nobody wants to sit with you Mrs can we get a roll call please Mrs rero the Marin here Duran here Mr Tumi herea here Ben Court here we'll start with the pledge of allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all this is to notify you that a regular meeting of the greater new bford Regional Vocational Technical High School District committee held on Wednesday April 10th 2024 at 11:21 Ashley Boulevard New Bedford Massachusetts at 4 P.M in the Forum anybody for public comment no public comments um this uh acceptance of minutes for March 12th April 2nd 2024 meeting we accept the minutes second second all in favor separate we need a separate vote also to hold the minutes of executive session until that matter is completed second all in favor um for reports tonight approval of bills included in your backup material you should have warrant 2409 in the amount of $769,000 for approval approval second all in favor I student representative report highlight all righty so um I just must to start by saying that our skills USA chapter got recognized as a top 24 school again for the second year in a row um and it was based [Applause] on in the nation not in the state in the nation um and it was our mental health project so pretty much what we did we started by like getting like the um teacher scope of like how they he mental health in the school and then we started doing projects that support positive mental health did the Pledge that promises students that teachers that they'll be kind to each other and we just did a lot of community outreach we partnered with the Care Organization we did a lot um but yeah and then our link to literacy group is getting recognized at the career Expo is that what it's called yeah at the career Expo uh in May I believe and they're going to be showcasing their skills and how like linking to literacy and getting your signature right important to getting a job and things like that um and then today we uh put out these uh SE Sexual Assault Awareness pledges that all students can sign during their lunch shifts and after they sign it they get a ribbon and pretty much it just promising that like they're going to be best solution to supporting people with Sexual Assault Awareness um and then Mr V Tech was March 22nd and Donovan uh gral W won and then our second place winner was Daniel ward in third place was man Silva and our People's Choice win Was Keegan keto uh it was crazy it was fun um definitely got the crowd going I think and yeah we just did a lot a lot of skill stuff like a lot of recognition um the state competition for skills is April 25th to the 27th in maror and we are sending 69 students to compete and it's going to be great this year so hopefully bring back a lot of gold medals so thank you you they're always so busy great uh superintendent Watson can you do the your superintendent shout out thank you madam chair so uh this this month um just a really moving work by our carpentry uh teachers and electrical instructors um last week uh at the Providence home show um may have seen some of these pictures out on social media um those folks worked uh day and night for several weeks several months um to be able to produce an ice cream house for Haley who was um you know a child that's that's ill I think it was part of an initi of the Rosemary's wish kids um just really really proud of the work um I was I was happy to be there on Friday morning when the house was awarded to Haley and her family uh definitely an emotional moment for all of them mom dad brother and Haley herself uh it was just really amazing to see the work our kids did our teachers did U on behalf of that so it was difficult not to be emotional in that moment and so um you know got some pictures we make sure we get our pictures up but it this month we're doing a lot of great things here every day but this was an easy one because um it's just amazing to see what what our folks were able to do for a family that uh was so deeply appreciative of everything so uh shout out to Jeff foron uh he was the lead there uh the other carry teachers electrical teachers for their work there they all did an amazing job U but really really proud for us a great V Tech to be able to participate in something like this on behalf of family in need so great great job everybody parent communication the POS yep included in your packet is the bi-weekly uh parent communication uh with the survey uh responses uh based upon uh each grade level Mr Williams Artis report please thank you mam chair is our artison report for April first we'll talk about our social studies Department students visited Vineyard WIS as you can see Illustrated once we have it up Ryan Sylvia took students there right downtown New Bedford students can learn about wind energy and how it's generated next slide you'll see a collaboration which I really love uh between our science department and carpentry as well as it where they built an our Greeno board in order to show that slime is actually intelligent Amazing Project that they did you can take a look at the next page they're working together in the top left on the uh next slide drum roll yeah the Slime top left that slime actually is able to find its food believe it or not so cool project collaboration people always need to collaborate more than we do so that's it in in U in action so next we're going to take a look at our electrical shop we have our electrical students hard at work