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Committee backs moving a mobile summer feeding bus forward (costs to be paid from food service)
Summary
Staff proposed repurposing a spare 65-passenger bus for a mobile summer feeding program, asking to move the item forward with costs not to exceed $7,000 paid from the food service budget; staff said driver time would also be covered by food service. Committee discussion clarified which schools will be used as summer feeding sites.
Staff presented a plan to use one of the district's 65-passenger buses for a mobile summer feeding program and asked the committee to take the item forward for board consideration. Staff said the cost to convert or prepare the bus will not exceed $7,000 and will be paid from the food service department; the food service department will also cover driver time rather than charging operations.
Committee members asked about site selection for summer meals. Staff said the district will use Ronald and William Tennant as operating summer-feeding sites; Klinger and Law College are closed to regular activity and used only for outside access if needed. Staff also noted meals are sometimes moved between kitchens and cited a logistics example of bringing food from one kitchen to support another site ("we also bring food to the from McDonald to Davis").
Staff described the district's inventory of several 65-passenger buses nearing the end of their lifecycle and said one could be used for mobile feeding without materially affecting regular transportation routes. The staff member emphasized the program can be run with existing resources and that the conversion could be avoided in subsequent years by rotating available buses.
The committee did not record a formal vote on the conversion at this meeting; staff asked to move the request forward so the board can consider formal approval.
