September 15, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Learning Community Coordinating Council
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1. Opening the Meeting
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1.a. Call to Order: The regular September meeting of the Learning Community Council is called to order on September 15, 2022, at ___ p.m.
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1.b. Council Mission Statement: Together with school districts and community organizations as partners, we demonstrate, share, and implement more effective practices to measurably improve educational outcomes for children and families in poverty.
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1.c. Public Notice and Compliance Nebraska Open Meetings Law
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1.d. Council Roll Call
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1.e. Pledge of Allegiance
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2. Public Comment
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3. Chair Opening Statement
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3.a. Chair
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3.b. Chief Executive Officer
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3.c. Treasurer
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3.d. Legal Counsel
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3.e. LC Foundation
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4. Consent Agenda
*Unless removed from the consent agenda, items identified within the consent agenda will be acted on at one time. |
4.a. Minutes of the August 25, 2022, meeting of the Council
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4.b. Treasurer’s Report – dated August 31, 2021
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5. Learning Community Programming Update
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5.a. Centers
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5.b. Superintendents' Plan - BECI Presentation
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5.c. District Initiatives
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6. Subcommittee Reports
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6.a. Elementary Learning and Diversity Subcommittee
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6.a.i. Action Item: Upon recommendation of the Elementary, Learning and Diversity subcommittee, the Coordinating Council of the Learning Community motions to approve the appointment of Itzeni Nayeli Lopez as the Executive Director of the Elementary Learning Centers.
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6.b. Budget, Finance & Audit Subcommittee
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6.b.i. Action Items: 2022-2023 Budget
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6.b.ii. Motion to approve the General Fund Budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year in the amount of $494,687 calling for a total property tax requirement of $0 and to recommend the same to the full Council at the next Learning Community Council meeting.
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6.b.iii. Motion to approve the Capital Projects Fund Budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year in the amount of $999,045 calling for a property tax requirement of $981,784 plus a 1% County Treasurer Collection Fee of $9,917 for a total property tax requirement of $991,701 and to recommend the same to the full Council at the next Learning Community Coordinating Council meeting.
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6.b.iv. Motion to approve the Elementary Learning Center Fund Budget for the 2022-2023 fiscal year in the amount of $11,536,688 calling for a property tax requirement of $11,685,633 plus a 1% County Treasurer Collection Fee of $118,036.58 for a total property tax requirement of $11,803,669.58 and to recommend the same to the full Council at the next Learning Community Coordinating Council meeting.
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6.c. Action Items: 2023 Tax Year Levy Resolutions
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6.c.i. Motion to adopt of the following resolutions and to recommend the same to the full Council at the next Learning Community Coordinating Council meeting.
WHEREAS, Nebraska Revised Statute § 77-1601.02 provides that the Coordinating Council, as the governing body of the Learning Community of Douglas and Sarpy Counties (the “Learning Community”), passes by majority vote a resolution setting the Learning Community’s tax requests for its Capital Projects Levy and Elementary Learning Center Levy after holding a public hearing for the purpose of discussing and approving or modifying the Learning Community’s tax requests for the 2022-2023 fiscal year; WHEREAS, such special public hearing was held on September 15, 2022 as required by law to receive and consider public comments regarding the proposed property tax requests of the Learning Community’s Capital Projects Levy and Elementary Learning Center Levy, notice of the special public hearing having been given in accordance with Nebraska Revised Statute § 77-1601.02; WHEREAS, the total assessed value of the property differs from the previous year’s total assessed value by 8.62%; the tax rate which would levy the same amount of property taxes as the previous year, when multiplied by the new total assessed value of property would be $0.014954 per $100 of assessed value; the Learning Community proposes to adopt a property tax requests that will cause its tax rate to be $0.016248 per $100 of assessed value for the 2022-2023 fiscal year; WHEREAS, based on the proposed property tax request and changes in other revenue, the total operating budget of Learning Community will increase last year’s budget by 10.22 percent; and WHEREAS, the Coordinating Council, after having reviewed the Learning Community’s tax requests for each said levy, and after public consideration of the matter, has determined that the tax requests as listed below are necessary in order to carry out the functions of the Learning Community, as determined by the Coordinating Council for the 2022-2023 fiscal year. BE IT RESOLVED that the Coordinating Council of the Learning Community hereby sets its Capital Projects Levy property tax request for the 2022-2023 fiscal year at $991,701; and BE IT RESOLVED that the Coordinating Council of the Learning Community hereby sets its Elementary Learning Centers Levy property tax request for the 2022-2023 fiscal year at $11,803,669.58. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be certified and forwarded to the Douglas County Clerk on or before October 15, 2022. |
6.d. Legislative Subcommittee
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7. New Business
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7.a. ACTION ITEM: Motion to approve the MOEC program agreement to support the Raise Me to Read Campaign to align with the Community Achievement Plan (CAP) in the amount of $25,000 for FY 2022/2023, and contractually renew each year for FY 2023/2024 and FY 2024/2025 at the same amount.
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7.b. ACTION ITEM: Motion to approve the MOEC service agreement to support Program evaluation to align with the Community Achievement Plan (CAP) in the amount of no more than $30,000 for FY 2022/2023, and contractually renew each year for FY 2023/2024 and FY 2024/2025 at the same amount.
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7.c. Communications Report-Emspace & Lovgren
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8. Action Items
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9. Unfinished Business
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10. Upcoming Meeting – October 20, 2022 – Learning Community Center of North Omaha, 1612 North 24th Street, Omaha, NE 68110
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11. Adjournment
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