[Call to Order]
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AFTERNOON, WE WILL NOW CALL THE AGENDA SETTING, MEETING BY THE BUFORD COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO ORDER THE DATE IS JULY 27, 2020.
THE MEETING IS BEING CONDUCTED BY A VIDEO CONFERENCING AND THE COUNTY CHANNEL IS BROADCASTING THE MEETING.
[• Pledge of Allegiance, Statement of Media Notification]
STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE VISIBLE, JOHN, PLEASE BE SEATED.THE MEDIA WAS PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
[• Approval of Agenda]
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.WE APPROVE THE AGENDA AND I THINK MR. SMITH IS ON HE'S HE'S MUTED THOUGH, ON HIS PHONE.
ALRIGHT, WE NOW, CAN YOU NOW NEED APPROVAL OF THE JULY? OKAY.
CAN YOU PLEASE PUT UP THE, UH, THE MEETING MINUTES OF JULY 6TH? YES.
HERE THEY COME FROM THE SECOND.
IS THAT BIG? AND I ACTUALLY USED TO DRINK IT A LITTLE BIT CAUSE IT'S KIND OF, IT'S TOO BIG.
IS THAT GOOD? YEAH, THAT'S REAL GOOD.
AND THEN CAN YOU JUST SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM? YES, MA'AM OKAY.
[• Approval of the July 6, 2020 Committee Meeting Minutes]
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, JULY? WHAT DATE WAS IT ON HERE? SIX, SIX, UH, AGENDA SETTING, MEETING IN IT.WE APPROVED THE JULY SIX, UM, AGENDA SETTING COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES.
I NEED TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THEM BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED EARLIER FOR THEM THERE EARLIER FOR THEM, THEY HADN'T BEEN POSTED YET.
DO YOU WANT ME TO SCROLL AT THE TOP OR WHERE DO YOU WANT ME TO GO? AH, HOLD ON A SECOND.
YOU WANT ME TO KEEP GOING? SCROLL, SCROLL SOMEPLACE.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
[• Setting August 4, 2020 Board Meeting Agenda]
WE'RE ON TO SETTING OF THE AUGUST 4TH, A BUSINESS BOARD MEETING AND HOLD ON, JUST COMING UP THE AGENDA.OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE, AT THE TOP, THE, UM, THE WAY WE'RE DOING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE CURRENT TIME, WOULD THIS VIDEO CONFERENCING, UH, THAT ALL LOOKS GOOD.
WHAT WE'VE HAD THERE THE OTHER TIMES, RIGHT? SO EXECUTIVE SESSION, BEGINNING 5:00 PM
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WITH THE PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT.AND WHAT ABOUT THE, I GUESS THERE IS NO ADULT HOME ED REPORT, CORRECT? THEY DON'T HAVE, MA'AM JUST THE PERSONNEL RATIFICATION.
NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT THAT'S THAT'S UH, THAT'S CORRECT ON THE ADULT THAT, OKAY.
SO, UM, WE HA WE'VE ALLOTTED DR.
RODRIGUEZ AN HOUR FOR THE PERSONNEL RATIFICATION REPORT IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
IS THAT APPROPRIATE? WELL, IT SHOULDN'T BE MORE THAN THAT FOR SURE.
I ONLY LAUGH THAT LOUD THAT ONLY BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WERE OTHER EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS. YEAH.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE NORMALLY, WE NORMALLY DON'T TAKE THAT LONG.
UH, UH, SO I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE HALF HOUR IS PROBABLY PROBABLY ADEQUATE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE AN HOUR JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, THAT THAT'S UP TO YOU, WENDY, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXECUTIVE SESSION ITEMS? YOU'RE MUTED.
UM, WE HAD THE DISCUSSION OF THE REVIEW CONTRACT AT THE PRIOR MEETING AND THEY ASKED THE BOARD MEMBERS SOME OF THE WANT ALISON THOMAS TO APPEAR.
SO SHE'S LATER ON IN THE, UM, IN THE AGENDA AND THEN THEY CONTRACT IS ON THE BOARD BUSINESS ITEMS. SO I WANTED EVERYBODY TO BE AWARE THAT, UM, I'LL HAVE THE CONTRACTS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
I MEAN, PEOPLE CAME IN AND LOOKED AT IT BEFORE.
