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0:00All right. I am calling to order the
0:01Orleans Paris School Board Budget and
0:03Finance Committee meeting for July 28th,
0:052026. The time is now 2:23 p.m. May I
0:08have a roll call?
0:09>> Miss Emmes,
0:10>> here.
0:11>> Mr. Parker
0:12>> here.
0:13>> Miss Baldwin,
0:14>> present.
0:15>> Miss Vau,
0:16>> present.
0:16>> Miss Griffin,
0:18Mr. Marshall,
0:20Mr. Zervagon,
0:21>> here.
0:22>> Also present, Dr. Fatima Fulmore,
0:24superintendent, and Ashley Halprren,
0:26board council. We have a quorum.
0:28>> Thank you so much. I'm now going to
0:29yield to our board council to take us
0:31through the rules for public comment.
0:33>> Anyone wishing to speak with regard to
0:35items on the agenda should fill out a
0:36public comment card and submit it to the
0:38board secretary. Cards will be received
0:40up to one half hour after the meeting
0:42begins. Each person shall be permitted
0:44to speak up to two minutes as
0:46established by the chair. I'll [snorts]
0:47recognize the speaker and give the
0:49speaker permission to proceed. The
0:50speaker shall state their name and
0:52address for the board record. Those who
0:54have a group concern are encouraged to
0:55select a spokesperson from the group to
0:57address the concern. Speakers are
0:59expected to be as concise as possible
1:01and to present their questions and
1:03comments in an objective manner in
1:05accordance with good taste and decorum
1:07and without reference to or insinuations
1:09against the board, its members or school
1:11system employees. Disruptions or
1:13disorderly conduct at the committee
1:14meeting will constitute grounds for the
1:16presiding officer to ask security
1:18personnel to remove the offender. Thank
1:19you.
1:20>> Thank you so much. Uh, do we have any
1:23additions, deletions, or modifications
1:25to the agenda?
1:26>> We do not.
1:26>> Okay. Hearing none. May I have a motion
1:28to adopt the agenda as provided?
1:30>> So move.
1:30>> Second.
1:30>> It's been moved by President Emmes,
1:32seconded by board member Bowdman. All
1:33those in favor say I.
1:35>> I. Any opposed?
1:37>> Uh, the agenda is adopted. And now
1:39referring uh returning to the board
1:40council to facilitate the consideration
1:42of minutes.
1:43>> It is recommended that the committee
1:45adopt the minutes of the June 2nd, 2026
1:47budget and finance committee meeting.
1:49May I have a motion to adopt the minutes
1:51as presented?
1:52>> So move waving the reading.
1:53>> Second.
1:53>> It's been moved by uh Vice President
1:55Parker and seconded by Miss Bodwin. All
1:58those in favor?
1:59>> I.
2:00>> Any opposed?
2:01>> Okay. The minutes have been adopted.
2:03>> Wonderful. All right. We are in our
2:05finance committee uh meeting. It is
2:08we're moving on to item 3.1. We've got
2:10an exciting meeting today for everybody.
2:11We're going to buy some fruits and
2:12vegetables and some milk. Uh but we're I
2:14know we've got some guests and we have
2:16uh we've got some guests and we've got
2:19some additional committees coming
2:21forward. So we're going to try to move
2:22through this as quickly as possible. I
2:24will start by yielding to Miss V to take
2:27us through our monthly finance update.
2:31>> Good afternoon board members, uh Dr.
2:33Fulmore and to our community and
2:35constituents. Um we're presenting the
2:38financial monthly update for the month
2:40of July. On the schedule today, we have
2:43the May 2026 financial statements for
2:46the general fund. Uh a overview of the
2:49budget for the school facility
2:50preservation program, give some local
2:54and state updates. Uh there's been a lot
2:56of changes with the executive order and
2:59just wanted to give an update on how
3:00that impacted our schools. And last but
3:03not least, our audit update.
3:08Getting into the period of May 2026 with
3:11our financial statements. Want to start
3:13off with the revenues uh came in about
3:163.8 million which is a little higher
3:18than what we budgeted for in that
3:20period. We budgeted for 3.1. Our
3:22expenditures though were a little higher
3:25in comparison to our budgeted
3:27expenditures. So for that month we had
3:29about 3.8 8 in our expenditures versus
3:34the 3,767,000
3:37we budgeted in that period. One of the
3:40things that impacted our higher
3:42expenditures actually comes from the
3:44payment of the rand. So we had our rand
3:47pay off in May and that interest expense
3:49was about $955,000.
3:52So that is pretty much what boosted or
3:56exceeded our uh budgeted expenditures
4:00for the month. We added about $4,000 to
4:05our fund balance from the last reported
4:07period. So our unodudited fund balance
4:10for the period is
4:131,994,563.
4:18Just sorry a quick clarification that
4:20fund balance of 101 million almost 102
4:24that is before any uh
4:27>> deferred revenue payments correct
4:28>> and that also includes uh we added back
4:32the prepaid insurance that we had
4:36adopted or we had approved to get for
4:39the period of May through April of next
4:41year.
4:42>> Thank you.
4:47wanted to talk about the school facility
4:48preservation program and its purposes.
4:51So, this is where we have local revenues
4:53for property taxes, the 4.97 mills, the
4:5713th of a percent of sales tax that go
5:00toward our capital repair. Um, we're
5:04budgeting that we're going to receive
5:06about 43.9 million in revenue for this
5:10fiscal year. So, 26.8 8 of that comes
5:13from the capital millage. About 15.7
5:17will come from sales tax with a 13th of
5:19a percent. And also we're talking about
5:22the interest in investments on our uh
5:26school facility account fund. So that's
5:28about 1.3 estimated that we're hoping to
5:31bring in this year that will also
5:34supplement the
5:37deposits that go into the school
5:40facility accounts.
5:43of the of the 43 million you'll have
5:46some anticipated expenditures which is
5:50the cost of the assessor's fee for
5:53capital in addition to collection fees.
5:56Uh private debt service this is for
5:58schools that are not considered in a
6:01district facility. So they may be
6:03leasing somewhere else or if they're in
6:07what's considered uh OSFF building where
6:12you're that's also considered private
6:14debt. We have about 3.9 million
6:17allocated to that expenditure. Uh this
6:20is also based on the total student
6:22count. The state actually calculates
6:24this where it's the total capital
6:27revenues divided by the total student
6:29count in the parish. So, we're
6:31estimating that that per pupil will be
6:34about $945
6:36for the year.
6:38Our school facility account
6:41uh deposit, which we're estimating to be
6:44about 27.3 million. This accounts for
6:48what's considered the 500 or 800 per
6:50pupil. This is based on the replacement
6:52cost of the facility or if it was uh
6:55built before uh September 20 uh 2005 or
7:01after.
7:03And then we have the capital improvement
7:05grant funds which is funds used to kind
7:08of do supplemental projects in
7:10accordance with the legislation but also
7:12we have the revolving loan fund. So the
7:15revolving loan fund is where if your
7:19school facility account is below the
7:22balance needed for a certain project,
7:25you can borrow from that revolving loan
7:28to get that project done and you repay
7:30that uh revolving loan through future
7:33allocations of your SFA deposit.
7:38>> Do we ever go into that revolving loan
7:41fund?
7:41>> Yes, ma'am. And a lot of this work,
7:43you'll hear about it mostly in the
7:45property committee when we're talking
7:47about uh bringing forth a different
7:49project on according to the project plan
7:53schedule, but Mr. Leuff will be able to
7:56speak about more of that.
7:58>> Just one more confirmation on this page.
8:00I think you mentioned it, but the
8:02interest that's earned on the school
8:04facility preservation accounts, that
8:07interest goes back into those school
8:09facilities accounts. Correct?
8:10>> Yes, sir.
8:11>> Okay. So, we're not we're not taking
8:13that interest and putting it in our fund
8:15balance. That's going back to the school
8:17facility accounts that it's meant to
8:18serve.
8:19>> Yes, sir.
8:19>> Thank you.
8:24>> Um, just a insight or a summary into our
8:28program budget. Our total program budget
8:31again is 43.8. We may have some rollover
8:35funds that come into that around
8:36September because we do have uh the FY26
8:41closeout going on. So any other invoices
8:45or projects that may be near substantial
8:47completion probably before August 31st,
8:50those uh those will be liquidated. the
8:54remaining balances from any POS or any
8:57incumbrances will be applied toward that
8:59fund balance in the 27 fiscal year so we
9:02can roll over funds.
9:05But again, you will hear about more of
9:07those projects uh in the property
9:09committee
9:12across all of our funds. Uh that
9:14includes revolving loan, capital
9:16improvements, school facility accounts,
9:18any emergency fund from the SFA. We have
9:22about a estimated ending balance of
9:24151.4
9:26million that will be associated with all
9:28of those funds. So this is the fund
9:31balance over the the whole course of
9:33this program.
9:39As we get into our local revenue trends,
9:42we wanted to take time to just highlight
9:45some of the revenue trends in the last
9:48three years. Starting with our property
9:50taxes, we've seen u overall flat
9:54comparison um between 2425 and 2526.
9:59But
10:01in our sales tax, this is the one that's
10:04the most volatile. This is where uh
10:06vendors are self-reporting sales tax
10:08collections or remittances to the city.
10:12But we have seen kind of a uh up and
10:15down trend as it pertains o to our
10:19organization over a 12-mon fiscal year
10:22period. Um overall we're anticipating
10:26about a 1.6 decrease as we look at those
10:30averages. We still have some revenue to
10:33receive for sales tax revenue uh in the
10:36FY26 fiscal year, but right now we just
10:40wanted to showcase some of the things
10:42that we do have uh available to date.
10:49The next slide we kind of talk about
10:51that trend analysis over the last 5
10:53years on a monthly basis. One of the
10:56things that will stand out immediately
10:59is, hey, in 2026, we've had a change in
11:03our timing. This looks like an anomaly.
11:06Um, during that time, the city, uh, we
11:09worked with the city, Dr. Fulmore and I
11:11actually went up to the city, had
11:13meetings, and it was determined that
11:15they had some system issues between the
11:18city and the state as far as inputs. So,
11:20some inputs were put in in the next
11:23period. So we were able to kind of
11:26rectify and account for that. But we
11:29wanted to showcase even though we did
11:30not have the final 12th month of 2026's
11:34revenue based on our 5-year trend
11:36analysis, we do project that to be
11:38around 14.1 million um received in that
11:41June collection period. Uh
11:45are we for certain? No. I think at
11:48minimum this would be the at minimum
11:50amount we could anticipate seeing more.
11:53We had that um increase of about a
11:56million between the May projection and
11:59the May actuals last month. So, we are
12:02hopeful that it will be higher. But we
12:04just wanted to kind of showcase that
12:065-year trend analysis to show for our
12:09organization
12:10how revenue recognition has looked in
12:13those months for sales tax.
12:18Take some time because I saw y'all was
12:20asking questions in the beginning. I'm
12:21going to let you finish.
12:24>> I can ask it now.
12:25>> Sure. Why don't you go ahead?
12:27>> My question was, you know, it was not
12:30under your leadership that we had the
12:32big debacle uh with the city and the
12:35amounts that we were giving out to
12:37schools who had projected their budgets
12:39for the year. But you did come in
12:41gracefully and clean it up. How can we
12:44rest assure that something like that
12:46won't ever happen again? I know you're
12:48meeting with the with with the city
12:51leaders and I know Dr. Fulmore is
12:53meeting with them, but I need to be able
12:55to sleep at night knowing that something
12:58like that would never or could never
13:00happen to our school district again.
13:03>> Well, I think it's two-way communication
13:05because it starts with Dr. Fulmore and I
13:09meeting with city officials, getting all
13:10of the information. Yes. asking all the
13:13questions even when they're hard,
13:15they're difficult, but then it's taking
13:18that same information and relaying it
13:19back to our schools. And I think that
13:21was the missing piece during that time
13:23of the financial crisis. How did we
13:25communicate as NOL PS to our schools?
13:28So, we have the monthly meetings now. We
13:31share all the data points before we even
13:34get to you. So, as we're meeting with
13:37you, as we're meeting with the schools,
13:39we're getting that feedback. We're
13:41getting that insight. Any questions that
13:43they want to ask of us to ask the city,
13:46we're taking that back to the city. So,
13:48we're working together,
13:49>> including some of the CFOs. I I if I
13:52were you, the smart thing to do is to
13:54have at least one of those CM CFOs from
13:58the networks on that team with you and
14:01Dr. for more because they hear too what
14:04you're hearing because sometimes people
14:07tend to get the message back a little
14:10bit differently. I like the fact that
14:12you're underestimating. I don't ever
14:14want us to overestimate because for
14:17Christmas when I promise a bike, you
14:19going to have a bike and not skates. And
14:21so we want to make sure that our our
14:23schools, our babies are getting every
14:25dollar they deserve, but we're not overp
14:27projecting it. And that's where we fall
14:29into a problem. It's nice that you say
14:32it's going to be 14.1 mil, but we might
14:35get 16.2 mil. So then we can give the
14:38land gap to them on the back end.
14:42>> Fulmer.
14:43>> So a couple of things I want want to
14:45note because we are very familiar with
14:48the messaging that school leaders are
14:51communicating about wanting to be um at
14:54the table in some of these meetings. So,
14:56I want to state for the record a couple
14:58of things that we've been doing because
15:01they're sharing the same messaging uh
15:03across the board. One,
15:06it was first important for us as the
15:09administration to even have a seat at
15:12the table for Nola PS to be clear about
15:15the documentation we have been and have
15:18not been receiving to understand the
15:21financials. There was a time when we
15:23couldn't even get in the door to be able
15:26to sit at the table for NOLA PS
15:30purposes. And so we've made tremendous
15:33progress in one having access to
15:35information. I remember the meeting
15:37where we were able to sit with the CFO
15:40at the city and recognize that, oh,
15:42y'all don't get this from us. Y'all
15:44don't get this. Oh, you should have
15:45this. You should have this. and how
15:47willingly the CFO was to say, "Let me
15:51get you access to this because this will
15:54give you more timely data that you need
15:57versus our CFO having to dig through
16:00public files that they have and trying
16:02to peacemail information in order to
16:05make an informed decision. So just by
16:07virtue of that relationship, we now have
16:11a set cadence for us administration to
16:14administration to facilitate these
16:17conversations and to make sure that our
16:19documents are more aligned than what
16:22we've ever been. I do not believe that
16:24every meeting that we have with an
16:27entity requires a group of CFOs or any
16:32other party to you know to sit. We're
16:34not privy to every meeting that they sit
16:36in as well. What I do believe and what I
16:38have shared with those school leaders
16:40that have asked that they need an
16:42opportunity for their voices to be heard
16:46directly with the city entities. I
16:48shared in the spring that we intend to
16:50just like we did last year. We brought
16:52the state people in for a statewide
16:56finance meeting and I can count how many
16:58CEOs attended that.
17:01But the CFOs were there and they got to
17:03hear directly from the state how stuff
17:07is being calculated, cross reference it
17:09with what we're doing, ask the hard
17:11questions. I shared this year that we
17:14will do the same in terms of inviting
17:16the city's team in for joint meetings
17:20with our CFOs and our CEOs so that they
17:23can participate and be part of those
17:25conversations and ask the questions. But
17:28I do not believe that every standing
17:30meeting that we have with an entity that
17:33we have to corral a group of
17:35representatives to sit in every meeting
17:37that we're having. But I do believe
17:39their questions need to be answered,
17:41especially if they believe they're
17:43seeing conflicting information that's
17:46being presented at city budget meetings
17:49and versus what we're sharing and they
17:51do not want to accept the rationale that
17:54we're both um providing that they should
17:56be able to answer those questions
17:57directly. So, we have reached out to the
18:01city and asked if some of our um
18:04standing meetings can be used for joint
18:07meetings where they can come in and all
18:09of the people are in the room that you
18:11know will be there. And so my
18:13expectation is for all of those who
18:16reach out to board members with these
18:17questions that they will be present for
18:19any meetings that we have to ask those
18:22questions of the city directly. And so
18:24we we hope that they will join us um for
18:27that. And I'm not stating that I think
18:30they should be at every single meeting
18:32that you are attending at city hall with
18:36the city hall administration. I am
18:38simply saying to have at least
18:41representation for some of the meetings
18:44if the meeting is held here. That's
18:46fine, but let them hear what's the city
18:49officials are saying. I'm not trying to
18:52take away your leadership uh with the
18:55city uh city leadership, but I just want
18:58us to be more inclusive. I want to make
19:00certain that these people are hearing
19:02the same thing we're hearing because
19:04that's how you're safe. That's how you
19:06get out of having these problems that
19:09come up to us and and having them on one
19:12side saying one thing when in actuality
19:15it's something else. So, I'm just trying
19:17to be safe with us, with the entire
19:20district.
19:21>> I um on this same issue, um Miss V, I
19:26think the
19:30well, one, I want to state publicly like
19:32it seems to me like the communication
19:34with the Mareno administration has been
19:37much more consistent than we have
19:39experienced previously. So, I want to
19:41highlight that and thank the city for
19:43that uh change in behavior. Um,
19:48it is interesting to me that the
19:51property tax collections are up. I
19:53believe the city has reported that sales
19:55tax collections are up,
19:58but the sales and use tax collections
20:00that we see on your slide here are below
20:04the and I think significantly below the
20:07last two years of sales and use tax
20:09collections. So can you talk about one
20:13how that impacts our MFP or DFA or
20:17deferred revenue or anything like that
20:20and two whether you believe those is
20:23that a a lag in reporting is it a like
20:27is this do we expect this total to go
20:29up?
20:31>> Um right now what we see is a a
20:34difference in revenue recognition. uh
20:37the city reports things based on
20:39collection period. We're very
20:40transactional. So when you go to the
20:43store, that's when our uh transactions
20:47or recording of those transactions take
20:49place, whereas the city is recording
20:52when the the vendor or the merchant
20:56actually remits the sales tax
20:58collection. [gasps] as it pertains to
21:02the DLFA and how that how local revenues
21:06for 2026 fiscal year impacts the next
21:09year. We actually use the audited local
21:11revenues to include in the FY27's
21:15local revenue portion. Whereas on the
21:18state portion MFP, that's actually a
21:21two-year lag. So you will actually see
21:24local revenues from 26
21:27used to compute what the overall uh MFP
21:30allocation from the state will be in the
21:322028 fiscal year.
21:34>> So I think there's a lot of concern
21:37given the executive order um and I think
21:40schools are feeling the pinch
21:41financially this revenue collection gap
21:45that we're seeing especially in the
21:47months of February and March. You're
21:49saying that won't appear on their that
21:51won't impact them until two years from
21:53now. Correct.
21:54>> In MFP. Yes.
21:56>> In MFP, but it will
21:57>> it will impact the local side of the
21:59DLFA allocation this year.
22:01>> Okay. So, it seems critically important
22:04to me then that we either verify that
22:07our February collections went down by
22:10over 6 million or that we get this
22:12result. Are you in communications with
22:14the city about this?
22:16>> Yes. So, we actually have standing
22:18meetings where we're now doing monthly
22:20meetings to reconcile to work through
22:23any issues. We have conversations about
22:26the different uh exemption programs that
22:28may happen whether it's through sales
22:30tax or property. So, this is our time to
22:32really work through all of the data
22:34points.
22:36>> Um, one other question that um we have
22:39asked when it was brought to our um
22:41attention and I I share this information
22:44for the general public. I want to be
22:45clear everything is not for address to
22:48the board but so the general public
22:50understands this. One of the questions
22:52that we ask about this particular
22:55situation is is this the first year that
22:58the city has ever collected the way they
23:00have and the way we report. Is this an
23:03anomaly that we believe that something
23:06different is happening? Do we believe
23:08that we are all of a sudden woefully
23:11underfunded this year versus 5 years
23:14ago, 10 years ago? Do we believe there
23:16is a new process happening with the city
23:20in NOLA PS in terms of revenue
23:23recognitions? Them, you know, us doing
23:25it by transaction, them doing it by um
23:30whatever their process is, remittance
23:32and and recording. Is this new? And if
23:36not,
23:37have we been in this situation before
23:39where either our school leaders or by
23:42way of how we're reviewing this
23:44information identified that this year
23:47all of a sudden we have a problem that
23:50we didn't have before or has this been
23:53going on for 20 years or however long
23:56this has been a process? Because our
23:58understanding when we've tried when
24:00we've verified this the city is still
24:02collecting the same way it's been
24:05collecting and reporting. Nola PS is
24:08collecting and reporting the same way
24:10we've been in. So the same process would
24:12have been in place and we're trying to
24:14figure out what makes this year
24:17the anomaly versus this wasn't even a
24:21thing when we actually had the the
24:23crisis. What 2024? I I can't recall of a
24:27time that doesn't mean it hasn't
24:29happened that this has been brought up
24:32in this in this way this year versus
24:35every other year that this same process
24:37has occurred. So we believe in, you
24:39know, doing our due diligence to to get
24:42to the heart of the the concern now
24:46versus this has happened every year and
24:48what may be glaringly, you know, missing
24:51um that we're not seeing because if
24:54we're going to address it, we want to
24:55address it in its entirety. And we want
24:57to do it with credibility and we want to
24:59be very clear about what we're asserting
25:02is happening or what we believe is the
25:05cause of uh the problem that's now been
25:08identified that I I don't know you
25:10you've been in finance longer than I
25:13have been here if this has been a been a
25:17thing that all of a sudden this year
25:18it's a concern because we do want to get
25:20to the heart of that matter.
