Uh well, let's call our January operations meeting to order. Welcome everybody. Do a roll of attendance here. Tony Saddowski, >> Charlie Martin here. >> Members present. Move on to uh approval of the agenda. Be it resolved. The Centennial School District Operations Committee 3.1 approves the January 16th, 2026 operations committee agenda as per the attached. Are there any uh changes, corrections that need to be made that are allowed by PA law? Have a second. >> Yes, sir. >> I don't believe Mrs. >> It seems very unlikely that Mr. Branado will be [laughter] >> involved in any way. >> I think she should be removed >> other than other anyway. [laughter] >> No problem for sure. But as amended to uh remove our URW while former director. Uh do I have a second to approve the amended? >> All in favor? >> I threezip and uh on to approval of minutes. Uh 4.1 approves the minutes for from the operations committee meeting held November 14th, 2025. >> Anything changes the first? >> Same. Yeah. Other than Mrs. Frank's name notwithstanding. >> Was she in November? >> She was. Yes. >> This is who's doing it today. So, >> there was one of them that she >> Oh, that's true. Yeah, it's true. >> She didn't attend the last one. So, >> I just know heard her name had been there. Good. >> Um, >> okay. Yeah. Otherwise, I'm to move that forward. >> Did we get a second on that? Second. >> Y second. >> Perfect. All in favor? >> I. >> All right. Presentations. >> Right. Not a lot going on. Uh just a few updates and I left a few things on this slide deck that were on previous just to update our newest members on what's kind of still out there and hanging out there. [snorts] Bus patrol. I've got all of the agreements back. Uh Ivy Land, Warminster, Southampton's came back to me this week. It's bus patrol. They have to sign it. They'll get it back and then I'll forward that back to Southampton solicitor and we'll be full go. They are in the process of setting up training with the police stations to get them trained on the system so they can we can go live. We pick sometime in February as soon as everybody's trained and everybody's up to speed on how it works and how they have to approve uh you know violations or whatever we will announce a live date. But we're expecting like the second week of February to go live. So, any questions with that? Um, I believe they're down to the last couple buses being installs. They were there yesterday. There's there's one or two guys there today to try and finish all of the installs. So, and we just got two new bus our last of our two new buses on Friday. So, that added to their work. So, we have all three buses that you approved >> uh on on property now and they'll be in full use as soon as that's installed. So, um, one thing I wanted to bring up that I would like you to take for consideration and maybe talks with the remainder of the board is there is a grant system out there right now. If approved, we can the state would handle 75% of the cost of the project. We But the problem with this and I know where we're at in budgeting right now and where the school district is, we have to provide a letter up front saying we are committed to pay 25% of the project. So I want to think I I put a couple examples on here. These are some of our our larger projects that are going to come in the next three to four years easily. We are repairing those roofs and keeping them running, especially the clinger roofs. So, if you could pick one, I would suggest Clinger. If you wanted to pick a HVAC unit at William Tennant for the pool, that one we've been kind of keeping going, too. That's a $400,000 project just because it takes a crane to put that unit on the roof. And it's a But, uh, what I'm asking is maybe you think about a dollar amount that you'd be comfortable with, if any at all, and maybe we can find a project to meet that 25% dollar amount. So if you said we can only afford $250,000 and I I try and find a million dollar project to go with you can only $100,000 we go with the 400. So what I'm asking is maybe you think that that's from now till March is the deadline to to put those in. There's a March date so we have a little bit of time to think about do we have the money to put forward because it's hard it'd be hard to turn down a 75% cost on a project if we can figure it out. So, I just wanted to that's out there and available. So, I just Yes. >> Yes. Off the top of my head, I don't have a dollar amount exactly that Tom has in our capital reserve, but I and it might be on this later slide. I hadn't thought that's a great question. Um, but it still has to be approved by the board obviously. So, >> it makes it much easier. >> Agreed. >> Agreed. So, I just wanted to put that out there so you can have that conversation or know that it's available and we don't need an answer on it now, but February would be great. So, I can get that in and have it sometime in February. >> Tom, I'll find out what's left in our capital reserve for the year for this year. So, and I would believe If we committed it, we wouldn't be doing I don't know when the approval would be. So, it might even be next year's budget that that would have to come out of, but if we didn't use a million of this year's budget, it's going to slide and we're not refunding that on, you know, so it's there. But I I appreciate