Sep 18, 2024 Board Meeting

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I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING FOR TODAY.

[1.01 Roll Call]

BOARD PRESIDENT SANDRA SALAZAR IS ABSENT. BOARD VICE PRESIDENT MARIANA PACHECO.

PRESIDENT. BOARD CLERK. DON GREENE. PRESENT. TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY IS ABSENT.

TRUSTEE. ZURICH LEWIS PRESENT. TRUSTEE. SHIN LIU.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE. MARISA. PEREZ IS ABSENT. STUDENT TRUSTEE KATHIE LEE IS ABSENT AND PRESENT.

SUPERINTENDENT FARRELL. PRESENT. I'D LIKE TO HAVE ZURICH LEWIS.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU. ITEM 1.03. AGENDA REORGANIZATION. I WOULD LIKE TO

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MOVE UP ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS 3.01, 3.02 AND 3.03.

RIGHT AFTER BEFORE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE AND REPORTS FROM THE CONSTITUENTS.

I FROM THERE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DIRECTLY INTO CLOSED SESSION BECAUSE WE NEED TO ADDRESS TWO ITEMS. AND WHEN WE RETURN WE WILL REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION.

IT WILL BE FAST. DON'T WORRY. NO FACES PLEASE.

I'M SORRY FRANK. AND WE'LL GO DIRECTLY TO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE CONSTITUENTS, AND REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT STAFF.

AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING FOR TODAY.

NO OBJECTION. MOTION. SO MOVED. OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. NONE OPPOSED. OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO

[3.01 Approve 2024-2025 Salary Rate Increase and 2024-2025 Salary Schedules for Select Represented Employees]

MOTION. SECOND. THANK YOU. FIRST I MOVE. SECOND.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY.

MOTION IS APPROVED. ITEM 3.02. APPROVED. 2024 2025.

[3.02 Approve 2024-2025 Salary Rate Increase and 2024-2025 Salary Schedules for Contract Management, Management, Confidential, and Child Development Center Employees]

CONFIDENTIAL AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER. MOTION, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY.

NONE OPPOSED. MOTION IS APPROVED. ITEM NUMBER 3.03.

[3.03 Approve Agreement between The Cerritos Community College District and The Cerritos College Faculty Federation (CCFF) Local 6215]

LOCAL 6215. MOTION, PLEASE. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OKAY. NONE OPPOSED.

MOTION CARRIED. NOW WE ARE MOVING DIRECTLY INTO CLOSED SESSION, AND WE WILL BE BACK SHORTLY.

[5. Closed Session]

[6. Closing Items]

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

AND THE MIC. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. LYNN. IT'S ON.

THANK YOU. HI. HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING? GOOD EVENING. I DIDN'T I DON'T HAVE A SCRIPT, SO I JUST CAME TO SAY.

WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS IN MY HEART. IT IT WAS A VERY, I MEAN, A HURDLE TO GET HERE TODAY, BUT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE MY EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT.

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I'M SPEAKING UP FOR THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, WHO CAN'T SPEAK AND PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO I WAS WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, I'M ACTUALLY A NEW STUDENT HERE, AND IT WAS KIND OF HARD NAVIGATING THROUGH THE CERRITOS COLLEGE. I MEAN, I LOVE THE COLLEGE AND THE PROGRAMS THAT IT'S OFFERED, BUT IT WAS KIND OF HARD NAVIGATING WITHOUT THE THE CATALOG.

AND I HAVE ASKED THE LIBRARY, THE ADMIN, THE ADMINISTRATIVE SITUATION AND RECORDS FOR THE BOOK AND TO SEE IF THERE WAS A BOOK.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR FACTOR IN, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU FIRST START SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GIVEN ALL THE, THE RESOURCES AND YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THERE OR WHAT'S NOT.

THE CLASSES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, OFFERED. AND AS FAR AS THE FALL AND THE SPRING SUMMER.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A I'M ACTUALLY A FIRST TIME I'M NOT A FIRST TIME STUDENT.

I'M A FIRST TIME STUDENT HERE. BUT IN EVERYWHERE ELSE, I'VE BEEN TO COLLEGE, TO OTHER COLLEGES AS WELL, TO WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW. SO MY WAY OF NAVIGATING THROUGH THE COLLEGE SYSTEM IS THROUGH THE CATALOG.

SO. AND WE'VE BEEN IN WE'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR LIKE ABOUT A MONTH NOW, AND I DON'T I COULDN'T FIND A CATALOG.

I ONLY SEE 2023 THROUGH 2024, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE YOU KNOW, CAPABLE OF PROVIDING OR, YOU KNOW, BUT OTHER THAN THAT THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 1.05, REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS.

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. LYNN, WHAT'S GOING ON? ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. TRUSTEES, I COME BEFORE YOU WITH GREAT NEWS TO SHARE OF THE VOTING.

CCF MEMBERS, 97% VOTED TO RATIFY THE CONTRACT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REVIEW TONIGHT AND OR YOU ALREADY ALREADY REVIEWED.

NOT SURE. I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR OUR LEAD NEGOTIATOR, DOCTOR APRIL BRACAMONTES, AND THE REST OF THE NEGOTIATIONS TEAM DOCTOR WILL MIDDENDORF, DOCTOR BOBBY LEE SMART AND JASON HOLTMAN.

SO, TRUSTEES, IT'S TIME TO FINISH THE JOB. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO REPORTS FROM AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS. ZURICH. LEWIS. NO REPORT. SHIN LIU.

NO REPORT, DON GREEN. NO REPORT. AND I HAVE NO REPORT.

OKAY, SO NOW LET ME FINISH OFF BY SAYING IN THE READOUT OUR VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS IN REGARDS TO THE DENIAL OF THE CLAIM FROM THE CLAIMANT, GERARDO SALTO.

AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR BOARD MEETING. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.