Camino Nuevo Charter Academy

Minutes

CNCA Special Board Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday March 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM

Location

Leylani Lira is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: CNCA Special Board Meeting 
Time: Mar 23, 2021 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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In accordance with Mayor Garcetti's "Safer at Home" City Order (Link) and Governor Newsome's State Executive Order( Link) CNCA will be holding Board Meetings via ZOOM video conference and telephone. No physical CNCA school locations will be open to the public.

This meeting is open to the public through the telephone 1 (669) 900-9128 (US Toll) and ZOOM video conference. To ensure meeting safety, there will be an online ZOOM waiting room set up for participants 10 minutes prior to the meeting. Attendees will be welcomed in prior to the start of the meeting at 4:00 pm. The waiting room will be checked regularly so that anyone joining the meeting late can still join.

 

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Members of the public who wish to address the Board regarding items on this agenda or who need special accommodations should contact Leylani Lira in the Chief Executive Officer’s office at 213-417-3400 ext. 1401 or Leylani.Lira@caminonuevo.org. Speakers are limited to no more than 3 minutes each. Speakers may also sign up in person the day of the meeting.

Directors Present

C. Garcia Alvarado (remote), C. Smet (remote), D. Gidlow (remote), L. Jennings (remote), R. Hunt (remote), S. Ito (remote), T. Powers (remote)

Directors Absent

None

Directors who left before the meeting adjourned

L. Jennings

Guests Present

A. Abich (remote), L. Lira (remote), T. Stanton (remote)

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

C. Smet called a meeting of the board of directors of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy to order on Tuesday Mar 23, 2021 at 2:00 PM.

B.

Record Attendance

L. Jennings left at 3:17 PM.

II. Public Comment

A.

Public Comment

The following educator addressed the board meeting:

 

Jeanne-Marie DeQuiroz of the Miramar campus.

III. Finance

A.

Back Office Services Request for Proposals (RFP)

D. Gidlow made a motion to authorize CEO Adriana Abich to negotiate a contract with ExEd for back office services. Total cost not to exceed consolidated payments to ExEd for similar services in fiscal year 2020-2021.
R. Hunt seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Ito
Aye
R. Hunt
Aye
L. Jennings
Abstain
D. Gidlow
Aye
T. Powers
Aye
C. Smet
Aye
C. Garcia Alvarado
Aye

B.

Wells Fargo Bank CNCA Bank Account(s)

T. Powers made a motion to remove CFO Tammy Stanton as a signer on CNCA Wells Fargo accounts as of April 15th.
L. Jennings seconded the motion.
It was recommended that the Finance Committee take up the subject of having an alternate signatory solely for checks issued through CNCA's Wells Fargo accounts.  
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
S. Ito
Aye
C. Smet
Aye
C. Garcia Alvarado
Aye
T. Powers
Aye
R. Hunt
Aye
D. Gidlow
Aye
L. Jennings
Aye

C.

Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE) Certification of Signatures

L. Jennings made a motion to approve the replacement of LACOE Certification of Signatures as updated on 3/23/2021.
T. Powers seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
R. Hunt
Aye
C. Garcia Alvarado
Aye
T. Powers
Aye
L. Jennings
Aye
D. Gidlow
Aye
C. Smet
Aye
S. Ito
Absent

IV. CEO Update

A.

Resuming School Operations – April 12th

T. Powers made a motion to approve the plan to resume school operations on 4/12/2021.
D. Gidlow seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
D. Gidlow
Aye
C. Smet
Aye
R. Hunt
Aye
S. Ito
Aye
L. Jennings
Absent
C. Garcia Alvarado
Aye
T. Powers
Aye

V. Closing Items

A.

Adjourn Meeting

S. Ito made a motion to adjourn the board meeting.
T. Powers seconded the motion.
The board VOTED to approve the motion.
Roll Call
C. Smet
Aye
D. Gidlow
Aye
R. Hunt
Aye
S. Ito
Aye
L. Jennings
Absent
C. Garcia Alvarado
Aye
T. Powers
Aye
There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 4:22 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
D. Gidlow