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Votes at a glance: preschool licensing, administrative signing authority, contracts and a special-needs bus approved
Summary
At the Nov. board meeting the board unanimously approved a preschool licensing application and related signature resolution, awarded a restroom site-work bid, approved shade structures, purchased a special-needs bus, approved a school safety conference attendance and reported two closed-session actions (settlement approved; liability claim denied).
The Los Banos Unified board took a series of procedural and procurement votes during the meeting. Key actions included:
- Preschool licensing application and signature delegation: The board voted to authorize submission of a licensing application for two new preschool classrooms (bringing the preschool total to six) and adopted a resolution delegating signature authority to staff for licensing visits; item passed by roll call and was recorded as carried unanimously.
- Resolution 50-25 (authorization to sign): The board adopted Resolution 50-25, authorizing the assistant superintendent of administrative services to sign certain documents on behalf of the governing board; motion passed via roll call.
- R.M. Miano Elementary restroom site-work bid: The board awarded the site-work bid to TBS Contractors (low bid reported at $314,726.50 plus a 10% contingency mentioned by staff) and authorized the superintendent or designee to sign contract documents and issue the notice to proceed.
- Shade structures for Las Banos High modernization: The board approved a Park Planet proposal for multiple shade structures and a golf-cart charging shade in the campus parking area (contract sum reported as $575,000); motion carried unanimously.
- Special-needs bus purchase: The board approved purchase of a 2025 model bus (36-passenger, wheelchair lift, capacity for two wheelchairs) from AZ Bus Sales to expand special-needs routes and reduce student ride times; the motion carried unanimously.
- Pulled conference item: The board approved Pacheco High School attendees to a National School Safety and Security Conference in Las Vegas (dates corrected in discussion). Several trustees asked that staff consider broader district representation for future conference attendance.
- Consent calendar: The consent calendar was approved with the single pull described above.
- Closed session actions: The board reported two closed-session outcomes: (1) approval of an agreement related to anticipated litigation (motion by Castro; second by Gattuso; vote recorded as 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absences — Moran and Smith); (2) denial of a liability claim against the district (motion by Valadao; second by Castro; vote 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absences). No other closed-session actions were reported.
Board members asked staff for follow-up materials and contract details where figures were discussed; staff agreed to return contract documents and more detailed cost breakdowns at the requested special meeting so construction can begin in early December.