25:25All right, seeing no additional
25:26questions, Miss Phil, if you want to
25:28continue.
25:29>> Sure thing. So, we wanted to present
25:32just an annualized summary since fiscal
25:35year 2022. With 2026, we are again with
25:39that $14.1 million projection for June
25:42revenues. We're anticipating the 2026
25:45year to end at about $180.1
25:49million. Now, keep in mind, we still
25:51have the injunction in place from the
25:53city uh through December 31st, 2026. So,
25:57there have been no collection fees on
26:00both property and sales tax. And that
26:02will be used to kind of increase that
26:05cost per pupil um in the 2027 fiscal
26:08year. It could be lower had we had to
26:10pay $7 million in collection fees, but
26:13that injunction is in place to kind of
26:15put that money back into use in the 2027
26:18fiscal year.
26:22just giving a look into our state MFP.
26:26Uh, one of the things we did uh, last
26:28week was pay our first payment of the
26:30year and that pay first payment of the
26:32year did have implications from the
26:36executive order that was put in place at
26:38the end of June. Our original MFP
26:41allocation would have been a little bit
26:43over 213 million, but the executive
26:47order took about 10.2 2 from our MFP
26:51allocation 10.2 million that is from our
26:54MFP allocation to reduce that allocation
26:57to pay stipens later on in the year to
27:00those qualifying positions.
27:02So our net MFP allocation that is used
27:07to pay our schools in the 2027 fiscal
27:09year is $23,66,474.
27:15One of the things that we want to lift
27:17up and highlight is that yes, we we did
27:21not impact the per pupil number from the
27:25DLFA. So, if it's 9,500 of pupil right
27:28now, we did not use that $10 million to
27:31impact that funding. Um, one of the
27:34places or the place that that funding is
27:38currently impacting is level four funds.
27:41Uh, that is where the new payraises are.
27:44So, we utilize uh MFP
27:48uh allocations that impact that's
27:51impacted from staffing counts in order
27:53to reduce that $10 million from the
27:55allocation. If you recall that level
27:58four funds is like student or school
28:00specific. So, that's why we took that
28:02route because we just we know that the
28:05support for the allocation for the
28:09executive order was by school. So we
28:11wanted to make sure that that impact was
28:13by school as well.
28:17Currently in July when we paid the DLFA
28:21payment for July, it's based on the per
28:23people pupil cost of 951377.
28:26Uh about 8,500 of that comes from local.
28:29The remaining comes from our state
28:32revenues.
28:36We're currently using our February 1st,
28:392026 counts to start the fiscal year off
28:43in that DLFA. So that per pupil will
28:45definitely change as we go throughout
28:47the year and get our official October
28:491st counts and our February 1st counts.
28:52As a reminder, we end the year with the
28:56finalized
28:57February 1 count for differentiated
28:59counts or those uh those student
29:02specific counts and the average base
29:05count and that's the average between
29:06October 1st and February 1st.
29:13Just getting into our audit update.
29:14We're just giving our normal updates on
29:17where we are, what the team is doing.
29:20And uh again, we was able to present our
29:24final budget amendment to you all in
29:26June. We do not anticipate having this
29:29finding. We are uh we have the RESAR
29:32group CPA coming in to kind of help us
29:35get started on our field work with uh
29:38cleaning up, helping us get the close
29:40out done for 2026. But as of right now,
29:43we don't foresee this finding coming
29:46back. When we talk about areas of
29:48improvement, we've resolved a great deal
29:51of these. We still have some things kind
29:54of in place that we're working through
29:55like the information system control
29:58environment and the cash collections
29:59because that does require a lot of
30:01collaboration across uh the child
30:04nutrition teams and the IT team getting
30:07with some of those other teams that may
30:09have technology that is not centralized
30:12and it might be very specific to a
30:15departmental function. So, we are
30:17getting we are in the process of
30:19collaborating, working together to get
30:21those things updated.
30:23Um, and then when it comes to travel
30:26reimbursements, there are some
30:27adjustments that's changing since we've
30:29crossed fiscal years. So, I want to make
30:31sure that we are in compliance with an
30:34updated GSA.
30:36[snorts]
30:38As we look ahead, again, we are in our
30:40closeout period. So, we're ramping up to
30:43reconcile AFR reconciliation for
30:45schools. We're doing a lot of funding
30:47close out. A lot of receivables and
30:49payables are being put on the books
30:52through August 31st. But as far as audit
30:55readiness, we have a meeting scheduled
30:57again with Rear Group next week to come
30:59in, help us get ready to start uh
31:02building the manpower up to get the
31:05books clean and get everyone in on time.
31:07The engagement letters as of last week
31:10have been signed by you all. We've
31:11submitted that to the auditors which
31:13submitted our engagement paperwork to
31:15the LLA. So everything is on on task. We
31:19do anticipate to be done by December
31:2131st with this audit. So we just wanted
31:25to kind of give you that update on what
31:26that closeout looks like and where we
31:28are currently.
31:30And I'm happy to take any questions.
31:32>> Thank you so much, Miss F. think um
31:36glad to hear that we're on track for the
31:38audit and that we think that the um the
31:41finding will be resolved. Um
31:45can you talk a little bit about the
31:47conversations that we've had with the
31:49Louisiana Department of Education around
31:52any additional monitoring, any um annual
31:56financial report uh annual financial
31:58reporting, etc. Just give a brief update
32:00on that. Uh as far as the fiscal risk
32:02assessment monitoring, they have not
32:03started that engagement yet. Um we have
32:07been in contact with them to make sure
32:09that our reconciliations are up to par
32:12with uh their expectations for September
32:1530th, 2026's deadline. So mainly it's
32:19been a lot of preparation and
32:21introductory
32:22uh kind of activity.
32:24>> Got it. I would just recommend that we
32:26reach out proactively again just to have
32:27that on record and make sure that
32:29whatever monitoring they want to
32:31implement that we know what that looks
32:33like and have that in place.
32:36>> Gotcha.
32:37>> Any other questions for Miss Field? Uh
32:38board member Griffin.
32:39>> Thank you so much. So I do have
32:41questions in reference to not so much
32:42your report but just the things that are
32:44behind the report. And so when I'm
32:46looking at your general fund, I want to
32:48talk about the very first thing that's
32:50on there for general fund balance. uh
32:52May 31st, 2026
32:54when we're talking about the cash from
32:57April, it went down significantly. So if
33:00you want to tell me
33:01>> So we paid off that $50 million rand. So
33:03that also decreased the cash position by
33:06$50 million to pay that off, but we also
33:08paid an additional $955,000
33:11interest expense for the use of the
33:14rand.
