001Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the July 10th meeting for the Glendale Elementary School District governing board. Mr. Barrian, are there any changes to the agenda this evening? Uh Mr. President, members of the board, there are no changes to the agenda. With that, is there a motion to adopt the agenda? Move to adopt the agenda. Second. Miss Wilson, how do you vote? I. Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? I. Miss Bartell, how do you vote? I. Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? Thank you. All right. Okay. With that, the agenda is approved. Please join me in a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance. Please rise. Just before we get it to head into the public hearing, is there a motion to recess the meeting for the purpose of holding a public hearing as
002proposed the expenditure budget for the 202526 school year in accordance with ARS15-9501. So moved. Second. Miss Wilson, how do you vote? I. Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? I. Miss Bartellis, how do you vote? I wait. It's a recess. We don't Okay. All right. Um, Mr. Harmo, how do you vote? I We're now in public hearing. Mr. Bergen. Uh Mr. President, members of the board, I'm going to turn it over to Miss uh Gavel who will present to you the uh budget uh in its adoption form. You'll be familiar with some of the information there um since we did propose it last month. So, with that, I'll turn it over to Miss Kavale. Okay. Good evening, Mr. President. Actually, good afternoon. Uh Mr. President, uh Assistant Superintendent Brian and members of the board. Um, tonight
003I'll be going over the um adopted budget for fiscal year 26. You may have to beat the clock that's on there because it says it's going to restart in 53 seconds. Miss Gutav, let's go. I will try to finish that quick too. So the fiscal year 2026 budget um the proposed and adopted budget are still on the preliminary forms. The state did not have the past budget in time for us to put them on final forms. So these are still preliminary forms. We will have a revised budget in September and those will be on the um with the new state budget numbers. So, these are still preliminary. With that, I'll go into our average daily membership. Um, as Mr. Barrian said in the last um board meeting when we were going over the proposed, we
004really looked at the revised final numbers for 24, which was the 8173 and our revised, our last revised of 25, we were at 8034. This slide did have an error on the last when we went over the proposed um ADM numbers. It had 7702 as our proposed ADM and it's actually 7720. The budget workpapers are correct. They're um we're used I used the 7720 to calculate the budget. It was just a transposition error on the slide. And that is a decrease of the 3.9% from our last revised. And that revision was done um based on the new demographic numbers. That's uh the reduction that we're planning for 26. Looking at m this slide, our revenue control limit of 59.8 million. Usually we're able to put part of that RCL over into column B into capital.
005We'll keep part of it M part of it capital and also our DAA. We always leave that in column B. And this is off of our revi our last revision in 25. Unfortunately, in 26, we're having to move all of that capital money that usually sits in column B over back into M in order to u maintain continuity of services. So, this is a comparison of our proposed and adopted budgets. They're exactly the same since we didn't have updated workp papers. Um the proposed and adopted numbers are the same. Our budget balance carry forward um is 5 million and then the what you will notice is that the DAA our final revised in 25 was zero because we always left it in capital and in 26 we're moving that 4.4 million into M. And here
006you can see that that in the uh in the RCL DAA we're zero since we're pushing all that over. And where we finished last year in 25 14.7 um almost 14.8 million in capital. We're reducing that down to 10.9 for the proposed tax rate. This is a second year where we have not levied for adjacent ways. So we haven't had to produce the truth and taxation um put it in the newspaper. So since we are not levy levying for that fund um there is no need to report on the truth and taxation. And these are estimated tax rates for 26. Um the primary tax rate went up 10 cents. However, with the M override going down, DAA override being reduced and our bonds um secondary tax rate went down. So overall the tax rate was
007reduced by almost 9 cents. And the final thoughts, the district continues to incur fixed costs such as staffing, special education, maintaining facilities, and transportation. And regardless of student enrollment at each campus, this growing gap between revenue and expenditures is placing increasing strain on the district's financial stability. decisions, while difficult and potentially unpopular, will be necessary to support the immediate and long-term financial health and sustainability of GESD. The administration remains committed to prudent and responsible stewardship of the district's resources. Mr. President, members of the board, if you guys have any questions, u this would be a good opportunity uh for those to be asked or you need us to elaborate on anything that has been presented. We're happy to do that. Any questions from the board? I have a question. I'm just not sure how to
008ask it. With the changes at the federal level, is that going to impact us this year or is it a at a later date that we know of? Uh Mr. President, members of the board, that's something that we're closely monitoring. That's something that we're speaking or talking about on a weekly basis. an executive team. Uh, you know, I think the superintendent has shared that we have our finger on the pulse on that. Uh, we're going to continue to do that. The short answer is any if there were any reductions as we understand it, those would be in this current fiscal year and that's something that we are monitoring. Thank you. The other question I would have would be the impact of, you know, January 1, there will be an impact um with the increase in
009a minimum wage. Yeah. Okay. That we are in public hearing. So, anyone from the public wishes to ask a question or comment regarding the budget, you may do so at this time. So, there just let you aware. So, there is a separate call to the public, but if you're asking about specific budget related questions, now is also a good time to do that. Okay, I'd like to get it over with. Hello, my name is uh Marggo Del Rosario. Um, I used to be employed with the district. I still support it. And recently, I had heard and I don't know if any of it was just a rumor or not, that a few more of the schools were going to be closed. I'm aware that a few years ago I'm sign Coyote Ridge and Desert Garden
010were the first few. So, um, you know, I heard from somebody who I think was in this district. I didn't know her directly, but that's pretty much uh what my concern was. Or maybe just reducing them. Maybe maybe just one was going to close, but not all of them, you know, at the same time because it's the middle of the summer, right? We all know that. Um, and that was pretty much my concern and a few other um, acquaintances that have um, either kids or grandkids in the district or around. Okay, that's all pretty much simple. I was trying to follow that. You know, it's kind of hard, but uh, that's all I wanted to say and uh, thank you for your time. Uh, Mr. President, members of the board, I'm happy to answer that
011question. And if uh Glattis, do you mind going back to the presentation for just a second? And I believe it's the second slide or Valerie, if you can get us to the the ADM chart that you were referencing where we had the typo 7702 versus 7720. Uh Mr. President, members of the board, uh, and any, uh, committee member and stakeholders that might be listening. One of the things that the superintendent, uh, clearly communicated as well as our demographer, I believe, at the last meeting was that based on information that they've collected that there's still a projection that the district is going to continue to decline. and as a administration and as a board, you know, we have and will continue to make recommendations um based on the information that we're collecting to make those prudent
012and sometimes difficult decisions. There are several steps that the superintendent presented at the last meeting about what our goals would be, such as having a very targeted marketing effort. um that would be something that ideally we'd like to do and see a change in those in those graphs and obviously increase the ADM, but she also talked about the potential of downsizing and right right sizing the district. Um, so we're looking at that. We're monitoring that and based on information over the next year, year and a half, uh, and frankly even in the next six months, we'll continue to evaluate and give the board what we believe is the best recommendation under the circumstances that we find ourselves in. Yeah. And if you if you didn't get a chance to watch the last meeting, you can
013go to the district's YouTube channel. It's it's one of our longer ones, so there's it's kind of a slug to go through. Um, but there is a lot of good information relating to that demographic study on there. Um, if you want to bring yourself up to speed, Mr. President, members of the board, I think that's an excellent suggestion and I would encourage anyone uh that maybe was not here at the last meeting to spend some time looking at that so that we all clearly understand the challenges that the district faces and some of the decisions that might need to be made. So, thank you for offering that as a suggestion, Mr. President. Are there any qu any other questions or comments from the public? Okay. With that, is there a motion to adjourn the public
014hearing and reconvene to regular session? So moved. Second. Miss Wilson, how do you vote? I. Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? I. Miss Bartell, how do you vote? I. Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? I. And chair votes I. Thank you. We are back in regular session. Um, was did that ma'am, did that satisfy your your call to the public? You good? Okay. Just making sure. All right, moving on to our consent agenda. Are there any questions or comments on the Nobody else? No. No. Um, are there any questions or comments on the consent agenda items? With that, is there a motion to approve the consent agenda? I move to approve the consent agenda. Second. Miss Wilson, how do you vote? I. Miss Pimentel, how do you vote? I. Miss Bartell's, how do you vote?
