[laughter] >> Anybody have any questions? >> 6:15. uh agreement with Shasta County Office of Ed for highspeed internet services. That go down too. >> Actually went up just a tad. [laughter] >> Just a tad. >> What's a tad? >> I like a 100 bucks.
I think you are going to get closer to that 80% capture rate again, just because now we're only talking about, as of next year, kids who were born after COVID coming into kindergarten age. So, that little trough you had is going to be in your rearview mirror, but you're getting a slightly bigger piece of a much smaller pie, and so that still means fewer kindergarteners coming in. The bottom line, of course, you've had expansion of eligibility for transitional kindergarten. That's going to level out now that this was the first year that all 4-year-olds were eligible, and so anyone who, again wants to come to you for TK was able to. But, as you can see, there's still a big gap between those two ratios. So, again, there's uh potentially room to make up. Again, that existing net growth a little bit tempered the last couple of years, but still undeniably positive.
Prior to the notification of any parent or guardian regarding the transition process, school staff should work closely with the student to assess the degree in which, if any, the parent or guardian will be involved in the process and must consider the health, well-being, and safety of transitioning student. And I think that's the spirit of um what we're discussing here. I I I too would want to know um what my um son is experiencing and want to know, but I also know I wouldn't kick him out of the home. Um and I think it I think it has to stay on a case- by case basis because as educators you can get a sense of when a child is at risk um of being kicked out. Unfortunately, a lot of our unhoused youth are um in the LGBTQIA community um as a result of their identity.
So um >> so how would that work? Would they get people drop them off there and they >> No, it would be it would be here. Yep. It would still be here in our elementary school. Yep. Yep. They would just manage it, staff it, you know, um they would as far as like payments, you know, parents would just pay the Boys and Girls Club directly. You know, we're not involved in the financial aspect of it. We're not involved in the employment of it. Um the P, [cough] the staff, [clears throat] um you know, they asked me about how many kids we had daily. They asked um you know, who currently works it. Um they were pretty excited that our staff, our students work it and they're like, "Sweet. I mean, we can just bring them on to Boys and Girls Club." Um there's obviously there is there you know you hate to say there's a benefit to it but it that grant is a lot of work and so now certainly it the work was worth it I mean to get a quarter of a million dollars um but they pick up some of those pieces um and so um that part is is a is a good thing.
But um but you know um I'm I'm I'm very I'm I'm pleased that we're able to utilize the retained earnings for this year. So So thank you. >> Yes. There um with sewer as well. Um and again DPW might explain it a little bit better than myself, but um down the line in the next couple years, they do see um some larger capital projects. Um and Michael might be able to answer a little bit more on what that is. with connections. Um >> yeah, you know, just just basic um deferred maintenance uh work. Um so again, uh kind of the big question mark are the developments um you know, the ones that are permitted um or the ones in the middle of permitting, you know, are are they going to go forward to construction? you know, even if they do get permitted, um, you know, that, uh, that changes the game significantly on the revenue side and then of, of course, we all know changes the game in many other ways as well.
>> Oh, that's >> Anybody have any questions for Derek on that? >> Okay. 616 memor understanding with chefs county office of for the implementation of tobacco use prevention and youth engagement grant >> I have a question did we have did we designate already somebody from the district office to be the liaison for this >> I'm sorry say it again >> did was there a designation made already for someone to be the liaison it says there's somebody that will be designated like a designated rep or leazison >> that's probably Uh, so we've already done this because this is for our our SAR thing, but if if you recall, um, the county added the opioid thing, the funds and stuff, and we were not getting services for our students. We brought that community grant. This is part of that process. Um, so the fact that I'm on it, I signed the agreement, I designated.
Uh still getting, you know, 1.4 1.6% net growth in terms of again those K-11s, they all come back the next year, and you've got again um more of them than left the school year with. And a lot of that growth still occurs between 8th and 9th grade before you. You do pick up between your charter schools and private schools a lot of those who want to come to you for high school, but you do tend to have positive growth across most of your grades. And all of this boils down to here's that projection. Uh and really just a gradual taking back, and again, just like I said a few years ago, one thing we wanted to watch was birth rates changing. In this case, that wound up happening and pulling you down from the rosier years of projections when your births were higher. But now that we're we've really seen again that new normal of hovering around a thousand instead of 1,100 has normalized.
