001all right uh last call for any of the public comment slips if anyone else would like to make a public comment just make sure you fill out the yellow slip all right uh I would like to call the meeting to order we will start with the Pledge of Allegiance delet us [Music] roll call please Christ henzi here Jennifer Ray here Jason [Laughter] zadun here Jennifer Cliff here Cheryl madx Smith here Cassidy Thomas here Eric Smith here and I would entertain a motion to approve the agenda I'll make a motion to approve the agenda as presented support okay motion made by Mrs clip support by m Ray all those in favor I uh moving on to the superintendent report Mr SED thank thank you president cenzi and I'd like to start off by passing over to
002Mr Lampman for a budget amendment I think he's going to use a Podium thank you Mr Sedwick I did promise Mr Sedwick I'd try to keep it under an hour so here we go uh so I'm here this evening to present the um second budget amendment of The 2425 fiscal year so to give you a little little historical perspective the March budget amendment historically was used for um kind of just a little bit of a cleanup of the budget before coming into year end um over 80% of the Staffing our uh budget expenditures are Staffing costs salaries and benefits and uh we took a good hard look at those uh with the December Amendment so we didn't look at those uh with this March Amendment we're looking at non-staff non-benefit items in the past for
003those uh of you that were were on the board uh during the covid years um one of the challenges we had was and it was a good challenge um was we were receiving grants all throughout the year that made us continually readdress our our staffing plan um as we're moving people uh to various grants throughout the year so that didn't happen this year so we're trying to go back to a little bit of normaly uh hence why we didn't look at at uh salaries and benefits with with this amendment having said that it's like 5 minutes already um starting with the general fund general fund is comprised of several different funds we've got our general operations our grant fund Kaufman planetarium uh Father Marquette services that we provide uh retirement terminal leave contingency Athletics and
004um uh the uh special revenue for Student Activity funds all rolls into what we call the general fund so um one of the things that we're adusting is our property taxes uh we're looking at an increase of about 28,000 that's adjusting for our city of Marquette property taxes that came in we collect the city taxes in the summer the townships in the winter um so we're just adjusting to our actual tax revenue for uh collections from City of Marquette uh March April is generally when we see our tax element come from the county so for the final Amendment we'll have our tax on from the county and we'll adjust to our actual taxes across the board including the townships at that time uh the most significant change to the general fund in this amendment is
005uh our state aid Revenue it's by and far uh the largest share of the uh Revenue uh in the general fund we take in uh between 30 32 million a year in um state aid Revenue so we based the December Amendment off our November state aid report and uh that report had some categoricals that uh didn't show up at that time it also had uh some reductions in some of our our normal income so uh currently our foundation allowance per pup is at 9,68 we did not see an increase this year uh what they did instead was they gave us a one-time miip cost offset and that's kind of in the long paragraph in bullet point to um so they gave us the equivalent of what would be a um a per pup increase of
006$369 uh but what they did was they reduced our mixer's normal cost offset by about 627,000 and that was in November well now here we are in febru or March looking at our February State a report and um they've restored some of that so um we're looking at an increase of about 325,000 to our mixer's normal cost offset so that was a pleasant surprise to see uh we also saw an increase to our 51c special ed money um that is largely due to the fact that between fiscal year 2223 and 2324 we saw about a million doll increase in our special ed expenditures so annually we file a cost report with the state of Michigan d entailing our uh allowable special ed expenditures we saw a million doll increase so part of that was returned
007back to us through our state aid so we are giving an increase for fisc year 2425 of $286 360 and they also gave us a prior period um uh adjustment in our state aid giving us an additional 28630 for last year based off of what we reported uh in special leex managers and then also our 22b discretionary funding increased 252,000 over uh where they originally allocated uh those dollars in uh December and that's partially because our FTE uh increased from 3,22 to 3,216 um so we saw uh an increase in our FTE so looking at the big picture um our December Amendment we were at revenues of 47,6 191,000 we're currently proposing in March 48,8 182,000 so overall that's an increase of 1,1 191,000 and again largely due to the uh um additional allocations on
008our state aid and this is just graphically showing you in Black what was adopted back in December in blue what the current proposed adoption is and it just lays out for you graphically you can see by far um the state revenue is our largest uh Revenue Source in the general fund followed by local dollars our property taxes and then less significantly is our federal Awards so looking at expenditures overall we're proposing a 6% increase into our expenditures so when you're looking at a $48 million budget that's pretty nominal um these increases are due to um some additional expenditures that we had in athletex travel um uh some additional instructional staff training uh and then some purchases for software license and various program supplies as long as uh as well as um for our CTE middle
009college program so overall uh back in December we were at 48,1 76,000 in March we're proposing 48,4 184,000 so that's an overall increase of 307,000 again pretty nominal less than 1% we're looking at 6% um so relatively small change in the grand scheme of things again here it is graphically you can see in black what was adopted back in December in blue what is being proposed and you can see our largest um uh expense is our staffing cost salaries and benefits which will'll revisit with our final amendment in June so um looking at the general fund overall we started the year with a fund balance of1 18, 305,000 we're proposing um with this amendment revenues of 48,8 182,000 expenses of 48,4 184,000 resulting in a net income of 398,000 and an overall ending fund balance
