001Today is May 13th, 2025, regularly governing board meeting. First item of business is going to be, let me see here. Let's rise to be one pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence, please. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Let's see. First item of business is going to be. Consideration to convene public hearing pursuant to Arizona revised statute 15-905 for the revised maintenance and operations and district additional assistance expenditure budgets for fiscal year 2024-2025. The purpose of this hearing is to provide members of the public with an opportunity for questions and discussion on the revised expenditure budget for the year 2024-2025 fiscal year. Arizona revised statute 15-905 requires
002school districts to make all revisions that may result in a decrease in the budget limits and that districts may make any of the description of the describe revisions that result in an increase in the budget limits. The purpose of the hearing is to provide members of the public with an opportunity for questions and discussions, like I just said. At this time, I am going to turn over the floor to our CFO, Mr. Paul Dale. Paul. Andrew, you have the floor. Thank you, Mr. President, our members of the board. Thank you. We will be looking at the budget capacity and the capacity of the budget. August revised budget is the baseline. Typically, we would look at the July adopted budget, but you might remember that we brought before you a revised budget in August for maintenance
003of effort and special education. And so all of these changes will be compared to that latest revised budget that was in August. Jennifer is going to actually handle the majority of the presentation, and then I will be back with you. So we're going to break down this slide. The majority of this, we actually had a $2.4 million of budget balance period for the year. The majority of that is that amount, as well as we had a one-time payment of the free reduced price plan of about $254,000. The beginning of here also that we have the budget kind of an estimate based on where we think we need the budget. The capital funds, so unrestricted capital, it is the ways of building a new grant and bond building. Unrestricted capital, that is our capital as well
004as our district and the school district of Holbrook. We had a budget balance report of about $659,000 under our capital funds, and then we also had a one-time payment here of district and the school district. and along with that with our agm statewide regulation we have an additional one point one website fund so this budget is for our base pay our compensating for our teachers we also fund seven all day performance pay for next year This year, our federal grant is a large number here at the end of the change of $17 million. Like Dale mentioned, we revised our budget in August. Our ESSER funds were available through September 30th of 2024. And so they were in our budget as of August, but now we no longer have those funds, so we adjusted our budget
005now at $8.8 million under our federal grant. And state grant as well, we just had a decrease in some of the one-time state grants and also their reduction in some of our results. We have an increase due to some additional revenue from V&A's program. And we're able to account for that and increase our budget. This is the chart to show kind of the breakdown of the different funds that we've got. majority is under maintenance operations 43.9 percent and with that the bulk of the maintenance operations is our salary second uh state funds and third under the council the blue amounts are as many so we still have to check the budget thank you So really again the major changes taking place are changes to average day the membership following the statewide recalculation that takes place
006in July every year. Really that has to happen after June 30 because of the students who participate in the Arizona online instruction program throughout the state. So that statewide recalculation occurs at that time which allows us to now capture any changes to the RADN which impacts the regular control of it. Also, the district shared the statewide distribution of the current Proposition 123 program, which is one-time funding of our share of $75 million spread across every school district in the state. As Jennifer said, one-time funding for free and reduced-price lunches, as well as district additional assistance allocations, capturing the exact amount of the budget balance carried forward from the prior year. So when we develop a budget, we estimate what that might be. And then on October 15th, following the publication of the annual financial report,
007we have what those true numbers are. And so that's what this is reflecting. And then any changes in budget lines for programs or object expenses, maybe function expenses that needed to be changed. So, for example, we allow all of our decision units to be very flexible with how they spend their money. So maybe at the beginning of the year they thought they needed technology supplies, for example. As the year progressed, they said, we really like that free allocation of dollars for professional development or for a different need. And so we allow those transfers to take place. And so some of this revision accounts for those changes that take place through the transfer process as requested by the decision manager, which are our directors and principals. We are required to share all of this information on
008our website, which we do beyond what is just required. And so we have at crane schools dot org slash business slash business. You'll be able to see the prescribed annual expenditure report. Individuals can click on those links and see this full report in detail as prescribed by the Arizona Department of Education. With that, we'll pause for any questions and then we'll ask the governing board to convene the public hearing for any comments that members of the community have. Does anyone on the board have questions? Does anyone from the community have questions? Mr. Ponder, did we need to officially have a motion to open the hearing? Okay, if we could have the board, we need a motion to open the public hearing, have it, and then close. I make a motion that we open a public
009hearing to discuss the... expenditure budget to revise expenditure budget. Any discussion? So she proceeded to vote on favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed same sign motion passes four in favor one absent. All right ladies and gentlemen. Now I can ask a question. Sure I thought we already I thought we went into session. No we're just now in the public hearing. I just want to I just want to know the drop in federal grants is that. Is that because we don't have that now in our budget or because it was taken from our budget? It was highly driven by the ESSER dollars that we received through the COVID relief, and those funds have been expended at June 30, so they were no longer carried into our budget. We did have spending authority up through September
01030th of this fiscal year, which is why it was included in the August revision, but we were able to extend all those. Got it. Thank you. Any other questions? Any questions from the public? Seeing none, we shall move on to the next item of business. We'll convene to close it. Yeah, I move. Is there a motion to? Yes. I'll motion to adjourn. Properly move in a second. Any discussion? Shall proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes four in favor, one absent. Next item of business is, got it? Yes. Recognition of the Southern Arizona Research Science and Engineering Foundation Fair winners. The governing board would like to recognize Crane students who placed first, second, or third in the Southern Arizona Research Science and Engineering Foundation, also
011known as SARCEF Fair. Mrs. Doering. All right. The board will go in front of the dais for our superstar scientists. We'll be calling your names up as we call you. If you'll come up, get the certificate, but stay up here. And then afterwards, we'd like to do a group photo. I even see some science lab coats in the audience. Here we go. Starting off. Thank you so much. First student, come on down, is Anna Bermudez, who had first place. Anna Bermudez. Next is Arvind Kumar, second place. Dean Freeman, first place. Hannah Whitmer, second place. Holden Randolph, that was the Arizona Hydrological Society Award. Holden. Jay Chandra for the Naval Science Award. Jay. Oliver Montgomery for third place. Hari Chandra for third place. Doing double duty tonight, aren't you, Pari? Porter Frank, third place. Roma Chandra,
012first place. She's getting her steps in. Sophie Randolph, third place. Aaliyah Alvarez-Covarubias, outstanding project in nautical or submarine sciences. Next is Angelina Cardenas, outstanding project in nautical or submarine sciences. Come on down. Next, parents, please feel free to come up and get photos. If the board can stay in front of the dais, board members, if you'll stay in front of the dais, we have more awards. We're now item D2. The governing board would like to recognize Salita Del Sol Elementary School sixth grade soccer team who won the championship in the district soccer tournament. Soccer stars, we're going to call your name one at a time. Again, if you'll come shake hands, stay up here, and then we'll have the coach come up afterwards and we'll get a picture of all of you. Starting off. Next
013is David Roman. And coach, if you could come join the team, we'll get a picture. And parents, feel free to get pictures as well. Congratulations. Parents, we do want to let you know that this will be posted on our social media, so feel free to follow us and like us. It'll be on our social media platforms. For the next agenda item is the presentation of a donation from Aloe Fiber. Aloe Fiber will present the Crane Elementary School District with a check for $2,800. Is Aloe Fiber here? Okay, if not, we'll move on to our next agenda item. But as they transition, parents, you're more than welcome to stay through the meeting. But if you'd like to go, you can. We do have two presentations. Actually, we have two presentations. So let's wait to do that.
014Next is going to be Mesquite Elementary School. Item D4. Presentation by Mesquite Elementary School. Mesquite Elementary School Student Council. will share what they learned from the Apple representative Nora Ramirez about creating videos, including using the green screen and editing features. Okay. Good afternoon, members of the board, members of the community. We are very, Mesquite is very excited to be here this afternoon to showcase some of the great things that our student council has done. And at that, I am going to hand it over to our student council advisors, Megan Ornelas and Isabel Soria. Good evening. Thank you for having us here tonight. We do have some student council members here that want to share their experience this year and their contributions that they have made to our school. So first up, Ricky, come on up.
015Hello, everyone. My name is Ricky. My name is Ricky, and I'm the president of the student council at Mesquite. I'm excited to share a little bit about what we've accomplished this year. This year we had 34 active members in our student council and we worked hard together to make a positive impact on our school and community. As part of our end of year project, we created this video to share our accomplishments and thank everyone who supported us. Working on this video was a fun and creative way for us to reflect on all we've done. Our time spent with Ms. Nora Ramirez was especially valuable as she taught us many new skills, whether it was video editing, storytelling, or teamwork. We learned so much and it's been a fantastic way to end the year. I want
016to thank all of my fellow council members for their dedication and hard work. They've truly made this year amazing and we couldn't have done it without everyone's teamwork and spirit. Thank you to the board for your continued support of our student council. We look forward to working together to continue making a difference at Mississippi. And we have a quick little video that we would like to share that student council put together, filmed, and edited. Thank you for having us here tonight. We're excited to share a few highlights from a year as council members at Mesquite School. One of the most exciting opportunities we had was learning from Ms. Nora, an Apple representative who spent several days on our campus working with both students and teachers. Ms. Nora taught us all about Apple technology. One of
017our favorite projects was creating our very own school news channel. She guided us through every step from brainstorming a name to designing a logo to making original music with loops to learning how to film using a green screen. We even edited our final video using iMovie. It was an amazing experience that taught us new skills and showed us how we could use our technology to express our ideas and share our voice. This is just one of many things Student Council was involved in this year. We also organized fun spirit days, led a holiday donation to help those in need, and raised money for our end-of-the-year field trip. It's been a busy and meaningful year here at MQ. We are proud of everything we've accomplished together. Thank you for your time, and we hope you enjoy
018seeing a bit of what we learned. I don't have a question, but I do have an apology to the student council because usually we wait to the end of the student presentations and then we dismiss the parents of the children if they'd like to leave. However, I did it too early. So my hope for you is the next time you come back and present, we have a super big crowd for you. Thank you. Business. Presentation by Information Services Department. Eddie Payanes, Director of Information Services, will present an update on the district's cybersecurity posture. Good afternoon, governing board and executive leadership team. My name is Eddie Payanes, and I'll be presenting with Maria Navarro, our IT security and compliance analyst on our cybersecurity posture. So before I begin, Meany provided you a copy of our presentation.
