You won't be making any transfer of the property. You'll just be entering into that agreement. Once that agreement is there, then the developer has the ability to go out and do all of their due diligence and negotiate their terms with the village and with the school district, but all through the village and it stand. >> So, we would vote on the resolution March 23rd essentially. That's what I'm used. Okay. >> It's being entered tonight for information. In the interim, the village will confirm and >> there's still time to questions and anything. There's still lots of time yet for other questions and for potential outs and you know things like that. >> The village indicated in our last discussions I think last week and a half ago the village indicated that they anticipate this entire process to take until the latter part of 26 or early part of 27.
So, we have a busy summer coming up. Uh we went out to bid on January 13th. That's when bids were made available uh for this project at Deer Path and Three Oaks. Uh a mandatory pre-bid meeting was held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, January 20 20th. Uh we had a pretty good turnout with multiple U contractors uh attending. Uh the bid opening was at 2 p.m. on February 10th. Uh and we had three bids submitted. The three bids came in from Bowler Construction, Tyler Lane Construction, and uh Manusel's General Contracting. Uh after reviewing the bids, uh it is the recommendation of our architect, and we concur uh that Tyler Lane's uh bid was most responsive uh to uh the district's bid proposal. We would recommend that the the board approve uh the bid by Tyler Lane Construction in the amount of 10,615,19 and again that is for work being done at Three Oaks and Deer Path.
>> Well, that's just one part of this huge allege equation we're trying to create here depending what we do with breaks, too. just putting it out there. I don't have I don't have the answer. Just >> want to be part of the discussion. >> Yes, appreciate that. >> I think that's the thing that what we've heard and and gathered is the breaks we feel like are need to be set the way they are with the number of days that are there. Um so anything we take on the front end, we got to add on the back end. Well, again, thank you for bringing this to our attention and and thank you for putting it out so early. I think that's probably more important than than anything for parents and teaching. Do you want to uh Yeah, we can look at the 2829. Is there any different thought on the 2829 calendar that anybody wants to add?
One of the one of the things that we were talking about was bus drivers like there's an upcoming training with the sheriff department on child trafficking and so they're well aware that we have this safety audit going and we will be sharing that with them. Absolutely. >> I would just add that the officers are involved in the process as well. We talked with the chief and we've had officers from the school district uh police and from uh EPD and then we're meeting with the sheriff. So they have been at the buildings. Matter of fact, a couple times the same officers have been we've been three buildings today and saying the same office, they're moving around. They're really engaged and it's just interesting to watch that sometimes while they're with us, they're getting a call and I've got to go. I've got to run over to the ele this elementary school.
Any questions or comments before we vote? Principal Drummond, we are glad you're okay, too. >> Thank you. Uh, hearing none, we'll vote on the motion. That motion passes 6. And moving on to E5, approval of 2025 year-end appropriation transfers. Mrs. Babcock. >> Yes. This is just a formality um that's required for the state board of accounts um to zero out or bring the accounts to a zero balance by the end of the of the year um for calendar year 25 or budget year 2025. And so with that a request um perov permission approval um of this appropriation transfers. >> Thank you Mrs. Babcock. I'll entertain a motion reference to request >> recommend the approval of the 2025 year end uh appropriation transfers as presented. >> Thank you, Mr. Wall. And is there a second? >> Second. >> Thank you, Mr. Melture.
So they have a very important role and and they've done a great job. So I want to say thank you. [applause] >> With that, I motion to approve the employee health benefit plan for the 2026 2027 school year. >> Second. motion carries. Next item, we'll go to actual number four now. Recommendation for approval of job order contract in excess of $1 million. >> Thank you, Mr. President. Uh tonight we bringing to you as you know we have uh some tremendous hyperrowth in the northern part of our district in our Asante area. Uh tonight we are um bringing to you a solution to some of the growth in that area. We don't know that it's going to quit but we are addressing this growth through some adjustments at Asante and Mr. Mui will take us through this um this process. Thank you. >> Thank you Dr.
