001I'm going to call the uh special meeting of the UDA Board of Education to order could we all rise and say the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge alance FL unit States America to the for it stands Nation God indivisible all can the clerk call the rooll Please Mr Jason Cooper here Mr Donald go here Mr Joseph haker Jr here Mr tanil n here Mr Braden n here Mrs Danielle Pula pres and Mr James here okay so there is a quorum is there any business that we're addressing before we have the uh we go in executive session no no okay um I need a motion to go in executive session for attorney client communication employment history of particular people and legal matters M second all in favor I okay we're in executive session Kim and Heather
002don't go too far executive session I need a motion to come out of executive session second all in favor need a motion to adjourn the special meeting okay um all in favor okay okay like to call the uh regular meeting of the Board of Education the UN City School District to order um and i' ask the our njrc from Proctor to come in and do the presentation of colors if everyone would stand please okay do the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge alance to the flag of the United States of America America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all forward okay we can be seated would the clerk call the rooll Please Mr Jason Cooper here Mr Donald O he's here Mr Joseph H Jr here Mrs
003Tamil n Mr BR Nana here Mrs Danielle poua president Mr James Paul here and student R lley is excuse absence today oh our student okay uh we do have a quorum so we have uh three former employees of the district that passed away and we're going to read resolutions for them the first is myON searon um the Board of Education of the UA City School District records with sorrow the passing of former employee myON searon Mr searon was employed by the uica city school district for over 30 years as a science teacher Mr searon dedicated his life to helping shape and impact the lives of his students beyond the classroom resolved that the Board of Education expresses its sincere sympathy to the family of Mr searon and this this resolution be saved upon the record
004of the district second resolution is for Moren darling the Board of Education of the Utica City School District records with sarrow the passing of former employee Moren darling Miss darling was employed by the UA city school district for 33 years as an elementary school teacher Miss darling was a Relentless advocate for her students she left a mark on all who set foot in her classrooms she wo music Visual Arts and literature into all of her subjects providing a depth to learning that made a lasting impacts on hundreds of students she loved them all and continued to tell their stories throughout her retirement years resolved that the Board of Education expresses its sincere sympathy to the family of Miss darling and that this resolution be saved upon the records of the district this is a resolution
005for Barbara trabolsi um my former trigonometry teacher and an absolutely excellent one the Board of Education of the Utica City School District records with sorrow the passing of former employee Barbara talsky Mr trabolsi was employed by the UA city school district for over 30 years as a teacher Mrs trabi will also always be remember remembered as a wonderful wife mother sister and Aunt resolved that the Board of Education expresses its sincere sympathy to the family of Mrs trebowski and that this resolution be saved upon the records of the district next up will be Community recognition and I'm going to turn it over to our vice president to assist in that endeavor thanks uh we had a beautiful month of several donations and we can't say thank you enough but tonight we're just going to honor
006um a few organizations first I would like to call up Don roller assistant vice president of human resources at indm Corporation [Applause] yeah we just haven't seen each other in like a year so we were catching up we're going to do one at a time so yeah so tonight we want to present you a certificate of appreciation on behalf of your employees at indium and your department yourself for the donation of 75 hams to our students um it is with great gratitude that you did that indm is a great partner of ours and so many educ educational levels and now to be um so generous again on the Food Level we just can't thank you enough and uh our students thank you as well so we appreciate that Don thank you thank you turn right
007[Applause] there thank you Don we appreciate it thank you okay Dr Spence don't go too far next up we have Katie Riley from New York Sash and be U on behalf of the Utica City School District Board of Education and all of our students we want to thank you it was the 20th year of the teddy bear toss this year that New York sash put on um with UDA University at the adonic bank center and this year was it over 1,90 1,90 stuffed animals I don't want to say teddy bears because like it is a competition my kids will go for like the six feet long ones or the ones that sing and dance but 33 teachers filled in the request over six uh buildings were able to receive these donations and this is something
008you've been doing for 20 years so on behalf of you your entire family and staff we thank you [Applause] and last but certainly not least um we have Pastor Michael S Valor Jr from Redeemer [Applause] Church I know stylish he got the memo that we got to although you're supposed to wear pink before Valentine's Day but that's okay we forgive you all right okay we'll take it but this is um I personally have saw this come to fruition through your donation of $8,500 you're were able to make 202 no 250 bags um to our students right before the twoe February break we personally saw those being distributed through the schools I know our teachers appreciate it you have helped lighten the load to so many children over the two weeks and I we all take
009that very seriously when it comes to our students to just provide that extra support I know our teachers appreciate it and we can't thank you enough um [Applause] Beau and spring break is coming up you know no I'm just kidding he already knows believe me okay now we have uh student presentations Kiara Harrison from proactor high school [Applause] I am not Kira Harrison but I am acting principal at Proctor Miss Paladino so thank you for having us and Paladino thank you for everything that you do thank you so Kira not only is a practor student in 12th grade but she was also at Donovan when I was there so it's extra special for me to introduce her tonight she is in rzi she's National Honor Society president president of the orchestra a young scholar Varsity
010bowling and she's on the junior Frontiers so and um tonight she's going to read a Martin Luther King Jr poem that she wrote on her own and a pretty short time I was really impressed because I read it and I says you know are you reading a poem or you wrote it and she goes I wrote it and it was it's very impressive so I like to introduce Cara to read her poem to you thank you for having us good evening everyone Dr Martin Luther King said that nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance the lack of knowledge or information or simply not knowing or being unaware of a situation and conscience and stupidity the choice to actively believe false information and to live in error knowingly he also said that
011the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort but where he stands in time of Challenge and controversy the choices we make when it feels as though the way of the world is on our shoulders are a true Testament to the people that we are doing the right thing in times of uncertainty and Chaos can at times be difficult but necessary to the advancement of people in order to execute any plan to progress in society in any capacity we must first turn to those who will fall behind us the future of our nation our children Dr Martin King said the goal of a true education is intelligence plus character first intelligence fighting the status quo of ignorance that seems to be only escalating as the years progress a lack
012of knowledge of History Literature and culture with an understanding of these things comes character even the most educated man must have some grasp of the concept of what it means to be a human being education is the foundation of our communities and and it is at the Forefront of everything that we do no one should impat upon this right as they would be ultimately doing themselves a disservice because the strength and well-being of our society as a whole is dependent upon our most marginalized groups having an access to an education that will embolden and Empower them to attain the American dream and as I'll make this brief I'll leave you with one more thing Dr Martin Luther King also said if you can't fly then run if you can't run then walk if you can't