019It has questions and answers for more detailed information that you can take home and study it, or if you have any questions during the presentation. So our approach to providing our posture updates, it's a roadmap, right, of the recent implementations and changes we have made and in the future what we're going to do. So this roadmap gives you an overview of the key areas we're focusing on to strengthen our cybersecurity posture. Each section represents a specific initiative that will help improve our security and protect our district data. So from here, Maria is going to take it over and I'll finish it with the future roadmap. Hello. I will be talking about multi-factor authentication. So starting off with multi-factor authentication, our new MFA solution is widely recognized, making it easier for staff to adopt and use.
020MFA is a requirement of our cyber liability insurance provider, and this helps us stay compliant. We recently transitioned MFA solutions. So MFA adds an extra layer of protection, helping us stay safe and keep our data safe. MFA, our current MFA solution is also provided to us for free by the Cyber Readiness Grant from Arizona Department of Homeland and Point Management. Automating updates. So updates on staff devices were automated to ensure they're always secure. This minimizes manual labor, manual effort, while ensuring all devices remain secure and up to date. It helps maintain a consistent and secure environment with less manual effort. Endpoint management solution, the solution that we use, is provided to us for free by the Cyber Readiness Grant from Arizona Department of Homeland. Email security. We have email protections in place that help guard
021against phishing and malicious links in emails. Crane is in partnership with an email security solution. This solution has gamified email phishing awareness with a leaderboard, quarterly winners, and prizes, making it more engaging for staff to stay vigilant. So there's a leaderboard whenever staff participates and if... Every quarter we'll go in and pick the top participant and give them a certificate and like a prize. It promotes secure communication while encouraging staff to actively participate in cybersecurity practices. Continuous monitoring and automated defenses work to proactively detect and block potential threats. When it comes to collaborations, we collaborate with our liability insurance provider to stay compliant. We participate in annual risk assessments, cyber collection value surveys, and virtual tabletops. We recently participated in a zero-trust architecture workshop and assessment with external cybersecurity experts to evaluate our current maturity
022and identified areas of improvement based on their recommendations. Our liability insurance provider's report shows that we are a risk level five, which is the lowest level of cyber risk. Cyber security coverage is offered to us based on compliance with our liability insurance requirements. So, CREEN is compliant with all cyber requirements. Therefore, we're offered enhanced coverage. Okay. So this slide represents our current zero trust architecture maturity. We are in the initial stage in certain areas. Some areas are currently traditional, indicating a starting point where security is implemented but still needs improvement. While we're taking steps towards stronger security, there are still areas of improvement to reach a more advanced level of maturity. This slide compares our current zero trust architecture maturity to the Arizona average. So the red stars represent the state average showing where a
023typical Arizona district stands in terms of zero trust maturity. While we're ahead of the average in many areas, there are still opportunities for growth where we need to focus our efforts to align with the recommended maturity. This slide shows where we could be if we fully implemented the recommendations from the Zero Trust Workshop. As you can see, all the areas are expected to move to the advanced level. This would significantly enhance our security posture. The recommended maturity level provides a roadmap for how we can evolve our security practices and address any gaps. Policy updates. We've developed a cyber incident response plan and an IT disaster recovery plan to ensure the district can respond quickly to security incidents. A business continuity plan is in place for each department and school, ensuring minimal disruption in an event
024of an incident. These updates help us be prepared to handle security incidents effectively and efficiently. Cybersecurity administrative controls are key in this process. They refer to the policies, procedures, and practices that help manage and guide our security framework. These controls focus on people and processes, ensuring that we don't just rely on technology, but we also create a secure culture through clear practices and staff involvement. So when it comes to trainings, cybersecurity training and cybersecurity awareness, we have provided new hire cybersecurity orientation to ensure everyone is aware of best practices. IT staff has completed 640 hours of specialized cybersecurity training to stay current. The entire IT department completed a cybersecurity course. Additionally, certain personnel received role-specific training in areas like endpoint security and network firewall management to ensure they're equipped to handle specialized tasks. So this
025is a certificate that our IT department received. Everyone received an individual one, but this one has all of our names on it. And this is just an overview of our road to stronger security and what we discussed earlier. And I will hand it over to Eddie to talk about our future plans. Good work, Padilla. Thank you. Okay, so the future plan, right? So we want to focus on performance metrics. We want to stay on top of our email phishing. We want to look at our zero trust and continue with our professional development, right? Not just on the IT side, but the staff side. So on the performance metrics, so these metrics allows us to see if our... Administrative and technical controls are working up to what level. And with email phishing, we want to implement
026email phishing training for students, for middle school students. As far as the zero trust, so I have to work with the executive leadership on assessing and prioritizing the recommendations, right? Some recommendations are free. It's just us dedicating the time to performing those recommendations. And others do have a value to it, right, a cost value. And as far as the professional development training, that includes anything from tabletop exercises to specific training for new hires, for annual trainings for current employees and things like that. So with that, that is the end of our presentation. And please feel free to ask any questions related to the presentation only. Yes, sir? I got a question. I'm looking at the chart of where we are today in our architecture, those three charts. What network are we dealing with that's not
027the lowest part? Is that our internal train network? So these are in the notes that we provided have specific information for each column. So it's not that we're low, it's just the traditional. What that means is just traditional, we're meeting the bare minimum or above the bare minimum. But it doesn't mean that we're noncompliant. I want to know, but the network that it's listed, is that an internal network for crane only? Is that external networks? I think I understand your question. So yes, it's our network. It's not a network from a vendor. Okay, that's what I want to know. Thank you. You're welcome. Any other questions? Thank you very much. Thank you. Next item of business. A presentation by the School Nutrition Department. D6. Vianney Mendoza, Director of School Nutrition, will present their new system
028implementation for next school year, Tightened Back of House Menu Planning Inventory Control. That's a very interesting title. You have the floor, Ms. Mendoza. Good evening, members of the board and executive team. My name is, as mentioned, Diana Mendoza. I'm the school nutrition director here with Crane. And today I will be presenting on our new implementation of a solution for our back of house for our department. Here to start off with the presentation, we had done a review of our current operations and we actually identified some key gaps that were impacting the effectiveness of our internal controls and the overall efficiency. After conducting an extensive research into potential solutions, Titan was actually identified as the most suitable option to improve our operational efficiencies and strengthen our internal controls. So what is Titan? Titan, also known as
029Link, is a K-12 school software solution that offers a suite of integrated products designed to streamline and manage various aspects of school operations to include finance, human resources, nutrition management, digital payments, school and district websites, custom forms to include student registration and document management for the purpose of our operations will be focusing on the school nutrition management aspect. So here on this image, so Titan actually offers various modules that can integrate with our operations as a whole as pictured here on this image. We actually currently utilize LingQ for the front of house operations that include the point of service and the LingQ Connect for the staff payment, which is reflected on the left side of the image. Our goal is to have a complete solution to where we can use one system to address all
030the operational needs. So that will be essentially the full image here that is presented. So what are our challenges? We currently use different platforms for our menu planning, for the production records, inventory, and purchasing. We lack a comprehensive system that effectively supports a whole operation. So this is where... The right side of that image that I had shown comes in place. So the models, the modules here that we will be implementing will be the menu planning, production records, inventory, and purchasing. So we actually have already started the implementation of this solution as of April 1st. We are currently around the fifth or sixth week of mark of the 12-week implementation period. We are actively adding any data necessary to utilize the system as intended and we are aiming to have the system fully implemented by
031June 30th. Here you will see the outline of the whole 12-week implementation and it gives specifics of where about where we should be at for those weeks, 12 weeks. We are with the aim of the June 30th, the goal is to have the staff trained during the summer and be ready to start the school year with the new system. So our overall goal with the implementation of this solution is to consolidate all our current solutions into one system, streamline our processes, eliminate manual processes, integrate a user-friendly system, ensure compliance, establish stronger internal controls. And in conclusion, this system will enhance the school nutrition department's ability to serve the students more effectively while also ensuring that the resources are managed efficiently and responsibly. So that concludes my presentation. Are there any questions? Yes, ma'am. I have
032a question. Yes. That circle thing with a bunch of little dots. Do we still have students on reduced lunch? I thought all the kids were on. No, so that's one portion that this system allows for, but because we are under CEP, that wouldn't be something, a module that we'll be essentially utilizing. I mean, all of our kids are on free lunch, are they not? Yes, they are. I thought I saw something on here that said payments. we don't do they don't uh so it's for staff payment so currently so if a staff member or a parent uh let's say goes and eats uh a meal okay yes they're paying voices through this i'm like no no no so uh this will be for for lunches breakfast or any item they purchase from our cafeteria um