um our freshmen are getting started working on their me mechanical learner projects next page is the illustration of them at work our Junior electrical students are working on updating lights shop lights and small jobs throughout the school students they working on plans as they determine um you know projects Lock Out Tag outs and things like that throughout the school slide we have students using the JLG lift to replace lights throughout that the HVAC shop that's the Freshman HVAC shop and the senior HVAC shop then the next slide you see we have Mr gin and his electrical crew with ties on sure they all match but nonetheless they have the ties on essenti working on those soft skills okay next we have HVAC they're installing the roughing of HVAC duck at the paben mongero museum that project is wrapping up next Slide the mock house for the Junior and senior program is coming alive with the new Fujitsu duckass heat pump that our students are able to work on and to build out those skill sets so that we can work along technicians in the field our sophomores were greeted by Local 17 sheet metal Union and Milwaukee tool to learn a little bit about the skill sets that they have the tools that they have and the opportunities that the local union could provide for them we'll talk about outside construction first we'll talk about Plumbing projects mapo that American Legion you see our students hard at work installing the bathroom piping and at this point Illustrated the the fittings Lloyd Center Welcome Center project is wrapping up composting system is online Amazing Project there all of our outside construction project played a collaborative role in that construction hopefully it to be the ribbon cutting will take place soon Boys and Girls Club a lot of us grew up in that building um you'll see that our plumbing students have really you know pulled out a lot of the old piping and replaced it with new you'll notice in the bottom left there guy in a hard hat that's me twisting some piping for some CU they just didn't have the strength to get it done so they asked me if I can so I said of course I can next slide you'll see outside construction doing inside work uh in our culinary program updating the culinary uh Hardware that we have throughout the equipment that we have next page you'll see that we had a $54,000 Perkins purchase of these units that you see Illustrated high efficiency heating equipment and our students will be able to have um to be able to work on each and every day so that way they're prepared for the world of work out there when they go on Co-op and placement for plumbing so electrical projects willing City Fields at brookl Park continually uh winterizing and dewinterizing as well as installing lighting uh fixtures for the stadium lights skills USA so we have Diego who won districts for Teamworks I know the carpentry department is really excited about that number one because we have not competed at the district ntion uh or state level in in Teamworks in a very long time and we will be doing so this in two weeks which we're all very excited about so Diego would join by three other classmates to do that this is an illustration here of of sort of what you know kind of the Midway process of the Teamworks pro project looks like the collaboration of carpentry electrical um Plumbing as well as uh to make that happen really awesome thing have so Sophia mka who won the USA uh Teamworks award you have Daniel Fitzpatrick who won the award for for plumbing next slide is uh Miss mashka Sophia mashka we have our science teachers there at the awards ceremony for Tyler Lance Peter Lance Jennifer Lance and then we have for the PHCC Allstar award students attending the skills USA competition I know they're very proud as I said Sophia she'll be helping out with the Teamworks on the plumbing end and then Eric Kevin Diego actually all four of them will be helping out on the on the Teamworks so really excited about being up there on Friday the 26th to see them make that happen so take a look at Academy B culinary arts focusing on culturally divers heritage project with Mr Wilkinson as we can see these beautifully delicious array dishes here from cultural backgrounds that that were worked on by our students looks delicious next even more delicious we have snacks these were on display in our beautiful coffee shop or Lighthouse Cafe Miss Silva's crew then we will look at our legal and protective program particularly EMS working with our legal and protective students they had their uh parents that they were able to work on do blood pressure and and put them on the gurnie and do different things like that so sort of give it a real life approach to the work that they do for practice in the classroom early childhood education was also in the EMT class dental and legal protective actually worked together at the new be half half marathon a few ago we have our legal and protective students in the EMS class working with medical assistant students and then we have our cosmetology working with medical assistant students for nurse assisting we have our Juniors who successfully completed their clinical hours at Alden courton for Haven that's an amazing feat for them congratulations juniors in the nurse assisting shop worked with the Early Childhood students um or early childhood Junior uh Juniors and the pre students to learn about being in the hospital and getting Vital Signs and checking for height