013walk then crawl but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward thank you [Applause] so first of all as a former English teacher that was just an excellent articulation of what Martin Luther King stood for and it's really what as a district we have to embody we cannot measure the success of the district based on how many kids we educate that go into college that come from two parent homes that show up in the ways we want them to in the classroom that show up with the the disposition that we find favorable we have to measure the district based on its ability to educate the students that don't come from the most favorable circumstances that's how we measure the true efficacy of our organization is if we can take a child that otherwise would
014have been on a different trajectory and because of our intervention in that child's light we are able to educate that child so that they can have better opportunities and grow beyond their circumstances that is the true measure of any educational institution we don't throw children away we don't identify good kids and bad kids because they may be a little bit more difficult to educate we embrace all children because we believe that children are precious and we will work diligently to wrap our arms around those kids even if they don't show up in the ways in which we want them to that day that is the radical portion of Dr King's Legacy that falls short in in a contemporary condition that's the hard part of the work the easy part is to take those who otherwise
015would have had favorable circumstances in life based on an educational and occupational attainment and work with those people so again we're a public institution and building on this the the these these powerful words that is the spirit in vision and a half for this district is that we will be a district that does that exceptionally well through coordinated Activity thank [Applause] you those were very fine words Dr Spence but I think one thing Kiara wants to know is since you are a former teacher will you give a special dispensation and give her five extra credit points on her tests she can WR right my speeches we might have employment even better all right thank you um up next is Valentina Johnson from Donovan [Applause] plan so good evening I'm yep can you hear me now
016okay I'm Deana ponne I'm the interim principal at Donovan Middle School well miss Paladino is at Proctor so this is Valentina Johnson she's an eighth grade student at Donovan Middle School Valentina belongs to the Buddies Club Battle of the books the drama club student Council in the National Junior Honor Society and I'm so proud of her for taking advantage of everything we have to offer at Donovan ironically she was a kindergartener right next door to me when I taught kindergarten at Jones so I do remember her as a little little girl Hello my name is Valentina Johnson and I'll be performing the poem hey black child by County cin hey black child do you know who you are who you really are do you know who you can be what you want to be if
017you try to be what you can be hey black child do you know where you're going where you are really going do you know what you can learn what you want to learn if you try to learn what you can learn hey black child do you know you are strong I mean really strong do you know that you can do what you want to do if you try to do what you can do hey black child be what you can be learn what you must learn do what you can do and tomorrow your nation will be what you want it to be thank you like to talk about this poem really encourages ambition and self-love it serves as a sorry it serves as a reminder to Youth of their potential and resilience regardless of their
018race or an ethnicity it inspires others to strive toward their strive towards greatness work towards their goals Embrace their roots and break barriers in their AC academic and social Journeys overall it tries to convey the message that with enough effort determination dedication and perseverance anyone has the potential to change the world and make amazing accomplishments thank you come up yeah excellent this is going to office very thank you very by the way do you have a by the way do you have an extra copy of that does she have an extra do you do you have extra copy of that cuz we'd like to put that no we'll frame it but I we'd like to put it in the minutes of our of our meeting she was practicing and in both comes and so can
019we do [Music] that little Valentina Valentina do you have a a copy we could have as well I don't you do okay good ladies and gentlemen and she has to sign hers too hang on one second okay sorry I'm just no I got I was going to say ladies and ladies and gentlemen this this is important the most important thing ladies and gentlemen a product of the UDA City School District this month is is really important because the challenge of our work as Educators is identifying fact that the educational system the organization and the people that Traverse the tolls are not disconnected from the social political and historical events in this country so as an organization our work becomes critically important because we are here to interrupt and disrupt legacies of inequities legacies of disenfranchisement
020discrimination that is the work of the district the idea that a poor black kid from Harlem could dream to be anything more than a drug dealers in my building that was an idea that was Radical because the schools that we went to that we were trapped in a neighborhood you knew the outcomes before the kids left we knew statistically that you would not graduate that's why this work is critically important because we got the kids in real time so we have to be amendable to the data and we have to move the organization forward I escaped those conditions because I had a mother an educator my mother's a teacher for those who don't know that was a stute and Savvy enough to send me to a different District because she wanted to make sure I
021had a fighting chance knowing that that could had implications for her employment and freedom our work is to make sure that no parent has to make that choice which is why what we do on a day-to-day basis is so important because we are here to expand the opportunity structure for all children that are in our district and to make sure that they are competitive in whatever they choose to do postsecondary so I applaud you all for your work and your role in this because it takes a Utica united front but this is how serious the work is had I not had an opportunity to go somewhere else I would not be before you for everyone Dr Spence there's a group of people in my peers that went to Rikers and it wasn't just because poor
022choices it was because of access and issues with opportunity this is how I see the work and this is why what we do is important and I thank you all colleagues for being a part of this journey along those same L I've asked some colleagues that I know more broadly to to give us some comments about Black History Month give us some comments when I went to school they told me they couldn't find a black person that could read and write when I was in university I'm talking Frank here y you kick me under the table if I'm if I'm doing too much all right but I'm just talking Frank so one of the things that we did was as students we organized to find other doctoral students and people that are on their journey
023to to provide a support system as we were going through higher education so have some colleagues both in New York and abroad that have lent some time to just give us some messages about black history that we're playing this video and I think it's important for our students to see thank [Music] you my name is Dr Jonathan Soloman and I am based in the St Louis metro for uh professionally what I do um I serve as a manager of expert services for Main St which is an educational technology company um that focuses on building chat Bots that are powered by artificial intelligence for colleges universities really impacting Learners around educational Equity um outside of that full-time work I'm also an educational consultant and so I spent um almost 12 years in Campus based higher education
024College access student affairs and so I work with colleges universities Community organizations um that are really looking at how to build programs um that impact your students and also facilitate programs um for different organizations as well well I am uh the Reverend Dr Wayne crle Jr I am a leadership development consultant for uh churches for nonprofits and also for small businesses here in the Richmond area uh when I'm not doing that I'm also an Adent Professor for W University and I teach in the counseling and psychology department there and uh I am so happy to be the director of operations and strategy planning for blackmail phds uh where I serve alongside of Jonathan and we helped to create a pipeline for African-Americans uh for for black men in general to have access to resources that
