Common Ground Board Meeting Agenda for February 24, 2025

February 24, 2025

AGENDA

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Welcome 

Public Comment (5:30) (two minutes per person for a total time limit of 30 minutes, or by email; see instructions below) Sign up for Public Participation HERE

Business Requiring Approval (6:00)

Minutes of the January 27th Board Meeting

Motion for Certified Resolution: 

  • Motion for a certified resolution for Genevive Walker to sign contracts, with authorization starting on March 17, 2025.
  • Motion to add Genevive Walker as a signer on the bank accounts.

Invoices Needing Approval

  • 501c3 Trust:  $11,605.82 – For 3 previous employees from Oct-Jan; already approved by Brian, Peter, *budgeted
  • PKF O’Connor Davies $9,061.43 – Extra time spent on EFS, *not budgeted
  • PKF O’Connor Davies $30,650 –  Final Audit + Extra time spent on Audit, *partially budgeted
    • This year the total for the audit was $54,711.43 ~$18,711.43 over budget due to additional hours spent by the head accountant on EFS and additional support needed by the business office to complete the audit *this has already been factored into the Jan. forecast (Elena Sent email to confirm all bill total on 2/20/25)

Executive Director Report (6:05)

Link to February Director Reports

Committee Reports (6:15)

Minutes of all Committee Meetings will be posted on the Board of Directors Webpage by the end of each month.

Finance Committee (Jeff)

The regular meeting of the finance committee was held on February 20th.

The meeting agenda and notes from the Finance Committee can be found HERE. 

Governance Committee Report (Ky)

The governance committee will give a verbal update.

The ED Transition Team will meet at 9 AM next Tuesday to discuss a plan for the first two weeks. The committee will communicate and coordinate with the Management Team, following the planning session.

Development Committee Report (Brian + Committee)

The Development Committee met on Tuesday, February 18th. 

Minutes of the meeting can be found HERE.

Board will review and discuss details of the Capital Campaign to be launched Mar 1, 2025.

School Committee Report (Liz) 

The School Committee met on February 19th. The Curriculum and Instruction Subcommittee met on January 29th.

Minutes from the School Committee Meetings can be found HERE.

Monique will give a brief presentation on first semester school data.

New Business (6:45)

Executive Session (7:50)

Adjourn (8:00)

Next Meeting: Monday, March 31st.

Public Comment: 

In order to comply with Connecticut Open Meeting laws, any member of the public wishing to participate in the meeting must sign up on the Public Participation Sign-up Document. Sign-ups for Public Participation will open at 5 pm on the last business day before the meeting (Friday, March 28th) and will close at 5:00 pm on the day of the meeting (Monday, March 31st) Public Participation is limited to 2 minutes per person up to 30 total minutes. Anyone wishing to make a statement to the board can also submit testimony in writing to Alexis.Smith@nhep.com  by 5:00 pm on the day of the meeting. All submitted documents will be included in the publicly shared meeting minutes.

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