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>> HI, EVERYBODY.

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>> HEY, NANCY.

>> SUSAN I GOT TWO LINKS AT THE SAME TIME.

[1. Call to Order]

>> MAYBE THAT'S WHAT ROBERT WAS TELLING ME.

WE WERE ON A DIFFERENT ZOOM PRIOR TO THIS.

>> Y ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND I WAS JUST WAITING FOR IT TO START AND KELLY WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING.

SHE WAS GOING TO TEXT YOU.

>> UNTIL I GOT THE LINK FROM RYAN MAIN SAID ANOTHER MEETING IS IN PROGRESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT WAS AN ODD PROMPT WHEN I LOGGED INTO THE ONE I RECEIVED.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE MY LINK HAS TURNED YOU INTO ME.

>> SORRY, RYAN.

WHEN I WAS TRYING TO LOG IN IT WAS SAYING THAT -- SORRY.

>> NO, I DOESN'T KNOW THAT ZOOM WOULD DO THAT.

>> T IT'S A WEBINAR SO IT'S INDIVIDUAL.

IT'S NOT A GROUP LINK.

[3. Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes]

>> SHOULD I LOG OUT?

>> NO, YOU'RE FINE.

I'M GOING TO RENAME YOU.

>> SORRY.

>> NO, IT'S FINE.

>> HI, EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY IS HERE, SELENA IS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING SO SUSAN I WILL OFFICIALLY START THE MEETING.

THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE AS WE WORKED OUT THE ZOOM.

SO I WILL GET STARTED.

I'M GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE JUNE 15TH MEETING OF THE ACPS SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WONDERFUL TO SEE ALL OF YOU.

YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE AGENDA FROM ME EARLIER TODAY.

I AM HOPING AND EXPECTING THIS TO BE A SHORT MEETING, BUT WHY DON'T WE JUST GET ROLLING WITH THE AGENDA? THE FIRST THING BEFORE I FORGET IS FOR US TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PRIOR MEETING AND WE ACTUALLY NEED TO APPROVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES, THE MINUTES FROM MAY AND THEN THE MINUTES FROM MARCH.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT LAST TIME.

WE SORT OF WENT OUT OF ORDER AND I FORGET TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE AGENDA.

SO COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH THE MARCH AND MAY MINUTES, PLEASE?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND.

>> GREAT.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.

OR BRIDGET DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND, YOU'RE DRIVING.

>> I'M NOT DRIVING, I'M JUST IN THE PARKING LOT BUT I DON'T HAVE HEADPHONES.

MY HUSBAND TOOK MY HEADPHONES.

>> PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THOSE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.

SUSAN, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC ATTENDEES? NO? OKAY.

I DIDN'T THINK SO, SO NO NEED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

LET'S JUST DIVE INTO THE AGENDA.

BEFORE I TURN IT OVER THE ROBERT FOR ANY STAFF REPORT, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY VERY MUCH FOR THEIR TIME AND ATTENTION TO FINALIZING OUR MEMO.

ALL OF YOU CONTRIBUTED, THE STAFF CONTRIBUTED AND WE GOT GOOD FEEDBACK FROM ROBERT AND DOMINIC.

I'M VERY PLEASED WITH IT AND GOT IT OUT THE DOOR AND IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TOMORROW EVENING SO THANK YOU, AGAIN, TO ALL OF YOU AND OF COURSE I HOPE IT WILL BE VALUABLE TO THE BOARD.

ROBERT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, GOOD EVENING.

>> GOOD EVENING.

I HAVE QUITE A FEW UPDATES AND I'M HOPING IT WILL BE A SHORT MEETING AS WELL I'M DOUBLE BOOKED.

JUNE 2ND, THE SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED A BUDGET.

[4. Staff Report and Discussion]

>> YAY.

>> YAY.

QUITE A FEW THINGS ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S BUDGET PRIORITIES.

I WILL NOTE THAT PART OF THE ADOPTED BUDGET, THERE WAS A REVISION TO THE STATE'S BUDGET.