and weight ustra that and so some great news just to kind of illustrate what Mr Watson had highlighted earlier about Haley's Playhouse here is haly's Playhouse being erected down in our senior carpentry shop and if you could have seen it surrounded by the land Cape up at the Rhode Island home show we would have been completely amazed um as it was a raid with with many other playhouses for kids who are ailing and will be able to have these have a beautiful Playhouse for them so I just really commend the folks as Mr Watson did who who worked on this not just the teachers but the students so great work on their their behalf and then our final slide is just a congratulations to Jennifer gasa I don't know how she has the time to do all the things that she does um she really from after prom to you know Miss voke Tech Etc and then BPA State Board of Directors which is what she was just nominated too and and and given that role for for just her her Brilliance in in hard work and I know she's going to be a great asset to that committee at the state level for the business Professionals of America and then finally as always I thank Miss Katherine Sullivan for help me put together this this slide Deck with that thank you the best part of that that house was the cherry on top the picture of that I was like Priceless adorable thank you Mr won Mr uh superintendent Watson your weekly updates in your packet include the last five weekly newsletters that were sent to All faculty from March 11th up through uh April 8th um under new business we have the first reading for adoption of the fy2 operating budget that should be um in your pocket I don't know superintendent anything you wanted yes there is so the the first read the information is in your packet but I'd like to walk through a PowerPoint presentation quickly on uh kind of a general perspective around how the budget is is uh configured and then also about the spending priorities of the district as we get into 2425 was budget subcommittee made up of school committee members District administrators and leaders uh who help all play a role in this I also want to thank members uh of the Schools administration who participated through the direct the immediate directors the academic and Vocational directors in helping to streamline uh some of the requests Andor costs that were submitted for to the proposed budget a quick budget timeline we generally start the process in January uh when the school bu business administrator initiates that process with all members of our team uh we did meet with the general advisory committee members of the school committee were here in January as well as members of the administration um some of those folks will be here tonight U to kind of understand what their needs are in their respective CTE areas what do the trends tell us uh what types of uh Investments the district need to make in order to meet industry standards in their respective areas I'm pretty proud of that effort when that started a couple years ago putting that January session together I think we had 10 or 12 of our chair people this year we had close to 20 of our CT chair people and so every year it's been improving a little bit more it's a long meeting we're getting a lot of good feedback um I've encouraged them tonight when they go to the respective areas following our dinner and brief remarks to share their thoughts uh with our instructors because I think that's how we collaborate effectively together um to make sure we're doing everything for our kids um in March the administration meets with the budget subcommittee reviews the budget and prepares for tonight tonight is the first of two reads uh is more of a presentation this evening on what the budget priorities are we'll hold a public uh Hearing in a second read uh which we'll be discussing shortly hopefully the week of April 22nd uh and then will be disseminated out to the sending communities and we'll move forward a very quick explanation on how the budget is calculated and formulated both uh by the communities uh on the far left you'll notice those are the current enrollments based on our October one numbers uh by each of Our member communities and that number is important when we get to their specific apportionments related to fixed costs uh Transportation debt Etc the operation ratio is what's used so you can see that just under 15% of our student population is from Dartmouth has over 8% from fa Haven and roughly 77% of the of our students come from New Bedford the minimum contribution is set specifically by the state funding formula so there's there's literally nothing except for uh us inserting that number in there and that is determined by the funding formula it is based on a community's ability to pay so there's a question about why some communities May pay more or less it is literally based on the formula state has which is derived from the community's median income and what their ability to pay is as I mentioned just a few moments ago the transportation cost dartmouth's for example 11,872 is easily calculated by taking 14.8 and change percent of the 75752 and that is their apportionment uh the same process has followed for f Haven and New Bedford is exactly the same process for both fixed assets and debt as well those numbers calculated by their operational ratio will lead those numbers uh it is the full number so for example it's 14.8 and change uh that you'd need to use to calculate that effectively that's a question here um I'd like to know what the increase is in Transportation uh from this year to last year yes yeah we we we didn't have one this year oh seriously yeah they kept the same cost for um the New Bedford and no D from baven routs as they did in the past so there was no increase on this screen you see the total assessment that comes from Member community um inclusive of all those numbers this get this next uh slide go ahead this next slide shows the the change in the assessment values for each of Our member communities Chapter 70 state aid the regional transportation lines that come through chapter 71 uh giving you a total revenue for the district that has changed over the last three fiscal years what you'll notice for this budget presentation is the district's funding from 2023 2024 20242 2 is increasing by $2.6 million the next few slides kind of talk about some of our educational priorities and then the final slides talk about our Personnel priorities first and foremost I want to talk about instructional materials uh through the vetting process all requested education supplies textbooks and instructional materials in all academic and CTE classrooms have been included in our operating bu there are no cutbacks from that uh everything that's been requested by staff um is fully funded in this budget uh the district has made significant investments in instructional materials over the last three years uh the total cost for this year in instructional materials requested by our team is just North of $135,600 there was also a small increase in nursing supplies for our new Health Center trainers contract adjusted in the athletic realm and an increased request for security at at athletic events all of that is in encapsulated in the total cost for instructional materials two main student organizations that are been talked about today both BPA and skills USA are thriving um both of which um need to have their budget number adjusted upward in each of the last three years we have spent more money uh on those State and National competitions than what we had anticipated uh and so as you know my My Philosophy on this is to try to be as responsible as we can within each line item and so we are increasing the contributions to both of those lines by $188,500 which I think will uh more accurately address what we anticipate spending in the next school budget that total of 37,000 is included um in our operating budget and our final one on this slide is the technology increases this this budget proposed uh upgrades to classroom and administrative software applications School devices as well as efficiencies that we hope will enhance productivity security accountability and competitiveness uh these Investments obviously since the co pandemic have been significant uh as the scope of the work changes uh we do believe that many of them will significantly reduce long-term costs by optimizing more efficiencies uh mitigate risks and streamline workflow uh for us this recommended budget includes 344,000 in additional funding which not only includes Chromebooks for our incoming class but also many of the applications and tools uh that are designed to improve our operation the proposed budget also uh increases facility costs due to not only the economic realities but our additional investment in capital infrastructure we anticipate those lines to be just over 340,000 of which 200,000 is invested in capital infrastructure planning and finally there are also non-instructional costs of the district that are increasing by just over $112,000 um those items are compens workman's compensation Insurance unemployment insurance long-term debt student liability insurance payments to newford City retirement for those employees who are coved of that plan committee annual conference and the administrative Retreat which will begin in July and professional development just a quick question your insurance costs are those fixed by each municipality or do we have any leverage on that uh they I don't believe they're fixed by Pam you want to jump in on that the costs are not fixed by municipality they're fixed by by right but you have to follow each municipalities the building Insurance any insurance like all of the insurances health insurance do do you take the lead from each of the municipalities or do we have our own on our own all of it is independent for all of it okay thanks that was yeah all of it is independent we have our own our own insurance in all of these areas and lots of them are driven by usage right workman's comp Etc um and health insurance is not included in that line okay okay nor is tentable all right our Personnel priorities um the district is currently negotiating labor agreements with all of our collective bargaining agreements um we are allocating funding in that budget for proposed cost of living adjustments which we anticipate arriving at agreement with the gnb and gnb on as well as any step or Lane increases that are involved for all faculty and staff as you are aware over the last several years the district has added two School adjustment councilors and instructional coaching position that were initially created with s A3 funding that funding is lapsing on September 30th 2024 and as I promised this budget also delivers the resource reallocation uh to fund those positions on a on a more permanent basis um through reductions in other cost areas the district has 12 vacancies that are happening at the end of this school year and into the early parts of the next school year many of those existing positions are being Consolidated and we anticipate Savings of 150 to 175,000 that will be reallocated in this budget towards institutional education and Personnel priorities also included in funding for this budget is to add additional teaching positions we anticipate continued increases in student demographic changes from IEP and elll Learners as a result of the admissions process unfortunately at this time we do not know the number of students on I APS or El students that are coming but we have planned for additional Staffing in both of those areas to account for student needs and we anticipate being able to report out on that in the summer of 2024 as the class of 2028 is accepted planning has also uh been given the go ahead today um for us to expand CTE programs and offerings pending approval from this committee uh at later this month on expanding CTE programs and offerings uh in this budget we are recommending an additional teacher for plumbing an additional teacher for dental um so that we can double those programs uh to account for both labor market Trend analysis as well as student selection picks um spacing consolidations will take place through a redesign of some areas that'll be phased in over the next three years um this budget will also include no reductions in staff at this point but it will also uh merge media and visual which was the nas recommendation to create two Pathways and to bring those programs along with engineering into similar spaces that will not be accomplished for September of 2024 but over the next three years we anticipate that those spots will be reallocated so that the the fun the shop functions are in the same area similar to what we've accomplished with it by moving them up there we think it makes sense not only for the program and for the kids but also for the teachers to be able to collaborate more effectively and to make sure that kids are in a space where they can grow uh with all with all the members of their respective shop area the district uh continues to talk about uh consolidating its instructional supervisory Administration uh as I've mentioned uh privately to in a number of conversations and been talking about the long-term plan is to reduce the number of instructional supervisors um and consolidate those positions and reallocate those funds in a different model uh several members in this in the room today on both sides of me uh are part of a Strate uh strategic District Improvement plan team uh and one of the suggestions I spoke very openly about yesterday is the idea of creating Parts where we move students through with Sachs guidance counsels assistant principles and the otherwise the district's proposed budget does include a reallocation of some of those anticipated savings to fund a third assistant principal's position um that will be a step in that direction uh as I've said it's very important to me that we honor the work that many of our colleagues have given to this District over the time period uh we think that this budget is going to be able to take us take that step forward but I want to be public about the fact that the funds for that on the long term are going to come through resource reallocation of anticipated retirements that will not be backfilled um so this is not a long-term addition of an administrative salary what this is is a reallocation of resources with the anticipated changes coming over the next one to two years District believes that this is a softer way to be able to move the reorganization in a path while we still have bodies available to do the work and hopefully uh migrate us to the new model in a more thoughtful way that also doesn't create any chaos as we do that we think that's an important piece I think it's pretty widely supported by members of the Strategic team uh who are who are not only thinking about uh work we can do at the administrative level but also work we can do with kids and making sure they're familiar faces in in the school adjustment guidance and assistant principal ranks that are moving along with kids it's been discussed for a long time um and we think that this budget presents the opportunity for us to be able to execute finally the district is planning for an expected 10% increase in health insurance costs um this budget fully funds all known Associated costs with members who are currently accessing our health and dental benefit plans and we are anticipating between 55 and 60% of new hires will jump onto the plan that is typically the the rate that we're looking at when I mean fully fund it's not only about the the district's contribution rate it's also making sure the district has earmarked funds that should employees need or use access to the district's contributions of their deductible plan that we have the ability to make sure that we meet that um that's not always used but it is an important piece of this process to make sure the district is financially able to meet any and all obligations for any employee on our health insurance plan should that need arise for them next year finally the FY 25 anticipated revenues from uh step one total 2.6 just over $2.6 million the budget that is presented to you in your packet includes anticipated expenses both personnel and educational increases the total exact amount that's