033any other questions none thank you very much ma'am thank you i'm a business superintendent's current event summary E1, the superintendent needs to provide members of the governing board and residents of Crane schools with a monthly statement of current happenings and pending events, including information about student academic achievements. Ms. Doering, you have the floor. Thank you. This month, once again, we have several staff groups to celebrate, starting off with School Principals Day. May 1st was School Principals Day. Our principals are truly outstanding. Their passion and dedication to their students is obvious in everything they do. I hope they know the priceless impact they are making on so many lives. School Lunch Hero Day. On May 2nd, we celebrated School Lunch Hero Day. Our lunch heroes always make students and staff feel right at home with their
034delicious meals, which are always served with a smile. Teacher Appreciation Week. Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. Teachers inspire a love for learning and assure students are comfortable asking anything. Students' fond memories of the time in their classrooms will last a lifetime. National School Nurse Day. May 7th, we celebrated National School Nurse Day. We want to thank our healthcare assistants for their compassion, temperature checking, band-aid placing, care of headaches, stomach ache healers, and making sure we are all safer because of them. Gary A. Knox Elementary School. Deserts Grow Veggies, a local author and a former Gary Knox Elementary School teacher by the name of Elizabeth Cooley, read her book to the third grade students at Knox. Additionally, Ann Ogram was named as the 2024 State Agricultural Science Educator of the Year from the Arizona Farm
035Bureau. Congratulations, Ann. Giselle Garcia was named the Educator of the Week from Yuma County Superintendent's Office. And she was presented with a certificate and $100 to use in her classroom from Ms. Ileana Osborne. Gowan Science Academy. On Tuesday, May 6th, Gowan hosted an instructional aid conference in partnership with Grand Canyon University PD team. The training focused on two important topics, behavior, de-escalation, and the science of reading. They had 32 instructional aides in attendance representing seven of our elementary schools. This conference was an excellent opportunity to strengthen both classroom management strategies and literacy support practices. We're incredibly grateful for the partnership with Grand Canyon University, which continues to help us provide high-quality professional development for our staff. This training was provided at no cost to the district. It's opportunities like this that reinforce our commitment to
036supporting educators in our district. Salida Del Sol School News. We're excited to share information about the Special Olympics young athletes that Salida del Sol ESS preschool students were able to participate in this year. Erica Anderson and her preschool students participated in team building activities alongside 10 of Mr. Gordon's sixth grade students. The partnership improved the students' social skills, turn-taking abilities, how to follow directions, express their feelings, and their gross motor development. This inclusive program provided ESS preschool students a fun and engaging way to thrive in the school setting. Every child was supported and celebrated at their own pace, reinforcing the belief that all children can learn, grow, and succeed. Thank you to Ms. Arcega from Ronald Reagan for guidance in helping start the Salida team. Thank you to Mr. Gordon for improving the experience and
037assisting with expanding the Special Olympics program. Ronald Reagan School News. 10 Ronald Reagan Chess Club members participated in a chess tournament. Galileo Morales won third place and Rowan Gudino won second place. Congratulations. The VFW 8242 Auxiliary. illustrating America Art Awards had three winners from Reagan on their third through fifth grade level. Emma Alvarez was first, Yadiel Bermeo was second, and Julian Martinez was third. Emma's entry moves to the VFW department or state level competition. Congratulations. Crane Middle School News. On Saturday, April 12th, staff and students attended the inaugural Arizona State Invention Convention, a prestigious STEM program that encourages students to identify real-world problems and develop. Original Inventions as Solutions. One of the students, Juliana Lopez, an eighth grader, qualified to represent Yuma and Crane Elementary School District at the 2025 National Invention Convention held at
038the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Michigan. Also, thank you to Kristi Noor, the one PGA president, for the $3,500 donation to pay for the students' travel to Michigan this summer to compete in the National Convention. We also want to thank Clinton Harrington from Pelkington Construction, Abel Garcia from Aloe Fiber and Mayes Construction, as well as Mr. Francis and his career exploration classes for the completion of the dugout project at Crane Middle School softball fields. Abel Garcia from Aloe Fiber pledged $5,000 to the career exploration program. Clinton Harrington from Pilkington Construction and Myers Construction covered the rest. The total donated project was $25,000. The GCU Principal of the Month. We also want to congratulate Mr. Ryan Tyree, Principal of Crane Middle School, for being honored by Grand Canyon University as the Principal of the
039Month. Ruby Rodriguez planned a wonderful surprise celebration and involved Ryan's family as well. Congratulations. The last day of school. The last day of school for all of our schools will be Friday, May 30th. We want to wish all of our students and... school staff a safe and fun summer. Mr. President and members of the governing board, that's my report for this month. Ma'am. Yep. Next, all reports on conferences, workshops, and school visitations. F1, periodically members of the governing board attend various conferences. Just a minute, Mr. President, I'm sorry. We are on E2 for superintendent's update on legislative. Okay. E2, superintendents. We're going to be here all night on this one. Superintendents update on legislative or other governmental actions. Sometimes issues that could impact Crane schools are considered by various legislative and or administrative bodies in
040the state or the federal government. Members of the governing board need to be aware of those issues and provide appropriate direction to initiate or respond to them. This agenda item permits the superintendent to provide an update on legislative or other governmental actions and the governing board the opportunity to discuss, take positions, or propose legislation and rules and or direct the administration to research such issues. Mr. Ponder, I got it right this time. You have the floor. Thank you, President Moore, members of the board. I would say that I'm a little intimidated. We have two members in the audience who are far more versed at being able to speak about legislative issues than I and Randy Stein and Paul Ulan. But I will do my best here as well. So the legislature. Both houses are basically
041on some type of a recess until about May 20th. At that time, maybe there might be some movement with regards to budget development. A lot of discussion over the past week or so about the extension of Proposition 123, the specific parameters within that, how looking at providing a $4,000 increase to teachers coupled with I'm trying to think of the term that's used, but essentially cementing the ESA program within that same constitutional provision, which would then provide it with constitutional protections in doing so. I would share that the details are pretty fuzzy at best. There's just a lot of rumor and conjecture circulating about what the contents of that bill might be, what the parameters might be. I understand that on the surface, basically, the Republican leadership is looking just to maintain the program as it
042is today. So the same levels of accountability, the same levels of transparency, the same levels of eligibility, all of those different parameters, they're looking to... hold that to be the same as what it is today. Again, that's rumor. I've not actually seen what the text of the bill looks like. Mr. Moore and I were up last week at the Capitol, had an opportunity to speak to some of our representatives on the specific issues related to that bill. In reality, there seems to be some sort of a belief that there's... a need to address this issue right now, that there's a potential loss of funding to K-12 if the extension of 123 doesn't occur. As a reminder, the current year is the last year in which the Proposition 123 additional funding would be made available through
043the State Land Trust. However, the general fund is absorbing those impacts. So essentially school districts and charters, as well as ESAs within Arizona are held harmless, even though the Proposition 123 is expiring. So there is some time for us to carefully evaluate the specific parameters of what that extension might look like. I do believe that extension is necessary as a way to really free up the general fund because if the general fund continues to take on those measures and they reach a point where the economic... barometer of the state may not be where they feel is profitable or where it can provide the services for Arizona. A recession or cuts or those types of things could be on the horizon. So if we can alleviate the general fund from carrying on some of those burdens,
044then it can help the long-term sustainability. I'll say this is... This is only Dale's opinion, does not reflect the administration or the district, but I believe and I think there's some tax advocates who would be in favor of this, but really the state being in the teacher salary business probably isn't the best approach because what happens 10 years from now is we end up having the same conversation we're having today. And so how do you sustain that program moving forward? Does the general fund absorb that and what does that look like? as well. And so the Arizona Tax Research Association, as I understand, is also opposed to the teacher pay performance, not so much the ESA performance. And really our perspective is if there is merit in these programs and they should be brought to
045the voters individually, not collectively within one bill, and let each of them stand in their own merit. That's probably the most information. Budget discussions are just starting to pick up. Here we are approaching the end of May, and we're just now looking like we may see some sort of a budget. I can't speculate when that would be. Many speculate that it will be right up against the end of June, like what we've experienced over the past couple of years, so very likely not have a fully developed budget until the end of this fiscal year. With that, Mr. Moore, I'll pause for any questions from members of the board. Capital expenditure. The AEL? So the AEL is really not being addressed. There was some belief that they might be able to look at doing that through
046this constitutional provision. If there was some support from the education community in allowing these two. programs to be brought together under one initiative. Many of the education advocates believe that that was not the best approach for Arizona moving forward. And so leadership has removed that component as an opportunity to address the AEL. I will share that there was a lot of concern about this. the state of isaac school district following their financial turmoil and so a lot of consideration about what about the students what about the staff how will they continue to be compensated and so if the legislature elects to enforce the ael in future years that will be will all be isaac school district right i mean so The magnitude of that impact would be across all school districts in Arizona. Each of
047them may vary slightly depending on what budget balances that they may be able to help absorb what those impacts would be. by and large, there will be some sort of an impact to programs and staffing should the legislature wish to enact the AEL. I think there seems to be a lot of appetite that through the budget discussion, that'll be one area that the governor will seek to maintain is that when that budget is passed, then in turn, the AEL will also be overridden for that single fiscal year. So this is just my commentary. And for the record, like... Mr. Ponder, Mrs. Doring, they're allowed to weigh in on this 123 simply because, and give their personal opinions right now because it's not, correct me if I'm wrong, it's not, the legislation has not been dropped.