that. That's great. Um, so every six months, which I found out were not quite happening unfortunately, we are supposed to do a periodic inspection of the asbestous that we still have remaining in log collagen clean, but we did get that back on schedule with our engineering um, fireette and they did an inspection. They found one spot at Clinger that need had some dam water damage and was starting to come apart. So, we went ahead. They actually that they found that late December. We just had it fixed last night after hours by Bristol Environmental who has done all of our other repairs and things like that just because it it's not something you want to leave out there, right? You don't it's fraying. So, they did that. But one thing I did realize is that we were not that the last year is when I looked to see where our inspections were and update our web page to where our asbestous status was that they had not been doing that. So, they're back on schedule now. But this is what we found and there's the repair that they completed. Um, one thing I do want to put together is maybe a three or five year plan for full abatement of everything. And that probably depends on what Hey, if it's a threeyear plan, cost us every year. Does that need to be a fiveyear plan? Does it need to be a sevenyear plan? So once I have the numbers of our full what we have square footage left in flooring and piping wrap and we can get full removal of it and never have to do those again. We'll know what it cost. We can we can spread that out in a fiveyear plan or a three-year plan. So just so you know, I'm working on that plan also to give you more information what the cost might be and moving forward with that. Some more to come. One thing that I know Mr. Sidowski you're aware of a few months back the child care center in front of the bus garage contacted us about changing the plot lines on those two properties. And if you look at it on the right shows the property that the child care center owns and our buses, our gas tanks, our propane tank somewhere there was an agreement done. I can't find it anywhere in the history of the district for us to us to use that portion of their property for our bus, our transportation center. And the only thing I can figure that was in that agreement was this building on our property somewhere. There was a handshake agreement done or even paperwork done for us to be able to use that. I'm assuming for them to offset that they get the rent from that building. So that's history I can find on it even nobody knows. Uh our solicitor has no idea. So what's happening is our two solicitors and I know the new solicitor just got that stuff this week. They're working with the child care centers lawyers to try and redraw these lines. And what we're proposing is that they want us to take this to us. We don't know that yet. That's why this is >> Did they go back and look at the deeds from when the school district sold the property to whoever bought it back in the day years ago? >> I did not, but we put it in the solicitor's hands and hoping they could find some history. And I can't. We couldn't find any history on it. >> Limit how many hours he can spend doing that. I mean, >> yeah. Right. >> Not open-ended there. >> But here's the Look, we have this building just makes no sense. But just so you know, that's out there. So if you hear about it, um, anybody's talking about it that we're working on trying to resolve that and hopefully own. I mean, this is this is all not But that depends on what what's it going to take. Do they just want to re do they just want to redraw lines because they want to sell the front property? We don't know that yet. We haven't got all the information. That's what I'm assuming. They want to do something with that. So, it's more to come on that. And there you go. It shows it again different. So, uh, capital update, which I think there is not many changes at the moment. Here's where we, um, the two things I'm working on or the one thing I'm working on is still, you approved the forward on planning the FCF. They are coming out on January 23rd to do final measurements of those two rooms and start design and layout of those update of those two rooms. So, that's that's in works. I'm hoping to get that done within the next few months. So, if approved, we can accomplish that this summer. And that's part of what's in the capital fund also. And then I just continue to update our capital our 10-year capital project plan. And it's hard to read on here. So, if you would all like a copy of that, and I think you've got it through Tom probably. um the capital plan and different what I'm suggesting what needs to be done you know year 27 year 28 year 29 I can share that I'll share that with you so you can read it because it's you can't this is hard to read on this slide so I will I'll share that that document with you Well, so that's the FCS room. >> That was the previous the family consumer. >> It's called family consumer science instead of home or whatever you called. So yeah, that's what this that's what this >> Karen we for like the past several years we've been talking about a plan to finally renovate those build those rooms because they're well overdue >> at both at both schools both middle. So that that's what we're in works on figuring out final cost for each one