Agenda - 05-15-2018 8-a - Minutes

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13 • May 2: Chapel Hill High School Open House 1 • May 23: Town of Chapel Hill Public Hearing and Special Use Permit 2 • May 25: Special Board of Education Meeting to approve GMP and notice to Orange 3 County Finance Staff 4 • June 11: Commence construction 5 • December 2020: Project completion 6 7 Unfunded CIP Worksheet 8 • What is feasible with the remaining projects? 9 o Will there be additional $? 10 o Target date for additional funding? 11 o Focus only on broken infrastructure? 12 o Build new schools? Requires $$$$$ But where? 13 • Implement the plan to “escape” the perfect storm 14 o Older facilities in disrepair 15 o Newer facilities that have become older 16 o Class size mandate – need to meet in 2021 17 o Few school sites remaining 18 19 Questions 20 21 Commissioner Jacobs referred to the custodial services, and asked if McDougal 22 elementary and middle are considered as one or two schools. 23 Todd LoFrese said for bid purposes, it is considered one school, but in tallying schools, 24 it is two schools. 25 Commissioner asked when Morris Grove opened. 26 Todd LoFrese said 2008. 27 Mark Marcoplos said he is bewildered by the cost of bringing the contracted services in 28 house. He said it may be helpful to have a separate meeting to discuss this topic further. 29 Chair Dasi said this is a legitimate topic for discussion, but if the schools cannot meet 30 basic needs, it may not be realistic to consider this proposition. 31 Commissioner Marcoplos said it is a serious issue, and there is a moral imperative to 32 the employees. He said it is also an educational issue, and children should not be taught that it 33 is acceptable to hire people, but pay them less than their worth. 34 Chair Dasi said the same logic could be applied to teachers, who are not being paid 35 their worth. She questions whether custodial staff rises to the same level of priority. 36 Chair Dorosin agreed it is worth having a discussion. He said the current contract is 37 almost $1.4 million. 38 Todd LoFrese said that was the previous year’s contract, and the new contract is $1.6 39 million. 40 Chair Dorosin said it is $1.6 million compared to potentially $3.2; although he is unclear 41 on how $3.2 million is reached, without knowing the number of custodians. 42 Todd LoFrese said he does not know the number of contracted services staff, and does 43 not know the contractor’s staffing model. He said the number in the column is based on 44 Department of Public Instruction (DPI) standards and recommendations for facility square 45 footage. He gave an example with Carrboro Elementary being $107,000, which is equal to 3 46 custodians receiving a living wage, state health insurance, and retirement benefits. He said this 47 would allow for 3 employees to clean 60,000 square feet, and industry expectations are 18,000-48 20,000 square feet per custodian. 49