Things got heated. Joining us now are residents from these cities and states, Kata Truss, Priscilla Ron, and John Featherston. Good morning to you all. John, I'll start with you. As a uh former migrant shelter director from Massachusetts, what is your reaction to the mayor of Boston's testimony yesterday? Mayor Woo continues to embarrass Boston and Massachusetts with her performance. She paid lawyers $650,000 to coach her up yesterday to put put on that pathetic performance. And I will tell you as a migrant shelter director that every woman and child in Massachusetts is at risk because of the policies of Mayor Woo and Governor Mora Healey. Yeah. And the mayor said yesterday and this she was asked in the city of Boston, how much do you spend on on illegal immigration? and she responded, "We don't ask about immigration status in delivering citizen services." She didn't know the answer to that question.
Yes. Yes. So those are the building use fees. The other thing that you have in your packet is uh the actual regulation itself. So you'll have one that has all the suggested track changes. So if you wanted to see and then there's a clean version after that has the updated regulation. And I would say that the the purpose of updating the regulation is not necessarily to change uh practice but just to provide more clarity to people that are renting our spaces in terms of what they need to provide to rent. Um it also matches some of the language we use now like I believe there was something Vin's role was it was a previous role that he had um the director of management services. Yes, that's right. changing that to the chief operating officer. Uh just making some language more consistent. Uh being clear about the insurance needed some of the supervision with police and fire and custodial services.
We also prek is a very important you don't want to lose students over but you also you know to keep up with the rising cost. So the the camera doesn't show the thing but I do this for the board according to Mrs. coaching. I'm sorry. I was standing right in front of um these students will be moving to kinder that stop here and then these students are going to be coming back. Yeah, the three bottom three bottom are going to be coming back, right? Or two because it's it's this these three are coming back. The reason why they financial but the from from student these all the way to student six will be going through kinder and then these three students will be coming back. So we have six scholarships and they have to rep reapply every year with you know income changes you know rates this or or you know people bonuses or whatever.
That's what most organizations need. Of course, an IGA will need to be established between the two organizations to set up the legal underpinnings. Um, the city will create a new division under sports and tourism just for this presenting with its own dedicated full-time and part-time staff. We do recommend that the district fund a one full-time theater manager position because that is one of the things that the city needs as its security is that when they show up to the venue to do the events the day of, everything is set. the systems are ready to go and uh and right now the staff is wearing a lot of hats like everybody does, but this position would ensure that the venue is ready to go every day. And then by reclassifying those rates, you get your revenue to cover that position and then also to conduct the phase one capital improvements, which the way that those are going to be funded potentially is the city would cover the initial investment of those capital improvements of that $840,000 or whatever that ends up shaking out being.
They are the ones who make it possible for us to achieve whatever we set out to. They keep our building clean. they keep the uh the inside of the building healthy and safe. And what we've decided to do is every year to provide an opportunity for them to communicate to the community at large how they do the great work that they do. Without much ado, I'm going to pass it to uh Mr. Bill Quinn, the director of operation and maintenance. Thank you, Mr. Opi. Um thank you for the board and this time I would also like to thank you for the three years of collaboration that we've worked over the years. We've had some great conversations um and and had some great wins. So, we will get started. I would also like to thank my team for the process of of building this uh report for you.
Any discussion? Going to miss her a lot. You're going to miss her a lot. Vote. Doug, yes. Carol, yes. Vicki, yes. Andy, yes. Yes. Motion carries. Recommendation to approve memorandum of understanding between Brown County Health Department, Brown County Schools in regards to funding for bake sensors. Can I get a motion to accept? Second. Second.
Is that acceptable? No, it's totally not acceptable. And we're 3 years into the migrant crisis here in Massachusetts. The legislature continues to pass funding to fund what we refer to as the Healey Hotels with no accountability and more importantly, no no exit strategy to find permanent housing for the migrants. and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has spent over $4 billion on this crisis and there's no plan uh for housing for the migrants and ultimately the Commonwealth is failing the migrants. It's it's just totally unacceptable and other budgets are being stressed in the Commonwealth. School budgets, public safety budgets are being stressed and you know this lunacy needs to stop. illegal immigrant criminals back into the streets instead of turning them over to ICE in the first place. Well, but here's the problem. Uh, Mayor Woo should be embarrassed. Governor Healey should be embarrassed. You have to bring in an outside agency to clean up your streets.