DOES THAT NEED TO BE, HAVE ANYTHING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE I THINK DISCUSS THERE.
SO DO WE, SO THE OFFICER'S, UH, WILL KATHY DO, DO YOU HAVE ANY GREAT PREFERENCE OF WHETHER IT'S AT FIVE OR FIVE 30? I PERSONALLY DO NOT.
YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR THE PERSONNEL RATIFICATION, IT REALLY FIVE 30 SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT, BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T MATTER TO ME THAT MUCH EITHER.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? WELL, YOU'RE MUTED BASICALLY.
THE ONLY THING WE HAVE IS THE PERSONAL RATIFICATION REPORT.
UH, I, I, I JUST, I JUST, UH, SO, SO THIS SHOULD BE NO, THERE WILL BE NO, NOTHING ADDED, UH, ADDITIONALLY, AFTER THIS, NOT AT THIS TIME, THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THEM ADDING ANYTHING BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO HAVE IT AT FIVE AT FIVE, AND THEN SOMETHING BE ADDED EVEN 30.
IF SOMETHING GOT ADDED AT THE LAST, NO THAT CAME UP, WE COULD MOVE IT BACK TO FIVE O'CLOCK.
YEAH, I GUESS WE SHOULDN'T, I GUESS NOTHING SHOULD REALLY BE ADDED AT THIS POINT AFTER WE CLOSE IT.
SO I GUESS FIVE 30 WOULD BE FINE WITH ME.
AND KATHY, YOU ARE TOO, FROM WHAT YOU SAID.
ROBIN AND MOLLY, WE'LL SWITCH THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.
THEN WE GO INTO THE SIX O'CLOCK PUBLIC SESSION AND ALL OF THAT IS THE SAME.
EVERY MEETING POINTS OF CELEBRATION.
UM, THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION ALWAYS GIVES THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD, UH, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN NEEDED, THOSE THAT HAVE EARNED RECOGNITION FOR THE LAST, UH, ACADEMIC DEMEANOR.
SO THAT WILL BE THE POINTS OF CELEBRATION.
THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEN WE'RE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
WE'VE GOT THE, THE TWO DAY BOARD MEETING FROM JULY AND THEN THE SPECIAL CALLED MEETINGS THAT ARE TOMORROW AND ONLINE, THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AND THE COMMITTEE REPORTS.
AND MAYBE ROBIN, YOU CAN, THESE ARE THE COMMITTEES THAT WILL HAVE MET SINCE, UH, THE JULY 14TH, 15TH MEETING.
YES, THEY HAVE ALREADY MET AND WE'LL COME, UH, ACADEMIC SUITES AGAIN TOMORROW AND POLICY MEETS AGAIN ON THURSDAY.
AND HOW ABOUT OPERATIONS? THEY KNOW THE OTHER ONES HAVE NOT MET YET.
THEY NOT HAVE MET BEFORE THE MEETING AND THEY WON'T MEET IN ADVANCE OF AUGUST 4TH.
ANY OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS HERE, LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING THERE OR WE'RE GOOD.
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WE'RE GOOD.THEN WE'RE DOWN TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT AND I'LL LET DR. RODRIGUEZ ADDRESS THIS.
RODRIGUEZ BY PHONE? SO, UM, UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE THE COVID-19 UPDATE UNDER OTHER MATTERS AND THE REST OF IT, OF YOURS IS OPEN.
SO WOULD THERE BE ANY THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, POLICY DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE SUPERVISION AND EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
I REALLY THINK THAT, UH, AT THIS JUNCTURE FOR THIS MEETING, WE'LL HAVE THE COVID, UH, 19 UPDATE AND, UH, ANY, ANY PERTINENT MATTERS, UH, REALLY RELATED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, ANY, UH, PERSONNEL OR STAFFING THINGS, UH, THAT, UH, RELATE TO COVID-19.
WE CAN, WE CAN BRING IN, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER THAT COVID-19 UMBRELLA.
UH, AND, AND, UH, AND, UH, COMMUNICATE THERE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ANY, ANY, UH, ANYTHING RELATED TO SUIT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO REALLY TIED INTO THIS COVID-19 UPDATE.
UH, BECAUSE, BECAUSE IF, IF, IF FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE, UH, ANY INFORMATION COMING FROM THE ACADEMIC RECOVERY CAMPS OR, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PULL TOGETHER, UH, FOR THAT AUGUST 4TH MEETING, UH, I THINK CAN FIT UNDER THAT.
KATHY AND WILL ANY, WELL, SO WILL YOU GIVE US A REPORT ON THE RECOVERY, THE CAMPS? YES.
I WILL HAVE A FAIL MY TEAM AND I PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING THE RECOVERY CAMP.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE MUTED? THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS COVID-19 I LOSE FOCUS AND LOSE TRACK OF THE ACHIEVEMENT GAP SOMEWHERE.
MR. SMITH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
WE WILL, UH, WE WILL WORK ON THAT.
I THINK THE, UH, UH, CONVERSATION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT MAY HAVE TO COME FROM THE, FROM THE, UH, FROM THE RECOVERY CAMPS.
THAT'S REALLY THE, UH, ACADEMIC WORK, UH, THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE SUMMER, UH, TO, TO THIS TIME.
AND, AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, COMING FORTH AS WELL.
NOW, UNDER BOARD BUSINESS, UM, ACTION.
ONE IS, UH, THE RIVERVIEW CONTRACT THAT WENDY JUST MENTIONED, AND THAT IS, UH, UM, BOARD MEMBERS HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CONTRACT.
AND SO, UH, MS. UH, UH, ALISON THOMAS WAS GOING TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD AND MEMBERS.
SHE COULDN'T COME IN ONE OF THE JULY MEETING, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN AUGUST, WENDY.
UM, AND YEAH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MS. THOMAS AND HER ATTORNEY TODAY, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING.
THEY HAD TOLD ME IN A PRIOR EMAIL THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO COME AND SPEAK AT, YOU KNOW, GIVE AN UPDATE ON RIVERVIEW AND WOULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAD.
I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM IT BEFORE THE MEETING, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD YES.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION AT THIS TIME? YES, SIR.
I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT, UH, WE, WE PLACE THAT ON THE AGENDA AS BOARD BUSINESS ACTION, UM, AND THAT, UH, IF THERE IS A CHANGE IN THEIR PLANS, UH, IN TERMS OF WHETHER THEY CAN MAKE IT OR NOT MAKE IT ON THAT DAY, THEN WE'LL NOTIFY THE BOARD AND, AND, AND, AND WE COULD REMOVE IT.
UH, BUT AT LEAST THIS WAY WE HAVE A PLACE FOR IT.
AND THEN ANOTHER, UM, BOARD ACTION ITEM WILL BE, UH, THE BOARD DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT WE COULDN'T CONCLUDE OUR DISCUSSION UNTIL THE BURROWS AVENUE REAL ESTATE SALE OCCURRED, AND THAT'S LIKELY TO OCCUR THIS WEEK, CORRECT, WENDY.
AND I CAN'T HEAR YOU JUST, IF YOU COULD JUST, I JUST NOW GOT IT.
FOUR 15 EMAILS AS THEY ARE GOING TO BE SIGNING SOME DOCUMENTS AND THEY,
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THEY WANT ME TO GET THE DOCUMENTS TO THEM ON WEDNESDAY.DRIGGINS SIGN THE CLOSING DOCUMENTS AND THEN I'LL HAND DELIVER THEM TO, UH, THE LAW FIRM ON WEDNESDAY.
SO THEREFORE THE BOARD WILL NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THESE FUNDS WERE, UH, ACQUIRED FROM THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT SHOULD BE A ONBOARD BUSINESS ACTION.
SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO HAVE IT? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TITLE IT? UM, PROCEEDS, UM, OR JUST DISCUSSION REGARDING YOUR USE OF PROCEEDS OBTAINED FROM SAY REAL ESTATE SALE OF BURROWS AVENUE TO THAT EFFECT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WENDY? YES, BECAUSE IT IS THE BOARD TO AUTHORITY AND PREROGATIVE TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT THE PROCEEDS TO BE PUT INTO THEIR FUND BALANCE OR WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE FUNDS USE FOR DESIGNATED PURPOSE.
AND SO THAT IS, THAT IS THE BOARD'S DECISION.
AND THEN A THIRD TOPIC I CAN THINK OF IS WE ALREADY HAVE VOTED AS A BOARD TO HAVE THE PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSION AT THE AUGUST WORK SESSION.
AND ANOTHER PENDING ITEM WE HAVE IS THE SELF EVALUATION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
SO I THINK THOSE ITEMS WOULD BE BOTH GOOD FOR THE AUGUST WORK SESSION.
AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO, UM, TIFFANY RICHARDSON AT THE SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, BECAUSE SHE DOES A PARLIAMENTARIAN IN SERVICE AT A VERY REASONABLE PRICE, UM, OF $145 PER HOUR.
AND, UM, UH, I WANTED TO SEE IF SHE WOULD BE AVAILABLE AT THAT AUGUST WORK SESSION, SO WE COULD HAVE A INCIDENT WAS ON PARLIAMENTARIAN.
AND YOU COULD BE THE FACILITATOR FOR THE SELF EVALUATION OF THE BOARD.
LIKE I SAID, I HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM HER YET, BUT I'D WANT TO HAVE BOARD, UH, UH, THE VOTE IF IT'S THE BOARDS WILL, BECAUSE THERE'LL BE A COST INVOLVED.
AND SO I DON'T WANT TO JUST GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SET UP, UH, THE TIME FOR HER TO COME.
I THINK THE BOARD SHOULD DECIDE IF THAT'S HOW WE'D LIKE TO PROCEED.
UM, SO KATHY AND WE'LL, DO YOU HAVE OTHER SUGGESTIONS UNDER BOARD BUSINESS ACTION? UM, NO, I DO NOT.
I, UH, UM, I THINK THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A GOOD IDEA.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WOULD WE WRITE THAT INTO THE AGENDA? SO, UM, WE CAN WRITE, UH, I GUESS YOU'D SAY APPROVAL OF OR DISCUSSION, CAUSE WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PARLIAMENTARIAN IN SERVICE AND, UH, BOARD SELF EVALUATION.
WE COULD SAY WITH HONESTLY, THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT, THAT OBSESSION.
AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE BETTER TO, INSTEAD OF HAVING THE DISCUSSION AT THE AUGUST WORK SESSION ABOUT SPENDING THE MONEY, BUT LET'S, WE DEFINITELY WERE GOING TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ANYWAYS, LET'S GET IT.
IF IT'S THE BOARDS WILL TO GET IT APPROVED PRIOR TO THAT.
UM, THAT SEEMS LIKE QUITE A BIT ON THE AGENDA ALREADY TO ME.
CAUSE I THINK THE COVID-19 UPDATE IS GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF DISCUSSION AND LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
I WAS TRYING TO FLIP OVER AND SEE WHO WAS UP.
I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, DR.
RODRIGUEZ, HIS EVALUATION, UM, IS ACTUALLY FOR THE 2122 YEAR AND IT'S GOTTA BE COMPLETED, UM, BY OCTOBER.
SO WE'RE KIND OF RUNNING OUT OF TIME, UM, ON THAT ONE.
SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GET THAT STARTED.
UM, ANOTHER OPTION OF COURSE, WOULD BE TO DISCUSS IT AT THE WORK SESSION.
I THINK, I THINK WE CAN DISCUSS IT AT THE WORK SESSION.
I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK WENDY, COULD SHE SEND ME A COPY
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OF THE QUESTIONS CONCERNING, UM, CHARTER SCHOOL, UH, MR. RICO AND I CRIED TO TAKE NOTES AND WE SET THOSE QUESTIONS AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEND THEM.AND MR. CAMPBELL, IF THERE'S SOME OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UM, IF I CAN GET THOSE QUESTIONS, I'LL BE LIKE TO AFFORD THEM TO THEM TOO.
UH, EARL, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, I THINK, TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS.
CAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION.
UM, SO WE'RE HAVING A SEPARATE AGENDA SETTING A MEETING FOR THE WORK SESSION AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF THOUGHTS THAT ALREADY RELEGATED TO THAT MEETING, RIGHT? YEAH.
CAN I, UH, CAN I SAY ONE THING CERTAINLY.
UM, SO I WANTED TO GET TO THE END OF, I GUESS THE, THE AGENDA, BUT BEFORE THAT YOU, THAT, THAT YOU, YOU ADJOURNED, UH, I WANTED TO JUST POST SOMETHING OUT THERE AND SEE, UH, WHERE, WHERE IT COULD GO OR WOULD GO IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN IT.
SO I WAS APPROACHED BY, UH, A LEGISLATOR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE WHO SAID THAT, UH, THERE ARE SOME DOLLARS, UH, IN THE STATE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BROADBAND, UH, FOR AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE BROADBAND.
AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UH, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE WAY THAT IT WOULD WORK, UH, IS, IS THAT, UM, UH, THE BOARD WOULD, THE BOARD WOULD DETERMINE, UH, IF THEY WANTED TO EXPEND SOME DOLLARS, UH, FOR CAPITAL DOLLARS OR WHATEVER IT IS RELATED TO, UH, TO BROADBAND, UH, IT WOULD, IT WOULD FUND THAT UPFRONT AND THEN, UH, THE BOARD COULD GET REIMBURSED FOR IT FROM THE STATE.
UH, BUT YOU KNOW, HE HAS THE DETAILS ON THAT.
SO I, IF THERE'S INTEREST THERE, THEN WHAT I WOULD DO IS, UH, ASK HIM TO, TO ATTEND THE MEETING, UH, WHATEVER TIME, SO HE COULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN THE BOARD COULD MAKE A DECISION ON, UH, ON WHETHER IT WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT, UH, AT SOME POINT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT THOSE PROJECTS MIGHT HAVE TO BE GONE OR UNDERTAKEN BY DECEMBER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RODRIGUEZ, IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, THAT WOULD BE ALSO A MATTER OF, KIND OF UNDER THE COVID-19 DON'T YOU THINK UPDATE, IT COULD BE SO THAT I COULD ASK HIM TO JOIN AT THAT TIME, IF THAT'S, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SEEING THE SEEMS THAT IT SEEMS THAT COULD FIT UNDER THAT UMBRELLA BIT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS THERE INTEREST FROM THE OFFICERS, UH, TO SEE IF I CAN GET HIM TO ATTEND AND, AND, UH, AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION? DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY.
RODRIGUEZ, I DON'T KNOW WHICH REPRESENTATIVE YOU'VE TALKED TO, BUT, UM, I THINK I TOLD YOU BEFORE ONE HAD REACHED OUT TO ME, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT HE HAD, UM, A PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS US HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET REIMBURSED.
AND NOT THAT WE COULD, BUT THAT WE WILL, WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME, IT WAS A, BUT THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO SEE IN WRITING.
UM, SO IF YOU, IF HE'S GONNA DO A, UH, AND IF YOU CAN ASK HIM TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF PRESENTATION THAT HE COULD GET TO US BEFOREHAND, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT I WOULD, I WOULD PIGGY BACK WITH WHAT KATHY AND, UH, WILLIAM HAVE SAID.
AND I ALSO HAD A, UH, ONE OF THE BEAVER COUNTY, LEGISLATIVE DELEGATES REACH OUT TO ME AND THE SAME THING, WE NEED TO KNOW THE PARTICULARS OF THE REIMBURSEMENT.
CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE ONLY HAVE THE TEMPORARY BUDGET RIGHT NOW AND, AND, AND THE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE SLIM THIS YEAR.
AND IT'S UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, UH, UH, THE SAME KIND OF FUNDING WE HAD LAST YEAR.
UM, SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW DETAILS AND IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING, I E UM, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE, UH, SUBMITTING HIS DOCUMENTS THAT THURSDAY, WE KNOW THAT THE STAFF DOES.
UM, THERE'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE VIRTUAL
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SCHOOL.UM, SO THERE IS AN URGENCY TO GETTING THIS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR WEAK SPOTS, AS YOU KNOW.
UM, SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE CAN GET THEM TO DO THAT, WHOEVER THEY ARE, WHO ARE, WHO ARE DOING THIS, GET THEM TO THE, TO HAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY ABOUT IT.