048So it's rumor at this point. And so since it's rumor, they can comment either way on it, whether they like it, whether they don't like it. They don't have to be neutral. The moment that that bill drops, then they have to become neutral. And so I think this is a great time for people to be able, well, for them and for others, to be able to contact our legislators and tell them how. how bad this can be technically and legally i don't think that this proposition can hold up to legal scrutiny simply because of this single single subject amendment right and so when you do a proposition it has to be one thing so right here we have teacher pay in in which which polls high you know when you pull it it pulls in
049the 70s in the 70s so 70 favorability And then in this hand, you have ESAs, which polls negatively. I'm not sure where it's at, but it's pretty low. And so what they're doing is that they're putting both of these in the same basket and trying to sell it to you in the hopes that, well, we want to pay teachers. And so, all right, well, this is the tradeoff. And so some of the- Mr. Moore, if I could, I think the alternative- should also be considered that in the event that these two measures are commingled into one and it's not successful, I think that gives the legislature this perceived notion that the public does not support paying teachers more. And so then providing additional dollars to public education would likely diminish. And so I think there's
050impacts on both sides. If it's successful, it could mean one thing. And if it's not successful, what it might mean to public education in whole. Yes, because that's a very good point, because I was in meetings, and there are legislators who believe that they don't want the money to go to the teachers. They want the money to go to the students. And I'm like, okay, well, pick one, and I'll support it. Because I'm never going to say no to, hey, we'd like to give the students some more money. But it's like... okay, so you know what? If school buses contribute to children's education, then you've got to get to school. And so I'm like, okay, well, I'm willing to give and take here. So some people don't like it. I've spoken actually to several members
051who have said, you know, I really don't like the bill. And I'm like, well, then let's not vote for it, okay? And so from a conservative, and I... conservative perspective, which I have a lot of experience with, it makes no sense to me to be able to provide constitutional protection to an ESA program when there is minimal financial scrutiny. And so they're saying, well, we're finding all of the big cases. We're finding the Priuses that are supposed to be school buses, right? We're finding the $60,000 pianos. We're starting this. But then you have people who are and I'm not trying to, sorry that I'm making this political, but this is just the way that we are. You have very conservative board presidents who are ESA contributors, in other words, they're consuming, they're using the ESAs
052through private schools or through homeschool, and they're even saying that. You know what? I'm conservative, and I don't think you have enough guardrails on this thing because you're going to be taken for right. The law of averages is the law of averages. I'm not trying to be a brainiac math guy here like Dr. Hoffman. But statistically, if you take 10,000 public school administrators, you take 10,000 private school administrators and 10,000 homeschools, the law of averages is if you have 10,000 errors in one, you're probably going to have something along the line across. But they're saying we don't have any. We haven't found of the 1.6 million transactions that we've had. We haven't found any and I'm saying the reason you don't find any is because you don't have the same metric. So using the same
053metric, you're going to find the same tendencies, right? You're going to go, you're going to push the limit of whatever that limit is. And I'm not, I'm not against pushing the limit. I'm just saying, don't go over it. And so there are another, another. problem is is that we're our when we use a an educational dollar on a school district that school district is being graded right they're being graded on whatever that whatever goes into the class that grade i have no idea how elaborate that is but they get graded and we're getting and i keep i keep i they call me and they're asking me what can we do about making sure these grades go up and i'm like that's in my mind i'm like hello But why aren't we doing that with every
054educational dollar? So if I take my son to human Catholic and that's just using that arbitrarily, how is that dollar better spent there? Is he doing better? And they're going to say, well, you're the parent. You get to choose. It's up to you. If you like it, then you're good with it. Well, there's a million parents of a million students that are OK with school districts. There's no give and take. And then it's like, if you take an educational, an Arizona dollar, an educational dollar, then you should follow Arizona state law, which is non-discriminatory towards race. religion, and the list goes on, right? Well, there are private schools that are taking the ESA dollars, but they're not allowing Catholics to come in. They're not allowing Mormons to come in. They're not allowing whomever, right? Jews,
055whatever. To lead. Right? Or special ed even. And so those are, from a conservative perspective, it's like, how can you provide so much constitutional protection when we're not even When we're not being even you're not even implementing conservative strategies on your own dollar and so That's what what scares me so much and so and in what I've told mr. Ponder I said this is this is if this goes down this is gonna be One of those things that I'm just gonna be yelling at the top of every hill saying this is the bill We have to pass to know what's in it like and that was that was Pelosi's nail on her coffin, right? It's like you just signed, you're done. And it's like, how can you do that? How can you pass a bill
056so that we know what's in it? And that's what they're doing. They're dropping the bill literally on the morning that they vote on it. They read it thrice. It doesn't go to committee. I don't get to testify. You don't get to testify. It goes to the floor. They vote on it. And it's there. It goes to the ballot. And so I can't tell you guys. The hours I've spent on the phone or in meetings trying to to flip votes. I think I might have flipped a couple but Mr. Moore, I would share that I believe your advocacy has delayed. Initially, we were supposed to see this on the 10th, and I think due to the work and advocacy that you did last week, I think to use like Carrie Newman's saying, can't hurt, might help,
057I believe that that approach was applicable here where your efforts there, I believe, provided legislature a reason to pause. and say maybe the timing of this isn't right. Now, that's not to say that when they come back on the 19th and have the special session, or I'm sorry, come back on the 19th and review this again, press conference, that's the term I was looking for, I think there's a presser set for that day, that they don't end up doing what they wanted to do on the 10th. But at least it gave some pause and provided a little bit more information to our representatives, some of which are in leadership and allowed them to hear our district's perspective and the impact that this would have on our local community. I think your efforts should not go
058unnoticed, and I appreciate that. Well, thank you. One more thing on that. I did, to your point about what's going to happen on the 19th, it's very possible. It's very possible that it's going to be the same thing. They're just going to do, they're going to follow, they're going to do the same thing. And that's, and to some regard, I'm like, okay, fine. I reached out to them. I thank them for postponing it because that just gives me enough time to get more people to call. It's really important, ladies and gentlemen. And if you need bullet points on what to say, reach out to us. We'll be more than happy to give you those. But it is really, really, really important. And again, not to be political. It helps. I know of a bunch of
059conservative people who do not like it. And those are the guys that are going to really make the biggest impact. I mean, I was supposed to speak at a presser as well the day before, and I withdrew from the – because I really did not like the way that that press conference was moving. And I don't – and I have to work with these Republicans on other issues, other industries. And so I'm not going to be in a news conference where I'm bashing them and this, that, and the other. And so if we can tone that down, that would be a long way. So if you call – Let them know that be respectful and appreciative. Calls do work because secretaries have to answer every one of those calls. If we make 100 calls, the
060legislator is not going to get it, but the secretary, I guarantee you she's going to tell them, Mr. Such-and-such, you got 15 calls, 14 were against, and 18 or 10 of them are claiming to be conservative. and they voted for you. So those are things that you should might want to look into, but I don't want to take any more time and be more than happy to answer any questions from the board, but it is what it is. Any questions to ponder? Very well. Next item of business? I think now. Our reports on conferences, workshops, and school visitations. Thank you. It is F1, periodically members of the governing board attend various conferences, seminars, workshops, districts, schools, and so forth, and have information to share with other members. Anything, any, Mr. Farr? It's not a, I
061was visiting with some constituents. The thing that came up was the annual financial report. Now, I want you to know, I've been in Dale's position. That's the best financial report I have ever seen for the public. I mean. the people I was talking to could understand it. Yeah, they did a great job. That is a great job. And I just wanted to put a shout out to Dale for his work. Well, Dale and Ms. Bosch, they both do a really, really good job not to take your thunder away or anything. I have to deflect the credit totally to Mrs. Bosch as well as Ms. Pena. Both of them are fantastic in putting that information together and distributing that to the community. It's very, very easy. Now, because I know when you, when that annual financial
062report is, is you take state forms, it's gobbledygook. that was broken down and boiled down to very clear concise spending activities in the district even even the constituent i was talking to could understand it very good job ladies yes it was i had to think some of them didn't go over crime all right any other any other discussions we can move on yes all right yes sir you can have the floor um well i got to enjoy another moment with Miss Mendoza down at Salida del Sol. I didn't know they had such a great soccer team. It's pretty good. But I've got a couple ideas I introduced with her. I won't say what they are right now. But we've got a couple ideas that might be something fun to do. And then also, I managed
