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Board approves consent items, facilities projects, easement and oversight appointment in unanimous votes
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Banning Unified board approved the consent calendar and a series of business‑service items — including a PAC lighting retrofit contract, an easement to Southern California Gas Company (Resolution 26‑008) and the appointment of Jocelyn Garcia Rojas to the citizens bond oversight committee — each by 5‑0 votes.
The Banning Unified board of trustees on Jan. 14 approved a slate of routine and facilities actions by unanimous vote.
Key votes and outcomes: - Agenda adoption (motion moved by Clark Troutman, seconded by Trustee Martinez Lara) — adopted 5‑0. - Consent calendar (items 5.2–5.5) — approved 5‑0. - Appointment of Jocelyn Garcia Rojas to the citizen’s bond oversight committee (Measure O oversight) — motion moved and seconded; approved 5‑0. Garcia Rojas introduced herself and described procurement and workforce‑development experience with Riverside County. - Educational Services: approval of school accountability report cards (7.1) — approved 5‑0. - Educational Services: disposition of e‑waste and obsolete hardware (7.2) — approved 5‑0. - Business Services: acceptance of annual financial audit report for FY 2024–25 (presentation only) — staff reported audit findings reduced from nine to two and described corrective actions for ACES attendance reporting and SARC facility inspections; this item was informational. - Business Services: Resolution 26‑008, intent to grant an easement to Southern California Gas Company — approved 5‑0. - Business Services: PAC theater and lab lighting retrofit phase 2 with Avadex Industries LLC using National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance contract number 01‑97 — approved 5‑0 after trustee question about bonding. - Notices of completion and monthly fiscal reports — approved 5‑0.
In closed session earlier in the meeting the board reported denying expulsions for two middle‑school cases identified as 2025‑26‑7 and 2025‑26‑8. The meeting adjourned at 8:52 p.m.