THE STATE HAD TO BE CALLED IN FOR A SPECIAL SESSION AND WITH THE STATE APPROVING THEIR BUDGET SO LATE IN THE PROCESS, IT DID RESULT IN AN OVERALL REDUCTION OF STATE FUNDING OF A LITTLE OVER $560,000, BUT IT'S A $300 MILLION BUDGET, HALF A MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW REDUCTION IN THE CATEGORIES IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MONITOR CLOSELY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IF THIS YEAR IS A SIGN, THE WAY THE STATE'S SALES TAX MONEY IS COMING IN, WE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY RECOUP WHAT IS PROJECTED TO BE A $560,000 CHANGE IN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED VERSUS WHAT THE STATE ADOPTED FOR OUR STATE BUDGET, SO LIKE I SAID, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY PRECIPITATED US TO DO A LAST MINUTE REVISION TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE WILL MONITOR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

WITH RESPECT TO THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE ARE COGNIZANT THAT THERE'S A NEW CITY LEADER AS WELL AS A NEW SCHOOL BOARD AND AS YOU ARE AWARE, WE WILL SUPERINTENDENT AS WE PREPARE FOR THE FY24 BUDGET, SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THE BUDGET OFFICE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICERS IS COGNIZANT OF, NOT THAT WE'RE ALARMED BY IT BUT THE DYNAMIC OF THE BIG FOUR PARTIES, WESTERLY JUST COGNIZANT OF THAT.

THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RESIGNATION WAS A

[00:05:02]

BIG SHOCK TO THE OFFICE LIKE WHOA, WHAT IN THE WORLD JUST HAPPENED HERE.

WE'LL MOVE FORWARD BUT IT WAS JUST THE SHOCK AND AWE OF THE WHOLE THING.

ESSE OFFICE IS LOOKING TO PUT OUT A NEW ESSER REVISION SO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND AS SOON AS THAT GOES LIVE, I WILL SEND IT TO YOU, NANCY, AND THE TEAM REGARDING THAT.

>> GREAT.

GREAT.

>> AND THAT DOVE TAILS INTO THE LAST UPDATES INTO THE YEAR END REPORT.

EVEN WHEN IT WAS IN DRAFT FORM, I WAS SHARING IT WITH OUR BUDGET TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT AWARENESS OF AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT AND WE WERE CONTEMPLATING HOW TO IMPLEMENT, HOW TO TAKE IN THE SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND QUITE HONESTLY, IT'S BEEN A OVERWHELMING SUPPORT IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU DO, SO I DO WANT TO APPLAUD THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT FORWARD AND THE EXAMPLES FROM THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS WERE KEY BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT COULD BE DONE.

IT WASN'T THEORETICAL, IT WASN'T HYPOTHETICAL, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING LIKE OH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AND IT WAS SOMETHING MADE UP.

TO BE ABLE TO SEE REAL EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DISTRICTS REENFORCES THE IDEA AND THE CONCEPT OF WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF AND WHAT WE CAN DO.

SO, AGAIN, KUDOS TO YOU AND THE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

THE RECOMMENDATION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIST AS WE READ THROUGH EVERY PROGRAM AND EVERY SUGGESTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIST OF THINGS OF CAN DO, ARE DOING, WILL BE DONE, AND WHAT TIME FRAME SO, AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY TIMELY REPORT ALSO IN PART COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE REVAMPING OR GOING THROUGH THE EFFORT OF REVAMPING OUR WEBSITE SO THIS WILL FLOW NICELY WITH THE REVAMPED WEBSITE AS WE PUT MORE DIGESTIBLE AND GRAPHIC FRIENDLY CONTENT ON OUR WEB PAGES, THIS CONTENT IS VERY TIMELY.

THAT IS THE STAFF UPDATE.

AND, AGAIN, I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.

IT IS VERY WELCOMED BECAUSE IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S DICTATED OR DRIVEN BY, LIKE, INTERNAL FOLKS THAT WHEN WE CAN HEAR FROM AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN OUR OFFICE BEING WELL RECEIVED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IT GOES A LONG WAY.

LIKE, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S ATTACKING US FOR WHAT WE'RE NOT DOING.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SUPPORTING OF THINGS WE COULD DO AND THINGS WE COULD DO BETTER SO THAT'S HOW I POSITION IT TO MY TEAM AND THEY ARE VERY MUCH ON BOARD WITH IT.

>> WELL, THAT'S WONDERFUL, ROBERT, AND REALLY GRATIFYING TO KNOW THAT IT WAS HELPFUL.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE WORDS OF THANKS.

IT MEANS A LOT.

DO FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT? I SEE KELLY'S HAND UP.

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> ROBERT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUMMARIZING THAT.

IT MADE ME THINK THAT RIGHT NOW THIS REPORT IS IN THE CONSENT

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CALENDAR SO THERE WILL BE NO DISCUSSION ON IT, SO TWO DIFFERENT THOUGHTS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE CAN I HAVE YOUR NOTES OF WHATEVER YOU JUST SAID, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IT.

I THINK WE CAN DO THAT IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.

NANCY, THAT WOULD BE YOU OR SOMEBODY ON THIS COMMITTEE DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.

SUSAN, HOPEFULLY WE CAN SNEAK IN SOMEBODY IF THEY WANT TO TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT OR I CAN PULL THIS OUT OF CONSENT AND JUST SAY A FEW WORD AND VOTE ON IT.

THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY AMENDMENT BUT IT WOULD BE A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THE COMMITTEE HAS DONE.

>> YOU SHOULD PULL IT FROM CONSENT AND JUST LET DOMINIC IT'S NOT BEING PULLED BECAUSE THERE'S A PROBLEM.

>> OKAY.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, ROBERT.

>> CAN I GET A COUPLE OF THE BULLET POINTS OF THE STUFF THAT YOU JUST SAID? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS WRITTEN DOWN OR NOT BUT I WAS NOT TAKING NOTES AND I WOULD LOVE TO SUMMARIZE.

>> THE FORTUNATE THING IS THIS IS BEING RECORDED, RIGHT, SUSAN?

>> T ALWAYS AVAILABLE THE SAME DAY.

>> KELLY, I WAS TAKING NOTES SO I WILL SHARE THEM WITH YOU.

I DOESN'T TAKE DOWN EVERY WORD BUT I TOOK DOWN MOST OF IT.

>> I JUST NEED THE GENERAL SENTIMENTS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> PERFECT.

PERFECT.

GOOD, GOOD, GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT? WELL, ROBERT, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MORE OUTREACH ON THE ESSER FUNDS.

I KNOW YOU PROBABLY SAW PTAC SENT A COMPREHENSIVE LETTER TO THE BOARD WITH THE THOUGHT OF THE USE OF ESSER IF I UNDERSTAND, I THINK IT WAS WRITTEN TESTIMONY IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS HELD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND IT STRUCK ME AS SOME REALLY HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS, SO I WILL CERTAINLY -- I'M SURE ALL OF US WILL CIRCULATE THAT AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE.

I KNOW NOT MANY PEOPLE -- I THINK NO ONE ATTENDED TO PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ESSER FUNDS YET I HAVE TO TELL YOU PEOPLE CAN ABOUT IT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WONDER ABOUT IT AND IN PARTICULAR, WONDER HOW THOSE SEAL FUNDS ARE BEING APPLIED AND OTHER THINGS SO I DON'T THINK THE LACK OF INVOLVEMENT IS A LACK OF INTEREST SO THAT'S THE CRUX OF OUR MEMO.

HOW DO WE TRY TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY MORE? BUT I THINK THE SURVEY IS A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.

WE WILL DEFINITELY CIRCULATE IT AND AS THE RESULTS COME IN, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT BETH CAN DO TO HELP EXPLORE SOME OF THE COMMENTS FURTHER, SYNTHESIZE THEM, WHATEVER, WOULD BE HELPFUL, LET US KNOW.

I'LL BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.

>> O KNOW IT PROBABLY WOULD TAKE A LOT AND IT'S SUMMERTIME SO IT MAY ASK A BIT TOO MUCH, BUT MAYBE WE CAN THINK INTERNALLY.

WHEN I WAS LEADING SOME OF THIS WORK AT THE AGENCY IN DELAWARE AND TRYING TO DO FURTHER PARENT ENGAGEMENT, WE HAD LITTLE QR CODES OR ONE PAGERS THAT WERE PRINTED UP THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PASS OUT AT ALL THE LIBRARIES AND THE LIBRARIANS ALSO WERE AWARE THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK SO WHEN THEY SAW PARENTS WITH KIDS COMING INTO THE LIBRARY WE THEY LET THEM KNOW.

INDIVIDUALLY OUR STAFF WOULD PASS THEM OUT AT GROCERY STORES OR AT LOCAL CORNER KIND OF STUFF, EVERYONE COMMITTED TO DO THAT FOR ONE HOUR TO TRY TO EXPAND THE TOTALITY OF WHO MAYBE NOT BE SEEING THINGS IN E-MAIL BUT THE ONE TO ONE.

SO IN THE SPIRIT OF CONTINUING OF THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX A LITTLE BIT AND HOW WE GET TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND/OR PARTNER WITH SPECIFIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT KNOW THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES BETTER THAN WE WOULD NECESSARILY.

I WOUL ENCOURAGE THAT AND COMMIT SOME OF MY TIME TO DO THAT AS WELL IF THAT'S USEFUL.

>> T SUGGESTION, I'M TEXTING SOME FOLKS RIGHT NOW.

>> GREAT.

KELLY, I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET CALENDAR CAME UP A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO AND THERE WERE COMMENTS ABOUT THE CALENDAR LAST YEAR.

IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BE HELPFUL WITH CALENDAR?

>> YEAH, SURE, AND ROBERT, DID DOMINIC SEND WHAT I SENT TO DOMINIC AND MR. TURNER? I WILL FORWARD IT TO EVERYONE ON THE COMMITTEE SO YOU CAN SEE THE CONVERSATION.

THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD TIME TO LOOK THROUGH IT BUT THE CALENDAR, ACTUALLY, FOR BOTH CALENDARS, THE CIP AND THE COMBINED IF I UNDERSTAND BUDGET, I FOUND IT REALLY CHALLENGING ON THE COMPRESSED TIME LINE AND I GET THE REASONING WHY IF COUNCIL AND MR. EASLEY, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO FIND A WAY TO GET THE NEW CITY MANAGER TO THINK ABOU PRESENTATION BACK A TINY BIT, THAT WOULD GIVE

[00:15:02]

US ROOM.

WHAT WAS HAPPENING IS WE HAD SIGNIFICANT DEADLINES ON THE CALENDAR AND WE ALL THE QUESTIONS RIGHT AFTER WORK SESSION NUMBER TWO THAT ENDED AT 11:30 OR 12:00 P.M., IT WAS DUE THE NEXT DAY BY 10:00 A.M.

THAT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I CAN DO MY JOB AS A BOARD MEMBER WITHOUT DIGESTING EVERYTHING SO LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR AND THE TIME LINE FOR DIFFERENT THINGS TO STILL STAY IN THE PARAMETERS OF GETTING THE BOARD BUDGET APPROVED BEFORE COUNCIL -- OH MY GOD, MY DOG JUST GRABBED MY DAUGHTER'S UNDERWEAR.

YES, THIS IS BEING RECORDED.

PUT THAT IN THE MINUTES, SUSAN.

TO STILL STAY WITHIN THE PARAMETER OF WHEN WE WOULD APPROVE IT BUT I ADJUSTED SOME OF THE TIME LINE, YES, PLEASE, GO AWAY, THANK YOU.

PROPOSE SOME OF THE TIME LINE BY DOING THE BOARD INITIAL PRESENTATION I THINK THE FIRST THURSDAY OF JANUARY AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK DOING TWO WORK SESSIONS IN THAT WEEK ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK THEN HAVING SOME QUESTIONS DUE SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF TIME THAT'S BUILT IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO WORK SESSIONS AND THEN WHEN THE QUESTIONS FOR BOARD MEMBERS WOULD BE DUE AND IT WOULD BE ANOTHER WEEK AS WAS ALREADY PLANNED FOR STAFF TO THEN COME BACK TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN BUILDING MORE TIME OF WHEN ADD/DELETES ARE DUE.