063to see six of our new electronic signs in action. I wasn't close enough that I could actually really read them, or maybe I was going too fast when I went by them. But they looked nice, and I had one principal at another school tell me that, let's see, I won't say he or she, they said that they thought theirs was absolutely the best, the way it looked. And I can't agree or disagree. I thought they looked pretty good. They looked really nice. Anybody else? Anybody else? Okay, next item of business. Next item of business would be consideration of adoption of proposed amended governing board policies. An amendment to the governing board policy is needed. The district administration proposes adding a paragraph to policy 4-103 employee evaluation to clarify current evaluation practices. and their alignment with
064the state statute. The Crane Elementary School District uses a five level in TASC, is that correct? In task rating scale developed by a committee of teachers and administrators, which divides the state defined quote unquote developing category into quote learning and... quote, applying for more precise feedback. The five levels are then translated into the four state required performance classification, highly effective, effective, developing, and inefficient. The executive administration has reviewed the recommendations pertaining to the policies listed below and are presenting the policies for adoption. And you guys have those. What is the pleasure of the board? we are except you can vote all of them at once if you want or you can vote individually well i don't know that we can vote on number four um same time maybe we can uh anyway i would say
065i would pull number four and then i would say um i move that we just for clarification we're not quite in the consent agenda i think we've got like a couple different policies under ones So, yeah, only for the consent. We're on F2. The question is, do you want to adopt each board policy separate or just say you propose both of them? Yeah, you can make a motion to propose both. One of them is about evaluators and one of them is about me. I move that we accept both changes to the board policy as presented. Is there any discussion? Shall proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? Same sign. Okay. Motion passes four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. Consideration of appointment of delegate and alternate delegate
066to. Oh, you're. Three. Three. Consideration of adoption of. That's why I wanted to do them all at the same time. Proposed trust. Consideration of adoption of proposed trust amended governing board policies. You could, I guess, but. Governor Hobbs recently signed three bills that may affect district's summer planning. The bills concern one, student use of wireless communication devices during the school day, two, mandatory reporting requirements, and three, handling of directory information regarding students. The legislation will take effect 90 days after the legislative session ends, which is expected to occur in May or June, probably June. This would give the legislation an effective date of August or September. The Arizona School Risk Retention Trust, Inc., the trust, is issuing the following policy advisory now ahead of the effective date to allow districts to revise student handbooks and
067staff training. We are proposing revisions to five... three procedures, and one sample form, as well as the addition of one more procedure. The Executive Administration has reviewed the recommendations pertaining to the policies listed below and are presenting the policies for adoption. So what is the pleasure of the Board? We move that we adopt proposed Trust Amendment Governing Board policy. Properly moved and seconded. Is there a discussion? Seeing none, we shall proceed to vote. All in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes, four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. Consideration of appointment of delegate and alternate delegate to ASBA Delegate Assembly. The governing board needs to appoint a member and an alternate to represent the school district at the Arizona School Boards Association ASBA Delegate Assembly. The Arizona School Board Association
068Delegate Assembly will be held in person on Saturday, September the 26th, 2025. Following the ASBA annual law conference scheduled to be from Wednesday, September the 3rd, 2025 through Friday, September 5, 2025, also in person. The purpose of the assembly is to review the beliefs and policies of the Arizona School Boards Association. The delegates from across the state discuss and adopt resolutions in support of legislative and other governmental actions advocated and endorsed by the governing board. governing boards throughout the state. Excuse me. What is the pleasure of the board? Here's where you can nominate someone. I don't want to be a delegate. I just, I'm sorry. If you want to do it, I would nominate you two. Can you go on Saturday? I could probably go if I need to. Okay. It's just that that's like
069produce is like going a million miles a minute, and I'm really busy. And I go to the whole thing, but I just can't do the Saturday thing. I end up not necessarily agreeing with a lot of it. And so it's kind of hard for me, but I will do the Ford's business if that's what they want. But I would nominate. Jim Colby as the delegate and Osborne as the alternate. It has been properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? We shall proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes. Four in favor, one abstentions. Next item of business. Consideration of adoption of proposed issues for consideration for the 2026 Arizona School Board political agenda. I got a frozen computer here. Hold on. Okay. That is E5.
070Is that correct? Yeah. F5. Okay. It needs to go up one more. Want to read this one? F5. Hold on. Yeah, I might have to. Oh, look, I got it right here. F5. The governing board has requested that the Arizona School Boards Association to review the current 2025 political action, excuse me, political agenda and reaffirm their top five priorities. You all have the five priorities there. The five priorities for the public just to know is adequately and equitably or equity fund district schools to at least the national median per pupil funding. This repeal the constitutional aggregate expenditure limit via legislative referral to the voters. Fully fund full-day kindergarten and include kindergarten students in the override calculation. Index district additional assistance. That's the DAA funding for inflation. Fully fund preschool programs in K-12 funding formula for
071districts that offer preschool. And the fifth one. require public accountability for taxpayer dollars spent on education, establish financial and academic transparency for all institutions and individuals that accept public funds. I think that should be number one. Additional items for consideration, one, replace current year funding with transparent, reliable system that provides the district stable annual budgeting, ability to tech and technical rehabilitate. reliability, require competitive classrooms, spending audits for school districts and all other institutions that accept public funds and define quote classroom spending as both instructional spending and student support spending. What is the pleasure of the board? We support all of them. Do we have to choose five? No, you can accept these. you can like he said he said look i think the motion is accept everything am i correct okay oh excellent yeah they're
072all good i mean yeah i think some of these are repeats right from previous years so is there a second we can discuss it later but second all right is there any discussion discussion discussion ma'am so just to clarify is that the board is going to have many choose five and then two You don't want them all. We have to prioritize five and then two additional. I don't need to speak for Mr. Favre. Mr. Favre, correct me if I'm correct. He wants the five and he's okay with the two additional. Yes. We can only have five? Yeah, we can only choose five. One of them is almost redundant. That's what I say. You get there on Saturday and it's going to be fun. Yeah. So, what was that? I just want to say, I know
073in the presentations Dale has done, number one in additional items, the current year funding model has come up multiple times as being rather problematic. So I don't know what that would replace if we wanted to make that part of the five, because they all seem pretty important. But if anybody has any thoughts. I think repeal the constitutional aggregate expenditure limit would be. equally, I mean, it's hard for me to pull one of these, like fully fund, like we have these kindergartners all day long when they get funded for half a day, right? And so I'm okay, like I would, if you want to move something, I have no heartburn about moving these around. I think they're all there. I think they're all good. I think number... Number five, the original and number two are very
074similar. I don't see a whole lot of difference there, but still, I think the idea is that all of those things are things that have impacted us, and I think that they're all things that we need to deal with. My question is this, and this is a discussion that I've had, and it's not an agenda item, so I really can't get too deep into it, but it's like, how much bang are we getting from ASBA? for our dues. Like, I've been doing this whole thing at the legislature, and more than one lobbyist has asked me, where's your ASBA lobbyist? Nowhere to be found. So, just food for thought. That's off the record, baby. So, I have a motion. It's been seconded. Is there any further discussion? Okay. In terms of what you think of this
075order, what would affect us the most? Thank you, Ms. Osborne. Yes, I worked with the team to establish the list. I'm kind of like Mr. Moore. If you move them around, they're all, I think, in my opinion, very good. The difference, Mr. Farr, between five and two. So two is the... Classroom spending report that only the auditor general looks at school district for. And so that piece would say also have the charter schools and those that take ESAs have that same analysis done to determine how much of the dollar is going to the classroom, how much is going to the other support areas. You might recall that every March I present that information to the board. And with that, I take the SAFR or the superintendent's annual financial report from ADE. and pull information that
076compares ourselves to the local charters, but the auditor general doesn't do that study. And so the other was more about what Mr. Moore was saying earlier, is really having that financial and academic transparency. So if a dollar is being spent at a private school, as a society, do we care? Do we care what the grades are? What does that look like? if maybe we don't care as a society, then should we also not care for school districts and charters as well? So really trying to align those to where the regulations are the same across all of those different institutions. Repealing the constitutional aggregate expenditure limit, I think would be, if I could say maybe, yeah, it's got to be a top one as well. But so the stability with current year funding, which I think.
