001federal financial assistance programs in accordance with those same standards and the requirements of US code of federal regulations title 2 part 200 also known as a uniform guidance. We issued an unmodified opinion on your financial statements as of and for the period ended September 30th 2024. This means that your financial statements are presented fairly in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. We also issued an unmodified opinion on the board's major federal financial assistance programs, which for the fiscal year um ended September 30th were the special education cluster and the education stabilization funds. The local schools selected for comprehensive testing were Sims Elementary, Burroughs Elementary, Alba Middle, and Baker High School. All other schools were subjected to limited testing. We noted the following matter and it is included in our audit report in the schedule of
002state and local compliance and other findings beginning on page C of our report finding 20241. Pursuant to the code of Alabama section 4549103.1, the superintendent shall receive compensation for his or her services as the Mobile County Board of SC um school commissioners may ordain. The board and superintendent entered into a professional employment contract establishing the superintendent's annual salary that states any future adjustments to the salary must be set forth in a written amendment to the con contract. During the audit period, the superintendent received two additional payments totaling $3,700 granted by the board to all full-time employees without a written amendment to the employment contract. As a result, the superintendent received compens compensation that he was not entitled to receive. When brought um to the attention of management, the superintendent repaid the overpayment. We also noted
003the following matter and it is included as an audit finding in our report in section three in the schedule of findings and question cost beginning on page 72 finding 20242 title 29 US code of federal regulations part five subp part A the Davis Bacon Act requires that any construction contract in excess of $2,000 that is funded wholly or in part by federal funds must include prevailing wage wage rate clauses. The laborers and mechanics employed by the contractors or subcontractors to work on construction projects in excess of $2,000 financed by federal assistance funds must be paid wages not less than those established for locality of the project prevailing wage rates by the Department of Examiners by the Department of Labor, sorry. And the contractor or subcontractor must submit to the non-federal entity weekly for each week
004in which contract work is performed, a copy of the payroll and a statement of compliance. Six construction contracts paid um for by education stabilization funds were selected for testing. One of the six contracts tested did not include the prevailing wage rate clause. Additionally, contractors did not submit weekly certified payrolls to the board for three of the six contracts tested. The board did not have controls in place to ensure the Davis Bacon wage rate requirements were included in the construction contracts. Therefore, the construction project contracts awarded during the fiscal year did not include prevailing wage rate clauses, nor did contractors submit weekly certified payrolls to the board. As a result, the board is not in compliance with the Davis Bacon Act as it pertains to the wage rate requirements. This finding was previously reported as finding
00520231. We included recommendations to correct the findings presented in our report. The superintendent prepared a corrective action plan and it is included in our audit report as exhibit 19 beginning on page 76. If there are any questions pertaining to this audit, please direct those questions to our main office in Montgomery. And this concludes my presentation. Um, we just want to thank you so much, you and your staff, for your assistance during the audit process. And then of course [Music] I was I wasn't here during that time and you know people know so large and so many things involved I just want to say my hat officed. [Music] Yes, sir. and I hope you got All right. Uh action items. All right. We'll move to action item G2. It is a Wait a minute. Did we
006vote on action item G1? No. We just heard the report. Yeah. Okay. Are you ready to report our uh statements? What's your Mr. Chairman? Uh after vetting these items, I ask that we approve action items 1 through 20. Second. All in say I. I action item G21 is a sidewalk easement for Centale High School. The city of Centronale proposed a non-exclusive easement uh for a sidewalk adjacent to central central nail high school. There's no financial uh impact. I ask that you approve action item G21, a sidewalk easement for for Centale High School. A second. All in favor say I. I. Action item G22 is an agreement between us and UKG. It is our annual system renewal for software license and software equipment and support services. Uh I ask that you approve action item G22. Mr.
