Board approves consent agenda including contracts, purchase order of $83.6 million and personnel reports
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The Garden Grove USD board approved minutes, multiple memorandums of understanding for special-education services, a long consent agenda of procurement and contract renewals (including a reported purchase order/check total of $83,617,379.03), and personnel reports; trustees asked for vendor price-increase details to inform budgeting.
The board approved several formal items during the meeting's consent and action sections, including minutes, memorandums of understanding with neighboring districts for deaf and hard-of-hearing services, a multi-item procurement consent package and personnel reports.
On a roll-call vote the board approved minutes from the previous meeting (10/07/2025); student trustee Christy Gedichu voted yes, Trustee Dina Nguyen yes, Trustee Walter Munyatov aye, Trustee Terry Rocco aye, Trustee Bob Harden abstained, and Chairperson Lehi Nguyen voted yes.
The board declared its annual organizational meeting date (12/09/2025) and approved memorandums of understanding with Anaheim Union High School District and Santa Ana Unified School District to provide services for the district's deaf and hard-of-hearing students, with staff giving estimated costs (about $53,316 and about $80,000 per student for 2025'26) for the respective agreements.
A lengthy consent agenda (items 6a through 6z) included bid acceptances, cooperative purchasing authorizations, contract renewals (Anthem Blue Cross, MetLife, CVS Caremark, stop-loss insurance), a lease-leaseback award for a construction project, price increases from some vendors (food services was cited), and the Williams Settlement annual report. Staff reported a purchase order and check total of $83,617,379.03 as part of the consent items; trustees approved the full package on the recorded roll-call vote. Trustees asked staff to provide additional detail on recurring vendor price increases so the board could assess budget impacts.
Personnel items (7a and 7b) were approved as presented; the student trustee recorded an abstention for the personnel vote as reflected in the roll call. The board adjourned after members delivered their closing reports and announced upcoming meeting dates.