Oakland Unified School District  
Board of Education  
1011 Union Street, #940  
Oakland, CA 94607  
(510) 879-1944  
boe@ousd.org E-Mail  
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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Thursday, September 5, 2024  
6:00 PM  
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, Jorge Lerma  
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beginning of the meeting. Manual (Paper) Speaker Cards also will be  
available at the meeting for completion.  
Sign In to Speak, on an eligible Agenda Item, as a matter of equity, is first  
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(Registration) is urged for all - whether you plan to attend meeting in person or  
view meeting via teleconference or listen to the meeting by telephone. Names  
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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 name and click on the “In Progress” link under Video or go to the  
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Page)>Calendar Tab>Calendar>Today>Budget and Finance Committee>”In  
Progress” link under Video.  
Public comment in-person is permitted within the times allotted for public  
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Committee Agenda “eComment” or from the Legislative Information Center,  
as follows:  
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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 Mike Hutchinson called the meeting to order at 6:05 P.M.  
Present  
Absent  
2 - Member Jorge Lerma  
Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
1 - Member Jennifer Brouhard  
C. Speaker Request Cards/Modification(s) To Agenda  
A request to speak at this Committee Meeting, may be made in-person or  
virtually as stated in this Agenda.  
Modification(s) to the Agenda, by the Budget and Finance Committee, allows  
for any change in the printed Order of Business including, but not limited to,  
an announcement that an Item or Legislative File will be considered out of  
Agenda printed order, that consideration of an Item has been withdrawn,  
postponed, rescheduled or "pulled" or taken off of the Committee General  
Consent Report for separate discussion and/or possible action.  
None  
D. Adoption of Committee Minutes  
D.-1  
Ratification by the Budget and Finance Committee of its Regular  
Meeting Minutes of August 8, 2024, prepared by Staff shortly after said  
Meeting.  
Attachments:  
A motion was made by Member Lerma, seconded by Chairperson  
Hutchinson,that this Minutes, Committee be Adopted . The motion  
carried by the following vote.  
Aye:  
Absent:  
2 - Member Jorge Lerma  
Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
1 - Member Jennifer Brouhard  
Enactment No: 24-1567  
E. Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report  
"Adoption of the Committee General Consent Report" "means that all items  
appearing under this topic are approved in one motion unless a Member of  
the Committee requests that an item be removed and voted on separately or  
otherwise acted upon. Generally, these items are routine in nature, and are  
acted upon in one motion to conserve time and permit focus on  
other-than-routine legislative items on the agenda.  
None  
F.  
Unfinished Business  
None  
G. New Business  
G.-1  
Fiscal Systems Audit  
Discussion by the Budget and Finance Committee, with the Chief  
Business Officer, or designee(s), of Request For Proposal (RFP) - Fiscal  
Systems Audit.  
Attachments:  
Lisa Grant-Dawson, Chief Business Officer, presented the Request For  
Proposal (RFP) - Fiscal Systems Audit to the Committee and the Public on  
process and operation of the District.  
No Public Speaker.  
Discussed  
G.-2  
Fiscal Year 2023-2024 (Unaudited Actuals) (Closing of the Books) -  
Chief Business Officer  
Adoption by the Board of Education, upon the recommendation of the  
Budget and Finance Committee, of Resolution No. 2425-0177 - 2023-24  
Annual Statement of all Receipts and Expenditures of the District  
Unaudited Actuals - Year End Close.  
_____  
* The District’s General Fund Unrestricted and Restricted ending fund  
balances, for FY 2023-2024, are $118,160,823.36 and $190,827,687.20,  
respectively.  
Attachments:  
A motion was made by Member Lerma, seconded by Chairperson  
Hutchinson, that Resolution No. 2425-0177 be Recommended  
Favorably to the Board of Education. The motion carried by the  
following vote.  
Aye:  
2 - Member Jorge Lerma  
Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
1 - Member Jennifer Brouhard  
Absent:  
Enactment No: 24-1570  
G.-3  
24-2221  
Budget and Finance Committee - Potential Costs/Funding -  
Remediation - Lead Issue  
Discussion by the Budget and Finance Committee, with the Chief  
Business Officer, or designee(s), of potential costs/funding to remediate  
the water or other, if any, lead issue(s) in the District.  
Attachments:  
24-2221 Budget and Finance Committee - Potential  
Costs/Funding - Remediation - Lead Issue  
Preston Thomas, Chief Systems and Services, presented the potential  
costs/funding to remediate the water or other, if any, lead issue(s) in the  
District to the Committee and Public.  
No Public Speaker.  
Discussed  
G.-4  
Vehicle Buses  
Discussion by the Budget and Finance Committee, with the Chief  
Business Officer, or designee(s), of the acquisition of and use of Electric  
Vehicle Buses in the District.  
Attachments:  
Kimberley Rainy, Executive Director of Transportation and Logistics,  
presented the acquisition of and use of Electric Vehicle Buses in the District  
to the Committee and Public.  
No Public Speaker.  
Discussed  
G.-5  
OUSD - Oakland Education Association (OEA) - Eagle  
Construction - City of Oakland - Soda Tax and others  
Discussion by the Budget and Finance Committee, with the Chief  
Business Officer, or designee(s), of collecting what’s owed to Oakland  
Unified School District - Oakland Education Association (OEA), Eagle  
Construction, the City of Oakland , Soda Tax and others, if any.  
The Committee discussed with Lisa Grant-Dawson, Chief Business Officer,  
of what is owed to Oakland Unified School District from Soda Tax, City of  
Oakland, Oakland Education Association (OEA) and Eagle Construction.  
No Public Speaker.  
Discussed  
H. Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter  
Jurisdiction of the Committee  
This section of the agenda provides an opportunity for a member of the  
Public, for three minutes per person, or less, depending on the number of  
speakers, to directly address the Committee on any item of interest to a  
member of the Public that is not on the current agenda, but is within the  
subject matter jurisdiction of the Committee. Minutes are not transferrable  
from speaker to speaker. This item is limited to a total of thirty (30) minutes.  
The Committee may not discuss or take any action on a non-agenda item not  
appearing on the posted agenda for this meeting, except the Committee or  
staff may briefly respond to a statement made or questions posed by a  
member of the public, as authorized by law. In addition, on their own initiative  
or in response to questions posed by the public, a member of the Committee  
or its staff may ask a question for clarification, make a brief announcement,  
or make a brief report of his or her own activities.  
H.-1  
Matter Jurisdiction of the Committee – Up to 30 Minutes -  
September 5, 2024  
Public Comment on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter  
Jurisdiction of the Committee - Up to 30 Minutes - September 5, 2024.  
No Comments  
I.  
Introduction of New Legislative Matter  
This section of the Agenda is devoted to the introduction of new legislative  
matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the committee by a Committee  
member or Members of the Public.  
None  
J.  
Adjournment  
Chairperson Hutchinson adjourned the meeting at 8:28 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: