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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Thursday, October 2, 2025  
5:00 PM  
Special Meeting  
Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314  
East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291, Internet - Zoom & Granicus;  
Broadcasted - KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99)  
Budget and Finance Committee  
Chair: Mike Hutchinson  
Members: Jennifer Brouhard, Rachel Latta  
NOTICE - MEDIA/MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ATTEND  
AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY  
Members of the media and the public may attend and participate in the  
Committee meeting in-person in the Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio,  
B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA  
94606-2291 or virtually as described herein.  
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MEETING PROCEDURES  
All Committee meetings shall begin on time and shall be guided by an  
Agenda prepared in accordance with Board Bylaws and posted and  
distributed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (open meeting  
requirements) and other applicable laws.  
A. Call to Order  
B. Roll Call  
Chairperson Hutchinson called the Special Meeting to order at 5:06 P.M.  
Present  
3 - Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
Member Jennifer Brouhard  
Member Rachel Latta  
C. New Business  
C.-1  
Superintendent of Schools - CONDITIONAL Approval - 2025-26  
Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) & Adopted Budget  
and 2024-25 Annual Report Regarding Fiscal Solvency of OUSD  
Discussion and possible recommendation of response, by the Budget  
and Finance Committee to the Board of Education, regarding;  
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CONDITIONAL approval of 2025-26 Local Control and  
Accountability Plan (LCAP) & Adopted Budget - Action Required  
(September 12, 2025); and  
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2024-25 Annual Report Regarding Fiscal Solvency of OUSD  
(September 15, 2025).  
Attachments:  
The Committee and Chief Business Officer, Lisa Grant-Dawson discussed  
the letters from Alameda County Superintendent of Schools.  
Public Speakers:  
Shelia Haynes  
Kim Davis  
Oliver Brenan  
Discussed  
C.-2  
Structural Deficit - Fiscal Years 2026-27 and 2027-28 (1: First  
Reading; 2: Referral to Budget and Finance Committee)  
Adoption by the Budget and Finance Committee of referral without  
recommendations to the Board of Education, approving for discussion and  
possible action of Resolution No. 2526-0177 - Directing the Preparation  
of Budget Scenarios to Address District’s Projected Fiscal Years  
2026-27 and 2027-28 Structural Deficit.  
Sponsors:  
Brouhard and Bachelor  
Attachments:  
Public Speakers:  
Shelia Haynes  
Kim Davis  
Cary Kaufman  
A motion was made by Member Brouhard, seconded by Member Latta,  
that this Resolution be Referred w/o Recommendation to the Board of  
Education. The motion carried by the following vote:  
3 - Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
Aye:  
Member Jennifer Brouhard  
Member Rachel Latta  
Enactment No: 25-1686  
D. Adjournment  
Chairperson Hutchinson adjourned the Special Meeting at 6:35 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: