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Yu Ming Charter School

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Finance Committee Special Meeting

Date and Time

Tuesday May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Location

  • In person (CHE Campus): 2501 Chestnut Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Zoom Meeting (see info below)
  • Teleconference Location 1 (MLK Campus): 675 41st Street, Oakland, CA 94609
  • Teleconference Location 2 (CAR Campus): 16244 Carolyn Street, San Leandro, CA 94578

The Board Finance Committee and employees of the Yu Ming Charter School shall meet in person at the location listed above. Zoom Meeting information is made available for Committee members teleconferencing and members of the public who wish to access the meeting remotely: 

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Committee Members Present

D. Chou, L. Chang, Y. Yeh

Committee Members Absent

None

Guests Present

B. Badillo (remote), C. Green (remote), M. Andrejko, S. Wang

I. Opening Items

A.

Call the Meeting to Order

Y. Yeh called a meeting of the Finance Committee of Yu Ming Charter School to order on Tuesday May 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM.

B.

Record Attendance and Guests

C.

Approval of Agenda

D. Chou made a motion to approve the agenda.
L. Chang seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
L. Chang
Aye
D. Chou
Aye
Y. Yeh
Aye

II. Invitation to the Public to Address the Committee

A.

Public Comments

There was one member of the public, a parent working with the Brookfield Elementary community, who made a comment sharing that the school is anxious about the possibility of Yu Ming coming to Brookfield, and wants to encourage Yu Ming to confirm whether they are interested or not in that option.

 

S. Wang confirmed there is no intention to accept the proposition 39 offer of space at Brookfield. 

III. Consent Agenda

A.

Approval of March 26 Minutes

D. Chou made a motion to approve the minutes from Board of Directors Finance Committee on 03-26-25.
L. Chang seconded the motion.
The committee VOTED unanimously to approve the motion.
Roll Call
Y. Yeh
Aye
L. Chang
Aye
D. Chou
Aye

IV. Items of Business

A.

Latest Financial Report

Tabled, as the April financials just closed. Financials will be shared at the next finance meeting. 

B.

LLC Quarterly Financial Report

Tabled.

C.

Yu Ming Multi-Year Budget Presentation

B. Badillo presented the 2025-26 budget. There is a projected next income at $212,064 for next year. The state COLA is estimated at 2.3% right now. A more finalized version will be shared next month. 

D.

Capital Campaign Funding Update

S. Wang shared an update on the funding pipeline for capital projects.

E.

Line of Credit Update

Y. Yeh gave the update. Yu Ming used to have a Line of Credit (LoC) with First Republic of up to $1M. We since transitioned to Chase for banking. Chase denied the $1M LoC request. Since the LoC has always been added precaution, there was a question on whether we need to continue pursuing this option.

F.

Finance Committee Membership

The committee is exploring what expertise the school most urgently needs to determine the addition of committee members.

G.

CLOSED SESSION: Public Employee Performance Evaluation (pursuant to Section 54957)

The committee went into closed session at 4:43 pm. 

 

The committee reconvened at 5:00 pm. No action was taken.

V. Closing Items

A.

Review of Action items and Future Agenda Items

Next meeting: June 10

  • Multi-year budget

B.

Adjourn Meeting

There being no further business to be transacted, and upon motion duly made, seconded and approved, the meeting was adjourned at 5:06 PM.

Respectfully Submitted,
Y. Yeh

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
Members of the public are welcome to speak on any agenda or non-agenda items so long as the matter pertains to the domain and jurisdiction of the school board. Public testimony on non-agenda items will be heard at the opening of the meeting. Public testimony on agenda items will take place as each item is presented. The Board’s presiding officer reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY 
Requests for disability-related modifications or accommodations to participate in this public meeting should be made 24 hours prior to the meeting by calling (510) 452-2063 or emailing office@yumingschool.org. All efforts will be made for reasonable accommodations. The agenda and public documents can be modified upon request as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
FOR MORE INFORMATION 
A copy of the written materials which will be submitted to the Board may be reviewed by any interested persons on the Yu Ming Charter School’s website along with this agenda following the posting of the agenda at least 72 hours in advance of this meeting.
For more information concerning this agenda or to receive access to materials relating to this meeting, please contact Yu Ming Charter School at (510) 452-2063 or office@yumingschool.org.