010of 8,740 and we do have um our fund balance broken down into various categories as well um 365,000 is nonspendable those are things like prepaid insurance that are non-cash items um uh we have money set aside for contingency so we reserve 10% of fund balance currently for um contingency items uh we have um 2 almost 2.2 million in a signed fund balance uh 1,300,000 of that is reserved for mtss implementation and then the remainder is uh for uh a set aside for future School Bus purchasing uh leaving 11, 309,000 in unassigned fund balance available for use and by the way feel free to stop me at any point with questions because I do have an hour to fil so both M on to the Food Service fund uh food service we took an in-depth look
011at Food Service with the December Amendment so we're not really proposing any changes at this point we'll kind of do our final uh review with the final budget in June um so right now we're not proposing any changes to revenue so we're still at 244,000 in uh revenue for the school lunch fund expenses we left it pretty much the same the only thing that we're changing in the school lunch fund is we're increasing our administrative indirect allocation from 95,000 to 105,000 and that's just based off a formula of what we're allowed to charge for administrative cost to the school lunch fund um so we're uh we're increasing that transfer to the general fund by $10,000 so overall we started the year in the school lunch fund at 746,000 we're adding revenues of 244,000 expenditures of
01228,000 resulting in a net income of $36,250 and an ending fund balance over all of $782,500 moving on looking at the proposed um Amendment for the private purpose trust fund we're not proposing anything at this time uh this basically fund scholarships which are paid out in May so we'll revisit this fund with our final Amendment after we've made those scholarship payments um again we're we started the year at 37,000 in uh the the trust fund and we're anticipating 309,000 but we'll course correct once we we make those scholarship payments um moving on we have the debt retirement fund capital projects fund syncing fund we're not proposing a whole lot with the debt uh service fund um this is basically collecting tax revenue to pay the uh 2016 Bond um and so it's basically an in
013and and out we collect the tax revenue we pay the bond the next Bond payment comes up in May um so after we make the bond payment we'll do final adjustments for the year- end budget but uh based off actual um uh taxes that came in we're we're increasing the U uh the revenue line by $4,255 so we started the year with a fund balance in The Debt Service fund of 186,000 uh we're adding revenues of 592 th000 expenses of $657,000 resulting in a net loss of $64,900 balance of $121,800 uh the syncing fund so the syncing fund does have its own uh funding source uh there's a millage uh about .94 Mills that's assessed for um uh generating Revenue to do projects within the district as you can see right now um we're proposing
014uh revenues of 1, 332,000 that's up about 12,000 again that's just an adjustment in property tax uh Revenue um as far as expenditures go uh we were at 1,755 th000 we're increasing that about 114,000 and that was for some activity that occurred this year close out uh we had some um we had some um um boiler work done at bachell Middle School along with the close out of the HVAC project so this is just going to um uh account for those expenditures so looking at um looking at the sying fund we started with a balance of 930,000 we're adding revenues of 1, 332,000 expenditures of 1,869 th000 resulting in a net loss of 536,000 in the syncing fund and a proposed in fund balance of 394,000 and I guess while I've got the podium I'll
015I'll climb up on my soap box and I'll say um just for for some of the newer board members uh benefit so the sying fund takes in about 1.3 million a year which um does not go very far in the grand scheme of things when you're looking at a district with over 700,000 uh feet of uh square feet of uh building space um so generally what what our strategy has been is to save up a year or two of of syncing fund money so we can fund some larger projects um so right now we're we're looking at about 394,000 in ending fund balance um so we're not going to Target really anything out of the syncing fund coming up this summer we're going to let that balance grow so that we can tackle a larger
016project next year so moving on to the capital projects fund capital projects fund is a standalone fund it does not have a specific specific funding source it is not funded by property taxes so the revenue that comes into the uh capital projects fund is revenue that that we put there um so um we've been transferring uh the uh money into the capital projects fund the last few years to cover certain things like um for instance 150,000 a year that we've been transferring into our capital projects fund to cover what we call the one toone initiative where we invest in um Chromebooks for for students in the district um that's that's been an ongoing program that we've continued funding um we've also been transferring a million into capital projects fund um to kind of be a
017back stop for um the syncing fund uh so um so we have uh We've identified I believe it's about $2.7 Million worth of projects that we need to tackle um this next year and the syncing fund doesn't have the capacity right now to um to fund those so we're going to fund those out of the capital projects fund so we've been we've been kind of building a back stop to to the syncing fund so anyway I'll climb off my soap box now and move on to um the budget presentation thank you for your patience so um in the capital projects fund fund uh we have revenues of $218,800 um we're showing a reduction of about $1 137,000 in revenue and that's just a little bit of a cleanup um um that 2 million is our
018transfer from the general fund plus the reimbursement from the shus foundation I'm sorry friends of the shus planetarium and the Mec grant for the uh projector at shrus Planet arum um what I didn't realize uh with the December December amendment is the first payment from uh MEC uh on the grant that we had slipped in right before fiscal year in June of fiscal year 2324 I thought it was in July of 2425 so that that revenue for that first grant payment uh was already accounted for in the previous year so this is just kind of a little bit of timing Cleanup in in the revenue there and then um we are uh adjusting the expenses by about 145,000 for the additional expenses that the board authorized for um uh the sh shus planetarian project at
019a previous meeting so we're just again cleaning up the budget for uh what the board has approved so looking at capital projects fund we started at 5, 79,000 we at revenues of 28,800 expenditures of 1,1 190,000 resulting in a net income of $27,995 resulting in an ending fund balance of $ 6,537 4 any questions here none thank you thank you thank you Mr lman appreciate the update I'm going to use that as a segue into a facilities update we do this generally Every Spring leading up to summer when the majority of our projects are underway so I do have Isaac Roberts here from gei to help us answer any questions on one specific facility project or infrastructure project that you will be considering tonight and that is the Sandy null roof project I'm going to
