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Lemon Grove board approves audits, budget report, contracts, roofing project and other measures
Summary
In a single meeting the board approved the annual bond audit, second interim budget report, multiple contracts and program agreements (including ASES and a GradComm amendment), awarded a roofing bid, voted its CSBA delegate endorsements, and approved updated board principles; motions carried with the four members present.
The Lemon Grove Governing Board on March 11, 2025 approved a range of fiscal and operational items, including an annual general obligation bond audit, the Second Interim Budget Report, termination of one vendor agreement, a roofing project bid, labor and program agreements, and board governance updates.
Markques Simas of Christy White & Associates presented the Annual General Obligation Bond Audit (Proposition W, Measure R, Measure Q), which the board approved. The board also approved the Second Interim Budget Report. Other approved items included termination of the Dale Scott & Company, Inc. agreement for convenience, approval of Bid #2024-2025-01 for roofing at Lemon Grove Academy Elementary and Monterey Heights, approval of a tentative agreement with the California School Employees Association (CSEA), a Memorandum of Understanding for the After School Education & Safety Program (ASES), a contract amendment with GradComm for the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC), and the board’s voting slate for the 2025 California School Boards Association Delegate Assembly.
All motions recorded in the public minutes carried with Dr. Javier Ayala, Dorinda Miller, Cheryl Robertson and Jasmin Smith voting yea and Yajaira Preciado noted as not present at the votes. The board also approved updated Governing Board Principles and Commitments, including added language committing to more efficient meeting management.
Votes at a glance: Annual G.O. Bond Audit — approved; Second Interim Budget Report — approved; Termination of Dale Scott & Company — approved; Bid #2024-2025-01 (roofing) — approved; Tentative agreement with CSEA — approved; Resolution updates and program agreements (ASES, GradComm amendment) — approved; CSBA Delegate Assembly voting slate — approved; Governing Board Principles and Commitments — approved.
Public comment on the consent agenda included a teacher’s remarks about the Coast2Coast out-of-state advocacy trip; no non-agendized public commenters spoke during closing public comment. The meeting adjourned at 8:03 p.m.
