| A regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Tamalpais Union High School District was called
to order by Bob Walter, President, on September 13, 2005 at 6:15pm
in the Kreps Conference Center in the District Office Building
at Redwood High School in Larkspur.
| Members Present: |
Bob Walter, Jill Sampson, Susan
Schmidt, John Wright, Ruth Dell |
Student Trustees Present: |
Nora Barr, Alex Silver, David Crawford,
Claire Jodoin, Nick Wolf |
Administrators Present: |
Bob Ferguson, Superintendent
Arvo Toukonen, Assistant Superintendent, Adm. Services
Steve Butler, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services |
Report from Closed Session in Superintendent’s
Office
Mr.
Walter reported that Trustees voted unanimously to approve the
personnel items listed on the Agenda Analysis, copies of which
were available in the back of the room.
Trustees met with Labor Negotiator, Superintendent Bob Ferguson,
regarding certificated and classified negotiations.
Trustees discussed Public Employee Evaluation: Superintendent
Trustees discussed Potential Litigation (1 case).
M/S/C (Dell/Sampson),
by a role call vote of 5 ayes / 0 noes / 0 absent, to approve waiver
of expulsion hearing and expel Student #05/06-1 from the Tamalpais
Union High School District, effective immediately, for a period
of two semesters.
Approval of Agenda
M/S/C (Wright/Sampson)
unanimously, with Student Trustees concurring, to approve the agenda
as presented.
Approval of Consent Agenda
M/S/C (Schmidt/Sampson),
by a roll call vote of 5 ayes / 0 noes / 0 absent, with Student
Trustees concurring, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented.
- Gifts — to accept, with thanks to the donors, gifts of:
- four food gift baskets to Tamalpais High School, by Strawberry
Community Church.
- Minutes — to approve minutes for Board meetings
of August 23, 2005 and August 29, 2005.
- Budget — to approve
purchase orders over $7,500 on List #5 - Fiscal Year
2005-2006, to approve intercategory transfers in
the 2005-2006 budget, to ratify August 2005 vendor warrants.
- Healthy Kids — to approve California Healthy Kids
Memorandum of Understanding.
- Policy — to approve revised AR 6146.1 (High School Graduation
Requirements and Standards of Proficiency), previously
reviewed at the August 9, 2005 Board meeting.
- Staffing — to
approve addition of two hours to Food Service position
at Redwood High School.
- CSEA — to approve
modifications to Agreement between CSEA and District.
- CSEA — to
approve compensation agreement between CSEA and District,
including 3.2% increase to the Salary Schedule, retroactive
to 7/1/2004.
- Agreement — to approve MOU between Tamalpais
High School and Bay Area Community Resources, and MOU
between Redwood High School and BACR; additional counseling
services 2005-2006 school year.
- Education Equity Week — to
adopt Resolution #11 in support of Marin Education
Equity Week.
Consent Agenda – Facilities Modernization
M/S/C (Schmidt/Dell),
by a roll call vote of 5 ayes / 0 noes / 0 absent, with Student Trustees
concurring, to approve the Facilities Modernization Consent Agenda,
with Item #43 removed for discussion and action.
- Gifts — to accept, with thanks to the donors, gifts
of:
- estimating services, labor, and cash to the Drake and
Redwood landscaping projects, by Vanir Construction Management, Inc.
- Budget — to approve bond purchase orders over $15,000
on List #2 – Fiscal Year 2005-2006.
- Change Order — to
approve Resolution #9 and Change Order #1 to KCK Builders
for San Andreas Modernization.
- Contract — to approve
contract with Signet Testing Labs: Tamalpais Increment
6 (Gus Gym)
- Contract — to approve Modification #1
to contract with QA Consultants (Nate Cutler): DSA Inspection
Services.
Information Items
- Enrollment — Fall 2005
Department Ratio Report.
- Wellness Policy — Development of
Local Wellness Policy.
Item #43 – Change Order
M/S/C (Schmidt/Wright),
by a roll call vote of 5 ayes / 0 noes / 0 absent, with Student Trustees
concurring, to approve Resolution #10 and Change Orders #14 and #15
to Arntz Builders for Tam Increment 3.
Facilities
- Trustees heard presentation on how refinancing General Obligation
Bond can be used to benefit the District and its taxpayers, as
presented by Scott Nagelson of Banc of America Securities.
- M/S/C (Sampson/Wright) unanimously, with
Student Trustees concurring, to approve conceptual replacement
of Keyser Hall at Tamalpais High School and to authorize next
steps, as presented by Arvo Toukonen and Karl Schultz.
- Trustees
heard presentation on preliminary bonding financial analysis,
as presented by Chuck Youtz of George K. Baum & Company.
- M/S/C (Wright/Sampson)
unanimously, with Student Trustees concurring, to approve
Landscape Master Plan for Modernization and Post-Modernization,
previously reviewed at the August 23, 2005 Board meeting
as presented by Arvo Toukonen, with the following exception:
all further documentation must read “Conceptual
Landscape Master Plan.”
Budget
M/S/C (Sampson/Schmidt)
unanimously, with Student Trustees concurring, to accept 2004-2005
Unaudited Actuals as presented by Lori Parrish.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth Dell, Clerk
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