March 12, 2013 - Board of Trustees - Ceres Unified School District

Minutes – Board of Trustees UNAPPROVED MINUTES Meeting – March 12, 2013Trustee Perez moved and Trustee Wigt seconded, to approve the employment agreement aspresented. Ayes: Alexis Boardrow, Jesse Magana, Jim Kinard, Faye Lane, Teresa Guerrero,Lourdes Perez, Valli Wigt, Betty Davis and Mike Welsh. Motion carried.e. Recommendations for Permanent StatusDr. Wickham presented for review and action by the Board of Trustees a list of certificatedemployees recommended for permanent status, effective with the 2013-2014 school year.Each employee has received a satisfactory evaluation and has been recommended forpermanent status by his or her site administration.Trustee Kinard moved and Trustee Davis seconded, to approve as presented the list ofcertificated employees recommended for permanent status. Ayes: Alexis Boardrow, JesseMagana, Jim Kinard, Faye Lane, Teresa Guerrero, Lourdes Perez, Valli Wigt, Betty Davisand Mike Welsh. Motion carried.f. Probationary Certificated Non-reelectionDr. Wickham reported that the following employees have been recommended for nonreelectionin their current position of employment with the Ceres Unified School District forthe 2013-2014 school year: Employee 5846, Employee 6976 and Employee 6600.Trustee Guerrero moved and Trustee Perez seconded, to approve the list of employeesrecommended for non-reelection. Ayes: Alexis Boardrow, Jesse Magana, Jim Kinard, FayeLane, Teresa Guerrero, Lourdes Perez, Valli Wigt, Betty Davis and Mike Welsh. Motioncarried.g. Salary RestorationDr. Siegel reported that on July 1, 2010, the salary schedules for all District employees weredeficited by 8.5 percent. This action was taken in lieu of programmatic cuts that would havebeen necessitated by the state budget crisis. With the passage of Proposition 30 and thesubsequent release of the Governor’s budget proposal, the District’s finances are in acondition in which programmatic restorations are possible. Since the most significantprogrammatic cut was to employee salaries, staff is recommending that the District restorethe final 2.50 percent to all employee salary schedules, effective July 1, 2012. Staff havedetermined through a preliminary analysis of the Governor’s budget proposal and theDistrict’s current financial state that this restoration is sustainable. With this restoration, thecontinuing deficit to employee salaries will be zero (0) percent, and salaries will be fullyrestored.Dr. Siegel reported that at the January 29, 2013 meeting, the Board authorized staff tocommence working on this salary restoration. Government Code 3547.5 requires that theSuperintendent and Chief Business Official of a school district certify and provideprojections that show that a district is able to afford any negotiated settlement. Even thoughthis restoration is authorized under a previous settlement, staff is recommending that theBoard treat it as a new settlement for these purposes.Dr. Siegel presented for review by the Board of Trustees the required certification. TheInterim Report on this agenda contains the financial information demonstrating that theDistrict can afford the restoration. If approved, staff plans to implement the restoration, withretroactivity, on the March 29 Payroll for Classified and Confidential employees, the April30 Payroll for Certificated, Administration and Classified Managers, and the May 10 Payrollfor Cycle 2 employees.Trustee Davis moved and Trustee Lane seconded, to authorize the final 2.5 percentrestoration of employee salary schedules, effective July 1, 2012. Ayes: Alexis Boardrow,4