So, we must be understanding and compassionate to that. Um and that vague language, it keeps our even that very small percentage of students safe. >> Thank you, Commissioner Suarez. Anyone else? Commissioners uh Kenova. >> So then I would state that in a policy. I would say that if you feel that that in in the household or the situation, the student is unsafe, you know, to let them know. But that's not what we're saying here. We're saying that the exclusion list is all these people and parents. So that's that's why the two just don't match. So I don't really understand it. But >> anyone else? >> Okay. We're going to move on to PC CE personnel one through Can I have a motion for one through 19? Motion >> second. >> Motion by Commissioner um Brunac, second by Commissioner Paris. Discussion. >> Seeing none. Roll call, please.
So but anyways we I think I think that's tomorrow um that they're coming um without taking a peek at my calendar real quick. Um, so excited for them to meet, you know, our elementary staff leaders, um, kind of walk around our building, um, see our kiddos and and talk about what that program might look here. And then, um, you know, if that if that's something we'll move forward with, um, you know, we'll be rolling that out to parents as quick as possible. Obviously, there there are some families that are like, oh, shoot, what would I do next year? You know, based on my job, I I really utilize that before after school care program or or things like that. So um so we are putting working on that. So >> is that something where depending on what type of numbers that looks like? I know originally we said we may be concerned about losing kids because of the program >> if we're looking at losing that after school situation and a lot of [snorts] parents say well hey I'm going to have to pay out of pocket anyway >> and now I'm not going to get my kid brought back home or at least dropped off local.
But not only would that uh, would new developments coming online have an impact on property taxes, would also have an impact on the water and sewer revenue as well. Any other questions on sewer? I'm excited about trash discussion. >> All right. >> You think I'm joking. Stephanie doesn't know me well enough to know that I'm not joking. I'm excited about trash. >> All right. So with the trash side, um we do have an increase of just under 41,000. Um and that correlates with just increase in um cost and we are seeing a little bit of a reduction in some of the um bag sales. But our biggest expense obviously is for um our trash removal. Mhm. >> And this one's obviously a much smaller. >> So, um I know that last year we we looked at um rates for trash and we were talking about the bags and that the utilization has gone down.
>> Okay. >> All right. Motion to approve. >> Second. All those in favor? >> I. >> Unanimous. I. 617. Transfer of funds from the West Valley Principal Lottery to the Associated Student Body. SB mentions a manual. Can we um can someone speak to this on how this got to the >> negative? How we end up in the negative? >> So we have they have two different foundations right now. Both of them we don't have the ability to unlock any of the money because of the rules. It will still be negative after that but it won't be anywhere near as negative. And we've been trying to get the money unreleased. However, they have to hold any money for an x amount of time to make sure that there's not supposed to be any IRS fees come out of it. Is that correct, Jim? The way I understand it.
Uh but if that changes again, if anything with pace of development changes, some of those out years could look different. But this is based on what we know right now, our best indication of what we think your next 7 years will look like, again, for years 6 and 7, we're talking kids that haven't even been born yet. So, a lot can change. But even with that said, you're just really taking around that, you know, 5 years out, getting down to uh the lowest point that you had in the dark blue line of your recent past. So, it's more that you've hit that peak and are coming gradually back down, and it's really just now seeing uh and not long after this, assuming that those birth rates hold up, is when you would start seeing that stabilization, as well. When you suddenly have uh with the development, with the positive growth balancing out just only a slighter difference as more of those 1,200 birth cohorts age out.
>> Mr. Brunzak, >> yes. >> Mr. Kenova, >> yes. >> Miss Estri Barnes, >> yes. >> Mr. Paris. >> Uh, yes, but abstaining on number 15 in my name only. And number 16. >> Mr. Ragsdale. >> Yes. >> Mr. Ciano. >> Yes. Abstaining on P5, my name only. >> Miss Suarez. Yes. >> Vice President Santiago. >> Yes. >> President B. >> Yes. >> Motion carries. >> Okay. >> Next up is D Finance Facilities. We are looking for a motion to uh for a motion for D1 to 14 to move all all this. >> Motion. >> Second. Motion by Commissioner Brunak. Second by Commissioner Kenova. Discussion. >> Roll call, please. >> Mr. Brunzier, >> yes. >> Mr. Kenova, >> yes. >> Miss Estre Barnes, >> yes. >> Mr. Paris, >> yes. >> Mr. Ragsdale, >> just abstaining on the Kowanis Club donation. Besides for that, yes, >> Mr.