ONCE OUR ADD/DELETES ARE SUBMITTED, THAT CAN MOVE PRETTY FAST BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME TO SUBMIT YOUR ADD/DELETES, TAKES STAFF TIME TO CONFIRM THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT BUT THEN THAT PART CAN BE TIGHTENED A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF THE TURN AROUND WHAT I DID WAS FORWARD IT TO MR. TURNER AND DR. HUTCHINGS BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, ROBERT, YOU AND STAFF WILL HAVE TO SAY THERE'S NO POSSIBLE WAY WE COULD DO THIS, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE OR IT IS, IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, BUT I JUST WANT TO AVOID THE TIME LINE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE AT THE COMPRESSING THIS AND GIVING THE BOARD TIME TO ADEQUATELY REVIEW AND GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.

>> O DR. HUTCHINGS AND DOMINIC?

>> YEAH, I WILL FIND IT AND SEND IT TO EVERYBODY SO YOU HAVE IT AS PART OF THIS CONVERSATION.

AND I ONLY GET IT SO FAR FOR THE CONFINED FUNDS BUDGET.

I STARTED ON A PIECE OF PAPER DOING IT FOR THE CIP BECAUSE THERE'S STILL SOME OF THOSE SAME KIND OF TIGHT TURN AROUND AREAS SO I WOULD DO THE SAME ON THE CIP SIDE.

>> OKAY.

>> K WANTED TO MENTION IS THE TIMING OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE REALLY STRUGGLED A BIT WHEN WE WERE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT THAT, BUT I THINK ONE THING MIGHT BE TO CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WANT TO DO THAT ON THE EARLIER SIDE SO THAT YOU HAVE THE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC INPUT COMPILING YOUR QUESTIONS.

IT'S SORT OF A CHICKEN AND THE EGG THING BECAUSE IF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS, THAT MIGHT PRODUCE SOME COMMENTS FROM THEM, SO IT'S HARD TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THE BEST TIMING IS, BUT IT DOES STRIKE ME THAT CONSIDERING PUBLIC INPUT AS YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR QUESTIONS TOGETHER, YOU WANT TO SEQUENCE THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE EARLIER SIDE.

>> YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, AND I DID NOT PUT THAT IN THE CALENDAR.

I REALLY FOCUSED ONLY ON BOARD AND STAFF BUT ONCE I SEND IT TO YOU, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHETHER YOU THINK THE PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD GO.

>> E MANAGEABLE, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

SUSAN, I SEE YOUR HAND.

>> Y COMMENT THAT DIFFERENT BOARDS HAVE DIFFERENT -- THEY HAVE TRIED DIFFERENT THINGS BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOOD PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, I THINK.

THEY WANT IT BEFORE ADD/DELETES BECAUSE IF YOU START DOING ADD/DELETES YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE CHANGES ON THAT BASED ON PUBLIC FEEDBACK AND IF YOU DO IT TOO EARLY, I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIKE AS FAR AS ADD/DELETES BECAUSE I THINK SOME USE THE QUESTIONS TO GAUGE, PERHAPS, WHERE ADD/DELETES MIGHT BE COMING BUT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THERE'S NO GOOD PLACE SO YOU'RE RIGHT.

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IT'S HARD TO DETERMINE WHERE TO PUT THAT.

>> YEAH, AND, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S PUBLIC AVAILABLE AT EVERY BOARD MEETING.

THE OTHER THING MIGHT BE NO MATTER WHAT THE CHOICE IS ON WHEN YOU PLACE THAT FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS YOU MAY JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT OUTSIDE OF THAT PUBLIC HEARING AS THE PROCESS CONTINUES AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO INCLUDE IN ANY MESSAGING THAT'S GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROCESS AND THE TIME LINE.