33:14>> Okay. Anything else that's in there?
33:16because um what I'm hearing that's still
33:18it's 72 million that it's down.
33:21>> Well, we did purchase our insurance, our
33:25prepaid insurance, so that's about 7
33:2978 million that was approved at the
33:32board meeting.
33:33>> Just want to make sure. And then if you
33:35go to the um first page, um I noticed
33:37that there's a few things on here that I
33:39wanted to ask some questions about in
33:41terms of revenue sharing. I see that we
33:43budgeted for two million but we've only
33:45collected under a million and I wanted
33:48to know are we still in anticipating
33:50this money or what are
33:52>> Yes. So we have three installments of
33:54revenue sharing. I think the final two
33:57installments came in June.
34:00>> Okay.
34:00>> So you should see full recognition of
34:03that in the June financials.
34:06>> Thank you so much. And then my last one
34:07is about unbuild revenue. we had um
34:1062,000 and it says that we had actual
34:135.1 million. Can you tell me what
34:16happened or what you know what causes
34:18that big of a um gap or should I say so
34:20much? Not saying that that's a problem.
34:21I just want to know what happened
34:22>> in the unbuild revenues for
34:25>> on the balance sheet.
34:26>> Yes ma'am.
34:31So, a lot of that unbuild revenue goes
34:35back to some receivables that we have
34:37like in a fund transfer related. Um, one
34:40of the things that we're working through
34:42in our software, we had some hiccups in
34:44our MUN system with charging the wrong
34:47funds uh when you're running your AP
34:50processing. So, a lot of is in fund
34:53transfers being set up to repay the
34:55general fund for that use. If I can if I
34:58can ask, do you know how much has been
35:00paid since? How much have we gotten in
35:03since May 31st
35:05>> of what?
35:06>> For your unbuild um revenue. So, do you
35:08know how much of how much have we
35:09received? How much has been build?
35:11>> I can get that over to you.
35:13>> Okay. And then my last thing, if you can
35:15tell me how much remains that's still
35:17outstanding as of today, that would be
35:18another one too.
35:19>> Okay. And then my last thing that I
35:21would ask if if at all possible um going
35:24forward because these are larger uh
35:26variances, is there any way that um
35:28administration can do like a um a one
35:30sheeter that just tells us what caused
35:32the variances? That's all.
35:34>> Sure. Thank you.
35:38>> Seeing no additional questions for Miss
35:40V, um I think we'll move on to our
35:42action items. Thank you so much for your
35:44presentation.
35:45Uh so we're now moving on to action item
35:474.1, the request to approve the second
35:49amendment to the contract for innovative
35:51talent development. It is recommended
35:53that the board approve the second
35:54amendment to the contract with
35:55Bloomboard Incorporated in the amount of
35:57$500,000 for innovative pipeline
36:00services for a period of one year and
36:02authorize the general counsel to prepare
36:03the amendments for the signatures of the
36:05board president and the contractor. May
36:07I have a motion to move item 4.1 to the
36:09full board?
36:09>> So move.
36:10>> Second.
36:11>> It's been moved by President Emmes and
36:12seconded by board member Bodwin. Are
36:14there any public comments on this or any
36:16item?
36:17>> Um, Vice President Parker, there are no
36:19public comment cards that have been
36:20submitted for your committee today.
36:22>> Thank you so much. Uh, seeing no public
36:24comment, is there any board comment on
36:26this item? Seeing none, uh, all those in
36:29favor, please say I.
36:30>> I.
36:30>> Any opposed?
36:32Uh, just for the record, I will abstain
36:34from this vote. Um, I have a relative.
36:38There's no ethical uh conflict, but I
36:41have a relative so in the that works for
36:43Bloomboard or worked for Bloomboard. So,
36:45in the interest of full disclosure, I'm
36:48abstaining. Uh now moving to item 4.2,
36:51the request to approve second amendment
36:53to the contract for University Pipeline
36:55Services. It is recommended that the
36:57Orleans Parish School Board approve a
36:58second amendment to the contract with
37:00Xavier University for University
37:02Pipeline Services, renewing the contract
37:03for the 2627 school year for an amount
37:06not to exceed $112,000
37:08and authorize a general counsel to
37:10prepare the amendment for signatures of
37:11the board president and the contractors.
37:13May I have a motion to move item 4.2 to
37:15the full board?
37:16>> So move.
37:17>> Second.
37:17>> It's been moved by President Em,
37:19seconded by board member Bureau. Uh
37:21there are no public comments. Are there
37:22any board comments on this item? Seeing
37:24none, all those in favor, please say I.
37:26>> I. Any opposed. That item carries on to
37:29Thursday for full board consideration.
37:31Now moving to action item 4.3, request
37:33to approve third amendment for contract
37:35to the contract for groundskeeping
37:36services. It is recommended that the
37:38Orleans Paris School Board approve the
37:40third amendment to the contract with
37:41Garden Doctors LLC for groundskeeping
37:43services for for a period of one year in
37:46an amount not to exceed $36,237.84
37:5084 cents and authorize the general
37:52counsel to prepare the amendment for the
37:54signatures of the board president and
37:55the contractor. May I have a motion to
37:57move item 4.3 to the full board?
38:00>> So move.
38:01>> Uh it's been moved by President Emmes,
38:03seconded by board member Zervigon. Any
38:05board I see one board comment. Uh Miss
38:07Griffin,
38:08>> I do have some questions in reference to
38:09this. I did say that there was a second
38:11amendment. I want to understand what the
38:13third amendment is for. It just says
38:15that they're renewing the second
38:16contract. was something else added
38:18because they're getting additional
38:19funding.
38:20>> Yes, ma'am. Thank you, uh, board member
38:21Griffin. This is to add the additional
38:23sites that we are receiving back from
38:26the schools that have consolidated in
38:28the optimization efforts.
38:29>> And how many how many schools are we
38:30talking?
38:31>> Six.
38:31>> Okay.
38:32>> Is that one of the um
38:36>> Yes, ma'am.
38:37>> And so, it's a total of So, from last
38:39time it was uh six additional. And did
38:42we sell it? Did we sell some of those
38:44properties?
38:45No, these are these are to include our
38:47um continued services for the properties
38:49that we have and the additional six
38:51properties that we received back from
38:53the consolidation.
38:54>> Got it. So, just want to make sure the
38:56six that I was talking about for the
38:58second amendment, those were already we
39:01just got those back. That was those are
39:02not part of the two that I thought we
39:03sold. No,
39:04>> no, not just want to make sure. Thank
39:06you. I appreciate it.
39:08>> I will also just make a comment, Mr.
39:10Leuff. I hear a lot about the dent
39:12building. Mhm.
39:13>> So, if they could just pay extra special
39:15attention to the dent building, make
39:16sure that uh is mowed on a regular
39:19schedule, that'd be great.
39:20>> DY noted.
39:21>> Extra special attention for all my
39:22schools, too. [laughter]
39:24>> That's what I was getting ready to say.
39:25Do mine, too.
39:26>> Well, listen, when you talk about the
39:28dent, let's go to Edota [laughter] one.