007President, Mr. Chairman, I move for approval action items G 22 through uh G, excuse me, just a minute. 41, sir. 22 through 41. Second. I motion carries. All right. If there are no questions on the action items, I move to consent agenda. H1 is with the Bay Gourmet Catering for Mayor Montgomery High School uh for their homecoming dance that's scheduled for Saturday, October the 4th. It's coming out of local school funds for $4,400. That's consent agenda H1. Mr. Chairman, yes, sir. I make a motion that we approve consent agendas 1 through 20. 1 through 20. Yes. Second. Second. All I I All right. On to our flow through items uh which are our parochial and private school that we are the uh vessel of these funds. Uh we have only one flowth through item. Uh
008it's with Sachi Tech for Lighthouse Baptist. Uh it is for a one-year site license uh for comprehensive dis dismissal platform. It's coming out of title four funds for $4,600. This is our action item uh flow through item one. Mr. Chairperson, please, please. Um, I'd like to move for approval of flow through items. Uh, I1 second. All in favor? I I All right. On to our expulsion. Our student expulsions. Uh, you have listed under separate cover. Unable to look up. Uh, we have our student expulsions 1 through 12. Mr. Chairman, I move for approval student expulsions uh J1 through 12. Second. All in favor say I. I motion. I'm sorry. All right. On to the information items. We have K1, our monthly f financials, and K2, purchase orders over 5,000. Mr. Mr. Chairman, as I discussed
009Monday, we have six employment matters uh to vote on today. I discussed it Monday. Yes, sir. Mr. Go ahead, Mr. Mr. Chairman. I make a motion that we accept the recommendation from the board of second. Second. All in favor say I. I motion radio. next week. The other side requested a few more weeks. Is that the one that we're scheduled for the 2nd of July, Mr. Hack? July second week. Are the others still intact at this point? Okay. Thank you. Uh, no sir. No sir. No sir. Yes. I I would like to take this opportunity uh very quickly to introduce uh if she would like to speak the new director of the city of Mobile Libraries. If you'll come to the podium and introduce yourself. Oh, thank you. Uh good morning, good afternoon uh to
010our uh esteemed Mobile County Public Schools President and Superintendent. My name is Jere Hall and I have the joy now of being director of the Mobile Public Library System and so I'm so happy to be here. I would have just missed an opportunity if I had not had a chance to come today. Um, Miss Geraldine Wells is our branch supervisor and she has a couple of items I'm going to pass out um to you all that gives you a little information about me. On the right side, my background, uh, my support of literacy and children, but on the left side, which I think is more important, are all of the activities that are going along this summer with our summer reading programs and summer learning activities at all branches in all of the areas that
011uh, we love and want to support. And so I just wanted to be sure to share that with you. I look forward to partnering with you. I look forward to meeting with you, serving your community, addressing any needs, literacy gaps, um, and targets and programming that I think that you all would enjoy. And so, um, with that, just very briefly, thank you for your time. I just wanted to share that. Also, if you're not able to get a packet of today with, uh, the information that's there, you're more than welcome to visit us online at mplonline.org. And that also gives uh those who are not in attendance today or have that folder an opportunity to see the the materials online and the schedule at branches for free activities for families. Mr. Hall, I might want
012to add that I go to your West Mobile branch off of uh Greenlight. I was thinking of Gerby Green like that. I was there yesterday. Yes, ma'am. I go there by there frequently and I want to tell you that the staff there is most accommodating. They are very professional and nice and willing to help you out. So, sure. I I assume that's true all over like that, but I just wanted to add that for you. You might want to tell them that. Sure. I receive that and I will pass that along. I look forward to working with all of you uh collectively, individually, your meetings. Please don't see me as a stranger. I'm no stranger to communities or collaborations. Um but customer service is a top priority for me. So that makes me feel really
013good to be able to hear. Um I will also share that with our board at our board meeting tonight as well. So thank you so much for library. Uh yes I I was there yesterday as as well. Yes sir. Yes. I I appreciate that. I received that when I was there yesterday. I saw a lot of students there. They go to our libraries to combat summer learning loss. Obviously, we have many things from our schools that can support them, but the library is there to support the school as well. Parents, families, all needs. And so, I appreciate that as well. So, maybe one day we can can go together. I'd love to join you there and continue to look at some of the resources we have and even hear your ideas of things that you
014may want to see in your local library as well. So, I'm open. and I'll be here after the meeting for a second if you wish to say hello. But thank you again. Thank you. Thank you for coming here. Sure. Yes. Yes, sir. Thank you. Anybody else? No, sir. Motion to move. Second. Second. All in favor? I