WE NEED TO GET THIS IN PLACE BY THE TIME WE OPEN THE SCHOOLS, IF POSSIBLE.
SO PUSHING OFF ANOTHER MONTH OR SO IS, IS PRO IS NOT VERY GOOD FOR US.
NO, I THINK THIS MEETING AUGUST IT'S ON AUGUST 4TH.
UNDER, UNDER THE COVID, UH, UPDATE AS PART OF THAT.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING, IF THEY CAN'T DO A PRESENTATION, THEN THEY ASK TO POSTPONE IT UNTIL I CAN DO A PRESENTATION.
I WOULD SAY NO, BUT WE NEED THEM.
WE NEED TO HAVE THIS INFORMATION.
WE NEED TO MOVE ON THIS RIGHT AWAY.
WE NEED TO MOVE ON IN AUGUST 4TH.
I WOULD DEFINITELY AGREE WITH DAVID.
WELL, I THINK THAT THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH ME HAS BEEN A LITTLE TOO GENERAL, AND I THINK WE ALSO WOULD WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW, DO WE KNOW THESE ARE THE THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW? DO WE KNOW WHERE OUR WEAK SPOTS ARE AND WILL THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, BE SURE TO COVER OUR WEAK SPOTS? YEAH.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE JUST NEED TO HAVE ADDRESSED.
I THINK YOU HEARD THAT DISCUSSION JUST NOW.
YOU JUST HEARD WHAT THE, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
BEEN, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.
I WOULD SAY THAT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE BRADLEY HAD CONTACTED ME AND HE WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT ONE AREA AT A TIME.
SO LIKE KATHY SAID, WE NEED TO GET THE WHOLE PICTURE BEFORE WE, HE DIDN'T HAVE THIS THAT'S RIGHT.
ALSO NOT JUST CONTENT, NOT JUST THEM.
WE HAVE A LEGISLATURE THAT THEY DIDN'T DIDN'T DIDN'T WE SIGN A CONTRACT WITH LEGISLATORS.
I MEAN, THAT LEGISLATED WITH THE, UM, WHAT'S KNOWN WHEN PEOPLE, UH, WITH THE, UM, THE LOBBYISTS, UH, WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T SEND AN EMAIL TO THE LOBBYISTS TO POSSIBLY START GETTING INFORMATION ON THAT, TO SEE, UH, WHAT'S THE, UH, BASICALLY THEY GET THE MEAT OF THE INFORMATION TO US PRIOR TO THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WOULDN'T THAT BE A PART OF THEIR JOB AS WELL AS A LOBBYIST.
I I'D BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THE LOBBYIST.
AND, UM, TO LYNN STOKES, MARIE, I'VE BEEN THE LIAISON FOR THE BOARD WITH HER, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO HER AND SEE IF, UH, SHE CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION AS WELL.
CAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO START BEING CONCERNED THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE ACTUALLY PAYING THEM.
AND I CAN BRING HER TO THE, WE CAN HAVE HER COME TO THE MEETING TOO.
IF, IF SHE HAS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BEYOND WHAT ARE THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATE HAS.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, THAT REALLY, UH, PACKS THIS AGENDA.
LOTS OF STUFF ON HERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOOD DISCUSSIONS.
SO ROBIN, CAN YOU REMIND ME WHEN WE SET THE, THE, UH, AGENDA SETTING MEETING FOR THE WORK SESSION? I THINK IT WAS THE WEDNESDAY AFTER THE LIKE AUGUST 5TH OR SIXTH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS AUGUST 6TH AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
THE THIRD DAY AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
YEAH, I THINK IT WAS, YEAH, THE THURSDAY AT FOUR.
O'CLOCK JUST VERIFY THAT AND, AND, AND, UH, EMAIL THE BOARD AND THE STAFF.
SO TOO, THAT IT FEELS ONE OF THOSE TWO DAYS AFTER THE MEETING WE WANTED TO GET TO THE SIXTH, AUGUST 6TH AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, FURTHER, UM, BUSINESS, RIGHT? WELL, NO, ONE'S GOT THEIR HAND UP MO DR.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY? NO.
CAUSE YOU CAN'T RAISE YOUR HAND.
ALL IN FAVOR MEETING ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT ATTENDED.