Citizen Portal
Sign In

Votes at a glance: Newark Unified approves CPM contract, audit‑committee appointments and a legal‑services extension

Newark Unified School District Board of Education · April 16, 2026

Loading...

AI-Generated Content: All content on this page was generated by AI to highlight key points from the meeting. For complete details and context, we recommend watching the full video. so we can fix them.

Summary

The board approved a slate of motions including (1) appointment of an audit‑committee voting member and a nonvoting member, (2) hiring Capital Program Management for construction oversight, (3) extension with Lozano Smith for legal services, and (4) several consent items; most motions passed unanimously or by recorded majorities.

At the April board meeting, Newark Unified trustees took several formal actions. Tally and key notes are listed below.

Audit committee appointments (11.5 / 11.6) • Motion: Appoint Miss Saeed as voting member of the audit committee. • Mover/Second: Member Jones / Member Anguiano. • Vote: Approved, 6 ayes.

• Motion: Appoint Mr. Wiese as nonvoting member of the audit committee. • Mover/Second: Member Anguiano / Member Block. • Vote: Approved, 6 ayes.

Capital program and construction management contract (RFQ) • Motion: Approve RFQ program and construction management services contract with Capital Program Management (CPM). • Mover/Second: Member Hill / Member Jones. • Vote: Approved, 6 ayes.

Legal services extension (14.3) • Motion: Approve an additional $75,000 for legal services with Lozano Smith for the current fiscal year (district staff indicated total legal spending this year exceeded $200,000). • Mover/Second: Member Angliano / Member Block. • Vote: Approved, majority recorded (5 ayes; student board member not counted in the final tally as required by board rules).

Consent agenda and personnel items • Motion: Approve consent agenda items 14.2 and 14.4–14.21; item 14.3 was pulled for discussion and voted on separately. • Vote: Bulk consent items approved (recorded aye votes noted in the transcript). Pull and separate vote on 14.3 recorded above.

Other procedural action • Motion: Extend the meeting time to 10:30 p.m. — motion carried.

Context: Several votes accompanied presentations: CPM introduced its team and work plan prior to the contract vote; the mobile-device policy was a staff presentation and treated as a first reading, not a final vote. The board also moved to appoint a CSBA delegate (LC Lee) for the delegate assembly runoff election.