the presentation if there are any questions today I'm happy to answer them I have Oney i' like to know the need and I read the justification in the paper I wasn't satisfied with it third principal yeah I'm sorry vice principal sure yeah so I think I appreciate the question it's not one that I didn't anticipate um so here here's where we're at with this I think as we as we retool the administration over the next two to three years um we've we've had the same administrative structure here for as long as I've been here two assistant principles four academic department heads four to five uh Academy administrators um athletic director and all the positions that are there what we're looking to do Mr Duran is to downsize some of those positions to focus them on teaching and learning and coaching and not on the disciplinary models that oftentimes happens uh the assistant principles are largely responsible for the climate and culture of the school handle a large of the discipline it makes sense for us in my view for us to launch this today because it allows us to slowly move while we have all of the other bodies that that are in place and should a situation warrant a change to that we're able to do that if there's a need for us to consolidate it's really important to me that we honor uh the work that folks have given us so far to the best of our ability and my preference is not to um impact that work uh in the here and now while we have folks that are here second point that I'm going to make is one of the big pieces around the strategy for district Improvement team is about creating teams 9th grade 10th grade 11th grade and 12th grade teams where there are School adjustment counselors guidance counselors assistant principles working collab collaboratively with all of our other administrative teams in order to provide common faces consistent sports for kids throughout their entire Journey here and we would still have a number of folks five to six folks that would be focused on supporting teachers in the classroom through the evaluation process uh but that would be their job so it it it the the long-term plan and I say longterm two to three years the vision is for us to consolidate positions not necessarily the total number the responsibilities that folks will have so that some folks are focused on instructional leadership and some folks are focused on students climate and culture of the building um and the execution of day-to-day operations thank you questions Mr Watson is there any way that the transportation budget could be cut at all I mean we see these huge buses um a lot of times they're like half full I mean is that negotiable with the uh company that we use do they have smaller buses how do you look at that it's a Challenge and high schools I'll let Pam jump in in a minute but uh you know transportation is largely funded through the communities in chapter 71 those numbers are pretty much Set uh in accordance with with the state government so if your if your question is really about being able to cut chapter 71 to reallocate those funds in a different capacity the answer for that would be no um because that you know that we have a lot of discretion over the Chapter 70 monies that come to the district this process is about that but the regional transportation money is earm mared specifically around Regional Transportation one of the big challenges obviously in high schools is kids you know some kids are driving they're not the silly driving in the beginning of the year they may be riding the bus but by the end of the year at this point they're not on the bus because somebody helped them they've got their license or those things so it's definitely a more problematic issue in high schools than it is um for me it it it will it will come down on the fact you know I see it as an issue to making sure that we're doing everything we can to provide kids that opportunity right so maybe I didn't need that or or you didn't need that but somebody might need access to that ride so if we really talk about equity and making sure that we're providing that kind of service to kids every day I I think that's a really important piece is that it may be an underutilized resource but it is a resource available to kids last thing I think any of us want is a kid Unsure how they will get to or from school um and while I agree with you I don't like to see underutilized buses at 4 P.M or 6 p.m. because that's money that could be used another area what's worse to me is not having enough buses and kids are sitting here trying to figure out how to get home uh hopefully that answers your question Dr Marin so thank you thank you point so I think if I'm correct um there was no increase in uh bus transportation but if I'm not mistaken we received a bill halfway through the year last year for an additional fee isn't that correct shair no a couple years ago we had an additional fee for covid cleaning no I thought I thought halfway through the year they had an additional uh bill for us for funding no I can recall we get a monthly state monthly bill and then we have a monthly bill for I thought whatever you want to call it like a search charge or uh that the bid was you know not going to not going to make it through the year we've always had enough for transportation okay yes we've always had enough um I'm thinking about so I don't yeah we haven't run short on the money we did create a transportation revolving