077There's little appetite, to be honest, at the legislature to go back to a prior year funding model. I believe they feel that you are getting funded for students twice where the potential is there. And so I think there's very little appetite to have the legislature go back to that. I think they like to see that that current year funding model. What we're seeing, because district additional assistance is funded based on prior year, is we're seeing stability there. So I can already begin to project what our accounts are going to be. assuming that there's no change to the per pupil allocation. I already know basically what that budget is going to be, and so I can begin to plan those summer projects accordingly. It makes it far more difficult when I have to speculate how many
078students we're going to have next January right now. So it's really hard to say, to be honest with you, Osborne. Do that, and there'll be a sale on Crystal Balls. Right. And I realize I said a lot and didn't say anything, but I guess I have to go around in circles. Yeah, I really I really you know, I in a lot of it is you know Well, it will a SBA write legislation for us They haven't in the past, you know or not that I know I don't know of a single bill that they've been able to start and push through but I may be wrong and so These are things that we're gonna have to go out legislators and push ourselves Anyways, I have a motion a second. Is there any further discussion? We
079shall proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes, four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. Call to the public. G1, consideration and discussion of comments. And concerns from the public. Those wishing to address the Governing Board on items not on the agenda may do so at this time. Speakers are requested to hold their comments to three minutes. Individuals addressing the Governing Board may not yield any portion of their allotted time to any other individuals wishing to address the Governing Board. In accordance with the Arizona Open Meeting Law, board members may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the board, may ask staff to review a matter, or may ask that the matter be put on a future agenda. However, board members shall
080not discuss or take legal action on matters raised during the open call to the public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion on legal action. I have one request. And it's, is it Rachel Mesa? Ma'am, you have the floor. Three minutes. Good evening, members of the board. Good evening to you all. My name is Rachel Mesa, and I teach kindergarten at HLS. But more importantly, today I'm here as a mother. My daughter is about to graduate from the sixth grade, and I'm here to say thank you to HLS for the past seven years. They have educated my child, and let's not forget about staying strong and dependable through a worldwide pandemic. Yes, of course I'm thankful for her growth and achievements in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies, but what I'm most thankful
081for is the things that her teachers taught her that were not tested. Exploring through creativity, leadership, public speaking, problem solving, critical thinking, adaptability, time management. negotiation, how to handle feedback, building her confidence, how to read music, and so much more. I know that she has acquired these things with a combination of school, home, and extracurricular activities. However, she has spent the majority of her time with her classroom teachers. Thank you. I could not have dreamed for my kids to grow up with so many adults in their lives that care for them and are constantly rooting for them. I'm a true believer in the amazing things that public schools do for children. HLS fed my child breakfast and lunch, helped her when she was sick, even when I didn't believe her they helped her when she
082was sick, provided school sports, clubs, and music education. Additionally, at her new school, they will help her with transportation as she attends the middle school. I wanted to share that this district has a magical little school on the corner of 16th Street and Avenue C that feels like home to so many students. Thank you to Ms. Valentine and Ms. Goldsboro for creating a school environment that is positive, welcoming, and full of laughter. With gratitude, I want to especially thank her classroom teachers, Mrs. Barrows, Mrs. Allen, Mr. Barker, Ms. Molina, Ms. Christina Mendoza, Ms. Nixon, Mr. Hippenstiel, Mr. Rogers, and Ms. Arviso. Thank you for your time. Next item of business, acknowledgement of public request to speak. Anyone wishing to address the board on items on tonight's agenda may do so at this time or at
083the chair's discretion at the time the item appears on the agenda. Comments should be restricted to three minutes, not including board questions and comments and responses by the speaker. Individuals addressing the governing board may not yield any portion of their allotted time to any other individuals wishing to address the governing board. In accordance. with the open meeting law board members may respond to criticism made by those who have addressed the board may ask staff to review a matter or may ask that the item or the matter be placed on a future agenda however board members shall not discuss or take legal action on matters raised during the open call to the public unless the matters are properly noticed for discussion and legal action i have none nope next item of business Consideration of adoption of
084consent agenda items. The consent agenda covers, conserves time by limiting the items of those of routine nature, which normally do not require deliberation on part of the governing board. The items will be accepted and approved in one action unless board member wishes to have an item separated from the consent agenda and specifically discussed. The vote or action on any item removed from the consent agenda will be taken separately. Is there? What is the pleasure of the board? Item four has been removed from the main motion or from the main consent. It's H4. Oh, okay. Is there any other discussion? Okay, we shall proceed to vote. All in favor of the consent agenda. Yeah. I'll move that we approve the consent agenda with the exception of item four. Second. And properly moved and seconded. I thought
085there was already a motion. Anyways, is there any discussion? Any additional discussion? Okay, we shall proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes. Three in favor and one abstaining. That's right. Thank you. All right. And one absent. We shall take H4 into consideration. Yes, sir. Oh, I'm sorry. Okay, please correct the record. So it's four in favor and one absent. And, and, um... You're abstaining. So it's the motion passes. And so we don't even have to vote on four. Yeah, we do. All right. All in favor of motion H4 or item H4. We have a motion. Right. I need a motion for that. I would make a motion. This is not my night. Except consideration of adoption of personnel report. It has now been properly moved
086and seconded. Is there any discussion? We shall proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes three in favor and one abstaining. That would be Ms. Osborne. All right, next item of business. Oh, don't go, Spence. Consideration of adoption of gifts from public. E1, Crane School District Governing Procedure 3-106B, Federal Grants and Other Funds, Acceptance of Gifts and Donations, requires that the gifts made to the district by individuals or organizations be reviewed and officially accepted as the Crane Governing Board. What is the pleasure of the board? i thank our community for how generous they've been i mean there's some amazing donations that we've gotten um this last month that have i mean they're absolute things that make a huge impact on our district and our students what
087is the pleasure of the board make emotional we accept the gifts from company with our appreciation and properly moved and seconded is there any discussion there is none so we shall proceed to vote all in favor signify by saying aye aye all opposed same sign motion passes Or in favor one absent next item of business consideration of approval of amendment to employment contract with the superintendent for 2025 and 2026 I don't have that. Oh here it is. Okay Pursuant to the current employment contract of the superintendent covering the fiscal years 2023 2024 2020 2024-25 and 2025-26, the superintendent is entitled to receive a salary adjustment for 2025-2026 and the governing board action is required. Paragraph 4, paragraph B, salary increases of the current employee employment contract of the superintendent states B during the second Basically,
088the long and short of it is she's allowed to have raises if everybody else. Right. Yes. So what is the pleasure of the board? Move. Second. It has been properly moved and seconded. Any discussion? I think she's worthy of it. Everybody else is getting a raise, and she's no exception. So let's vote on this. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. Consideration of adoption of revised position title director technology and information security. So attached for board consideration and adoption of the job title change is the revised job description for the position listed below. Prior job title was director information systems. New job is director of technology and information security. What is the pleasure of the board? So moved. Probably
089moved and seconded any discussion. So proceed to vote. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion carries. Four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. Adoption of new position, foundational literacy coach. Attached for the board consideration and adoption is the new job description for the new position listed below, foundational literacy coach. What is the pleasure of the board? Move that we accept the position as listed. Second. Properly moved and seconded. Any discussion? So proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes. Four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. Consideration of adoption of updated compensation package for 2025-2026 school year. Board approval is needed to update the compensation packet for the 2025-2026 school year. The compensation packet requires the following
090updates. Range 11 modification and midpoint and maximum. Clarification related to long-term compensation for substitutes. Hourly and salary maximum calculation description. Clarification related to reinstatement of general leave. at rehire what is the pleasure of pleasure of the board where did we accept this is written properly moved and seconded any discussion shall proceed to vote all in favor signify by saying aye aye i'll oppose same sign motion passes three in favor one absent next item of business consider rate foreign well yeah for favor one absent i think i might have said three once or twice before we'll have to go back and check that out All right. Consideration of adoption of the 2024-2025 revised expenditure budget. The adoption of the 24-25 revised expenditure budget is necessary and governing board approval is requested. Prior to May 15th, all
091school districts in the state are required to revise their budgets to account for changes in prior budget balance carry forward, state allocations, and to reflect changes in expenditures. The budget is being revised for account code corrections and changes required by the Uniform System of Financial Records. Budget transfers. changes in the budget balance carry forward and adjustments to the 2024-2025 budget that are required by law. Prior to the business of this regular meeting, a public hearing was held to allow for the members of the public and community to comment on the 2024-2025 revised expenditure budget. At this time, the administration requests that the governing board approve the 2024-2025 revised expenditure budget. As presented, what is the pleasure of the board? We accept the annual financial report as submitted. It hasn't properly moved in second. It is
092not our speaking. I've got to say something else. The annual financial report for Mr. Farr is actually the revised expenditure budget. Revised expenditure budget for fiscal year 24-25. motion that we approve the budget for 2020. All right. It has been properly moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Okay. Seeing none, we shall proceed to vote. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. Motion passes. Four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. I believe that we are now in a presentation and discussion regarding opinion survey for a possible district. I didn't read the right one. What am I supposed to, which one? What the one about me me too. Oh I forgot that part. I thought it was Dale ponders turn presentation and discussion of impossible district additional assistance override
093renewal election Representatives from Stifel, the district's financial broker and underwriter will present a brief overview of the parameters about the current and potential district additional assistance override. The discussion will also include historical election results for bonds and overrides in the district, the tax structure of the current override and financial estimates about a potential call. for a 1.5 million dollar district additional assistance override mr ponder you have the floor uh good evening uh members of the board i am randy stein with people i appreciate the opportunity to uh be here tonight and certainly appreciate the confidence that you placed in our firm working with your school district And the topic for conversation tonight is the district additional assistance override. So just a little bit of background on that override. State law does allow school districts to
094increase budgets for capital expenditure purposes up to 10% of the revenue control limit. And that is through the district additional assistance or the DAA override. The DAA override does require voter authorization. And just a fun fact for you, that voter authorization can only come at a November election. That was not always the case, but that is the case now. The revenue then to fund a DAA override that is authorized comes from the property tax base. It is technically a secondary tax, but it is on the same base as all the other property taxes, but it comes from the secondary property tax base. The DAA override may be authorized for up to seven years, and an election that is successful in November of 2025. starts in fiscal year 26-27. Just think about that for a minute.
