| Citizens’ (Bond) Oversight
Committee (COC):
Overview, Duties, Membership/Members
OVERVIEW:
Board Resolution #10 of August 22nd, 2006 established a Citizens’ Oversight
Committee to monitor and audit the expenditure of bond proceeds.
Hereafter, the Committee shall be known as the Citizens’ Oversight
Committee or COC. The Committee reports directly to the Board of
Trustees. The Board shall appoint all members. The Committee was
established within sixty (60) days of the declaration of results
of the election (July 10, 2006).
Individuals appointed to serve on
the Committee must be aware of the duties and responsibilities
of the Committee. Committee members shall be available to attend
the Board meeting(s) when the performance and financial audits
are presented. The Committee shall schedule a meeting with the
District’s auditor
within ninety (90) days after the formation of the Committee to identify
the operating procedures of the Committee. Thereafter, the Committee
shall schedule at least one annual meeting to complete its duties.
DUTIES:
Duties of the Citizens’ Oversight
Committee will include, but may not be limited to the following:
- Performance Audit — Review the annual
performance audit of the Bond funds prepared by the District’s
Auditor to ensure that bond funds are expended in accordance
with Measure A. With the Auditor, report to the Board of Trustees
on the findings of the performance audit, including recommendations
as needed.
- Financial Audit—Review the annual independent financial audit on the sale and expenditure of
bonds prepared by the District’s Auditor to ensure that the allocation
of funds are in line with the overall Facilities Master Plan. With the Auditor,
report to the Board of Trustees on the financial audit, including recommendations
as needed.
- Audit Firm—Evaluate the performance of the auditor firm contracted to perform both the financial
and performance audits, including recommendations to the firm and the Board of
Trustees as needed.
- Final Report — Prepare a final report
to the Board of Trustees at the completion of the modernization
effort and expenditure of all Measure A bond proceeds.
MEMBERSHIP:
The Board shall approve all members of the committee to two-year terms. Pursuant to Proposition 39 and Education Code 15282, committee membership shall include, but not be limited to:
- A representative active in a bona fide taxpayers’ organization
- A representative active in a seniors’ citizens organization
- Two representatives from the community
- A parent/community member from Drake High School
- A parent/community member from Redwood, San Andreas or Tamiscal
High Schools
- A parent/community member from Tam High School
- A member active in a business organization representing the
business community located within the District
At least one of the members (other than as identified in 1, 2,
or 7 above) shall be a parent or guardian of a student enrolled
in the District. At least one other of the members (other than
as identified in 1, 2, or 7 above) shall be a parent or guardian
of a student enrolled in the District and active in a parent-teacher
organization.
No employee or official of the District, or vendor, contractor
or consultant to the District, may be appointed to the Committee.
OTHER:
The Board of Trustees shall appoint the initial Chair of
the Committee. The Committee must adhere to the requirements
of the Brown Act applicable to public meetings and its minutes
and all other documents received and reports issued shall be
posted on an internet website maintained by the Board. The Committee
members shall be subject to statutory prohibitions against financial
or other conflicts of interest applicable to school board members,
and may be required to adhere to financial disclosure requirements
of the Political Reform Act.
January 3, 2007
* The Oversight Committee for the 2001 bond, known
as the "Fiscal Oversight Committee (FOC),’ is still active and
may be referred to as such in archived documents. The 2006 Measure
A bond is a Proposition 39 bond. Prop 39 uses the title “Citizens’ Oversight
Committee” or COC for this important group.
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Members of the COC
member list updated 12-Jan-2007
George Yandell, Chair
Parent – Redwood High School
Loraine Berry
Senior Organization
Grace Hughes
Business Community Member
Dick Johnson
Community Member
Nancy P. McCarthy
Taxpayer Organization
Ellin Purdom
Parent – Drake High School
Larry Litvak
Parent – Tamalpais High School
Paul Waszink
Community Member
Staff to the COC
Lori Parrish
Chief Business Official, TUHSD
Sarah Lynn Schoening
Senior Director of Facilities & Modernization, TUHSD
Terri Montgomery
Auditor (Vavrinek, Trine, Day & Co.) |