account uh we could talk a little bit about that Pam if you know what I'm talking about right had in the co years where that money wasn't put in so there's a little more money available in transportation we had isn't because we have to use we have to use it by September but it it carries every year in June has to be used by the end of September so at this time we don't have any money in that fund um but if the committee decides in May or June depending what the end result will be for the fiscal year the committee can vote to put in an amount into the revolving fund to use into the next year um but we haven't had we didn't do that last year um we didn't have a surplus so okay not sure wonder if that's what you're thinking yeah no I um I'd have to look back to see um I was under the impression that we ran the company just we ran short we had to put in additional funds for transportation you could be thinking of that revolving fund maybe maybe that's years ago that we put in there it wasn't a short we had because the the the B the funding has come out for transportation well when school shut down in March of 2020 no one was running the buses right some of the bus companies wanted to get paid but there was extra money that was available that was UN spent that school year and so what we decided to do was create a revolving account because you're allowed to do that under the Mass General law where you put money in Pam's right you have to use that money first in the following year but you're running ahead because you also got an appr appropriation for the following year that you didn't actually have to start using till October because you use the Surplus in September if that makes sense that could be what you're thinking of maybe that was the case um but additionally to Dr M's point is um you know maybe at some point look with the transportation folks to see if they can streamline or if there's any uh any way they can so we have to provide them every student's name and address within a one point after the 1.5 mile radius from our location every student has to have a seat on a a bus or a van to get from their address to the school after the 1.5 mile as Mr Watson said if a student gets their license and they don't need it but that one day they may need it so we can't remove them off the list just because they are now driving themselves or they choose to have a parent bring them every single day both ways they still need to have a seat on a uh bus or a van back and forth every day so as the buses look like they are um at no capacity I have to have a seat for every kid regardless if they drive if they get driven by parents Guardians friends they need to have a seat just because um if there was an emergency and we needed to move they all have a seat on a bus to be removed from the facility all right thank you for that anything else I I just I think that's something that we could look at at some point I definitely um agree with what Pam's saying but I think that especially in the town of Dartmouth um you know it's covers such a huge area if there's any way that can be cut back um I know that money's allocated to us but I think it's just due diligence to look at that okay um the next item we need to establish a meeting date to adopt the fy2 operating budget yep we Rec I'm sorry I'm sorry don't we have to to oh we have to make a motion for approval of the first reading first reading yeah for the first read yeah no approval of the budget I got wrapped up in the conversation make a motion to accept the first reading in the budget second all right sorry about that sorry that's important a little bit yeah all right now we need to establish a meeting date to adopt the operating budget for 25 we had had early conversations uh Madam chair about uh Tuesday April 23rd I don't know if that works for members or not okay I'll start it off I don't have a problem with that yeah I think we had talked about that because we probably all have a hold on that date yeah think we're good on that kind of it is 6 o' I think that's that's good on the 23rd perfect right we need a vote to establish a Student Activity line for the travel Club is any update on that usually isn't any question they just have asked for a line to be created so that they could fund raise to fund any future that they'd like to do move approval so it's not something we have to approve yeah we need to vote for that yes I do need a vote because it's a Student Activity general ledger line so I do need you to vote to create the line all right I'll second all in favor I um informational just a few dates senior award tonight is Wednesday May 15th at 6:00 senior prom and after prom is Thursday May 23rd graduation is Friday June 7th and any committee discussions to be raised any business all right so the committee will be adjourning to Executive session under Chapter 30 section 21 to meet for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to negotiations with the gnu to meet for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to negotiations with the gnb Au and to meet for the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to negotiations with non-union personnel as the chair has determined that an open meeting would have a detrimental effect on the bargaining position of the committee members will not be returning to open session V the question um roll call Y Mrs fat please Mrs rero yes Dr Marlin yes Mr Duran yes Mr Tumi Yesa yes