095November of 2025 is in fiscal year 25-26. You will have already budgeted for that. This is the history of, I only have 20 years going back, but I do have 20 years going back for the Crane Elementary School District and the elections that you have put to your voters. You have had three bond elections over that time and the one district additional assistance override election in November of 2018. And you have 100% record of the four elections. And then looking at your current DAA override, where we identify these by year, the override year as well as the fiscal year, the number that was on the ballot in 2018 was that 1.5 million, just for a point of reference. Every year that is tested to ensure that it is not more than 10% of this difference
096for the new controller. In this case, it is substantially below. that 10 threshold but generally that's how that works it is a flat dollar amount that is on the ballot but it has to be tested every year and if in fact that flat dollar amount that voters approve turned out to be greater than 10 of the revenue control limit it would be capped lower than the dollar In this case, this has not been an issue, and we certainly don't expect it to be an issue. You can see the override tax rates that have been in place starting in year one, which is fiscal 20. That tax rate has been edging down. That is what we would expect. The dollar amount of the override is staying the same, but the property tax base is growing. As
097a result, the map shows that property tax rate edging down over time. And then what you would be contemplating if you got an option in 2020. Again, the first year would be fiscal 26-27, that annual amount of $1.4 million that Mr. Ponder spoke of. And we would see a tax rate in the voter pass list of $0.4789. I'm going to back up a second. You can see that that is exactly the tax rate that I'm expecting for fiscal year 25-26. Now, why this works this way, it in fact in fiscal year 27 will not be .4789, but that is the number that will show up in the tax rate in this template because the calculation is based on... the fiscal 26 property value that we already know. When you actually get there and are implementing
098the DA override for fiscal 27, you'll use the fiscal 27 property value. So there's kind of a mismatch for the pamphlet purposes. Also in the pamphlet below here, you're seeing sort of a quick summary of some of the information that was shown in the voter pamphlet. It will show the tax impact associated with your average value house, your half average value house, your twice average value house, and then an average commercial property. We've done estimates on that. We get that number actually from the Department of Revenue. I will point out a couple things to you here. impact is approximately equal to the tax impact that your taxpayers are seeing now with the current VAA override. And this is the value of the house for tax purposes. I'm going to show you a little bit more
099on that in just a minute. I was also asked to identify for you the combination of your secondary property taxes. So I included on here both the estimated tax rate for the DAA override as well as the estimated tax rate for your outstanding bond. Yes, there we go. I just wanted to see that very bottom. I wanted to make sure that you can see this. There was a recent bond sale, and so this is the analysis for the estimated bond tax rate that is... showing for you in that column. Approximately, you know, 63 cents in fiscal 26 and then estimated to be at 62 cents ending down slightly towards the end of the period. You can see the property value growth estimates that were used to come up. And then I just used that same
100property value growth to identify the estimated EAA. tax rates over time and then a combination for you on that very far right column. Again, I circled that 46 cents. I picked it up from the prior slide, but of course that will not be the rate that you get to. When you get to a fiscal 27, you're going to actually use the property value. It's not going to be the rate that is in the book. And again, the same concept, you would expect your tax rates to be edging down over time as property values. A little bit of a calendar of how these elections work. What I'd mostly like to point out is... look at this from the very bottom and work your way up. November 4, 2025 is election day. The responsibility for executing elections
101falls on the county, and they've got two statutory dates that are in place. They mail ballots starting 27 days before the election, and they are required to mail voter information halfway 35 days before the election. everything above that is county deadlines designed to get to those three statutory dates. So it's not arbitrary. They've got a lot of work to do. There's quite a bit of proofreading, translation, typesetting, and they're just trying to work backwards in order to make this happen. Most counties, and you've already done this, The county just wants a courtesy notification in May that, yes, we're contemplating election, so they have a sense of how much work is out there in order to get to November 4th, 2025. The other key date that we'll be of note is... the deadline for submitting pro
102and con arguments. The district will provide a notice. Statute requires how this notice is published to let your electorate know that they're invited to submit pro and con statements and to the voter in the state to put this on the ballot. One of those features of that resolution is to identify August 8th as the deadline for submitting the pro and con statements. We're contagious. So what I have done is I've gone to the county assessor website. I have identified three residential properties. I'm giving you a little bit of a hint as to what their location is. I'm sure that means a lot more to you than it does to me. But that are the approximate value, limited property value, the value used for tax purposes. So I've got one on 19th Street that's $163,000. There
103are two on South 41st Avenue, one at $177,000, and then another one at $182,000. Well, the assessor also has a full tax value for those properties. The full tax value is not taxed. but it is the value that a taxpayer could appeal if they were so inclined. And you could see in each of these cases, the assessor full cash value, which we sometimes contemplate as akin to market value, is a little bit higher than the limited property value that is used for tax purposes. And then I have gone to the very scientific website of Zillow. And just in the last couple of weeks, pulled up what Zillow says each of these houses is valued at, which I think is what individuals, if you're thinking of selling your house, you're more likely to think, eh, that's
104what I could sell it for. And so in each of these cases, you can see that the Zillow value, or what you would contemplate that you could sell it for, is substantially higher than the value that the property is taxed at. I point that out. Hopefully that message penetrates among various communities and that when you're told the average value house in the area is $182,000, you're not sitting there thinking to yourself, yes, but my house is worth over $300,000, and so my tax bill is going to be 50%, 75% more than that when, in fact, your tax value for tax... purposes is in fact right at the end. So we do try and this is a phenomenon that will not always exist but it does exist and has existed for several years because of the
105real estate market. market values have escalated much more quickly than what is allowed in the Constitution for limited property value to escalate. And so that's why we see this big gap. So we have been talking about this for a few years to hopefully give a little bit more context to taxpayers on how this property tax, whether it's a DAA override in your case or other overrides or bond election cycles. With that, I'm certainly happy to answer any questions. I will tell you we have this super dense four pages of election requirements. If you've got any questions on it, I'm certainly glad to discuss it, but I will just leave that for your reading. I have a question. Can you back up one slide, please? I want that one. So South 41st Avenue, 177-669-182-705. Zillow is
106about 60% more or less. Is that about fair? I'm just trying to do something quick. And that's just between the limited value and the assessor full cash. The assessor full cash, honestly, by design, is at best 85% of market value. And I say by design because that helps the appeal process. You know, if the assessor tells you, you know, you've got a full cash value of $217,000 and you're thinking, like, and I could sell that house for 250, you're thinking I got away with something, I'm good. If the assessor told you it was 260 and you're thinking I can only sell it for 250, you start talking to your neighbors and thinking about whether you should appeal. So, and that's statewide. Any other questions? I was doing some quick math. Yes, sir. If we were
107to go to this and we were to pass the DAA application, what would be the increase to the tax rate currently? So this is the history. It just brought up again the history of the current GAA. I mean, it's an approximate. And I think we've got pretty good confidence that going into fiscal 26, that tax rate will be just basically 48 cents. And that's what we'll show in the pamphlet for 27. But I do think fiscal 27 is going to go down a couple of times. Your property value is growing. You're still talking about the same $1.5 million, and I think actually the tax rate will go down if, in fact, your voters reauthorize the TAA override starting in fiscal 2017. It would be $0.48 for $100 for an assistive valuation for $1.5 million. That's
108an approximation of what you're telling us. Did I say it right? The 48 cents for fiscal year 25-26, I actually have 98% confidence in the property abstract. It hasn't been adopted, and there are occasionally some new ones. It'll change because the property value will increase or end. You can see a couple pennies every year that it has been going down. $1.5 million in year one is 100%. And then inflationary pressures by drop that 1.5 the next year is going to be really worth 1.5 minus 3%. And then it's Yeah, but anyways, that's cool. Your slides. It's small. Right? Good. More people pay him so as your set value increases. Well, more people plus the, and the value of your property goes up. much greater than the assessed value can go up because you said 5%?
109Is that some law or what? Yeah, so your assessed value can go up 5%. Your real value can go up 20%. Yeah, right. There would be an increase of 48 cents. So it sounds like it would be set to expire. And so for the election in 2025 for fiscal year 2026, 2027, it will replace what's currently already there. It won't be in addition to. It just basically maintains the same glide slope. Which is actually slightly slower. You know exactly what I was trying to put together. You say it better than I do. Your fiscal 27 PAA override will be here. Yes, that 48 cents is not an addition. It would supersede potentially when you continue. Continue, that was what I was trying to get to. That would actually be a little lower. Yes, it would
110be. Any questions, any additional questions? Thank you, ma'am. I'm trying to remember to pay my taxes. The next item of business is. Next item of business is K3. K3 is Mr. Paul Udall of Primary Consultants LLC will present the results of an opinion survey regarding the possible district additional assistance override renewal election. The district contracted with Primary Consultants LLC to conduct a community survey. To determine the potential support for the possible district additional assistance override renewal election in November 2025, Mr. Paul Udall, principal of Primary Consultants LLC, specializes in working with school districts and help determine the feasibility of a potential bond or override election and will present the results of the survey to the governing board. Mr. Udall, you have the floor. President Moore, members of the board, it's a pleasure to be here
111again. For the record, my name is Paul Udall. and I was, as I was driving in from the great state of Maricopa, I was thinking about, you know, how long I've been down here, and Randy showed those elections. There's actually one prior, which was when Dr. Knox was superintendent in 1999, where the district put up around, I remember, $4 million, and the state came up with about $9 million for it. on the bond election that was approved. So long, successful history for the district and happy to be here tonight. Just to give you sort of a brief summary of the survey, we ended up with 381 completes of our high-efficiency voters within the district, plus or minus 5%. All surveys were completed by phone, and we did that April 16th through April 18th. And what
112I'd like to do is kind of walk you through the demographics. That gives you a little bit better idea of some of the responses. We have almost an even split on male, female. We always try to get that. Women are a little bit easier to get on the phone and stay on the phone. We have a nice breakout of age 44% over 50 plus, and those are the people that we know are going to come out to vote. We broke out by residency, length of residency, 62% over six plus years. Although we have the political registration on file, we ask that politically, and again, one-third conservative, and that's kind of Yuma County in general, 10% liberal, 10% moderate, 18% independent. I don't know who considers themselves independent anymore in today's marketplace, but again, we just
113got a nice mix of that. So, and to give you an even better idea, 3% employees, which is not a surprise. sort of expected. Remember, if you're an employee and you're registered in UMA1, I'm not going to theoretically talk to you. Historically, our parents and employees are not the ones coming out to vote in the election. To give you an idea, our breakup of 30% were parents, 22% were former parents, 9% went to charter or private schools, 31%, which is a little bit lower than I expected. have never had a student in the district just to give you and that is not at all unusual but just to give you an idea um not everybody understands what's going on in your in your schools I always try to ask a couple general questions. Is the
114district, excuse me, is the state heading the right direction? Long track. You can see not the best numbers for the state. I always ask, in Randy's presentation, we all want our house worth a million bucks, but assess it $50,000. We all get down care who you are. That's what you want. So too high too low just about right not you know, not bad numbers when we look at that and then we asked the direction of the school district and you can see three quarters of the people that had an opinion. So again, 37% unsure, don't know, don't care. They, you know, again, 31% never had kids in your school, but three-quarters of people that hadn't been here believe the district is headed in the right direction. And we asked a series of questions, you know,
115do you strongly agree, somewhat agree, strongly disagree, somewhat disagree, or give you no opinion? And you can see, you know, Districts provide a safe educational environment. Two things that stand out. We have three questions with 25% of more no opinion. So it's not that you aren't doing a good job. Just people don't know, don't understand, aren't paying attention to it. But you can see, even using your money in a responsible manner, it's a 5 to 1 ratio. You're at 50% with almost half, 40% no opinion. I don't mind paying a few dollars more a month in school taxes as long as it makes education better for kids. You're at 76%. Prior years, we've been in the low 80s, but those numbers aren't bad. You're meeting the needs of your students. Again, a much higher number.