020talk a little bit about Sandy null roof in the context of projects identified scheduled for this summer but if you have questions about the San unol roof replacement which is going to cost approximately $400,000 that bid recommendation is in your packet please feel free to ask myself or Mr Roberts and we will gladly provide you more information it's pretty standard not a full tear down and replace more or less the top layer if the rubber layer if you will correct along with addressing a a section of the gym roof that's exposed to weather and wind and we've had some leaking so we're going to put some flashing essentially to address the the issues we've had with leaking along that south facing gym wall is that also correct okay so so scheduled for this summer again
021sandol roof replacement to the tune of approximately 400,00 we still have one playgroundoutdoor learning space that we have not yet addressed and that's Cherry Creek they waited until this com coming summer they're working on some grants that's going to cost approximately $100,000 Shy's planetarium renov Renovations you've heard plenty about previously again this is not all cost of maps based on what you heard from their fundraising efforts total cost of the project is approximately 1 million the alternative school is going to undergo an upgrade this summer we're going to we're going to upgrade or renovate their College and Career Readiness room which is uh is being used currently and and needs a facelift needs some additional infrastructure improvements to make that more more usable space along with the front door if you will the the when
022you come to sand you may have noticed the sidewalk is in dis repair they need some concrete work and then we're going to we're going to fix up their their front entrance specifically the fascia that's looking a little tired that's going to cost approximately 430,000 we have PA systems you've heard me talks quite quite length uh at length about PA systems a need for communications especially in an emergency we did put PA systems in Cherry Creek Superior Hills and the alternative school those have been I think a much needed and uh welcomed Improvement we're going to try to do two buildings we're we're focusing on the high school which is going to be by far the larger expense of the two buildings since it's so much larger but the other building is sanding n so
023we have budgeted for approximately 625,000 for the high school and saning N PA system PA system improvements and then also at the high school they HVB unit for the Pod is not currently operational so we need to get that fixed and that's going to cost us approximately 175,000 so what I just read to you was roughly 2.7 million and I think it verifies validates what Mr Lampman was talking about in regard to the revenue and expenses that we have related to infrastructure the sinking fund fun sying fund excuse me money in Money out 1.3 million coming in a year roughly and then more than that going out as you heard him allude to our capital projects fund fortunately has as he mentioned roughly 6 million 6 and A5 million but you can see by the
024some of the estimates I gave you we are going to be tapping into that capital projects fund significantly especially while we build the sinking fund back up so I'm going to pause on that and ask or provide you an opportunity to ask me questions before I move on that was a list um I just want to clar I just want to clarify real quick the fascia I think it I think you just misspoke the fascia is m a HS correct the roof and Pa is standing all correct thank you which school needed the uh concrete work was that the same one alternative school alternative schools a College and Career Readiness room and the sidewalk facial work the high school mshs high school excuse me is the PA system and the Pod HVAC thank you for
025that clarification and sanding n as you said is the roof and the PA system and what was the cost for the old school the cost for the College and Career Readiness project and the sidewalk facial work was roughly 430,000 the concrete work was just the side lock area from where the old kind of drop off area used to be sidewalk and steps okay yeah that whole front door if you will that's all wrapped in correct for Mr Roberts um for the Bell Roofing um bid for S um do you have to recall what the cost would have been for the complete tear out and just redoing it you might want to use the mic just because he won't pick up your response while he's going up to the mic reminder reminder Mr Roberts we had
026about five 500 to 600,000 budgeted for that project and we came in [Music] around oh no there we go uh the full remove and replace would have been at least double the price if not more okay and then what what is the life expectancy of the replacement as presented versus the complete tear out and redoing it the same complete repair or remove and replace and this overlay both what it came in with 15year warranty okay so so either way either way your G 15 years yeah roughly I'm assuming this is a rubber roof correct yes yep and what do you know the square footage it's roughly 500,000 thank you that's all I have thank you okay hearing no other questions thank you Mr Roberts again that bid recommendation is in your packet and you will
027be considering that project later on in the agenda so moving on I guess I'll call that part one the shortterm need and then part two the long-term need I know we've we've heard the hundred million reference being floated around in our community and that's not trivial that 100 million is a result of much work Mr Roberts and his team along with IDI and their Consultants have been working with maps Administration on facility Asset Management audit plans and we've been Consulting with various groups who recently participated a Statewide infrastructure study and have a a pretty decent handle on our infrastructure needs so what I intend to do is just Briefly summarize that 100 million I can certainly provide more information to the board if you so desire so first and foremost that 100 million doll need
028covers all buildings four Elementary buildings our Middle School our two high schools along with our Athletics complex and our bus garage cost categories General categories remodeling throughout classrooms hallways bathrooms Etc instructional technology safety Athletics the Arts academics minimal new construction that we've identified we did identify a potential new construction at Bothwell to address the second floor which is in significant need of updating and then also our Press Box at the high school their at their athletic complex is a project we've identified that would require new construction some demolition uh an example would be the CH a chimney at Graver at that's no longer being used and no longer needed so that would require some demolition I'd also like to talk about a little bit of a I guess a bit of a breakdown for each