design and final cost. Hope hopefully we have that in the next couple months. So we can go out the bid and hopefully do that sometime this summer because they're obviously full summer projects because they can't be done. There's too much going on. >> He is So he is because he's asked me what the timeline was and I said as soon as I know they're doing measurements now for design what I'm going to do is involve him and the teachers when the design the first design comes out so they can look at it and say no we want this we want that you know I have inputs from him so yes he is aware of what's going on and everything so is uh so is um clinger they're aware what's going on and everything. Also, here we go. Budget. Let's see if there's something in here. Jim, I have one question as well. Are these lists of projects broken down uh when I was at the county, we had three categories of things. Things you must do, things you should do, and things would be nice to do. they broke it down because we have limited funds to work with even though hopefully we'll be getting more as uh we get some expertise in that department but uh we are limited so it' be nice to know some of those things are nice things but they aren't m they're not urgent to do right now and then there are some that are >> we have to do them like this pipe you did a great job with this project that was great >> is that broken down or identified as what what category they would fall in and that. >> So on the on the slide that I showed you, it's hard to read. I have not only have spread things out over years to try and not spend $10 million in one year, right? I've also highlighted what their priority and and projection of if we don't do it this year, hey, it's really crucial from two years from now. But I so when I get that slide to you, you'll be able to hopefully and if you have more questions regarding that, once you read that slide, then uh please feel free email me back and ask for clarification on that. Also, >> in the past, we've had things come up, new rugs, new furniture for the library. I mean, they're nice things, but kids could still read a book in the chair they have, you know, >> using the >> Yeah. the arm's not falling off the chair, >> right? So just so we do what we need to do, but the other things >> if we can do them, we'll do them. >> Agreed. >> All right. Things to be taken forward to the board. The only two things that we have are it related. So I'm going to ask the both of you to talk to those both things that are taken and what they are and the money it costs and how that works. So There's two different things that we want to uh purchase. [clears throat] The first one is for switches. Um it's a we we call it internal connections. We went we sent out to bid for that three. We got three um responses. The lowest response was 1.1 uh 31. Uh we also get E rate. So we do get a percentage back. So the district roughly cost would be 271. This will replace the infrastructure of our switches. Um they're currently they're 8 to 10 years old. So they're over they're overdue. That's the first one. The second one is for a backup solution. Right now we do it in-house. Uh we we have a piece of equipment that's at the high school that we back everything up. This is a the is a Rubik maintenance solution that would be going through Chester County IU. And the advantage of that is we have no equipment here. Everything's cloud-based. So they're the two ones. >> I have one one with the first one. Wasn't that approved? Was that approved in the budget already? And there's going to be a savings based on what was already approved or am I >> correct? That was in the budget for a mill >> in the in the capital project and it should be less. It's what it would be well well below the so that's in the cap that money was put aside a million dollars in the capital reserve already where you can't move it back to operations already and they found with -ate that the the cost is going to be somewhere around $271 not $1 million just so you know to understand that. So it is money that's kind of ear marked for something and we found a way they've found a way to save on that million dollars >> that covers labor as well as >> correct >> is there a maintenance piece also >> it's tied in three years three years maintenance >> life expectancy is 8 to 10 again >> then I'm not too sure about the any any questions on the second one >> you have any questions on that backup solution Is that a one time savings or is that an annual? >> That's a a one time savings because we don't have to purchase the equipment. Any other questions? >> Everybody moving ahead. >> That's that. Try and make them short and sweet and to the point. Any further questions on anything? >> I cannot answer that for you. I don't I that's more of the business office. I you know, not the operations side. So, I don't know that for sure. >> No, I don't believe so. No, I I'm pretty sure they don't fall under what uh Lori has under the food services through the state and all that stuff. >> Motion to adjurnn. I like this committee. >> Not bad, right? We try to keep it moving. >> Charlie, you are good, man. Had lunch by 11:30. You're good. >> Mr. Sowski will tell you I don't w I don't usually waste too much time. >> No. No. We like to keep >> Yeah, >> we all have things to do. What's