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Garden Grove USD board approves business package, cites food-service price increases and $80.9 million in purchase orders
Summary
The district board approved a multi-item business package including an average 6.6% price increase on selected food-service supplies, ratified several informal construction bids, extended an AED contract for one year, and approved purchase orders and checks totaling $80,888,944.47.
The Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education approved items 6a through 6h, a consolidated business package that included price adjustments for food-service supplies, procurement ratifications and a one-year contract extension.
Staff described item 6a as authorizing price increases on eight food-service supply items with an "average price increase of 6.6%." Item 6b asked the board to ratify informal bid numbers "25 1 72 through 1 78" under the California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act; staff named contractors including Ben's Asphalt LLC, Econofence Inc, Franklin Mechanical Systems Inc, JL Cobb Inc, RC Masonry, and Wolverine Fence Company Inc. Item 6d authorized a one-year extension with School Help Corporation for automated external defibrillators, accessories and maintenance.
Staff reported food costs have increased broadly, "somewhere between 8 to 10% from last school year," and that average increases have been incorporated into the food-services budget. On nutrition guidance, staff said the district is awaiting final guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Education; staff noted changes such as availability of whole milk in the proper carton size and shifts toward natural food dyes.
The business package also included authorization for student organizations to sell specified food items in compliance with California Code of Regulations Title 5, acceptance of the Williams settlement-required uniform complaint summary (no complaints filed for the reporting period), approval to use three district buses and drivers for a parade, and approval of purchase orders and checks totaling $80,888,944.47.
Trustee Terry Rocco moved the consolidated motion and Dean Owen seconded. Roll-call votes were recorded in the transcript with affirmative votes by Student Trustee Christy Gettachue, Trustee Dina Nguyen, Trustee Walter (recorded as Aye), Trustee Terry Rocco, Trustee Len/Lehi Nguyen, and Chairperson Bob Harden.
