- No public comment

- Mr. Ilya Soroka presented the available site for GOCA Arts that will be opening in August of 2023. 

- Board discussed the process and agrees it is time to begin discussing the process of land negotiation and construction.

- Mr. Goncharov, discussed the process of issuing of Series 2022 bonds to finance construction of Arts Campus and GOCA HS Gym completion. Reimbursement resolution will allow to reimburse expenses that will take place in relation to these two projects that will take place until completion of transaction. 

- Mr. Goncharov, presented for board consideration the engagement letter from Ziglar – a finance firm that helped the school in the prior bond issuance to sell the bonds on the market. Ziglar is offering to provide the same services at the same rate for 2022 Series bonds. 

- Mr. Goncharov, explained that in order to start the process to issue 2022 Series Bonds, the school needs to submit a FDFC application to initiate the process. 

- Mr. Goncharov, presented for board consideration the engagement letter from Building Hope for Financial Advising services. A certified FA is required in order to issue FDFC Tax exempt bonds. Building Hope helped the school in the prior bond issuance and is offering to provide the same services at the same rate for 2022 Series bonds.

- Mr. Soroka,  presented the need to increase the budget to the Gym Construction project at the HS campus.  The design of the building has been changed then previously presented.  The new design will increase the effectiveness of the structure.  With the change in design, more funds will need to be allocated to complete the project. 

Changes include:

- More parking spots

- More student space for desks

- More Classrooms

- More square footage has been added to the space  with the addition of a 2nd floor

- Turf

- Mrs. Korchuk,  COO, presented the need to appoint a Board Secretary.  Previous Board Secretary has been nominated and placed as a board Treasurer, which left the secretary seat vacant.

- Board discussed possible candidates for the seat. 

- Board has decided to nominate board member, Mr. Bychka, to the Board Secretary seat.

- Mr. John Galeani, HR Director, presented the need to meet current competitive market for 401K matching. Most schools in the county match 3% and in order to stay competitive it is recommended to match the competition. This match will help with retention of teachers and staff.

- Board agrees that this will be a good incentive to keep our teachers and help with retirement planning.

- Mr. Galeani, HR Director, is recommending to the board to increase teacher base salary to be competitive in the market.

- Proposed salary is $48,500, which is a few thousand dollars more than local schools.

- The new base pay will be in compliance with state base salary.

- Increased salary will also help with employee retention.

- Mr. Galeani, also presented 2 stipends to offer teachers that are based on each employees Advanced Degree, and teacher certification type.

- Board Member, Cheryl Hearn, suggested to continue to do work fairs, and events at the school campuses to advertise employment opportunities at GOCA.

- We are currently in the process of partnering with local Universities to hire graduating students with an educational diploma and to add an intern program for our school.

- Mrs. Anna Korchuk, presented quotes from KI for chairs and desks purchases for High School. Due to expected increase in enrollment in 2022-2023, more classroom furniture will need       to be purchased.

- KI was a previously used vendor and supplier of furniture and it is suggested to order the same furniture for the classrooms.

- Mrs. Korchuk, COO, presented the quotes for Powerschool.

- Powerschool is a school performance data platform for HS and K8 campuses. The company has begun the implementation process and have positive feedback for the platform.

- PowerSchool is a leading provider of SIS. The school reached out to other vendor and held information meetings, but only PowerSchool was able to meet the requirements of the school. 

- Mrs. Korhcuk, COO, presented the need to select preferred vendors for furniture. The previous suggested suppliers have been able to provide a competitive quote and high quality furniture when compared to other vendors. The furniture has been proven to be durable and long lasting when compared to other options.

-The vendors below have been supplying furniture for the past 2 years and it is recommended to continue services with these vendors.

Suggested preferred vendors: 

KI

Meteor 

Virco

Home Depot

Cymax

- The board preapproved to purchase the furniture from these vendors without the need or requesting three quotes every single time and seeking board approval.

- Mrs. Anna Korchuk, presented the need to select a preferred vendor for school uniforms. We have been purchasing uniforms from Fine Designs and H&F Golf Promo for the past 2 years. Fine Designs has been very responsive and provided a better quality of products. H&F provided good services as well, but sometimes they mix orders. The cost of both vendors is comparable. 

- It is recommended to preapprove Fine Designs and H&F Golf promot as preferred preapproved Vendors.

- The board preapproved the purchase of uniform from these vendors without the need or requesting three quotes every single time and seeking board approval. 

- Mr. Andrey Korchuk, IT Director, has presented the need to select previously used vendors for IT needs. Suggested vendors have been able to give competitive quotes in the past and have a greater availability of items in stock compared to other vendors. 

- Suggested vendors are as follows: Howard

CDW Government

The board preapproved the purchase of IT equipment from these vendors without the need or requesting three quotes every single time and seeking board approval. 

- Mr. Goncharov, advised that bank accounts for GOCA Intercostal were opened and they need to be funded to start making purchases. The school applied for CSP grant but does not know if it will get it. It’s recommended for GOCA Intercostal to borrow $400,000 from GOCA Properties LLC to start making initial purchase for the school.