015I. Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? I. And the chair votes I. Thank you. Moving on to our action item. Uh, as we saw just a little bit ago, uh, all the information was just presented to us. Are there any qu any additional questions or comments? Is there a motion to Mr. Um, yes. I just wanted to express my like like we have world class people that are working on this that have worked on this budget and I really appreciate the the amount of work that went into it especially given the circumstances that we're in with the state and federal governments not supporting us the way that they're supposed to be supporting where most American children go to. So, I just wanted to express my happiness and uh my frustrations with the state and federal
016governments, but mostly my appreciation for our finance team because I can I looked at the reports and it it what was what was done and what is recommended is necessary and going forward um I like the transparency and I hope we can continue to do so. Right. Thank you. We appreciate those comments. Um, board member Hano, I think we uh we all appreciate our finance people. Thank you very much for uh everything that you've done. With that, is there a motion to approve the expenditure budget? I move to approve the expenditure budget for the 2025 2026 school year as presented. Second. Miss Wilson, how do you vote? I. Miss Pimementel, how do you vote? I. Miss Bartell's, how do you vote? I. Mr. Harmio, how do you vote? I. And the chair votes I. Thank
017you. Moving on to item nine, future meetings and events. Um, Miss Sagata Jones, you look very handsome today. I don't even know how to respond to that. What's coming up, sir? Uh, do you want to provide me with the the July 24th board meeting? We have several items. Um, bear with us here. We have uh extracurricular fees. We have the facility use schedule. Um and any additional uh personnel related items for your consideration. Just standard run-of-the-mill business stuff. All right. Any questions or comments from the board? All right. Moving on. Uh the summary of current events, the superintendent report Yes, on behalf of Superintendent Sagata Jones, who's uh welld deserved time with her family. Uh so we're eager for her to uh be fully rested so that she's running on all 12 cylinders when she
018returns. She did want me to just briefly talk about some of the projects that are current districtwide. I will start by sharing with the board that we have had AC related units uh concerns or issues um that we're seeing. We're seeing them a little sooner than usual. uh impacting not only our school sites but here at the district office as well. So none of us have been immune by some of those challenges at six different campuses. We have started to um and in some cases have already finished some conc concrete floor repairs and or polishing of the concrete removing um and replacing BCT. We are beginning to do at at least at one site bu uh paint the exterior of the facilities. Uh we're doing a lot of sealing and coating of parking lots. Some
019of our media centers have new carpet and some repairs have been uh done and and painting of those media centers. The interior I know that there's a huge challenge in support uh at the support center. We are working on replacing outdated antiquated fuel tanks. So that is a big huge undertaking that we even as an hour ago were talking about. So a lot going on throughout the district. And the other item which is ongoing are really some chiller repairs and replacements of those. Some of the items that we are repairing or looking to repair are really with the school facilities oversight board and so we're still awaiting funding from that. I will just share that in some cases in September in some cases we've been waiting a year to kind of actually get the green
020light to proceed with some of those. We understand that the temperature or the environment may be uncomfortable. We are working as diligently as we can working with the state agency to provide that level of funding. Uh so just bear with us. We're we're looking at it and we're in constant communication with them. And uh Mr. President, members of board, I'm happy to answer any questions that you may have as it relates to some of those projects. Otherwise, I'll turn it over back to you. A lot of stuff happening in the summer and I can attest I went back there a little bit earlier. It is kind of toasty back there. Um, and normally I would blame that on the fact that Mike probably sets the AC in his own house to 86 degrees because he's
021a cheapo, but uh, no, it is it is toasty and and thanks and and I know how rough that is. It seems like my AC has gone out every year. So, all right, moving on to the board. Uh, Miss Wilson, do you have anything to share? Yeah. Well, first of all, my heartfelt uh thanks to all of those people that are working throughout the summer to get our campuses ready, especially those working outside in this killer heat. Um so, thanks to all of you and to all of you that are working uh so hard to get uh things ready for our kids coming back in August, August 3rd. Um, but I just wanted to touch on an article that I read uh through the uh 12 News app that talked about um the ESAs um
022and how there is it mentions that there's $440 million uh that is uh used for um the educational vouchers for uh the private and home schools homeschooling and I found that you know to be really unsettling. considering how we work so hard and the public schools are struggling to uh you know to be where they should. Um I mean we do rank what last or near last um in school funding. So uh and then also this next year it is going to cost the state a billion a billion dollars um for the um you know vouchers. So um to me that is just you know I just found that to be incredible. So if you get a chance to read the article, it was very interesting. Um the information was all gathered through a public
023uh request, public records request um through the investigative team um of which the state treasurer refused to disclose the information. So they had to go that route. Um this person's also running for the uh Arizona State Superintendent of Public Education. So um anyway, that was kind of weird. Um, so it it's just, you know, very uh unsettling to be reading things like this and I know our district does really well. I want to thank Mr. Beran and his team for all the work that they do and um in our finances and you know we do and have done very well. So um thank you um for all that you do. So and boy stay cool if you can. Thank you Miss Pimentel. So I think right now it's cooling down to maybe 113 today. So,
024just a reminder, stay hydrated and uh if you have a place in your yard that you can put out a bowl of water for the stray kitties. Um I know they'd appreciate it. Um back to school I think is two and a half weeks and this boy goes by so fast and uh and I don't think that we're going to get heat relief probably until maybe January it seems like. But um back to school and uh I think there's a couple events going on. So we look forward to seeing you there. First of all, I would put the bowl of water in my neighbor's yard. That way the cats aren't coming to my house. That's a pro tip right there. Miss Bartell, do you have anything for us? So um I'm hoping that everybody is
025enjoying the summertime. I know it's hot here. Um, with recent weather events, not only in our state, but in other states across the country, I would just remind everybody to please, please, please be careful. Pay attention to those alerts. Um, we we've known of people personally that have been caught up in those weather related issues and, you know, I don't want to lose anybody. So, please be safe and enjoy your summer. Mr. Harmio, do you have anything to share with us today? Sure. First, I just appreciate the fact that we're able to phone call our ways into the meeting and I appreciate my job for allowing me to call in 30 minutes early from work. Um, second of all, I just want to make sure that you take care of your loved ones. Uh we
026have a lot of students with families that have mixed status and with everything going on in the country and especially the state, we're seeing a lot of um actions taken upon people, people losing their due process and uh facing deportation to parts of the world where they're not even from. So please, please, please look out for everyone. Look out for your neighbors, your friends, your family. and I'll be in person at the next meeting with fully healed leg. Um, and again, I I want to thank our finance team again because the situation we've been dealt and the declining enrollment like I I looked at it and it was the we have a world class team. So again, thank you. That ends my comment. All right. Thank you. Um, as for myself, I am looking forward
027uh my I know several district admin finance people and payroll people are going to head down to the summer ASBO conference in Tucson next week. It is a great learning opportunity. It's it's easily the biggest professional development opportunity for business office people to go to. And so I'm I'm excited about going. I'm doing a couple sessions over there and then uh plan to sweat it out in the hallways because it's too hot and then freeze my butt off in all the session classrooms because they're always too cold and there is never any gray area in between. Um so I'll wear a sweater and then take it off and wear a jacket and then take it off. So but other than that, everyone just be safe. Um a lot of big things. It'll be uh that
028first big event uh where we're coming welcoming back to the school will be here before we know it. And um have a safe uh couple weeks everybody. But that is our motion to adjurnn. Move to adjurnn. Second. All those in favor?