029building just to give you an idea of what those projects might look like the projects that we've identified start with Cherry Creek one of our two newest buildings Cherry Creek and Superior Hills so those will be similar exter exterior your door Replacements roughly 38 doors classroom upgrades that includes Furniture casework flooring ceiling Etc additional security cameras window treatments those are safety related projects gym improvements definitely the floor Library improvements LED lighting upgrades throughout the building boilers which are dated our HVAC system Etc also would like to again address The Outdoor Learning spaces or playgrounds graet just major projects I'm not going to hit everything chimney removal I mentioned that already already repurpose the basement or at least re I guess renovate that space so it's more usable gym floor replacement classroom Renovations flooring SE ceiling
030Furniture Etc restroom restroom Renovations make them barrier free more modernized interior door Replacements Auditorium upgrades and there's a few needed upgrades in the auditorium univ vents otherwise known as unit ventilator Replacements throughout the building lighting and electrical upgrades throughout the building and HVAC in the building and the auditorium sanding old their gymnasium is in need of improvements significant improvements along with the Upper Elementary restrooms in the gymnasium the floor the stage the locker rooms Etc classroom Ovations which is going to be consistent throughout all the buildings ceiling flooring in some cases ceiling mon projectors electrical Etc interior door Replacements Library Renovations bathroom upgrades both in the classroom and common areas roof replacement which you heard a little bit about tonight classroom sink Replacements lighting electrical upgrades univ Vents and all of our classrooms electrical upgrades
031HVAC Etc Superior Hills again much like Cherry Creek exterior door Replacements classroom upgrades additional security cameras window treatments Etc the gym in the library need improvements LED upgrades throughout boilers HV HVAC Etc and fire alarm system needs to be updated bwell middle school classroom reconfigurations extensive second floor Renovations and the possible addition to make that possible bathroom mod modernizations exterior facade upgrades window treatments door lock upgrades hallway and gym locker room Replacements elevator modernization we all know how much that costs after our experience at gra we're at band and music Renovations our college and uh our CTE Wing renovation uh CTE Wing being renovated boiler Replacements and electrical upgrades throughout the building at the alternative school I mentioned the career and college readiness Renovations the floor and the stage need to be replaced we mentioned
032fascia we also need to replace the roof at some point in the near future interior door Replacements window replacements restroom Renovations classroom Renovations HVAC electrical upgrades throughout Marquette senior high school classroom upgrades I won't repeat myself but everything I mentioned before plus door hardware and sinks were appropriate renovations to their CTE trades Wing their art room their music room their Media Center their cafeteria restroom modernizations exterior facade improvements exterior door Replacements window replacements Locker Replacements both in the corridor and the locker rooms fire sprinkler heads the pool area needs significant Renovations along with their locker and shower room new univ Vents and waste piping Replacements elevator mization roof Replacements and then HVAC electrical throughout the alternative school or the alterntive School excuse me the Athletics specifically I mentioned a little bit already but again the
033locker rooms the gym floor sound system we need a new Press Box and in an Ideal World another facility for spring Sports and other athletic activities with when weather is not conducive otherwise known as a practice facility at the bus garage HVAC electrical lighting fire alarm roof replacement General re Ren ations across the building Etc and I don't say that to be sensationalize this infrastructure need but what I want to give is some context some some more specificity to the 100 million that we've heard floated it is real and it is greater the need is greater than what we're going to see in our sying fund revenue and the money that we have saved in capital projects we've done the best we can with what we have and I think we've done a really nice
034job we've made significant improvements $2.7 million this summer we've been 2 million or more the last few summers at least since I've taken taken over so we've made significant upgrades and I think you've seen those upgrades and we've uh done our best to cover a lot of different areas but as Mr Lampman said with over 750,000 Square ft of buildings with our newest buildings being 30 years old roughly there's just significant need and I want to give the board a realistic Taste of I guess how how infrastructure is going to be a focus for myself and and this Administration moving forward and hopefully for the board as well so with that I'll first ask or offer an opportunity to ask more questions but I think perhaps pass it over to miss cam beny if you
035if you uh once we run through those questions does anyone have any questions or comments uh yeah where to begin um you know we throw out 100 million I mean is that sort of the dream number or is that a realistic number is it you know sustaining things getting them to the place where we walk in and we're like wow this is great yes I don't I don't know that it would be a dream come true but it would be an update to our facilities modern modernizing our facilities and addressing the Myriad needs that we've identified over the years related to infrastructure again with buildings that are a minimum of 30 years old any of you that are homeowners 30 years is a long time to go before updating your home well we know would
036be new so I mean and ideally you know you walk into a new school which I have and you're like wow this is where a child you know is going to thrive and I mean you love the hominess of something old but at some point things are wearing down on every facility we have um so at kind of what we've been ticking away at each summer is you know in each year has that been was that kind of part of this whole gr picture yeah you probably heard a little bit of redundancy when I listed off the projects that we have slotted slated for this summer and then the $100 million we're doing our best to address that greater need we prioritize it's not just the 100 million that we cover every time we've taken
037that and boiled it down to a shorter term list with which are prioritized uh items that we need to address and with the budget doing the best we can to chip you know to knock off as many projects as we can and when things go over like an elevator yes when things go over which they have very regularly we that's where we use the capital projects as a back stop to the syncing fund I mean we've been kind of doing a a Band-Aid approach to a lot of the stuff but you know eventually it's going to come a time where the the Band-Aid just isn't going to stop the flow yeah it sounds in you know in the overview there was a mixture of um and so much of it was necessity so I don't
038want to downplay the need um when you talk about the idea of the dream when you're talking about barrier-free bathrooms and windows uh it's hard to even put that under the dream category some of those are matters of loss um a lot of those are matters of safety and um with all that we have to be proud of in our district and as many accolades as we get uh as the biggest District in the upper peninsula and the great work we're doing our facilities do not match our education frankly and um you know anybody you referred to maintaining a a home and with the upgrade you have to do in 30 years um many of us who live in older homes are chosen to renovate intentionally older homes know that um why that looks like
039cost Savings in the beginning often times when you're retrofitting things you're actually having to spend um more so you're doing that balance of you know scorched Earth versus Band-Aids um versus you know best practice from a construction point of view so uh thank you for that yeah our buildings I do want to say our our buildings are solid yeah solidly built just not updated new construction is cost prohibitive especially with seven buildings not including the bus garage and the athletic complex new buildings are just simply cost prohibitive and I think at this point the communities made it clear that they want us to use what we have and I think we've done a really nice job taking the money that's available the res resources that are available and doing the best we can to to
040to provide those updates and the updates are significant and I think remarkable in many ways what we've been able to do with limited resources but again a $100 million need with 1 mil excuse me $1.3 million of Revenue a year it doesn't take a an engineer or a mathematician or even somebody that knows construction well to understand that that's just not sustainable yeah and I I want just want to reiterate I think my uh takeaway from what you're saying is um so much of this is not even uh um so much of what was listed is not um a Dream It's a necessity right we just it we just have to do things well I just two more comments um one is I mean you know when you're looking at it from an environmental perspective
041you know I've done enough construction and weh have to end new construction that which one's more kind of eco-friendly and pros and cons to both so when we have buildings that have great structure are in great locations logically for me it's to you know redo those as best we can but I don't want us to I guess I'm concerned at throw at throwing out a number that's 100 million that is a massive number for our community to even wrap our heads around when I don't even think that's going to give us our dream and I don't want to sell ourselves short so what is the what is the dream what's realistic and what's essential and how are we going to pay for I mean those obviously are the pieces that we need to be addressing
042and we've been sort of kind of bringing it to the table and talking about it and doing our Band-Aids for what needs what's in critical need and prioritizing and I think we've done a phenomenal job I think you all have done a great job and I think you know working with both Dei and IDI that it's it's been a great relationship and really done a great job and the fact that you've even had the foresight to put the this entire list together I just I'm trying to wrap my head around how we look at the dream I mean because obviously as a community we have to Vision what it is we want what is our Dream for our schools and how do we get there that might mean that there are steps to get there
043right I just thoughts I think everything that the 100 million is cost prohibitive when you think about generating that kind of Revenue at the board's discretion or directive I would be happy to explore different ways of addressing the infrastructure need and come up with some potential cost to our community and would want to if possible have that be done on on public record just so it's known that we're exploring those options well even if we had a 100 million it wouldn't all be it has to be phased in and over time because obviously we have schools happening in these buildings so I mean we need to definitely I think make a motion for that because we need to be looking at this not just as we've been doing for the past four years that I've
044been on the board um which again has been I think we've done that well and you all have um but it's time that we kind of approach things differently because it's just they're going to get more and more dilapidated and we've even received emails about that so would you like to make a motion yes I would I think so um I mean I'd like to make a motion for um the superintendent to gather information um I mean you already have but paths forward for us to you know have further discussion and how we you know address this $ hundred million facility analysis that we have and how do we do a you know a plan over the next how many other years it's going to take to address these issues um so is that to
045wor yes sorry I make a motion for um superintendent to gather information and paths forward for us to address this1 million facility analysis um do I have support support okay so we have motion and support uh uh do we have any further discussion or any discussion regarding the motion so it would just be to uh instruct the superintendent to explore some options to close the facility G well when you ask options I mean what specifically are we ask Mr subject to think it's kind of aot term to send him off margin ERS for a motion so specifically what what are we asking you to look into for him to look at paths forward for addressing this and funding it and for him to come back with I mean I don't think we want to make
046it very specific that's for him to figure to look at but you know what are the what's what do we need essentially whether it's over a 10-year period of time or I mean at some point we have to start putting a plan together and I think basically that is starting to get a plan for how we address this issue so is the question on how to raise approximately $100 million or is the question about an actual construction plan that's that's the only thing that I think they go together I'm sorry I I can hear both oh my my question am I it's my mic my question for clarity was are we asking for him to come up with a plan forward for the generation of a approximately $100 million for construction or is are we
047asking him to create a um itemized plan and phase a phasing of all needed upgrades and their prises because that those one is fundraising and one is construction based at least from what I'm hearing I'm just looking for a little Clarity on that motion both of those I mean what are the priorities and how do you know is there a way of maybe it's not 100 million um maybe it's less than that but what are the priorities and you know how what would be a plan for implementing that and then yes funding it goes with that like I mentioned before some of these projects we're targeting with our short-term plans year toe using syncing fund revenue and capital projects Revenue the projects I listed for this summer were included on that list I think I
048could with the team prioritize the $100 million list and get that down to a number that is maybe more manageable but again the funding sources are pretty limited for public schools so what that looks like we would have to approach some outside Consultants to look at uh how how to generate that type of Revenue and what what would that look like for our school district and [Music] community so again I'm stilling to clear on exactly what the mo is asking for we've got a couple of different conversations so are we focusing on what the um funding mechanism is for the improvements are we asking for directions on the priorities of different construction projects that are needed is that all in one motion or we going look at Linda can you read that back to us
049sure the motion is with the super superintendent to gather information on paths forward on how to address the million facility analysis would it be prudent to drop the amount and just say the the facilities analysis the the uh I mean I don't I'm okay with however you want to approach this but for me they they go hand in hand you know I mean in that 100 million can come down come back lower or you know how do we prioritize things and what would be a you know I don't want to give specifics here but to put together a facility plan and ideas for how we fund it me I kind of kept it open for that reason I mean do you need it more specifically I can work from that we have again two A&E
050firms architectural engineering firms that we work with we have firms that help us with financing and I think I could in in a fairly reasonable amount of time turn this around with a more specific not proposal but options for how to address the infrastructure need in the district and perhaps we don't necessarily reference the 100 million that's just the term or the frame of reference because I've heard that talked about in our community Even in our last election uh so and I've used that term because that was the result of our audit and our analysis so that has been I guess become more widely known and I wanted to use that as context to frame this discussion but it doesn't necessarily have to be part of my uh next steps for planning I can just
051keep it more broad as far as developing plans and options for addressing the infrastructure needs at market area public schools and this would just be a more or less a fact finding it it wouldn't be we wouldn't be taking any actions or anything like that regarding this it just give the superintendent some direction to explore some of the different options and bring it back to the board for us to have a future discussion about so options again just are we looking at more of an itemized list of I mean there was a quite a list that was read off of different projects and so I we looking to get specifics on construction costs per project or an itemized list of what those projects look like um are we looking diving into funding mechanis is Ms
052at this point grants millages I mean the whole is that what we're looking at at this point I think that that's what we're looking at just trying to figure out how what type of projects we have the what needs to be done prioritized and then how we're going to fund it I mean we know that $1.3 million per year in the saving fund is not going to cover1 million doar in projects now unless we want to wait 100 years so so one District priorities to funding mechanisms and then potentially tiers of need yeah I mean and even if like let's say we magically got $100 million we're not going to be able to do $100 million worth of projects any year is going to have to be over um period of time because you can't
053just shut down the district and I mean the kids might like that but for a day and then we'll be bored um so we have to have you know some kind of a plan going forward Mr Roberts can we do 100 million in a year um okay I again I just want to make sure that so this is just to give some dire cor I just want to make sure we have a clear direction from Mr cedri specifically one looking at District priorities Plus cost of project two funding mechanisms and three um tiers of need specifically referencing the projects um uh funding layers meaning you know at bareing do we I do we have X am of funding that we need to have addressed you know a level B level C Level I mean does
054that sound good to everybody or is that clear no I agree do you feel like that do you feel like that's clear I mean do you feel yes and and I would be leveraging the help of some experts because what you're alluding to is is complex and I know who those people are and so does Mr Lampman I just want to make sure that we have full transparency here that we're going to approach uh exploring those different options and what that could look like and including in funding me funding mechanisms I know of course milles is a part of that but I'm hoping that we're considering and exploring and exhausting grant opportunities both state and federally as well foundational opportunities yeah that is correct and I think you saw some of that even in our
055report today some of the projects we've identified were paid for with grants like the safety upgrades PA systems cameras those are paid for with Grant dollars from the state similarly with the shyers planetarium there was an MEC grant for 250,000 that went towards that project we have the sinking fund of course we have local some local fundraising that's occurred with some of those projects and then the capital projects so we've hit a lot of different areas as far as funding sources in our short-term plan but again those are all short-term plans it doesn't necessarily address the larger scope scale of the need and I will say Michigan is somewhat unique and we don't in that we don't get infr funding for infrastructure in public schools in Michigan and that really limits our ability to generate
056the revenue that we're talking about we have addressed that with our lawmakers by the way okay so do we have any motion again what this motion so the motion is the motion for the superintendent to gather information on paths forward on how to address the 100 million facil the analysis got a second yep we have voted motion and support are there any further comments okay um all those in favor I any opposed motion passes uh Mr Cedric do you have anything else would you like me to have anything else no no all right moving on uh approving the first consent agenda which includes the minutes of the special meeting of February 10th 2025 the closed minutes of special meeting of February 10 2025 minutes of the regular meeting of February 17 2025 so would entertain
057a motion make a I'll make a motion to approve the Ina agenda as presented support okay uh motion made by Mrs clip R uh all those in favor I I any opposed uh approving the second consent agenda which includes the personal report dated March 2025 and the financial reports of February 202 so I would entertain a motion so moved we need to okay so uh Mr Smith made the motion second and Mrs Cliff made the second all those in favor hi any opposed motion passes student School Board Representatives report thank you um so right now in the school we have a lot of things going on but most importantly for our Juniors they're getting ready for the SAT which they'll take right after spring break which is also coming up which we're really looking forward
058to um in our arts department the Bandon Orchestra had so on The Ensemble last weekend and it sounded like it went very well for them so that was really good um we had to play The Wizard of Oz and that wasn't through the mshs like organization but um a lot of our students participated in it and I went and watched it it was it was really good so it was pretty cool to see our winter sports have concluded and just like a little update of how that went um the boys ski team won the state championship so that was really cool they were down at B Mountain um along with the Alpa or I mean the cross country ski teams they boys and girls won the state championship um our swim and dive team won
059the up championship our boys basketball team they lost in the regional finals but they had a very successful season along with their girls basketball team they lost in the district finals um our hockey team ended their season with a quarterfinals loss the state quarter finals loss and I think that was it and then some spring starts we have starting up right now are track baseball softball girls soccer and Tennis so those will get under full way pretty soon um in the student council world we just put on the twerp dance few weekends ago and it was really it was successful um I don't know if any saw the gym but it looked really good in my opinion and made a lot of student involvement so that's great and then some things we're looking to do
060right now is set up a powderpuff volleyball for the boys so it'll be like what the girls do in the fall for football but it'll be the boys for volleyball and that'll just give the students something to look forward to after spring break a that's great thank you um comments from the public uh looks like we have one uh Lisa McBride I on the wrong side okay can you hear me okay um do I need a state anything because you already have it right okay um so I have a couple questions um that I'm going to start off with and I do have proof of these questions um or the what the answers are is said well I have proof of the questions and other things I'm going to address um this is on the
061topic that uh this school and administration can't uh Escape which T seems to be uh fraud and uh corruption so the first couple questions is it this school's administration's policy to criticize parents on unemployment is it the school's policy that a student's tumors are made up to cause harm and distress even after 10 years of surgeries or that the tumors uh that a student had are much uh are are Munch Houser by proxy these three questions I just posed were things stated uh by a staff member here Millie white I have proof of the things that nobody asked me about 2 years ago so I don't think there was any investigation done because do you know the policies that that does seem to uh uh the policies that this uh affects that these multiple huge
062things that were stated by the staff member about a student's tumors is being made up to cause that the parent made it up to cause harm and distress and that it was much Houser by proxy and criticizing a parent on unemployment all of these major things said by the staff member are actually violations of um the current policy the updated revised policy 422b number three and five and the old policy of two years ago of 1613 e so again this is policy violations but yet the staff me member is still working here and these kinds of accusations and blame are still being done currently in 2025 two years ago Millie white began the Relentless overstepping pursuit of deeming daughter homeless even though CPS never did she repeatedly lied to her own employer about involvement and
063criticized the hell out of her work and employer I have proof with me today I have it uh two years ago Millie white didn't care and called in favors including Mary Beth melon who was also taken by uh who was also talked to by CPS CPS talked to Millie white and dismissed Millie White's numerous claims and CPS saw that Millie white was uh influencing the student my daughter the council spun such 360° stories uh having daughter erased 17 years dis owning the American flag because my favorite color my own favorite color is one of the three colors on our flag and committing Mary Beth melon who recently left this school to go elsewhere but Mary Beth melon also committed fraud with a market Health Department by granting students giving students DHS caregiver Grant funds that
064did not apply to the student with the help of another uh coworker at Market Health Department with the initials of TM and this school should do their investigations because I shouldn't have to provide all the proof but I have it regarding this Health Department caregiver Grant uh that was a DHS caregiver Grant councilor melon never fact checked crap and uh something going on since 24 which is just last year that is 2,000% not me but can be traced back to Millie white and is it all of this isn't has intentionally destroyed and alienated family relationships you continue to employ staff who repeatedly violate 422b number 3 and 5 even in 25 Old policy 1613 e even though Mary Beth melon jumped ship the school can still be held accountable what good are revised policies when
065libraries can hide Librarians can hide behind phones and computers lying and coing students against CPS saw the coercion and the influence and spinning story is so different that daughter is worse than two years ago because she also still walks these Halls of the of the school that didn't let her graduate thank you uh moving on to new business uh consider awarding the Sandy null Elementary School roof replacement project to Bell roofing company as recommended make a motion to award the sandol elementary school roof replacement project to Bell Roofing as recommended support uh motion made by Mr zadik support by Mr Smith any uh comments or questions okay hearing none all those in favor any opposed motion passes uh moving on to approve purchase of food service equipment from Strike equipment as recommended make a motion
066to approve the purchase of the food service equipment from stake equipment as presented support motion made by Mr zadik support by Mrs madx Smith any comments or questions hearing none all those in favor I I any opposed motion passes um consider approval of the March 3rd 2025 truin policy update which I believe is in your packet Mrs Hopper do you have any further for that before we it really is pretty self-explanatory truan is doing it because of the change in law um we are actually intentionally leaving blank policy 4305 and uh replacing it with policy 4113 and it it reflect that's the amendment to the esta so I would consider approval of the March 3rd 2025 Trum policy update make a motion to approve the March 3rd 2025 TR policy update presented second motion made
067by Mr zun support by Mrs clip any comments or questions all those in favor I any opposed motion passes consider Amendment to the 2024 budget so I'd entertain a motion to approve the amendment or to accept the amendment for the 2024 2025 budget I'll make a motion to approve the amendment to the 2024 2025 budget as presentent even support okay motion made by Mrs clip support by Miss Ray uh any comments or questions hearing none all those in favor I I any opposed motion passes uh moving on to board member comments Mr Smith your first Boardman comments thank you and uh thank you to the board for the opportunity to work with you on what are shaping up to be some really important projects I'm really happy to see the board uh tackling our infrastructure
068in our buildings the consequences of not doing that um I think um pose significant risk for the district in that um our facilities will just continue to deteriorate so doing nothing isn't really an option and I I think a lot of good things are to come by having the discussions uh and along with those discussions it's more than just about buildings I think along with that we're probably going to hear how it's going to impact instruction and that's a critical component of what we're doing with our facility so thank you to Mr Sedwick for um being so deliberate in outlining where some of these needs are and also there's a lot of work ahead in coming up with a plan but I think uh this group and the administration is up for the task so
069I appreciate that Miss Thomas welcome Mr Smith um thank you to our student representative thank you to Mr Cedric Mr Lampman for um the budget outlines and our projects that we have coming up um I agree with Mr Smith there clearly is a long list of things to be done but it's exciting we have lots of uh lots of new projects that we get to look forward to and work on and um you know update these these buildings and looking forward to it I think it'll be fun Mrs madx Smith thanks everybody for showing up um welcome Mr Smith looking forward to working with you um this was a big meeting thank you Mr Lampman for the budget breakdown and filling that hour we appreciate that um and um to all hard work from uh
070Zach swick put into um explaining the facilities to us and what we have going on um you know it's it's daunting you know what needs to be done but but it it needs to be done and it's hard work and I look forward to uh continuing that work with this board thank you Mrs clip well first of all before I was decided to marry a German I was a McCarthy so happy St Patrick's Day I hope everybody goes home and eats some soda bread um welc Mr Smith uh thank you to our student rep who always does Caleb who always does a great job um thank you to our uh central office um you guys always do a great job providing uh Clarity in some really complex um uh issues that's a too trite of
071a word um lots of information um this evening sort of something to sit on and marinate with over the next 48 hours or so but uh you do it with um such intentionality and thoughtfulness that uh I I want you to know that I see the work and I recognize it it's a lot of it so exciting uh this is a community of Legacy we heard this I've heard this time and time again in my time in the board um we're a community that values tradition and Legacy and um when we look at infrastructure needs and uh building issues we really are talking about legacies classes come and go um these are the things that that remain and they do in fact speaking firsthand after being in three different districts I can tell you how
072facilities impact student achievement student performance student well-being and so um I hope that we don't ever forget that those things are integrated into uh best practice for um um all of our kids I'm excited um it's going to be a lot of work and it's going to require a lot of critical thinking a lot of questions um but we are up for it and uh our community deserves it and of course as always mostly our students deserve it so thanks thanks to all your your work is appreciated Mr Z no additional comment thank you Miss red um welcome thank you thank you all I don't want to reiterate what everyone's already said um I just want to emphasize the fact that having this information already being presented to us and already being addressed um every
073year we're hearing about the priorities and the needs um shows the attention to detail that is needed for all of these facilities particularly with how much they are aging um I just want to emphasize that I've walked into in our city schools suburb schools private schools and the environment that a child walks into is just like we know the home environment all of that is so important and to be in a place that feels loving welcome mean well tended to it it helps children learn and that's what we're all about so for me I want to look towards our community you know embracing our schools and supporting them and also not just helping get us to that sustainability but I do want to emphasize the dream where do we see our schools maybe not in
074this round but may maybe in two or three rounds and really looking at a vision long term because I think our kids deserve that thank you thank you um board president comments um just echoing what everyone else said welcome Mr Smith thank you Caleb for your report it's always good to hear what the students are up to um announcements and other meetings uh March 18th 2025 which is tomorrow tomorrow board retreat at the landmark in uh March 18th also a spotlight on the Arts and the mshs gym at 700 p.m. March 24th through the 28th spring breako uh April 7th Committee of the whole here in the library at 5:30 April 18th Good Friday holiday no school April 21st 2025 board meeting regular at 5:30 at the alt um I would entertain a motion to
075adjourn make a motion to adjourn second got motion by Mr Z support by m r all those in favor oh sorry Miss I uh any opposed i m opposes all right it's one all right motion meeting and joury thank you