025will help help them as they navigate terminal degrees and so so happy to be here today I'm Dr Philip belly I uh I work for a Department of Defense Contractor where I write contracts for a 4 500 company um I love my work um born and raised in New York City um Harlem and I love what I do and I love who I support so that's it black history is American history um when you think about the impact that um black folks in America have made on the foundation of this country on the things that we experience each day whether it be uh light bulbs in our rooms or whether it be um other cultural things whether it be dances on Tik Tok and um whether it be the books that we read um we
026have a rich history and I think that um that's important for all of us to to know and to to own um because so much of the Black American story is about Community um what it means for us to come together um for us to love on each other for us to um not be defined by our circumstances but really dig deep within ourselves and and within each other um to be able to persevere and I think it's a beautiful thing um for us all to be inspired by and to learn about um and to all just like take and figure out like how we incorporate that into some of the challenges that we experience um as humans today I kind of think of it in three ways right um we come to Black History
027Month I want people to um if possible respect the Heritage um there's a lot that goes into black history month that a lot of people um Overlook sometimes or maybe just forgotten and I think it's a time this month gives us that opportunity to respect that Heritage but also honor the pioneers of Peace um there's a lot of history in America that gets overshadowed because of our the color of our skin or um the perception and so the people U the individuals that made peace what it is today for us I think we need to honor that and I think finally it gives us opportunity to look at this history um look at the pioneers and add to it um I think a lot of times as we look through black history uh we're just
028looking at it we're not trying to figure out ways to add to it so I think it's a wakeup call for everyone in America to take this moment to look at our black history and see where we got into it for me black history is not only a story of perseverance but also of permanence meaning that it is a story of people being able to survive Andes admit crazy and systemic challenges um racial challenges economic and political challenges but it's also one of permanence permanence meaning that out of uh the black story were inventions were ideas were wisdom that has not only uh changed our world but has embedded in itself in the fabric of our history therefore it is a story it is a narrative that cannot be erased or eradicated no matter [Music]
029what thank you for the team for coordinating that Rachel where are you oh shout out to Rachel for coordinating that very much appreciate thank you Dr Spence um our student representative um is excused tonight um there's no one signed up for public comment so up next would be a capital project update great job don't go to school you all get a free pass no school best students don't good evening um we're going to give a a quick update here on um the a couple of different capital projects um I guess first to start there's a new representative from LaBella here um Craig Daly uh so as we get into some of the future projects um you know Craig you may hear um some responses from uh Craig so we'll start off CT Edition uh this
030is sort of exciting so this is uh interior metal stud framing um and you can kind of see from two weeks ago when we were here uh where we just showed the pictures of big sort of expansive spaces um this is the spaces sort of starting to come to life right and and be identified for their um individual purposes so um intermental framing there's MEP roughing going on that pile of pipe um that you can see in the right hand picture there is um uh sprinkler piping um so overall good good progress being made um on the addition similarly on the first floor um last or two weeks ago right there was just uh an open slab there no Concrete in place uh so you can see the slab lab is in place again more
031mechanical uh roughing is taking place um kind of on both levels uh and again making making good progress interior uh a lot of the same the left picture there is is more mechanical roughing you can see duck work uh electrical conduits are roughed in there's some Plumbing um in in mechanical piping being done in that picture on the left and then the picture on the right um if you look beyond the door frame there you can see uh another door frame and some more interior framing so again the renovated portion uh is starting to starting to to come to life as well overall budget wise uh not a lot of movement since um two weeks ago uh again still a favorable balance um and and work is work is continuing to progress schedule wise um
032similar position right so we've we've made good progress in January um documented there by the um you know by the green boxes uh that indicate that we're completing task uh on track and the renovation is still on track for June uh equipment um move in and occupancy and as we've been saying right the addition is going to race right to the Finish Line um for for occupancy in September I have a question yeah um when you say occupancy all Pathways being available like fully ready or is there any phases within so the spaces themselves will be um ready as far as the instructional piece oh that I just want to make sure that it like yeah that's okay I just want to make sure that like the building as a whole you know is is
033set to yeah the intention is to have all of the physical spaces ready um there as we've said previously there will still be punch list work um and work that will be you know will need to be completed uh but the spaces will be accept accessible and they'll be safe uh for students and staff to be in great any other questions on CT so going back a slide yep when the pending change orders when are those going to be finalized or approval either by this board or the superintendent um that batch is being worked through now um those that are less than 25,000 uh will likely be presented at the February 28th oacm meeting that we have um for the superintendent approval and if there are uh items in there that are over 25,000 they
034would be um on the March um the March board meeting uh for approval okay and then of the change orders that we've already approved or the superintendent's already approved how many of those have we have we sent in paperwork to the state on any of those yet none of those have been submitted to the state uh just last week um Dr Spence signed the S certification forms uh those got transmitted back to um LaBella I believe on Friday uh of last week and I I don't know where lella is with that my guess is um Justin's probably actively working on it um and so they should be submitted to the state you know I would think this week but then just as I mentioned last time we were here that logging of the change orders
035into the State Education portal could take upwards of 6 months to a year and then the review by state Ed for Code Compliance could be you know another year beyond that the state has taken an AC of Interest though in could approving contemporaneously codes issues so like those should be approved sooner like sent to the state to make sure that they're in compliance that's per a conversation that I've had with the state department so that's why I ask about the the send to it into the state because hopefully it's not going to take a year and they want to see them as they're coming yeah and they are being being so as you approve them or as they are signed then the certification forms are generated and then they will be submitted so it isn't
036like we're waiting until the end of the project and then submitting everything perfect thank you y any other questions on CT okay good so into the May 2024 authorization so we are anticip ipating um s approval um sort of imminently here um there was an addendum uh that was just submitted last week back to State Ed uh so hopefully we get that uh approval and then we are anticipating that at the May board meeting um we will have the first set of contracts to approve for the uh May 2024 authorization so just to give you a an idea of what's coming right so the first sort of procurement for May of 2024 will include the work at Proctor it'll include the work at hermer Jones and conkling it'll include the outdoor activity and Learning Centers
037the districtwide uh it'll include the UV lighting um to meet the $10,000 minimum to be able to complete the outdoor activity and learning center work so there's a requirement that in order to do site work you have to do at least $10,000 worth of work associated with a building so those are the two Scopes that are being linked together uh to do that and then similarly um there is a a series of hot water Replacements that are taking place um sort of districtwide and we're intending to get those out as part of the first phase and then there will be a second round of bids um anticipated in the fall of 25 and through the spring of 26 and that will round out the balance um of the buildings really that is the update on
038the 2024 Capital Improvement any questions on anyone thank you okay so may of 2025 referendum and there are um a couple of resolutions uh that are before the board tonight um to authorize the May um um the May referendum um but just a recap on scope so uh it include Safety and Security upgrades so similar um to uh improvements being made in the May 2024 will continue um those uh those Safety and Security upgrades uh hardening exterior windows and doors um sort of throughout um the district it will also include a series of infrastructure and finish upgrades so things like Data Network the boiler uh and HVAC work um air conditioning of assembly spaces uh an attempt to start to comply with the new um State mandate right that's a um cost effective um solution
039to start to put air conditioned spaces into um all of the buildings uh across the district it will include techn ology upgrades um it will include um interior finishing and in program Renovations um it says Proctor but I believe there are other buildings that are also intended there we we understand uh that the district is going through a um strategic planning effort in the fall of 2025 so sort of between a rock and a hard place right to be consistent with that you need to approve a capital project in May but we know that we want the Strategic plan to inform the capital project uh um have or inform some of the scopes for this Capital project so um you know we've talked about phasing this project similar to the May 2024 authorization to allow
040the Strategic plan to to offer guidance to to what is included in this scope and then it will include um exterior site uh upgrades site lighting signage um there are two buildings that are not getting um completely new Outdoor Learning and activity centers as part of May 2024 so those two projects or those two buildings will fall in to this project any questions on the scope of the may vote so again I mentioned there's a couple of resolutions that are up for approval tonight um assuming um or if the board decides uh to go forward with that um then you can see March and April there'll be public information that is shared either through a newsletter or information um or meetings sorry and then as part of the May budget vote uh would also include
041a um a referendum vote and I'll let Mike hit the finances so the goal uh this project I I did have one question for you I'm sorry will you be attending all those public meetings because I think people are going to be beaten down the door to hear your explanations okay we yeah we've offered to to be there all right so um what we're doing doing is we're looking at not only the scope of the work but we're also looking at uh what's coming off of basically what you guys have for existing debt and building Aid so when you look at the size of the project it's you know some people say look that's a huge project and how is it that we can achieve this without uh you know increasing taxes and how does
042it actually stay uh local level local share right and the how this works is you have this existing and you have this existing building Aid and as this existing as the existing building Aid and debt fall off we bring on new debt and new building Aid so while we see this your building Aid ratio is 98% so for every dollar you spend you get 98 cents back on the dollar as long as it's El I'm sorry but I I just want to you know make this a little clearer so for example we're going out um this year for what 65 million you already yep you've already voted yep we did the 655 million and then we're going to do 120 million correct right okay and we bond for that right yes okay and ultimately how
043does that how do the costs get covered two cents out of every dollar comes from where right us and then 98 cents on every dollar comes from Aid correct from the state aid yep absolutely so New York state aid and and how that comes in is it depends on the type of project so if you have a renovation project your building Aid is going to come in over a 15-year payback period which is detailed right here so we're assuming right here this 120 million it's going to be paid back to the district from New York State over 15-year period the structure of the financing aligns with the receipt of the building Aid so if we said now we're not going to spend this money today and didn't improve all of the physical plants and everything
044all the other projects that we were doing at some point in the future how does that how would that impact the district and its taxpayers if we didn't continue so these projects your taxes are not going to change if you proceed with this because what you did in 2008 was you undertook almost a $200 million project that $200 million project was phased you didn't do $200 million in one summer right you did it over long period of time I think it was a 10 year period or so and actually we wrapped up some of those final cost reports about two or three years ago so some of that Aid is still coming in and it's just being generated now what that does is as you said so what if you don't do anything well then
045it falls off off right okay so it seems like you have more money in your pocket but there's this thing called the tax cap calculation and this impacts a tax cap calculation because maybe your taxes come down but to get back to this level so when you if you don't do this work and you do let your facilities kind of crumble around you then you're playing catchup by the time you say oh man now you know we're in Dire Straits here our building and our infrastructure here is no longer conducive for healthy learning right so you go back out and now not only are you going to be needing to get back to this level but you have to make up every year that you didn't maintain your facilities and maintain this debt so and
046your your local share really what this ultimately is is this is all designed to keep level local share and I used the example before of say a car payment and your car payment you pay you know whatever it is per month you finish paying off your car okay great now you have to maintain your car well it's cheaper than paying for a new car so you have this extra money in your pocket okay well I'm going to go buy a boat right and now I've got a boat it's fantastic but I'm going to let my car kind of just PUD along here and then it's going to die well now you got a boat payment you can't afford your car now you got to get a new car right so if you were to maintain
047your car and keep that level no you wouldn't have a boat but you would have a working vehicle and that's the way I like to look at it is that's how you're going to be keeping your structure your your infrastructure your schools in a condition and improving and the other thing is you got Max cost allowances your maximum cost allowances are over $300 million so you can do $300 million and only pay 2 cents on the dollar so long as it fits within the available cost allowances you guys are in a great position to bring all of your facilities up to as whatever level you want before you even get down the road of you know that next future planning where maybe you do look at how to reshape the district whatever that may be
048but what I would encourage you to do is take advantage of the existing resources you have with the maximum cost allowances and your State Building Aid ratio of being 98% there's districts out out here you know in York State further south here that they're I call them 10 percenters for every dollar they spend they only get 10 cents back that's the minimum amount so they have to come up with 90 cents on the dollar to do these this type of work you know simple numbers you can do this $120 million project for absolutely no tax impact whatsoever and again it's at it over 15 years you're going to keep your level local share it's not taxfree it's tax neutral if that makes sense thank you for that explanation so um the other piece of this
049is you don't you don't need Capital reserves to achieve this so because you did that old project that almost $190 million project and it fell off now it's falling off it's it's in stages falling off so we look at this 120 and as Nate said it's going to be phased you have three $40 million phases that is designed so that as each of these chunks fall off this comes on and that's how we achieve level local share well thank you anyone have any questions okay um thank you very much and uh appreciate that explanation absolutely vibrant too that's all we have for Capital project updates any other questions thank you no thanks for thanks for staying thanks for coming in absolutely thank you have a good night okay you make a very dry subject very
050exciting okay we're going to do the 100 day okay entry Plan update and then we're going to take a break all right so believe it or not it's been 100 days so going give you an overview just in addition to some reports I've given you what I've seen what I've observed in the direction that we're going so right now we have a lot of activity occurring to some extent that act activity is disjointed we have different initiatives that are going and we're going to work with a strategic plan to align all of our efforts all of our CTE efforts every initiative in a cohesive model that demonstrates a multi-year step as to where we're going 5year plan that's the Strategic plan as part of doing that work this year I've been Keen keenly uh uh
