S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, did not participate in the meeting until after he was reappointed, therefore his votes were recorded as abstention but he did vote until after item II A.

C. Brimmer, MPS Board Member joined remotely at 7:10pm, S. Geldiyev, MPS Board Member joined remotely at 8:08pm.

H. Beliak, MPS Vice-Chair, sat in as Chair of the Board for the beginning of the meeting, given that the MPS Board Chair had not yet been reappointed. 

B. Torres, MPS Board Secretary, led the Pledge of Allegiance. 

There were no public comments.

A. Rubalcava, MPS CEO & Superintendent, handed recognition awards to all MPS Board Members and thanked them for their dedication and hard work as Board Members. No other communications were given. 

This item was taken out of Consent Agenda and was voted on before voting on other consent items. 

This item was taken out of the Consent Agenda for further discussion. N. Montijo, MPS Chief Financial Officer (CFO), presented M. Miller, Audit Partner from Vavrinek, Trine & Day & Co., LLP, who gave an overview of the audit report. He addressed STRS and PERS questions and elaborated on how funds for employee retainment are reflected in the audit. Since this item was previously reviewed and recommended for approval by the Finance & Facility/Audit Committee there was only brief discussion by the Board. 

C. Brimmer, MPS Facility Committee Chair, recommended her approval of the item based on what the committee had discussed at length with the changes that she had recommended be done to the narrative. P. Ontiveros, MPS Facilities Director and General Counsel gave a brief overview of the current contract with PrimeSource and explained what the additional fees in the new invoice were for that go above the estimated contract amount reflected in the original contract between PrimeSource and MPS for professional construction management services.

C. Brimmer, MPS Facility Committee Chair, reported out from what was discussed during committee meeting and gave her recommendation to approve. 

This item was previously presented to the MPS Board Finance Committee. N. Montijo, MPS Chief Financial Officer (CFO), presented the interim reports. She went over the deficit in the revenue due to the decline in enrollment and stated that she met with principals of low enrolled sites and together they created plans and adjusted budgets to address the new revenues. S. Orazov, MPS Finance Committee Chair, reported out from the committee meeting. He explained his review and recommended that enrollment numbers be monitored closely. The board went over intra company loan details and budget funds for each school. A. Rubalcava, MPS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) elaborated on the schools that are under enrolled,  he mentioned that 3 schools met their budgeted numbers and 7 did not meet the those numbers. The CFO explained that the home office will be reducing the CMO fees for MSA Santa Ana to cover for the school's deficit this fiscal year. The board reviewed the first interim reports in detail. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Director explained the details of the proposed work order, he went over the work that has been done and the work that would be done if this work order is approved. Due to the exploratory work that was done by the engineer, additional needed work was uncovered, this work was not initially planned for as it is work that is uncovered as exploration happens. He explained that this item did not go to the Facility Committee but is now being presented to the full board. The board presented their concerns regarding approving work orders for Oltmans in pieces which can affect the budget as change costs increase. P. Ontiveros went over fees, funding sources and other money that can be repurposed for this project. The board wants to ensure this project and these work orders be closely monitored and is requesting reports regarding work that is being done after board approval for the various facility work. P. Ontiveros, explained the difficulty with predicting the entire work that will be needed at any particular construction site, Board Member, C. Brimmer supported P. Ontivero's comment. 

P. Ontiveros, MPS General Counsel and Facilities Directer, explained the need for the wall at MSA-1 to be used as a sound barrier with the residential area and to ensure MSA-1 operations do not conflict with anyone living in the vicinity, there are additional needs for this wall that were explained in depth. He gave details on the requests of an MSA-1 neighbor and how staff plans on addressing it. P. Ontiveros elaborated on the need to get this work done as soon as possible based on what the planning department requested. C. Brimmer, requested documentation that shows the request made by the planning department. M. Sahin, MSA-1 Principal, elaborated on the project, he explained that the contingency before construction committed MPS to fix the drainage issue but this has not yet been done. If this item is not approved today then the completion date of the project will be pushed back until the item is approved by theMPS Board.  After a lengthy discussion of the presented change order for MSA-1, the board decided to postpone the approval of this item until further review is done. 

S. Acar, Chief Operations Officer and D. Hajmeirza, Human Resource Director, presented the Human Resource department report. He  went over the steps and processes that the department is in charge of and what work is outsourced. He also elaborated on what support is provided to principals and what work is done at the school sites. Due to lack of time, the presentation was not given in its entirety. The board requested to have this report be presented at another board meeting or during the MPS Board Retreat.

A written report was provided, there was no discussion on this item. 

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, informed the public that the board would be going into Closed Session to discuss three matters under anticipated litigation and one matter under labor negotiations.

This item was discussed in Closed Session. 

This item was discussed in Closed Session. 

S. Sherkhanov, MPS Board Chair, reported out in Open Session. He stated that no actions were taken and staff was directed to gather more information and report out to the board in a future meeting. 

This item was tabled for a future meeting.