116And then property, as a property owner, I believe quality schools will enhance my property values. Again, pretty good number, but again, a third, no opinion. So why we're here, we asked renewal of the district's existing additional assistance override. Wow. That's a tongue twister and I know what I'm talking about too. That's Mr. Mordred. A third of the people that said yes were conservatives. You can see we're getting a fair amount of people, of the people that said yes. I'm not actually surprised for me. Yes? Question. In that graph, that circle graph, this is just my ignorant thinking about this stuff. If I got 21% unsure... I would say half those people would vote yes and half those people would vote no. Does that sound reasonable? You know, it's really easy to say yes. Oh, yeah.
117So that's a nice way of saying, well, no, okay. Usually, huh? I agree. It depends. But the vast majority are going to be no's. Oh, the 21%. Okay. Thank you. And your does will drive across county to make sure they're accounted. Oh, yeah, of course. Okay. And our yes votes, that's going to pass. And so of your people that said yes, 44% are over 50. You know, we dropped down again a little bit from conservative now to 33%. The 7% something else is kind of like, you have one, two, three, four, you have four, and it's like something else. What, a communist? We can come back and run the information based on the data on the voter file that says, here's what the party, you know, I talked the ball and I know what he
118did. But, you know, it's always nice to see, you know, I'm conservative, not a Democrat, I'm conservative. So it's just, again, just some perception of it. And for the benefit of the board, this question relates to the threshold of 1.75. Right. So this is the, yeah, 1.75. Thank you. And so then we went to the full 2 million. And, you know, no shock. No, I don't want to pay. So you can see our insurer grows. We're under 50, which is not where you want to be. I get that statistical. That's a message. It's delivered loudly. So we then went through giving a list of uses for the GAA funds. and again having them combine important not important and not a shock at all you know maintain school security is number one improve student safety is
119number two access to technology is number three and then those are you know that is not a surprise when you go out you know it's the buzzword you know i i made a couple visits today to some of my school offices and it's the first time i can remember unfortunately it's where we're at in marketplace today and i say that it's unfortunate but school safety is without question If you do this, would you be more likely, less likely to know the fact? There's trust with nothing more than to ask the question again. We grew two points. So I'm a mild-ass man, and everyone's allowing you to go into your primary care position, and they want you to breathe into the machine to test your lung capacity, and then they throw all those wonderful drugs in
120for a few minutes, and they want you to reach the end that you put in. um i'll open it up to the board board have any questions comments concerns other things on the ballot do we see an impact on these numbers when that's the case and what would that potential impact be that is a great question so what you'll see is a lower turnout It's a finite universe. We have an idea of who those voters are and be able to communicate with those voters. So there are some districts that across the state have just been preferred general elections. And I can certainly say this. My life is odd or even. I don't know if I'm even here or not here. Or you don't, and it's an even more presidential than before. And it's good. Potentially
121increases participation. a little bit but you know the advantage is it's it's coming home so i'm not coming out you know somerton i think last year was impacted because there was a presidential election turnout came out and said i'm mad and angry now this is it's really an issue for praying and praying for others and you're not being fired up by other issues Yeah, no, that's helpful. Any other questions? Thank you, sir. Sorry for pronouncing your name wrong. I don't think anybody can read here today. All right. Next order of business, K4. I'm looking something up for you. It is to consider, discuss, amend, if desired, and if deemed advisable to adapt a resolution ordering and calling for a special district additional assistance override election to be held in and for the district and declaring
122the deadline for submitting arguments for and against the election to the Yuma County School Superintendent as of August 8th, 2025 at 5 p.m. That was quite a bit, but. So the district is wishing to place an initiative on the November 4, 2025 ballot. And the governing board approval is needed. So let me back this down a little bit. This is to give you a little bit of background. Pursuant to ARS 15481, as amended, the governing board may call for a district additional assistance override for a special amount limited to 10%. of the revenue control limit or a percentage of RCL not to exceed 10%. The district additional assistance override question asks voters to approve this ballot measure. Funds would be used to support technology devices, equipment, software, and infrastructure, transportation vehicles, buses and equipment, and
123school safety and security infrastructure and equipment. The meeting... certification and board resolution including the ballot language prepared by legal counsel that orders and calls for the election are attached so now I'd like to know what the board's pleasure is I'll take a motion and you can discuss it and we call for election for 1.5 properly moved and seconded. Now I'll take discussion. I, for one, I'm okay with it. I'm worried that we would get running into a recession. We might be, I mean, there's some forecasters that saying that it's, we're running into a recession, it's coming. I don't know if that's how accurate it is. I think it's possible that things are starting to turn around, I think. And so. If there's a recession at the election, it's going to be a rough sale. But
124I'm willing to give it a shot. That's just me. I'm going to vote for it. I don't like – and I appreciate it that it's a 1.5. Do you have any additional information you'd like to present? A lot of this stuff should be getting paid for by the state. But, I mean, I'm more for it. 50 cents a year. Not every month, not every whatever. That's very, very reasonable. Now, here's the other thing I really like about this. We're not asking for the full 10%. Right. We're conservative, and we know that to this point, we have a great history of actually using these funds according to what we decided that, you know, what we need them for. And the whole transparency there, I have to speak to that as far as every year. September 1st
125and October 31st were required to share how these funds are being spent. So that's part of the transparency that we have within our community. That's statutorily driven, but we also include the same information within the popular annual financial report that we share in the community so they can see the progress that these funds have been making. So we're very much in tune of here's what we said we were going to do and this is what we did. And that's incredibly important to us and how we spend those. I don't have any more comment. Does anyone else want to? Mr. You know, I don't feel bad about asking this either. And I think our constituents overall think that we're doing a pretty good job. Maybe we are. Maybe we'll wake up one morning and find out
126we didn't. But I think people are fairly happy with the way our school district runs. Yeah. And can I ask Paul a question right now still? Paul, you don't have to get up. Do you feel comfortable that we would do this? I mean, you're a guy that's in this business pretty stiff. If I could pick winners and losers, I'd be in the mix. I wouldn't be. Sometimes you do everything. Right. But it looks like a positive. Get out and push it. It depends on which side of the student teacher thing you're on. We'll all see. So, I mean, from what you showed us, I feel fairly confident. And I think that we can promote this to our benefit and do okay. I don't think there's change. I'll give you money here, but if you want
127money too, I don't have to go. I don't have any stake. You know, and that's out of your control. But my feeling on that issue, and I know this is going to be awful to say this, I think there's a lot of people that wouldn't have a clue what it meant one way or another. You're right. I mean, I hate to say that, but you're exactly right. Thank you. Thank you. Any other input? A lot of work into being very intentional about this request, about requesting as little as we can get by with to do the things that we need to do as a district, right? We as a board have a responsibility to... take care of our district right and i think this is a reasonable thing to ask for and i appreciate all
128the work that's been put into you know the polling and putting all this together right and you know i think yeah the recession factor is is a potential concern right but i mean i think there's little harm in asking right and historically our community has been really supportive i would say call for the collection All right, so Paul, you moved. Okay, Paul for a sec. Did you call for the question? We did have a, we did have a, we did have a. So we're going to close the debate then or discussion. We're going to vote on the motion. All in favor of the action item, please signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed, same sign. The motion passes. Four in favor, one absent. Next item of business. Yes, sir. Right. Thank you. Are we adjourned?
129Properly moving in this. We haven't. We haven't seconded any discussion. All in favor say aye. I haven't gone that far. Motion passes. All in favor one. Absent. I'm waiting for all meeting for them. Boy, for a moment I thought I was in Flagstaff.