Even if we go to no cost, should we still consider an afternoon drop off location with a few buses like we currently do? Yes, that's a cost to us, but we're not losing x number of kids. >> I would I think that's something we definitely need to keep an eye on. >> Yeah, I think I mean we could that's something we could take a look at. I mean, we and we could be pretty flexible about it if we needed to run like >> I would just hate to lose kids over a >> bus because I can't get Yeah. >> And I think that's a huge number of that we just need to remember and and keep an eye on. >> Yeah. Yeah. I think um you know that that I guess there there's a couple moving parts there, right? You know, obviously >> Oh, sure.
>> Um but so it looks like the the bags have gone down but the the fees have gone up. Are we saying that the that the tonnage this that that basically we're seeing an we're expecting an increase in tonnage this next year even though we're expecting less bags. Is that about right? >> Um so I was going based off of like previous years how much we've we've taken in um for collection on both of those. >> Okay. And the um when when do we when do we um when does our contract run out for trash? >> I believe it's the end of this calendar year. >> No, it's the next one. >> Okay. >> It's end of 27. >> Okay. So, that's when we'll when we'll go out to bid just to look to see what's going on in the trash world. Okay. >> Yeah.
And so until that happens and until we have a head coach and a governing board that is able to vote and say it's okay to move that money. So, we've we've been at a standstill for a while and the show has had to go on >> and and we're we're trying to take action on this before the end of the year so that it doesn't get another audit finding. So, I felt that this would be the best way to get them back in positive status before audit season. >> You can also ask Stacy Adams. she was um put on the second board that was there was one that was dissolved pretty abruptly. Um and the previous head coach worked with her because I was on the first board. Um previous head coach worked with her to bring to start a 5013C without us. Um so she would have some more information on that.
So, that is again just a big wall of numbers. The main thing to really watch, as I had mentioned, is your current fourth and fifth grade, which number close to 900 students each. Those are really that It's that kind of basic physics of kind of the uh you know, the bucket up on the high shelf has more potential energy kind of thing. Uh that's where you have just an undeniable those two student uh cohorts in the next 2 years are going to move into middle school. E- uh you have one more relatively higher kindergarten cohort coming in next year, we think, based on births. After that, you're looking at something in the high 700s-ish for most years, based on who we know has been born. But, once you get those two cohorts that are kind of close to 900 out at the elementary schools, you're already close to that equilibrium level.
Ciano. >> Yes, we're on finance, right? Yes. Correct. >> Okay. Abstaining on F-13 Tomahawk promotions check 226860 from a business relationship. >> Miss Suarez. >> Yes. >> Vice President Santiago. >> Yes. >> President Pas. >> Yes. Motion. >> Commissioner Rexel, do you need? >> Yeah. I'm sorry. I need to abstain on check 226860 P15. >> You got it. >> Maybe I should make him go before you. >> Okay. We're going to move on to board member comments. Uh, Commissioner Estric Barnes, if you would do the pleasure, please. Um, I don't have much. I just wanted to shout out the Clifton. Is this the appropriate time to say this? Okay. Thank you. You're my guy. Um, I just want to shout out to the uh first all city choir at Clifton High that a week or so ago. It was phenomenal. Amazing. And shout out to all the kids and all the educators, music teachers.
Yeah. >> Um but yeah, I think that's something you know obviously we have drivers willing to do it every single day. Um and so it's not like we're adding you know yes there is an expense you know and there's a costbenefit analysis there right and so um you know there's >> there's some there's some equilibrium there somewhere right you know I mean it would obviously you know running a large school bus for one child you know we're not going to probably do but you know but running a large school bus for 14 children absolutely right and so um that you know get into a little trickiness there you'd say man why can't we just run a white bus you know activity bus for one kid. Well, we can't stop those buses and roads and we're not allowed to pull in people's driveways necessarily depending on um you know their educational status, too.
What will um so what will typically happen is waste management will approach us and say they would want to extend and they'll present an offer um and then um you know what we've done before is is Doug and I would discuss whether that offer made sense um whether it made more sense to go out to bid um understanding that you're rolling the dice if you go out to bid that same company that gave you an offer is going to bid, but it's probably going to be higher. Um, so so that's kind of how that process works. >> Okay. >> On a on a kind of a granular level. >> Yeah. Would so if if that were to happen and say waste management would come to us with an offer would we be able to negotiate you know look at different ways that we might be able to reduce reduce the cost whether it's looking I mean and this is this kind of goes back to just discussion we had last year about what whether it's recycling every every other week, whether it's um, you know, a different system than bags.