39:29Let's go.
39:31>> Um, all right. Well, seeing no
39:33additional board comment, all those in
39:35favor, please say I.
39:36>> I. Any opposed? Uh that item carries on
39:40to Thursday for full board
39:41consideration. Uh now moving on to
39:44action item 4.4 request to award uh
39:47request for proposal number 26-0091
39:51for mental health counseling services,
39:54specialty and English learner, immigrant
39:56and leap populations. It is recommended
39:58that the board approve the proposal
40:00meeting the specifications, terms, and
40:01conditions for mental health counseling
40:03services for specialty and English
40:05learner, immigrant, and leap population
40:07services from New Orleans Multicultural
40:09Institute of Counseling, NOIC, in the
40:12amount not to exceed $300,000 for a
40:14period of one year with an option to
40:16renew for two additional one-year
40:18periods and authorize a general counsel
40:20to prepare a contract for signatures of
40:22the board president and the contractor.
40:24May I have a motion to move item 4.4
40:26before to the full board.
40:27>> So move
40:28>> second.
40:28>> It's been moved by President Emmes and
40:30seconded by board member Bowdman. Uh
40:32seeing no board comment, all those in
40:34favor of this item, please say I.
40:35>> I. Any opposed? That item moves on to
40:38Thursday for full board consideration.
40:41Now moving on to action item 4.5,
40:43request to award request for proposal
40:45number 26-0092
40:48for language access
40:49translation/interpretation
40:51services. It is recommended that the
40:53board approve the proposal meeting the
40:54specifications terms and conditions for
40:56language access
40:58translation/interpretation
40:59services from Tola languages in the
41:02amount of 65 cents per minute for a
41:04total not to exceed $300,000 for a
41:07period of one year with an option to
41:09renew for two additional one-year
41:11periods and authorize the general
41:13counsel to prepare a contract for
41:14signatures of the board president and
41:16the contractor. May I have a motion to
41:19move item 4.5 to the full board? So
41:22second.
41:22>> It's been moved by board member Griffin,
41:25second by President Emmes. Are there any
41:27board comments on this item? Seeing
41:29none, all those in favor, please say I.
41:32>> I. Any opposed?
41:34>> That item carries to Thursday for full
41:35board consideration.
41:38Now moving to action item 4.6,
41:40resolution 18-26,
41:42authorizing the resolution for revenue
41:44anticipation note.
41:47It is recommended that the Orleans Par
41:49School Board approve the excuse me,
41:51resolution authorizing the issuance of
41:53the revenue anticipation note series
41:552026 of the Orleans Pair School Board,
41:57State of Louisiana in a principal amount
41:59not to exceed $50 million in order to
42:02provide for non- capital contractual
42:04obligations and for stabilized cash
42:06flows to schools, making application to
42:08the state bond commission for consent
42:10and authority for such borrowing and
42:13providing for other matters with respect
42:14to the foregoing. May I have a motion to
42:16move item 4.6 to the full board?
42:19>> So moved.
42:20>> Second.
42:20>> It's been moved by President Emmes and
42:22seconded by board member Bodman. Are
42:24there any board comments on this item?
42:26>> Seeing none, all those in favor, please
42:28say I.
42:29>> I. Any opposed? That item carries
42:32forward to Thursday for full board
42:33consideration. Now moving on to action
42:35item 4.7, request to approve mechanical
42:37engineering design services contract for
42:40mechanical improvements at the Gentilly
42:42Terrace School. It is recommended that
42:44the board approve the contract with
42:46Salis O'Brien LLC
42:48to provide professional design services
42:50for mechanical improvements at Gentily
42:52Terrace School in the amount of $21,749
42:56and authorize a general counsel to
42:58prepare a contract for the signatures of
43:00the board president and the design
43:02professional. May I have a motion to
43:03move item 4.7 to the full board?
43:06>> So moved.
43:07>> It's been moved by board member Bureau
43:09and seconded by board member Zervagon.
43:11Uh, are there any board comments on this
43:13item? I see one from board member
43:15Griffin.
43:16>> Yes, I have a question. So, do we go
43:17through a RFP process or is we just have
43:20a list or how do we come to um get to
43:22just this one person or one entity?
43:28>> This is this is for a list for uh
43:32uh design contractors um architects. We
43:35have a RFQ that we put out. This is from
43:37the list. So it wasn't a specific RFP
43:39for this particular
43:40>> So we used an RFQ.
43:42>> We we used an RFQ to get the qualified
43:46uh applicants for architectural services
43:49and design services. Yes. So we go for
43:51that list
43:51>> and then after we did the list, how do
43:53we get this one?
43:55>> It's a it's is it
43:58one second.
44:03>> Um [laughter]
44:05so every three years we issue two
44:07separate lists. one for architects and
44:08one for engineers. Um, and and and for
44:11all intents and purposes, if you apply
44:13and fill out the paperwork correctly,
44:14that's the the bar that you have to get
44:16over. It's not competitive in any way.
44:18We want to have as broad a group of
44:20people to work with as we possibly can.
44:22And then we match projects to individual
44:24design professionals based on kind of
44:26their expertise, the areas that they're
44:28working on. And then some people just
44:29get covered up. So we may have somebody
44:31who we'd really like to work with, but
44:32they're not available. But we try to
44:34work our way through the list and
44:36everybody gets shared out a little bit
44:37of something that's going on on on the
44:39process. The [clears throat]
44:41architecture list is one year old, so it
44:43has two more years to run. The
44:44engineering list RFQ is going to be
44:46released um sometime in in in the near
44:48future. We just finished proofing it
44:50with Paul's team. So we'll have a whole
44:52new list and again and last year
44:54actually when the one-year list came
44:55out, there were some folks that fell
44:57through the cracks for whatever reason
44:58and we actually did an addenda and added
45:00some additional people. So, we really
45:02try to to follow the, you know, the the
45:05the desires of the board to create as as
45:08wide a funnel of participation as we
45:10possibly can. It's just a different
45:12process. It's not competitive. We're
45:13asking for your qualifications to do the
45:15work. That's why it's an RFQ.
45:16>> Thank you. I appreciate it.
45:17>> Yeah, no problem.
45:20>> And sorry, uh, Mr. Holmes, just one more
45:22question. for this list of architects
45:24and engineers.
45:26This is reported in our regular DBE
45:29requirements.
45:30>> If they happen to be DBE, they're
45:32reported there and then that list for
45:33whatever it's worth comes to the board
45:35for approval. So, after we do this
45:37process with the uh with the engineers,
45:39um we'll we'll be here probably in a
45:41couple of months with the with the new
45:42list of people that are on it. But if
45:44you know anybody who's interested and
45:46this is the this is the window. Um, so
45:48and and unfortunately we do occasionally
45:50have people who call and say, "Hey, I'
45:52I'd love to do work." And it's like
45:53right now we're not taking additional
45:54architects. It isn't fair to the folks
45:56that did the process the way that they
45:57were supposed to.
45:58>> Thank you very much. Uh, seeing no
46:01additional board comments, there's been
46:02a motion and a second. All those in
46:04favor, please say I.
