Global Leadership Academy
Minutes
K-12 Board of Directors Meeting
Date and Time
Thursday November 2, 2023 at 4:30 PM
Location
1252 Fromage Way
Jacksonville, FL 32225
Directors Present
C. Hearn (remote), L. Kolyesnik (remote), L. Williams, V. Budnik (remote), V. Kushnar (remote), V. Sendetskiy, Y. Brychka
Directors Absent
None
Guests Present
Brooklyn Stabile, D. Goncharov, G. Stickel, Greg Stickel (remote), J. Chisholm (remote), J. Galeani, J. Hemphill (remote), Luann Hoyseth, Y. Degtyareva
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance and Guests
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Consent Agenda
A.
Approve Previous Board Minutes 9-29-23
B.
Monthly Financials (K-12) September 2023
C.
Contract with Paychex for Employer Retention Tax Credit submission
Mr. Goncharov recommends updating Jorns & Associates and advised that since we are using Paychex PEO, both Jorns and Paychex will charge us fees, because Paychex has its own team that does ERTC submissions and will need to amend 941 forms. Jorns offered to refund the deposit we paid, so that we can go with Paychex.
D.
POLICY ON UNRESOLVED STUDENT WELFARE COMPLAINTS
J. Hemphill recommends to review and adopt the new legislation requires the adoption of the Unresolved Student Welfare Complaints Policy.
E.
POLICY ON THE TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
J. Hemphill recommends to review and adopt the new legislation requires the adoption of the Teacher Apprenticeship Program Policy.
F.
Approval of 2023-2024 Benefits changes with paychexs.
B. Stabile recommends approving amended fees/benefits/health premiums.
The agreement that will need to be signed with lower fees, needs to be approved by the board.
Health Care increased contribution needs to be approved by the board.
Addition of Short Term Disability needs to be approved by the board. I recommend GOCA to carry the burden of HS increase and for SH Disability go with 14 day elimination, which is 19% cheaper than 7 day elimination.
G.
Resolution to open investment accounts at JP Morgan Chase
I. Soroka recommends approving the open investment accounts at JP Morgan Chase for GOCA K-8, GOCA HS, and GOCA Arts to invest available funds according to GOCA's investment policy. At this point, the school plans to invest in liquid US Treasury bills only.
III. Public Comments
A.
Public Comments
No public comments.
IV. Approval of Consent Agenda
A.
Approval of Consent Agenda
V. Discussion Items
A.
Admission Procedures K-8
Admission procedures have been updated to include additional sibling preference.
B.
Approval of the Certificate of Corporate Resolutions of Global Outreach Charter Academy, Inc.,
C.
Approval of Guaranteed Maximum Price contract between GOCA Properties Intercoastal, LLC, and R.D. Michaels, Inc.
D.
Authorize withdrawal of Moody’s Rating for Series 2021 Bonds
E.
Discuss Board Retreat Date
Mr Ilya Soroka has recommended having a Board Retreat day in January to present the vision and mission statement.
Board Chair Larry Williams suggested meeting on Friday or Saturday morning.
Dmitriy Goncharov presented the monthly financials for September, 2023.