So it's really just meant to provide more clarity, but it doesn't really change the conditions under which our renters are currently operating. Um and then and this was created by looking at some other districts that had more refined regulations that we did and putting that all together in something that matched our practice but also allowed us to create transparency with people that want to use our space. So the fees are part of the regulation and not part of the policy. Correct? Yes. There would be the policy determine the groups we actually the regulation talks about the groups as well. The polic It talks about the use of school facilities, types of activities which will not be permitted and that's it. It's a one page thing. The Boy Scouts got added into this in 2019. bigger. Yeah, this was remember this was statuto back in 2019.
So these three will be encouraged to and then whoever we're having um a kindergarten roundup or pre-k round up or whatever. So then we'll have prek applications there also just in case somebody comes in for a prek application but those won't come out until July June and July. So the three that are coming back are they able to apply now for a scholarship? It's not yet ready. The resource regional scholarship hasn't released their application packet for the next school year. They typically in the past they would um release it around May. If it becomes available then a priority are the ones already in the classroom. We have a level of priority. Okay. And it doesn't really make sense. Like I I told them over here, you can fill out an application now, but it's just going to change. Yeah. You're going to end up having to do it all over again.
And that that is offset through a combination of two sources. one, the rental fees that the district would charge the city could be waved for the first five to six years, and that could go towards that amount. And then the city will be applying a $3 facility, like a capital maintenance fee on every ticket that they sell for their shows. That money that that they save, that would also be applied to this capital improvements. So that way it offsets at the end. And then finally, as far as a transition timeline, uh what you see here is kind of best case scenario. Um it's not going to get shorter. If anything, maybe it could get longer because you know how hard it is to write the IGAs and to get things set up. But best case scenario, by next spring, there could be the the Vista could be back open for presenting and doing shows.
Uh we put a lot of work into it and and I would like to thank the OCMA staff here in the audience today to come and give us a little support behind the scenes. Thanks. All right. So, as we present our second annual operations report, we we're proud to highlight our accomplishments over the past year, reflecting on significant progress in enhancing student experiences and strengthening collaboration across district departments. Our mission is to provide a safe and healthy space for students and staff for the district SD308. Our strategic goals are a key component to the work our team does every day. This one for me was a fun one and and we did it last year and I would love to do it again for you because it gives a g overview of what the district is as a whole. So 65 square miles. Within that 65 square miles, we have 27 buildings serving over 2500 district employees serviced by 171 operations staff.
Any discussion? Vote. Doug, yes. Carol, yes. Vicki, yes. Amy, yes. Jice, yes. I have a question about that. I guess is it that doesn't say that we're approving the $20,000. just says we're agreeing to theou. Yes. So the just so you know theou is basically the program they outlined where they're going to be gifting the funds. It will go towards the purchase of the sensors and then the reporting that she mentioned. All theou is is that we are going to accept the money and that we are going to use it towards those sensors and then our reporting requirement and it'll probably go through SRO or something. The details will be figured out and then since um I'm literally getting the money tonight. So then at the next meeting I'll have the recommendation to accept the donation. Okay. That was it. I was like we had to get that first because Yeah.
So, number one, you should be embarrassed. Mayor Woo D in her city to city speech and says that she's going to stop Tom Hman. Well, she quite obviously didn't stop Tom Hman. And we all owe Tom Hullman a debt of gratitude and thanks for coming to Massachusetts and making us all savor. No, you know that's the new thing now. That's Trump's the king. They went through the well oligarchy first. Yeah. Oligarchy, then everybody was weird. Now he's the king. I mean, God, you know, I saw Michelle on the Daily Show. I think it was the Daily Show. And I I wondered what is she going to say? What's she going to do? How will she appear? And I was expecting her to be u sort of authoritarian, a little condescending, um just full of business. But instead, here's this charming, articulate, wellspoken woman with a good sense of humor.
