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Trustees recognize Measure J oversight members amid dispute over committee turnover
Summary
After public comment raised concerns about the dismissal or expiration of Measure J Citizens Bond Oversight Committee members, the board thanked outgoing members, concluded their six‑year terms and agreed to reopen the application process for replacements.
Public comment and board discussion at the June 11 Mount Diablo Unified School District meeting focused on the Measure J Citizens Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC). Speakers including Gina Haynes and a commenter identified as Mr. Schneider urged the board to preserve the continuity and independence of the oversight committee and criticized staff actions that they said had left the committee with only two members and no chair.
Haynes said committee members believed they had been dismissed without adequate notice or a plan for replacement and cited Education Code requirements and a recent civil grand jury report recommending structural changes to the CBOC. Schneider urged the district to provide oversight documents and utility usage data related to Measure J projects so the committee could verify work already completed.
Trustee Mason said the intent behind updating committee membership was to reopen the volunteer process after several years rather than to silence oversight. Trustee Mason moved — and Trustee Nzewi seconded — a motion that the board recognize and thank the named members for their service and conclude their terms effective Aug. 21, 2025, while allowing a member to continue until a successor is appointed. The motion passed 5‑0.
Board members discussed wanting an independent, functional oversight committee and acknowledged that some committee members had served the maximum consecutive terms allowed by law. Trustees said they would solicit new applicants and preserve continuity where possible while complying with statutory term limits and committee bylaws.
The board’s action read as a public recognition and administrative step to reconstitute the CBOC; the board did not specify a timeline for new appointments beyond the recognition and the reference to allowing members to continue until successors are appointed.