OKAY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ROBERT OR FOR KELLY?

>> UNFORTUNATELY I HAVE TO HOP OFF FOR MY 7:00, BUT I WILL BE LISTENING TO THE RECORDING.

I LIKE TO RECORDING.

I WILL RECORDING.

>> OKAY.

GREAT TO SEE YOU, ROBERT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AS ALWAYS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD ONE.

>> BYE.

>> K ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TODAY SHARE WITH US?

>> NO, BUT I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BUT I ALSO HAVE TO HOP, I'M TRIPLE BOOKED THIS EVENING.

>> Y FAIRLY CLOSE TO BEING DONE.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR KELLY?

>> I FELLOW DISCOVERY TIME PARENTS BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN WENT THROUGH THE SAME PRESCHOOL TOGETHER.

>> YEAH, I WAS GOING TO TELL YOU, KELLY, THE LAST TIME I

[6. New Business: 2021-2022 End of Year Issues]

SAW YOU, OH, YEAH, NOW IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME.

>> I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO REVIEW IS END OF YEAR STUFF.

TYPICALLY WE DON'T MEET IN JULY AND AUGUST UNLESS I'M MISSING SOMETHING, SUSAN, BUT I THINK TYPICALLY WE DON'T MEET IN THE SUMMER MONTHS BUT OUR MEMO WAS STYLED AS OUR END OF YEAR MEMO.

WE CHECKED THAT PACKET SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER PERFUNCTORY BOX TO SAY WE DID AN END OF YEAR MEMO SO THAT'S GOOD.

THE THINGS ON MY MIND ARE BOTH TO HAVE FOLKS TO THINK ABOUT COMMITTING BACK TO NEXT YEAR.

I ASKED SUSAN TO REMIND US ALL ABOUT OUR TERMS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE, SUSAN OR IF YOU CAN SEND IT BY E-MAIL.

>> I WILL SEND IT BY E-MAIL.

>> T EVERYBODY WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR TERM OF APPOINTMENT.

SUSAN WILL CIRCULATE THAT TO US.

LET ME KNOW YOUR INTEREST LEVEL, WHICH I HOPE IS A POSITIVE ONE IN CONTINUING YOUR WORK ON BAC.

LET'S THINK ABOUT FOLKS TO RECRUIT TO JOIN US.

WE DID GREAT THIS YEAR AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR ALL YOUR TIME BUT I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE COULD DO IF WE HAD A BROADER GROUP OF PEOPLE.

SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT OVER THE SUMMER AND FOR ALL OF YOU, INCLUDING YOU, KELLY, TO THINK ABOUT PEOPLE THAT MIGHT BE GOOD ASSETS TO THE GROUP.

OKAY? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THOUGHTS FROM FOLKS?

>> I JUST WANT TODAY THANK YOU, NANCY.

I KNOW IT WAS A BIG SORT OF EFFORT TO GET US PAST THE LINE WITH AIL THE MULTIPLE CHANGES AND HERDING ALL THE CATS SO THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR PATIENCE IN THAT PROCESS AND MAKING SURE WE ENDED UP WITH A GOOD QUALITY PRODUCT AT THE END THAT'S USEFUL.

>> WELL, THANK YOU.

IT'S MY PRESSURE.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU, SO THANK YOU.

OKAY.

DON'T MEAN TO RUSH BUT DON'T WANT TO TAKE MORE TIME THIS EVENING.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO, SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, FOR YOUR WORK THIS YEAR.

WE WILL CERTAINLY BE IN TOUCH JUST ABOUT PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR.

KELLY, OBVIOUSLY IF ANYTHING COMES UP IN THE MEANTIME THAT WE COULD BE HELPFUL WITH, LET ME KNOW, BUT OTHERWISE I THINK WE PROBABLY WON'T PLAN TO MEET AGAIN UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

OKAY.

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO GREAT TO

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SEE ALL OF YOU.

SUSAN, THANKS FOR YOUR HELP AS ALWAYS.

>> T SUMMERS.

>> BYE.

>> TAKE CARE, BYE BYE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.