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Urban Montessori Charter School

Finance Committee Regular Meeting

Published on January 13, 2022 at 1:34 PM PST
Amended on January 14, 2022 at 5:45 PM PST

Date and Time

Thursday January 20, 2022 at 3:00 PM PST

Location

The committee will meet at school 4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94611, generally in the Sun Room.

The public may comment and participate via Zoom if they prefer. The public may also email comments to greg@urbanmontessori.org to be shared during the meeting. Please make that intention clear in your email.

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Members: Greg Klein (Chair), Davis Leung, Maru Salazar

Urban Montessori Charter School welcomes your participation at Board meetings. The purpose of a public meeting of the Board of Directors (“Board”) is to conduct the affairs of the organization in public. Your participation assures us of continuing community interest in our school and assists the Board in making the best decisions for our school. To assist you in the ease of speaking/participating in our meetings, guidelines are provided at the bottom of this agenda. All materials for all board and committee meetings, including audio recordings of Regular Board Meetings, are available on our BoardOnTrack public portal and also through the UMCS School Calendar.

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details
I. Opening Items
  A. Call the Meeting to Order
  B. Record Attendance
  C. Approve Minutes from prior Finance Committee Meeting
    Minutes for Finance Committee Regular Meeting on November 18, 2021
  D. Review of Action/Discussion Items
   
With input from the committee, the Chair may decide, based upon a number of factors, to reorder the action/discussion items to best suit the needs of the meeting. No additional action/discussion items will be added at this time.
  E. Presentations from the Floor
   
PRESENTATIONS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS – Any person wishing to speak to any item not on the agenda will be granted three minutes to make a presentation. Speakers requiring translation will be granted double time. Comments should refer to matters within the jurisdiction of this committee.
II. Finance
  A. Discussion Item: Monthly Fiscal Report
   
  1. Current year-to-date forecast updates:
    1. Largest changes from the prior forecast in individual expense and revenue areas
    2. Latest enrollment, attendance, and average daily attendance (ADA)
    3. Current cash flow and ending fund balance projections, including COVID one-time revenue/expenses
    4. Fundraising
  B. Updates from the Governor's January Budget Proposal
   
Discussion to include potential impacts on upcoming charter material revision submission to Alameda County related to current enrollment.
  C. LCAP Supplement & Presentation Requirement
   
Overview, process, timeline, requirements.
  D. Contracts, invoices, and payments above $15,000
   
Discussion of any contracts, invoices, and payments above $15,000.
  E. Updates on 2020-2021 Audit
  F. Expanded Learning Opportunity Program
III. Closed Session
  A. Closed Session Items
   
  1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School
  2. Conference with Real Property Negotiator (§ 54956.8)
    1. Property: 4551 Steele St, Oakland, CA 94619
    2. Agency Negotiator: Krishna Feeney, Head of School
    3. Negotiating Parties: UMCS and Oakland USD
    4. Under Negotiation: instruction to negotiator will concern price and terms

"Closed Session" is always agendized ahead of time as a "Discuss" item. If any votes are taken during any Closed Session, those are reported out publicly upon return to Open Session.
  B. Report out of Closed Session
   
"Return to Open Session" is always agendized ahead of time as a "Vote" item. It is not meant to indicate the the Board shall take an action at this time. If any votes are taken during any Closed Session, those are reported out publicly at this time on the agenda.
IV. Closing Items
  A. New Business
   
Collect topics for future meetings, as needed.
  B. Adjourn Meeting
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.

REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY The Governing Board’s presiding officer reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAY BE MADE Notice is hereby given that, consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, special presentations not mentioned in the agenda may be made at this meeting. However, any such presentation will be for information only.

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Governing Board may request assistance by contacting UMCS at 4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or info@urbanmontessori.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION For more information concerning this agenda or for materials relating to this meeting, please contact UMCS at 4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619 or board@urbanmontessori.org. All materials are available via the Governance Section of our website: http://www.urbanmontessori.org/governance or directly via our BoardOnTrack public portal.