46:05>> I. Any opposed? That item item carries
46:08on to Thursday for full board
46:09consideration. Now moving to action item
46:124.8, 8 request to approve change order
46:14one for Q25- FAC-1 uh-15, excuse me,
46:20just for the record, Q-25-
46:22FAC-15,
46:24cottage refurbishment at Justice Rivas,
46:26Oliver Ortique Junior School. It is
46:28recommended that the board approve
46:30change order number one to the contract
46:32with Century Commercial Group LLC for
46:34cottage refurbishment at Justice Rivas
46:36O. Ortique Junior School in an amount
46:39not to exceed $6,54647.
46:43May I have a motion to move item 4.8 to
46:45the full board.
46:46>> So moved.
46:48>> Uh it has been moved by board member
46:50Bodwin and seconded by board member
46:52Zervigon. Uh are there any board
46:54comments on this item? Seeing none, all
46:57those in favor, please say I.
46:59>> I. Any opposed? That item carries on to
47:01Thursday for full board consideration.
47:03Moving to action item 4.9, request to
47:05approve cooperative contract purchase
47:07for chiller component replacement at
47:08Paul Dunar. It is recommended that the
47:11board approve the chiller component
47:12replacement at Paul Dunbar Dunbar School
47:15by Train US Incorporated under Louisiana
47:18State contract number 440028996
47:22which incorporates Omnia Partners public
47:24sector master agreement number 3341
47:28for a total amount not to exceed
47:30$125,42382.
47:34May I have a motion to move item 4.9 to
47:36the full board?
47:39It's been moved by board member Bodwin
47:41and seconded by board member Zervigon.
47:43Um I have a question on this one. Um
47:46it's just related to the age of the
47:49building and age of the chiller at Dunar
47:52and it seems
47:54to me relatively soon to be making this
47:58uh
47:59>> this taking this action.
48:01>> Yeah. So we are definitely doing our
48:04best to uh try to uh prolong the life of
48:08our uh chiller components HVAC systems.
48:12Uh unfortunately sometimes the
48:14compressors and major parts and systems
48:16go out sooner than we would like. Um and
48:19so we want to just try to make sure that
48:20we are doing our best to um prolong the
48:24life of of those systems. So instead of
48:26replacing the entire HVAC chiller, uh
48:29this compressor is being is being
48:30replaced. And is this is this due to
48:34a lack of maintenance? Is it uh did we
48:38just get a lemon? Like sometimes um when
48:41we go out to bid for uh certain items
48:44that you know our our standard is lowest
48:48price available and so lowest price does
48:50not always guarantee best product. Uh so
48:54don't put it that way. Not that we
48:55received the limit, it's just that is
48:58the way that we have to we have to we
49:00have to go by the way our bid process
49:02goes.
49:03>> Understood. And is there any sort of do
49:07you know do you know how old this
49:08current chiller is?
49:09>> Yeah, we can we can we can check and see
49:11how how old this uh this compressor
49:14component is with the with the chiller.
49:16Uh but we do get our uh maintenance um
49:20maintenance uh documentation from the
49:24charter and their vendor to see if there
49:26is anything that is not being maintained
49:29the way that it's supposed to. So we do
49:31monitor and make sure that those things
49:33are are happening the way that the
49:34contract reads according to the
49:36manufacturers's uh recommendations.
49:38>> Got it. Thank you. And last question for
49:40me is do we have is there a warranty
49:43period for these chillers? Usually,
49:45usually there is a warranty period. I
49:48believe we're outside of that warranty
49:49period. This is why it's being replaced.
49:52>> Okay. Um, yeah, if we could have that
49:54information for Thursday, the age
49:56information for Thursday, that would be
49:57great.
49:57>> Absolutely.
49:58>> Um, okay. There's been a motion and a
50:00second on this.
50:02>> Dumb.
50:03>> This is the Espironza uh middle school.
50:07The middle academy. The Espironza has
50:09been split between two campuses. The
50:11foundation academy is at Nelson, the
50:14Nelson Menard Nelson building and the
50:16middle school, Espironza Middle, is
50:18housed at Paul Lawrence Dumbar.
50:21>> All right, there's been a motion and
50:22second on this item. All those in favor,
50:24please say I.
50:25>> I. Any opposed? That item carries on to
50:28Thursday for full board consideration.
50:30Uh, we are now moving on to action item
50:324.10, request to approve the first
50:34amendment to the cooperative endeavor
50:35agreement with the New Orleans
50:36Redevelopment Authority. It is
50:38recommended that the Orleans Paris
50:39School Board approve the first amendment
50:41to the CA with the New Orleans
50:42Redevelopment Authority or NORA to
50:45extend the agreement term through June
50:4730th, 2027 and authorize the utilization
50:50of the remaining contract balance of
50:51$166,394.92
50:55and authorize the general counsel to
50:57prepare the amendment for signature by
50:59the board president and Nora's
51:01authorized representative. I have a
51:02motion to move item 4.10 to the full
51:04board.
51:05>> So moved. Second.
51:08Who made the motion?
51:09>> It's been moved by board member Griffin,
51:11seconded by board member Bodwin. Uh, is
51:14there any public comment on or excuse
51:16me, any board comment on this item?
51:18>> I just Is this the continuation of the
51:21work that we're doing with the Johnson
51:24and the all those properties?
51:26>> This is a continuation for Israel
51:27Augustine and Molina C. Jones.
51:29>> Jones. That's what I meant. That's me.
51:31Jones. So, when do we think we're going
51:33to bring this to fruition?
51:35Hopefully soon.
51:37>> Like hopefully. Why don't you give us,
51:39you know, I've been waiting for Jones
51:41school to roll on out and Augustine
51:43school. What's what's the Can you give
51:45us problems that you might be having?
51:48>> We recently had uh an updated uh virtual
51:51meeting with the community to discuss
51:54the the process for Valina C. Jones.
51:56This is now that we have
51:57>> there was an issue with education,
52:00right?
52:00>> Yes, ma'am. All right. And we've cleared
52:02that up. We've understood. So that'll be
52:03a part of the RFP process that there is
52:06a component of uh the RFP that has to
52:10address the educational need that is
52:13required for this facility. Um now that
52:16we have the updated information from the
52:19board and the ability to make some
52:21adjustments um that RFP is is in process
52:24now. So I will get the timeline for
52:26>> what about the Israel Augustine piece?
52:29>> Same same thing. We're going back to the
52:30drawing board with the updated
52:32information that has been granted to us
52:34by the board uh and releasing another
52:37RFP for that one. I will get the
52:38timelines from Norah and I will have
52:40that information for you all on
52:41Thursday.
52:42>> Yeah, we gave them a couple months ago
52:43extra flexibility for the RFPs for like
52:46pricing and and um and how people would
52:49be able to submit. So, we gave them they
52:53came back to us said they needed more
52:54flexibility. We gave it to them and now
52:56they're updating the RFPs.
52:58>> Thank you. And I also want to ask, I
52:59remember seeing a document that there
53:01was an RFI that went out in um 2023 and
53:04there were some um people responded to
53:06that. I was curious if we had fully
53:08followed up with them as we're going
53:09through this RFP process for Valina C.
