it a successful event um we had fun out there and uh you
know just uh want to keep that want to keep that relationship going um just Kudos great job that's it okay uh anything else from members in the agenda we at item 10 of Jour uh trusty
Davis the next meeting of the Board of Education will be held on Monday August 26 6 2024 at 700 p.m. in the boardroom of the administration building okay if nothing else then uh with without objection pass a motion to
adjourn by unanimous consent is there an objection to doing so good we're here by J at 7:22 p.m. thank you