Then when we move to families, you can see we asked some uh qualitative and quantitative of families. We had 407 family respondents. 131 left left comments. And we'll dig into those comments in a second. But you can see here uh both the average rating in those top three boxes and the percentage that rated it a four or a five, they had an option of one to five. So pick those top two on the rating scale. Um so you can see the group that's neutral or negative in the changes is very low in comparison you know considering they had three options to choose from in that and two for the higher one. So, um, that's where we sit for that. And then if you dig into the open, uh, response to those 131 comments, you can see in here the things that they find strong. Um, you can see, you know, things around having more time to be in the class.
Uh tonight we also have representatives I believe we have representatives from Tyler Lane uh here. Uh we have Mr. Martin here and we have Mr. Staler here. Uh if the board has any questions. >> Okay. Uh, may I have a motion to approve the construction bid for the summer of 2026 as presented? >> Second. >> Okay.
>> It's really the same kind of situation. Um just looking at it again. Same thing with moving the days back. The one thing that we can do is if you look at December, we're able to roll Christmas break back, which balances the days much better between the two semesters um at 84 and 96, which is doable. The challenge again comes back to our kids coming back um for one day uh June 4th on a Monday and then teachers coming back Tuesday. That's the biggest part of it. Uh, Good Friday is a lot earlier in 29, which you can see there, Good Friday is on 30th. Nice thing about this, it gives us the opportunity to to lead into spring break with uh Good Friday off going into it, which is really appealing. Um, but again, just can't figure out a way about bringing our kids back for one day on a Monday.
So, we really can see that there's good connectedness here that also that the different departments. We've heard consistently that the sheriff's department, the uh EPD and the school district's police are on the same page and and and uh there aren't any turf territorial ego issues. Everybody really seems to work well together, which is not always common around the country. >> Mr. Trump, I am finished. >> I have just one question for you, Dr. Trump. Thank you so much um for being here because I know that there um there's been some concern in the community and and one thing that um I've heard a lot from you tonight prevention and deterrence. So, in your experience, have you maybe in um just in in interviews afterwards, have you heard from those who had planned to do harm, but they changed their mind about it just because the metal detector was in place?
Any questions or discussion before we vote? Hearing none, we'll vote on the motion. That motion passes 6. I'm moving on to E6 2025 year end and 2026 budget order financial presentation. Mrs. Babcock. >> Uh yes. So you have a presentation there that um is like a snapshot of um calendar year fiscal year in 2025. We have covered most of this detail. um already in the December financials. Um, but I will go ahead and go through this. Um, and it just gives you the, um, education fund, the December December snapshot again, um, that we've already covered. And then it goes into the, um, education fund receipts, expenditures, and cash balances, giving you the six-year comparison for your records. um so that you can see um our adjusted cash balance um there at the end as it was presented in the um document earlier. As far as going into the next page with the education fund ending cash balance um receipts and expenditures for the six-year comparison, there are two charts there for your review um with the receipts and the expenditure showing those um on that chart.
Cotto. Uh Mr. President, members of the board, uh Superintendent Croto, uh we uh um as as Dr. Croto described right there, you know, we've we've been talking about this uh for the last few years, and uh it's it's uh presented a project for us and a proposed uh expansion project up at the Asante School. Um and we have two uh two guests here with us tonight as well. Um, one of them works here every day, but we also have a guest with us, but our director of maintenance and facilities, Todd Blutter, is here, uh, who is involved with these projects, obviously overseeing them. And then we also have Whitney Dunn from Core Construction, uh, who's done a lot of work with Daizar and and and successful projects and, uh, and so they're here to answer specific questions if we have them. Uh, I think it's important to look at a little bit of the background when we talk about, uh, Asante Preparatory.
uh those early conferences, it's just for some classes too early to get into that data and feedback. Remember with the teacher initiated, this creates a window where as teachers find information that they want to reach out about, good or bad, they'll do that in real time as it develops. And it changing this mindset for families like don't wait for that night that's on the calendar. like if you have concerns, reach out and we'll interact with you. Uh you can see the Thanksgiving week alignment. Um and then just like the limits of the current structure and the idea that this is a more modernized kind of way of going about communication with all the other communication tools we have now like online grades and video chats and all of these things to make it there. You can see over some of the concerns, right? Uh there's some people that don't want a virtual only for format.
Did anybody have any questions? [clears throat] >> I have a question about the fee collection chart. Um I just want to confirm that under the fees section for activities those are the the 649,000 number is based on the previous year or that's not including all of the sports yet or all the clubs because last year it was 918. >> Yep. Um, so I can see how that's a little bit confusing. So the 20 2425 fees are cumulative of January or July 1st of 24 through June 30th of 25. So that is the whole year that's charged. What you're seeing in 2526 is what's been charged so far. Okay. since July 1st of this school year. Um I don't think that all of the fees have been um charged yet to the push point for like spring sports and those things. So that number will come up.
Is there any discussion questions? >> I guess the question I'll ask that I always ask is um are we using skilled union labor for these? Are we uh for these projects? I mean I just want to make sure because we pay prevailing wages. So I just want to >> I live in the neighbor trying to get work here. >> Okay. So we are using skill. Okay. Thank you. >> Any other questions? >> Uh Mr. Shepard, just for those that are watching, the funds that are paying for these projects, these are um referendum funds. >> Yeah, these are the the funds that uh for from the bonds that we issued uh last no two December ago now, I believe. Uh and the third phase of the referendum funds will be uh worked on here at the junior high and parking lot improvement. Uh that will be funded through bonds that we issue it this fall.
And as as Mr. Warney pointed out, if you think the last couple of days are a lot of games and things, just imagine if you're bringing kids back on Monday or if you're at the high school, how do you get if you're that teacher and you get assigned that your kids are taking their finals on that Monday when that's the only day? That's going to be really tough. >> Dr. Terrell, could I um ask a clarifying question on that one on the second option that has the students starting on August 16th. >> Correct. >> Um if we were to have a traditional spring break at the end of March as opposed to the first week in April, um thus absorbing the Good Friday holiday just like it is this calendar year that we're about to have. Um that would get our students out. Removing that one day would get them out on Friday, June 1st.
And before I I finish that question, my my I would liken that to my neighbor um believed that putting up a sign that said there's a security camera here is going to stop the person from breaking into his shed and it never did. You know, then it was, you know, some folks have the fake um door bear doorbell cameras or security cameras thinking that, oh, I'm not going to hit hit up that house. But in my experience in in my research when I was a community organizer was many times there's a mental illness crisis component um delusions. Um I don't in my experience a metal detector be they're going to find a way to circumvent it if they're in that type of crisis that's put them in the mindset of doing harm to others or themselves. Oh, what and what's your experience? >> I Well, I'll start with the one about the cameras because there when I get asked by media a lot about cameras, I my answer is there's a they're deterable to those who can be deterred and if you're lucky, they're evidence to those who can't be if they're in the right place, right?
and moving on to the debt service fund showing you um exactly what was just presented in the December um financials. Um and so I will not go into detail with that since we've just covered that. Um this is actually something I've not done in my current district. So this is new report for me and so I wanted to keep it consistent for for here. So if there's ever anything you'd like to see different, please let me know. I'd be willing to provide that for you. Um and then moving on to the debt service fund, the receipts, expenditures, and cash balances um for the debt service and those um charts again for the six-year comparison and then the operations fund looking at that for the December um month in or year end and the six-year comparisons again. Then the last one is the 26th budget order um which is the certified budget the certified AV certified levy um and then the rate in the beginning cash balances for those particular funds.