53:11Jones and Israel Augustine.
53:13>> Yeah, so we we've gotten that
53:15information. We've included that
53:16documentation that was received back in
53:1923 into um the community uh responses
53:23and aspects. So that will all be uh
53:25associated when the RFP is released.
53:29>> And just just to clarify,
53:32this is not new money. This is
53:34>> this is a continuation of what was
53:35approved last year by the board
53:37>> allocated. Okay.
53:38>> Yes.
53:38>> Thank you. Uh all right, seeing no
53:40additional board comment, there's been a
53:41motion in a second. All those in favor,
53:42please say I.
53:43>> I.
53:44>> Anybody opposed?
53:45>> Any extensions?
53:46>> One extension.
53:47>> Thank you so much, Mr. Marshall. Uh that
53:49item carries on to Thursday for full
53:51board consideration. Now moving on to
53:54action item 4.11. Request to award
53:56ITB27-
53:58CN-00001
54:00milk products. It is recommended that
54:03the Orleans Parish School Board approve
54:04the bid meeting the specifications,
54:06terms, and conditions for milk products
54:08from board and dairy in the amount not
54:10to exceed $260,936.69
54:15for a period of one year. May I have a
54:17motion to move item 4.11 to the full
54:19board?
54:20>> Second. It's been moved by board member
54:22Griffin, seconded by board member
54:24Bureau. Are there any board comments?
54:27>> Whole milk is the best milk.
54:29>> Notice
54:30>> I was actually going to ask what kind of
54:31milk it is. It should be whole milk.
54:33[laughter]
54:35>> Uh well, whatever it is, it's a lot of
54:37it. So, uh there's been a motion, a
54:39second. All those in favor, please say
54:41I. I.
54:42>> Any opposed? Uh
54:45uh any abstensions? Uh hearing none.
54:47That item carries on to Thursday for
54:49full board consideration. Now moving to
54:51action item 4.12, request to award
54:54ITB27-
54:56CN-00003,
54:58fresh, processed, and pre-cut produce.
55:00It is recommended that the Orleans
55:01Parish School Board approves the bid
55:03meeting the specifications, terms, and
55:04conditions for fresh, processed, and
55:06pre-cut produce from Capitol City
55:08Produce in an amount not to exceed
55:10$252,412.50
55:14for a period of one year. I will make
55:17this motion. I'm a fruit and vegetable
55:18fan. Is there a second?
55:20>> So move.
55:21>> It's been seconded by board member
55:23Griffin. Uh any um any board comment on
55:27this item?
55:28>> Doesn't like her fruit. [laughter]
55:31>> Children say more candy bars.
55:32>> Well, all all those in favor of fruits
55:35and vegetables, please say I.
55:37>> I. Any opposed? Uh that item carries on
55:40to Thursday for full board
55:42consideration. Action item 4.13 request
55:45to award ITB27- CN-00004
55:49for paper products. It is recommended
55:50that the Orleans Parish School Board
55:52approve the bid meeting the
55:53specifications, terms, and conditions
55:55for paper products from economical and
55:57janitorial supplies in an amount not to
56:00exceed $181,36520
56:05for a period of one year. We have a
56:07motion to move item 4.13 to the full
56:10board.
56:11>> So move. It's been moved by uh President
56:13Emmes and seconded by board member
56:15Bureau. Any board comments? Uh
56:18>> yes, board member Bodwin.
56:19>> Does this include period products for
56:21students?
56:22>> This is not board member Baldwin.
56:24>> Okay. Would love it to be included in
56:26future considerations for vapor
56:28products. It's a necessity for a large
56:31large proportion of our population.
56:32Thank you.
56:33>> Agreed. Thank you. Uh so there's been a
56:35motion and a second. All those in favor,
56:37please say I.
56:38>> I.
56:38>> Any opposed? That item carries on to
56:41Thursday for full board consideration.
56:43Now moving to item 4.14, request to
56:47award ITB27- CN-00005
56:51cafeteria cleaning equipment and
56:52supplies. It is recommended that the
56:54Orleans Parish School Board approve the
56:56bid meeting the specifications, terms,
56:57and conditions for cafeteria cleaning
56:59equipment and supplies from economical
57:01janitorial supplies in the amount not to
57:03exceed $47,975.70
57:07for a period of one year. May I have a
57:08motion to move item 4.14 to the full
57:10board?
57:11>> So move.
57:11>> Second.
57:12>> It's been moved by President Emmes and
57:13seconded by board member Bodwin. Any
57:15board comments on this item? Uh Miss
57:17Griffin,
57:17>> just a question and just trying to make
57:19sure. So this is uh supplies that our
57:21staff or someone else will be using.
57:23This is not like for a janitorial
57:25service.
57:26>> No, this is for our child nutrition team
57:28that is in the schools that we serve. Um
57:31make sure
57:31>> on CN. Yes.
57:32>> Make sure. Thank you my
57:34>> Thank you so much. There's been a motion
57:36and a second. All those in favor, please
57:38say I.
57:38>> I.
57:39>> I. Any opposed? That item carries on to
57:42Thursday for full board consideration.
57:45Now, moving on.
57:46>> Bo Parker, if I can just I just want to
57:48make sure uh I relay the information
57:51from Miss Jackson and the child
57:52nutrition nutrition team that they are
57:54very grateful that you guys are because
57:56she has a very very tight turnaround to
57:58start school. So, thank you all for your
58:00approval of the child nutrition um uh
58:04requests, action items.
58:06>> Thank you so much. We are very
58:07appreciative of Miss Jackson and her
58:09team. Uh so happy to happy to help.
58:13>> Now moving on to action item 4.15,
58:16request to award ITB27- CN-00006
58:21annual food bid. It is recommended that
58:23the Orleans Parish School Board approve
58:24the bid meeting the specifications,
58:26terms, and conditions for annual food
58:28bid from US Foods in the amount not to
58:30exceed $840,24616
58:34for a period of one year. We have a
58:36motion to move item 4.15 to the full
58:38board.
58:39>> So move
58:39>> second.
58:40>> Has been moved by President Emmes,
58:41seconded by board member Bodwin. Any
58:43board comments on this item? Miss
58:45Griffin,
58:45>> do you have a question? I see that
58:46there's only one person that put in
58:48there. So is this the norm or is this
58:51just something that happened this time?
58:52I'm just
58:53>> It it it varies when we put out the
58:55invitation to bid. Um we don't always
58:57get the most uh robust response at time.
59:00So we roll with the punches.
59:02>> Got it. Thank you.
59:04Thank you so much. Um there's been a
59:06motion and a second. All those in favor,
59:08please say I.
59:09>> I. Any opposed? Uh that item carries on
59:12to Thursday for full board
59:14consideration. We are now at uh item
59:16five, adjournment. There are no further
59:18items on the agenda. May I have a motion
59:20to adjurnn?
59:20>> Second.
59:21>> It's been moved by board member Griffin,
59:22seconded by board member Bodwin. All
59:24those in favor, please say I. I.
59:26>> Any opposed? The time is now 3:22 p.m.
59:29This meeting is adjourned.

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