051um um concentrated on really identifying and Gathering as much data because the biggest question that we have to answer and it's all of its complexity is what do we attribute a student achievement to or lack thereof as an institution we have to look at all the variables that go into student achievement so we're looking at to what extent are we first in front of students right that's one of the key performance indicates we have to look at we as an organization we have to track our attendance and so moving forward we'll be looking at student attendance faculty and staff attendance the challenge with schools and the challenge with organizations is when you see the end results and you say okay the student has done X or student has not done well we don't really look
052at it from a complete picture to say what are the the impact of the inw working or the organization so for example if we have an issue with attendance I'm going to use attendance because it's the biggest key performance indicator for any for either way and we're not in classrooms on a consistent basis that means there's interruptions and students educational process because we have Subs in the building if we can have the coverage there which means that those gaps exacerbate over time that's just one metric so as an organization we have to be rooted in the data to truly understand what is occurring within the organization at any given time and that's across the board same thing for student attendance we've got to make that our students are in school so that we can really
053um um control for a scientific term control all the different variables and isolate what is it I need to be able to say and we need to be able to say as an organization we realize that students might not have met the mark in this particular area and we can isolate that because this curriculum didn't address these standards or we need to say you know what there were interruptions in that year because we weren't able to get coverage in particular classrooms so as we're moving forward we going to look at the data on a monthly basis we're going to compile that data so that we can make informed decisions about where we are as an organizations academically as well as cultivate the Strategic resource allocation that happens with any budget year we get the kids
054for 10 months the way Education Works by the time you get the data what happened last year the Year we're on the new year we get the data from the state we on to New Year we have to start looking at that data in real time and really doing that deep dive work at a macro level and then and the disaggregate at the building level more intently more intently working with that data not to say that this is not occurring at all but we've got to do it in more impactful ways and make those decisions so that's one of the areas that we're going to focus and strengthen is making sure that we're looking at that data but also that building principles have that data in real time in ways that can uh can can
055um add to substantive decision making and so that's one of the areas of grow for reorganization so we're working to develop that we're going to develop a compendium we'll be looking at the key performance indicators for an organization this is a basic component of organizational management every organization whether it's Pepsi Cola or school district has metrics we just have to be responsive to those metrics as well as track those metrics and it's the same thing with our system of Care Partners we'll be looking to track metrics there and really uh grapple with that data so we can make informed decisions about the ways in which we educate young people and how we're adding those Services any question board okay thank you I have one question yep at what point does that begin so at what
056point are we looking at classrooms that aren't functioning programs that aren't working and who's on that is that you and Mr FY who's on that team that's evaluating that so so as a team in our weekly meetings we've begin to look at this data we're compiling the the data on a weekly basis and we're looking at this see part of the challenge is number one making sure that we're getting the data and it's consistent how are we tracking and coding data isn't it consistent does the organization have consistent language for any particular key performance indicator and then how are we tracking that data consistently so that's one of the things that I and team talked about is how are we using data how are we responding to data but also how are we collecting that
057data which is important so for this year this is more of foundational piece as we're identifying the reports that need to be pulled we're looking to uh find where that information is going to be compiled and track that then we're also looking at it to make real world decisions about it moving forward which we'll also see reflected in the budget because we use the data to say hey this is a gap in the organization and this is what we need to address similarly when we do the strategic planning we're compiling this data so that those Consultants that do that work can say hey this is what we collected this is what we know and they can help walk us through that process to get us to a plan that makes sense for the u local
058context so how does that work let's say we've got a class in the high school and we've got students that dropping the class students not doing great in the class how does that data get back when we can look and say perhaps this person isn't the best to teach a to a credit class or isn't the best to be teaching this somebody needs a little help in there at what point so you know we have an evaluative process we're also looking at the loow reports how many people in the class we're looking at the attendance to make sure that we've had a consistent uh person in the class to provide education because the the science though people don't look at education like a science it is you you go to the doctor I got got
059to say this I think you go to the doctor and people always ask the doctor for quantifiable metrics to determine the efficacy the status of Health cholesterol etc etc but so too in education do we have to look at these metrics to really eval what is it what do we attribute to Performance to it could be a lack of differentiation it could be a lack of access it could be the students not coming to class we have to be able to isolate that and that's why we got to pull reports and really look at the data to say this is what we believe as an impediment or is also helping Student Success see data works both ways there's the things that we want to do less of the things that are not good and more
060of the things that we know are working and we won't know unless we're looking at the data we got to be able to look at data and say this is what's working this is what's not working and then we build processes around that so at the building level to answer your question we're monitoring we got to get in classrooms we got to identify best practices and make sure that those are shared board broadly and then also address some of the systemic issues that we may see at the 50,000 fot View and then how do we work around that so right now collection phase and planning phase and we look to go uh more intently as the years progress So when you say we who's we team raise your hand y'all with me here today look
061up the team they go right here this whole team all all here all looking at that and that's across that's instruction non-instruction everything we do we got to be rooted in data we have to be able to look at the data thank you all right y'all didn't clap for me now anyone they give me my tonight all raise their hands any any other questions okay um we're going to take a 10-minute recess make it make it five minutes five five sorry sorry I overshot the mark our meetings have been running a little long recently so we've taken to uh takeing having a little break in the middle of them so up next um once he returns to his seat uh we will be doing the um 100 I'm sorry the uica City School District budget
062for 2526 oh you want to oh we're going to okay I need a motion to go into executive session move move it okay we're going to be discussing we're going to be I just want to do the housekeeping we're going to be discussing uh the employment um history of particular people um and some legal issues and I believe that's it correct we're going into executive session at the present time yes so hearing that all in favor opposed we're going into executive SE being patient just got to wait for Dr Spence to return to his seat he's going to do the budget when he comes back so while we're waiting can I have a motion to come out of executive session okay all in favor okay so up next will be Dr Spence and Kim V