Yeah, those groups were specifically called out. That matches policy that those specific organizations weird out. I was looking at this in the number one activities advocating for the overthrow of the United States. a lot of them have just changed it to activities that um do not conform the judge public schools. I don't know if when we look at that that's um can I ask about six through nine that are just taken out or they feel like we've included them in in the other areas? Yes. Yes. I'm looking at so agent board of education shall determine the conditions applicants must meet before permission to use the building. So that clarification is provided in some of the updated sections versus saying like deferring to the chief operating officer. um conditions controlled by the board of education shall include. So number seven is included in the updates including like the rental administration building use application and some of the supervision and number five and building use fees shall be paid directly.
So it's just better sometimes to wait until Juneish basically the fiscal year. Okay. So these three and whoever else supplies will be eligible for that those scholarships. And then we had another question about kiddos that are sped that we have to legally you know have in class or have we have to legally give services to. You don't have to legally have them forget. You just have to give them services. And I was an aid. I was an aid for a year. We would go and pick up the kiddo and then bring the kiddo. The kiddo would do a therapy for whatever therapist or whatever. And then we would take the kiddo back because we didn't have a prek program at the time. And and uh Head Start didn't have um an opening for him. So then he just got busted back and forth whenever therapies reach you know PTO or whatever and then we would take him back and it would be on the district bust him back and forth like quality.
Certainly going into the summer into the fall of 27, it would then be full boore. a lot of exciting possibilities and we are very glad to do the research and hopefully find an outcome that meets everybody's needs.
4.2 million square foot of asphalt. That's a lot of parking lot and sidewalks that we walk on every day. Um 562 acres. We stretch over three counties with a student population of over 16 16,000 kids under 3.4 4 million square foot of uh building under roof. Seventh largest district in the state of Illinois for million. This is huge. With that 65 square miles, I think it's someday we could probably be the fourth or fifth largest district in the state if with our growth. What we what we were doing here was giving you a look. Picture speaks a thousand words, right? It was important for us to show you and I'm going to bounce back between the two as you look at this. The board members with your pamphlet, you get to you get the centerfold action. Um, this this is a this is a path that our young learners take to get to that ultimate goal that that G that diploma at at one of our esteemed high schools.
So I gota that was I was like is it part of the usually separate? It's not. Yeah. So thank you. Motion carried. Um recommendation to approve entering into a monthly contract with Huser Cleaning and Junk Hauling LLC to provide second shift custodial services for the Brown County High School and Brown County Middle School starting Tuesday, April 8th, 2025. Can I get a motion to accept? I'll second.
And I thought, where's the disconnect here? How can this person believe what she believes and do what she's been doing? Again, it's destructive and not constructive. But it's interesting how she presents one side to the public, right? But when it comes to making policy, it's crazy. Well, and and John, she says, "No one can tell Boston how to take care of its own." The people that she's giving sanctuary to are not Boston's own. These are people who came in in here illegally for free stuff and increase the housing demand and cause crime in the street. You know, this is not our own. This is not Boston people. This is people that are just shipping them in and saying, "Here, pay for this. You know, it's it's disgraceful. I mean, they, you know, they've they're making her look like the sympathetic figure and just like Mora Healey's now making the talk show circuit, you know, trying to come across as funny, likable, articulate, but you know, as Bill said, these are not who Michelle Woo and Mora Healey are.
Um that's number eight, number nine and the threeh hour minimum. Some of this is just outlined in the use schedule on the back. So, it's just included here. So, on the on the front side, it looks like three and four are complete additions. So, what was three and four before? Yeah. So, we required people to have insurance before. And so, that's just naming it in the policy itself. So, every time that someone was renting, we were saying we need your certificate of insurance or proof of insurance. And so, just matching the practice that we have and there were questions that would happen during bill is like well what what exactly do I need or what what does this apply to and so just naming that as this is something we do and this is something we're going to ask for so they've been reed for those additions three re numbered from from Like there's no black in three and four.