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Board appoints six members to Measure JJ Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee; staff to seek a seventh taxpayer representative
Summary
After passage of Measure JJ, the board appointed six community members to the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee and designated Eric Hall as chair; staff said they will ask an additional parent candidate to fill the taxpayer-representative vacancy and set the first meeting for May 13.
The San Marcos Unified School District Board on Thursday appointed six community members to a new Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee to oversee expenditures from Measure JJ, the district’s facilities bond approved by voters in November 2024.
Erin, a district staff member who led the oversight selection process, told trustees the district received 23 volunteer applications. After reviewing applications, staff recommended six community members: Eric Hall, Robert Redfield, Vanessa Smith, Jamie Chamberlin, Stephen Kildew and Paul Soss. The board approved the appointments and designated Eric Hall as the committee’s initial chair.
Erin said the committee will meet quarterly, review bond-project expenditures and publish an annual report for the community. The first committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 13 at 3:30 p.m. at the district office. Committee members will serve two-year terms and may be reappointed for up to three consecutive terms; staff said the committee is expected to remain in place until the last bond dollar is spent, a process that could take up to 10 years.
Staff also reported that no applicant identified as a representative of a bona-fide taxpayers association, a seat the Education Code recommends for oversight committees. To address that vacancy, board members instructed staff to reach out to an additional parent applicant, Stephanie Carroll, and ask whether she will serve and — if she is willing — to consider joining an appropriate taxpayers association so the seat can be filled.
Board members discussed geographic and school representation on the committee. One trustee asked that parents from schools in the first phase of construction be included; staff replied that the committee’s main role is financial oversight and expenditure review rather than design input.
The committee will receive independent audits and facility staff updates and will produce an annual public report on bond spending and project progress. The board approved the appointments by unanimous voice vote.