063they're going to talk about the uh the budget all right thank you all for hanging out with us today we're going to do an overview of the budget for the 2526 year and we'll do a highlight of the things that are included in this budget remember the budget's a moral document that gives us an idea of where we're going and what we're going to prioritize in the upcoming year so with everything we do we want to make sure that it's rooted in our mission and vision so you'll see that here and again once we complete our strategic planning that will also be a framework that we will start every presentation with so couple of highlights for this budget what this budget reflects Is our commitment to expanding student learning and graduation Pathways again we're currently
064in a capital Improvement projects you heard a little bit about that tonight regarding the Korean technical education program and once that structure is built we'll be adding additional teachers supplies and administrative support and that's built into this budget additionally we're implementing a strategic technology replacement plan to ensure that our students have students faculty and staff have the appropriate tools to engage in learning we'll also have a commitment to strengthening our community engagement and we'll be establishing and implementing our family community engagement Department to align District programs and force the stronger connections with our families and communities additionally with in supporting our students and families we are going to work to ensure that we're able to continue our Extended Learning Day program our red program which has been a success and since its implement in regards
065to the interest that it's gained and our ability to provide safe spaces for students we're also again looking at this as an opportunity for us to provide um secure some grant funding and I I think I probably need to acknowledge here when I say grants I'm not speaking title monies I'm talking Community Based grants there's a variety of different grants that people use to support that program so I just want to you know uh delineate between the types of grants that we're using there just to be uh clear about that um additionally with this budget reflects our long range uh strategic plan so we will be engaged in strategic planning for the um upcoming year and we are really excited about that work okay and as we're going through the budget we're going to highlight
066some of the areas where you might have seen some changes but again this is the budget by function and you'll really see looking at these pie charts there really isn't too much movement or variation from the 2024 to 2025 proposed budget in regards to allocations all right and now okay this again budget by object again in a district the majority of our budget is salaries and benefits so here we'll just highlight some of the changes since we have gone through the entire budget once previously so there was a change in regards to the contractual line and also the Bose's line we mentioned when we were doing the presentation for Bose that we we're looking at tablets for budget vote and we are engaging in that service at this time should we also highlight that we
067just got the budget Bose's budget as well yeah today we actually just received the omm Bose's budget so again these numbers are still preliminary for the Bose numbers that we're looking at so we will be sharing those up a little bit and if we need to we can talk about that again in March before we adopt the budget um the next slide actually there were no changes here these um are the same as what we looked at previously on the budget and finance slide um we did take a look at the auditing Services line and we wanted to make sure that we did have enough funding in there um going forward and we adjusted it based on the contractual language and in addition to what we experienced this year hoping that we don't experience that
068again but we wanted to be prepared for that the other contractual has to do with a multi-e agreement that we engaged in this year as well that's showing a little bit more of an increase in that line okay and and again here you'll see when you look at the uh Community engagement line that really is our commitment to uh uh in bolstering family and Community engagement in the district so one of the things that we've observed since we've been here remember we did four Town Halls across the city we've collected a whole bunch of data and we realize that there's a need for position in our district in a way that it's amendable to bolstering support with our families and communities across the city connecting with our communities apart uh more broadly so that represents
069that investment there on this Slide the two changes here are in regards to the custodial salaries we did increase that line as we're looking at those salaries and where they're coded we continue that's a work in progress we're still going to continue to work at this and and improve how we're coding people in which salary line so there is an increase in the custodial salary to support the contractual obligations and the individuals that need to be coded there the other change here is in regards to the maintenance Bose's line and that has to do with our utilities as we're getting through this winter and we're looking at those invoices as they're coming in we realized we needed to put some more funds in there to make sure that we'd have enough for next year no
070change here I'll change there supervision and profession professional development you'll see a few changes here from the last meeting um this is an area where Dr Spence has talked about his his plan coming into the district which has uh created some of these adjustments um basically we are also building in here the Strategic plan that we talked about quite a bit tonight and some other contractual obligations this is your okay and so as you look here you see um the the teaching instru salaries that reflects that CTE investment we are budgeting for the teachers that will be um working in the CTE wing of proct high school as well as the red program again we are looking to continue that program to extend uh learning opportunities to our students Beyond a traditional school day and
071um the majority of these lines that we're going into now special ed and um the special services lines though these are really adjustments in salaries and um bumping those lines up to ensure that we have enough funds for contractual obligations going forward as we're working through that budget adjustment the next slide uh 2300s there was no changes here and then as we get into 2600s this is where I was talking about the salaries again have have been adjusted slightly and the other change here is that computer instructional bosies line that we keep talking about for that Hardware replacement plan we did add some additional funds in that line as well as we talked about we're trying to get that line up to where we can maintain a 5-year replacement plan for all of our hardware
072and devices this again this area the only changes here would be in the salary lines and same thing for the total yep for this line as well the co-curricular salary lines transportation between the red program and some of our contractual obligations we did increase the contract Transportation line is we look at that budget that's an area where if we have one or two mckin vinto students or special needs students that have to attend an outed District program those those rates and um services that we have to provide can change fairly rapidly so we're trying to build in more money in those lines to be ready for any of those unforeseen things employee benefits directly related to the salary increases we did slightly increase the the TRS line here and the other line we did go
073back and take a look at is health insurance not anticip ipating um you know a rate increase of the increase here however we need to think about the fact that at any point in time anyone can switch from a single plan to a family plan and we're trying to build that in so that we can accommodate if that's to occur sorry um in fund transfer this was a line that we discussed at the last meeting and there was interest in maintaining that Rand line at the same amount that we had in 2425 so we did U Move that back to the same as we had had it to keep that line flat here we'll move into the revenues this is the newer section of the budget that we have not looked at before so you'll
074see our foundation Aid came into us um this year with an increase the foundation Aid is really the dollars that come to us that don't have I'm going to call it strings attached as we move into the expense driven AIDS however for us we have a lot of money tied up into the cere program where we have to account for salaries and how that money is being used and Mr Felch and I work closely to make sure that we're doing that reporting we'll do a public Hearing in June May or June um and we have to make sure that we're accounting for that back to the state and the categories that they allocate to us the other lines that we're talking about that underneath that expense driven are those are monies that we have to
075actually spend and then we get the aid back the following year in regards to this line really it's a lot of these lines are very similar to what they were last year the current proposal is to maintain a flat property tax increase we are allocating fund balance again this year very close to what we did last year the change that you'll see is that we did um pick up the ERS Reserve which is a restricted fund balance that we can use each year as well and just bringing that into the picture as well so that Reserve plan that's adopted and reviewed by the board is being utilized and then we can have further discussions all right that's it all right and that concludes the presentation anyone have any questions for them not at this time
076okay thank Youk okay so up next um would be the PTA PTO shared decision making student councils csse chairs Title One UTA thank [Music] you Scott rowski UTA president our teachers are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of their students here in UA the students are the reason we push forward however I'm not even sure where to begin but I think this month we need to inform the board of quite a few things did I think we would find ourselves here again no but here we are heading down this familiar path there seems to be a recurring issue in this District an inability to retain Personnel it's becoming increasingly difficult to attract and keep teachers as well as other support staff we are facing shortages across the board that much is clear but
077what is UDA doing to solve this problem the word is getting around to the other districts despite everything we've done to address these issues we find ourselves in the same position the district made the decision to remove the principal from Proctor and now the domino effect has dragged the teachers and the UTA into this mess it's not our fault that the district was unprepared to handle situation they set into motion your Administration is now pulling two teachers to cover assistant principal roles a d Scott I'm sorry but we're not here to discuss Personnel issues I I just giving a but you're making a reference to a Personnel decision and I haven't used any names I'm just there's only one principle at Proctor do you want to say anything no I think you're right I mean
078you have the rules which are to not talk about Personnel matters so if you want to report on issues or talk about other operational issues that's well I'm going to talk about my members right so again I I'll continue the UTA was never consulted about this decision and the administration cannot direct deal with the teachers now these teachers are responsible for regular duties plus the added assistant principal duties duties for which they are not being compensated at Labor we were told that this issue had been resolved but when I visited Donovan last Monday to investigate I discovered it hadn't been addressed at all when I asked the administration they claimed the teachers could take on these roles because it was part of internship first of all the Board of Education approved the internships back in
079July of 2024 these internships were specifically for before and after contractual hours as well as during the summer apparently the administration believes that they have the right to override the board's decision bypass the UTA and entangle our members in this situation The Internship Mentor approved by the board isn't even in the building anymore you've put these teachers in a terrible position the district has assistant principal positions posted and there are qualified candidates available why not hire them is there a reason you're choosing to cover these positions internally instead of hiring Personnel here's a real interesting issue talking about transparency all of our unions participate in the district health insurance committee imagine our surprise when we received information out of the omm Consortium meeting meeting that was held this Monday we were told that Utica was
080seeking entry into the Consortium we were informed that a vote was expected as early as march with a possible policy change set for July this was stunning news to us there was no prior discussion about this in any health insurance meeting when questioned I was told I may have been misinformed yet I was able to obtain documentation showing that discussions about this began in November number this is a mandatory wait wait Scott I'm sorry cuz we're just hearing something basically for the first time mhm who told you about something about o omm bosies what someone who was uh attending the omm Consortium meeting on Monday what the someone is someone from our district that was there no it was not from our district it was another Union who informed me well okay the reason why
081I'm asking is because like we we we we just spoke to our our you know the Brokers and we just before we at 5:00 and there's no discussion about that whatsoever so I don't know so you're going believe I mean I don't know who you know did if they said the the word UDA okay I I guess you know I mean I mean I can show the memo from November the district our Point our point is that that is not that's not even a discussion at this point okay fantastic great we continue to receive workplace violence reports and at the committee meeting there were discrepancies we do not come to work to be slapped kicked punched bitten or have our hair pulled when someone calls pesh and files a complaint I assure you my members
082won't need to be disfigured dismembered or die in order to file a complaint like was stated at Labor there seems to be some disconnect between the buildings and administration as far as the time cards are concerned members are expecting payment per the payroll schedule and it doesn't seem to come to fruition I don't mean to interrupt you I'm sorry but I you know I'm on the Bose's board and they came in and they talked about what the legal standards areh and I I think that there may be a disconnect between what the perception of the legal standard is and what the legal standard is I'm not saying that anyone should have to go to work and you know be be injured but I'm ever but the but you know that act doesn't really cover what
083people think it covers and that and I and I've been through at least two presentations on it by people that you know make presentations all over the state so I I understand that people might perceive that act to to work in a particular way but unfortunately it it it doesn't so you know again I apologize for interrupting you but you know and then you got all of the issues with you know ch and how they're to be taught and managed and things like that and then they have to be balanced against you know the protect the protections for employees and and so I I I it's a super complex situation and I I'm you know again what what I got out of the two presentations were that what we thought it was and what it
084actually is are two different things so well we must be hearing something totally different I think you might be but I mean I spoke to Pastor P personally I understand what you're saying but I mean we'd be more than happy to bring you know bring in another presentation where we can all sit and listen to it and ask our questions and hopefully we'll get some clarification I'm more than willing to do that and I'm sure that the administration would probably will willing to do it too because you know again we're interested in keeping our you know our people safe and but but on the flip side we want to be able to comply with the law and I think that there are some issues with this you know that that that act at this time
085and the way people are interpreting it so but you have an open invitation to have us put together a presentation and you know we're happy to have I mean I'm sure n would be willing to have presentations that we we've offered I'm saying I mean I'd love to have net maybe and then somebody from another you know just in case there's two competing you know competing interpretations okay I I mean the point is that people just you know they don't want to have violence in their workplace we're doing everything we can to not have violence in in in the workpl right we can go back and forth all day can I continue sure awesome appreciate it there's still this uh let's see when Jones and general her elementary schools were conducting searches for principles teachers
086were involved in interview process they felt valued and appreciated for assisting now we talk about Columbus here we have one of the largest elementary schools already dealing with the aftermath of a tragedy and yet we don't have them involved in selecting a permanent replacement for their principle our monthly labor meetings provide little to no answers to the issues we raise month after month the same problems appear on the agenda and the response we get is we will Circle back to that even though we provide the agenda 7 days in advance we've been requesting a diapering policy for many many months all we want is Clarity on what the policy is we still don't have that answer our committee on academic Excellence continues to lack the required administrative placements as clearly stated in our contract when
087they arrived Monday their reserved room was unavailable and they were left to wait downstairs until a space could be found even more stunning was at a prior meeting they had to hold their meeting in the admin lunchroom what are we doing here teachers continue to be an after thought in this District we are the backbone of this district and we stay here for the students our teachers do their best care deeply for their students and would do anything to protect them we stay because we are dedicated to the kids if this is the direction we're heading be prepared the teachers are not going to stay silent as one teacher who left this year put it I took an almost $110,000 pay pay cut and now will lose my health insurance but my mental health was
088more important than staying in a position with no administrative support you may be upset but we'll be surveying our members and I can tell you the results will be enlightening to this board of education the UDA Teachers Association contract expires at the end of this school year we have a lot of work ahead of us it's time to start negotiating thank you thanks for coming in Scott I just want to say um I just want to say uh one thank you Scott for sharing your your thoughts um and we'll continue to have the the phone calls and conversations that we have Scott I know you and I speak and we speak about these issues and we understand that their issues and we will continue work together and collaboratively you know I'm looking forward to our
089our Wednesday evening meetings that we' scheduled with you and I talking and we'll continue to talk together about these issues I know we spent a lot of time up until this year and we we're working through it and you you know that and we've done that so I appreciate that appreciate you thank the membership for coming tonight and voicing your concerns and look we'll work around the issues there's no there's no animosity of feelings towards any issues we'll work around them we'll continue doing that and again thank you all for being a partner in that work I I did want to comment on one thing I I I have to be honest with you I don't really agree that you think we take the teachers for granted or that we don't care and I I
090know for a fact that's not how the board feels so you may have opinions but that's not one just mentioned there's not a picture of a teacher up there so that shows you want a picture you want a picture that is really a picture of you and I up there would be fantastic what you want to take it let's do it sure I mean I cannot believe that wow all right um UAA UTC Teamsters Local 182 SEIU Local 200 Mohawk Valley buildings and trade okay so let me get back to it um again I just want to appreciate the fact that um our teachers are interested in our educational process and there's part of that they attend our board meetings and share their experiences um okay so we're going to if Dr Spence would you
091like to say anything about your superintendent report okay you want to make a presentation of your super you want to can I have a motion to adopt um Dr Spence's um superintendent Report with um an additional add-on is Page 42 which would be the uh application for the extended field trip for the proactor high students who are going to the Leadership Institute um and I think we're pulling page 30 oh is it 36 it's only 36 36 bottom yeah 36 bottom no it's good so based on pulling page 36 bottom and uh adding item s171 is Page 42 can I have a motion to adopt the uh the superintendent's report need a second okay all in favor opposed passes I need a motion on actually we're pulling it so you need a motion we need
092a motion to table it first you need a motion to oh I need a motion to put it out so need a motion on that item second okay now motion to lay upon the table yes need a second second all in favor I opposed it's laid on the table okay so I went to the Bosey meeting yesterday that was a about a three and a half hour or uh fun time going through the adoption of the Bose's budget I shared the information um with our staff um we had some spirited discussions about things I think at some point um there's going to be some discussions about consolidations and things like that um um for any number of um school districts at some point um and so that hard to find teachers in for certain courses
093they're going to try to come up with a way so that the kids can be taught without everyone having to be in one place yeah like a regionalization approach approach so there's going to be there's going to be all kinds of discussions about things to try to adapt the uh educational landscape to the way things um are going to be in the next you know Century or so or or decade or so um we have been dealing with audit Finance um we haven't had any meetings but we we' spent a lot of time evalu you know since the last meeting which was only a couple of weeks ago just going to say what um but you know we've been talking about the various items in the budget um and you know hopefully this budget's going
094to come out and um you know it's going to be uh flat real property tax this year um so that's where at on that um anything on capital projects buildings and grounds all right CTE P March P committee March March okay Communications yeah we just had a meeting um a couple of weeks ago so we're working on um upcoming progress uh with the upcoming art show at Proctor um all the communication that went out they did a great job so far for um black history month and showcasing everything that the schools were doing um one part of our Equity concern for this year was the was field trips um pto's accessibility and especially that end of the year sixth grade field trip before they're leaving elementary school so one of the initiatives this year was
095to make sure that every sixth grade had a field trip that was extensive outside of the area so that we give these students a chance an opportunity to experience things outside of our vicinity and so that's in the process and so far we have every sixth grade is going somewhere outside of the area that's a big project that we worked on um so far this year so just getting updates on that calendar updates and starting to get ready towards the end of the year with projects that we've got to wrap up good thank you um policy committee we we have discussions about policy uh quite a bit um one of our members has volunteered to go through and evaluate all of the grammatical errors um and other inconsistencies in the policies um I have a
096feeling this year we're going to be adopting a number of new policies so um you know we'll probably be having a meeting uh in the next you know four four weeks or so so code of conduct anything to report nothing we'll meet in March uh budget budget status reports from a in you know I have to say that you're one of the most patient people because you you always are at the end and you know I want to I want I we probably should move you around a little bit because you know you give such a good report nice and short us up here um so like I mentioned last meeting uh we received our last tax payment from the city um so I'm currently working on the reconciliation of that and we'll have the
097final report uh in March um I also enclosed for your review and consideration the general fund budget status report cafeteria fund budget status reports and the cash balance reports uh for all district bank accounts for the month ending December 31st 20124 um yeah that's about it Ian can I ask you I want to quiz you for a second sure could you tell us about what what when you say you you're working on the reconciliation what does that mean so they um I have my report that I give you guys keep track of the weekly payments because we're getting the weekly payments now um and then when the city sends their final payment there's a their balance sheet just kind of making sure that our sheets match okay and now do you have to do that
098for a number of different things just not only the taxes do you have to do reconciliations and other things that's uh with my uh cash balance reports that's my uh bank reconciliation uh so I do that um and you know H is that a is that a something you have to do every single day how do you how do you approach that I'm just curious that's a monthly activity usually uh spend a couple days each month uh working on the bank reconciliation MH so we have a lot of money in the bank right now we do okay good to know keep up the good work and you're investing it yes okay we made some recent Investments this but I don't mean investing it you know like you know I just went to open you said
099a lot of money in the bank clarify that I just want the old said we're poor and now you see we got a lot of money in the bank well we we have we have collected our money it's other people's money all right thank you um anybody have any other questions for in thank you thank you thank you in can I have a motion to approve the minutes second and that's from January 30 regular and executive yes okay all in favor I opposed motion carries any continuing business any new business okay I have a motion to go into exy okay move it second all in favor I I need a motion to come out of executive session all in favor okay any any other new business communication motion to adjourn all favor word