Oakland Unified School District  
Board of Education  
1016 Union Street, #940  
Oakland, CA 94607  
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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Thursday, April 13, 2023  
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: Valerie Bachelor  
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AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY  
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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 April 13, 2023, Budget and Finance  
Committee Meeting to order at 6:10 P.M.  
Present  
3 - Member Jennifer Brouhard  
Member Valarie Bachelor  
Chairperson Mike Hutchinson  
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Agenda printed order, that consideration of an Item has been withdrawn,  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  
None  
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  
Year 2022-2023 - Chief Business Officer  
Continued discussion by the Budget and Finance Committee of Board  
adopted* Resolution No. 2223-0056 - Approving District's Second Interim  
Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and Certification of said Report  
to the Alameda County Superintendent of Schools as “Qualified.”  
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*Legislative File No. 23-0563, Enactment No. 23-0426, 3/8/2023  
Attachments:  
Chief Business Officer Lisa Grant-Dawson presented the Second Interim  
Report as of January 31, 2023 and responded to comments and questions  
from the Committee.  
Discussion - Directors Brouhard, Bachelor, Chairperson Hutchinson  
Public Comment - None  
Discussed  
Adjustments/RIF/Trueing Up  
Discussion by Budget and Finance Committee, with the Chief Business  
Officer, or designee, of update on the Board adopted* 2023-2024 budget  
adjustments/RIF/trueing up.  
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Legislative File Nos. 23-0545A, Enactment No. 23-0485, 3/9/2023  
23-0546A.2, Enactment No. 23-0486, 3/9/2023  
Chief Business Officer Lisa Grant-Dawson gave an update on the budget  
adjustments/RIF/trueing up and responded to comments and questions from  
the Committee.  
Discussion - Director Brouhard, Chairperson Hutchinson  
Public Comment - None  
Discussed  
Adoption  
Presentation to and discussion by Budget and Finance Committee, with  
the Chief Business Officer, or designee(s), of 2023-2024 budget approval  
process, including setting community engagements.  
The Committee discussed with Chief Business Officer Lisa Grant-Dawson the  
2023-2024 budget approval process, including setting community  
engagements.  
Public Hearing for the 2023 - 2024 Budget Adoption to be held on June 7,  
2023 Board of Education (BOE) Regular Meeting.  
Possible dates to host a Budget & Finance Committee Community  
Engagement on the 2023 - 2024 Budget Adoptions.  
- Tuesday, May 30, 2023  
- Wednesday, May 31, 2023  
Discussion - Chairperson Hutchinson  
Public Comment - Mayra Alvarado  
Discussed  
Audit - Board of Education  
Approval by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 2223-0044 -  
Initiating the Process for a Fiscal Systems Audit.  
Attachments:  
Chief Business Officer Lisa Grant-Dawson gave an exposition of Resolution  
No. 2223-0044 - Initiating the Process for a Fiscal Systems Audit and  
responded to comments and questions from the Committee.  
Discussion - Director Brouhard, Chairperson Hutchinson  
Public Comment - None  
Discussed  
Enactment No: 23-0682  
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.  
Matter Jurisdiction of the Budget and Finance Committee - April  
13, 2023  
Public Comments on All Non-Agenda Items Within the Subject Matter  
Jurisdiction of the Budget and Finance Committee - April 13, 2023.  
No Public 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 8:00 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: