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Urban Montessori Charter School

Finance Committee Regular Meeting

Published on March 14, 2022 at 12:37 PM PDT

Date and Time

Thursday March 17, 2022 at 3:00 PM PDT

Location

4551 Steele Street, Oakland, CA 94619. Signage on campus will direct you to the correct room, generally the Sun Room.


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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 February 17, 2022
  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
    5. Updating April Regular Meeting day/time.
  B. Updates from the State related to fiscal matters
  C. Expanded Learning Opportunity Program
   
Discussion on current planning for rest of this year and starting July 1, 2022.
  D. 2021-2022 LCAP Review to inform 2022-2023 LCAP Development
   

A discussion on the 2021-2022 LCAP actions and progress to date to help inform any updates or changes for 2022-2023 LCAP development.
  E. Montessori Training Center
   

Discussion on the idea of investing more deeply in Montessori training services and capacities for teachers.
  F. Contracts, invoices, and payments above $15,000
   
Discussion of any contracts, invoices, and payments above $15,000.
  G. Fiscal Management / Control Policy
   

Discussion on any needed updates to the UMCS Fiscal Management / Control Policy.

Discussion of latest tax returns.

Discussion of required monthly financial approvals.
   
   
III. Closed Session
  A. Closed Session Items
   
  1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Head of School
"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.