| A regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Tamalpais Union High School District was called
to order by Bob Walter, Clerk, on September 28, 2004 at 7:00pm
in the Kreps Portable Building (E) at Redwood High School in Larkspur.
| Members Present: |
Bob Walter, Ruth Dell, Jill
Sampson, Susan Schmidt |
Member Absent: |
John Wright |
|
Student Trustees Present: |
Mimi Brady, Emma Fazio, Erin Frazier, Casey
Gillespie |
Student Trustees Absent: |
Jason Mehrens |
Administrators Present: |
Bob Ferguson, Superintendent
Chris Anderson, Assistant Superintendent, Instruction
Arvo Toukonen, Assistant Superintendent, Adm. Services |
Approval of Agenda
M/S/C (Sampson/Schmidt) unanimously, with Student Trustees
concurring, to approve the agenda, as presented.
Approval of Consent Agenda
M/S/C (Schmidt/Dell) unanimously, by a roll call vote of
4 ayes / 0 noes / 1 absent, to approve the Consent Agenda and Facilities
Modernization Consent Agenda, as listed below:
- Gifts — to accept with thanks to the donors, gifts of:
– Art supplies to San Andreas Art Department, by Toni Canova.
- Minutes — to approve minutes
for Board meeting of September 14, 2004.
- Surplus — to declare as surplus obsolete library books from
Drake High School and authorize disposal of property.
- Claim— to approve Resolution #7 rejecting claim for damages filed
against the District.
- Agreement — to approve Agreement with Fiscal
Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), not to exceed
$3,000, to conduct study of Payroll Department systems and
provide recommendations.
- Partnership — to approve partnership
between San Pedro Even Start and Tamalpais Adult School to
bring ESL classes to Even Start parents.
Consent Agenda - Facilities Modernization
- Contract — to approve contract with
Signet Testing Labs, Inc. for materials testing: Drake
High School Increment 4 project.
- Contract — to approve contract with
Tom Migliacci for DSA Inspector of Record services for
Redwood High School Increment 2.
- Contract — to approve contract
with Sensible Environmental Solutions for Industrial
Hygienist services for Tamalpais High School Increment
4.
- Contract Modification — to approve contract modification #3 to Nor-Cal
Moving Services for Tamalpais High School Increment
3.
Food Services
Trustees reviewed the status of Food Service operations
and discussed beverage machine contracts and types of beverages
used in machines, as presented by Judy Bedard and
Arvo Toukonen.
Facilities
Arvo Toukonen, presented a report on the design and construction
of Accessible Path-of-Travel to Wood Hall at Tamalpais High School.
M/S/C (Sampson/Frazier) unanimously, with Student Trustee concurring,
to allocate reserves for this project.
8:30pm – Adjourn to Closed Session in Superintendent’s
Office
9:15pm – Report from Closed Session
Mr. Walter
reported that Trustees voted to approve the personnel items listed
on the Agenda Analysis as revised, (with Applied Technology Department
Chair removed), copies of which were available in the back of the
room.
Trustees discussed a claim filed against the District – Claimant:
Adam Ross-Babendi
Trustees also discussed the Superintendent’s performance evaluation.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15pm.
Respectfully submitted,
John Wright, President
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