Meeting
City Council · 2017-11-15
City Council meeting
Decisions
0
1 motions in all
Split votes
0
at least one no
Discussion
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no recording
Residents spoke
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introduced themselves
Agenda items and what happened
Items and outcomes were extracted from the agenda and minutes by Claude (Anthropic); each links to the minutes page. The minutes are authoritative.
| Motion | By | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| To adjourn the meeting.Mr.Seastrand. | Richard Brunst 2nd Mark Seastrand |
✓ Passed | p.3 |
Text extracted from the minutes PDF (scanned pages via OCR). The PDF is the official record.
OREMCITY COUNCIL/ALPINESCHOOLDISTRICT SPECIALJOINTMEETING 56 North State, Orem, Utah November 15, 2017 This meeting was for discussion purposes only. No official action was taken. CONDUCTING Mayor Richard F. Brunst OREM ELECTED OFFICIALS Councilmembers Debby Lauret, Sam Lentz, Tom Macdonald, Mark Seastrand, and OREMSTAFF Brenn Bybee, Assistant City Manager; Steven Downs, Assistant to the City Manager; Gary Giles Police Chief; Mr. Hirst, Recreation Director; Kirby Snideman, Long-term Planner; and Donna Weaver, City Recorder John, Burton, Mark Clement, Sara Hacken, Wendy ALPINEBOARDOFEDUCATION Hart, Paula Hill, JoDee Sundberg ALPINESCHOOLDISTRICTADMIN. Sam Jarman, Superintendent; and Rob Smith, Assistant Superintendent; John Patten, Assistant Superintendent; Randy Upton, Steve Reese, and Jason Sundberg ABSENT/EXCUSED Mr. Sumner and David Spencer Mayor Brunst called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. Items of Common Interest Superintendent Jarman reflected on the one-year anniversary of the 2016 Mountain View High Stabbings. Mrs. Lauret noted that it was Kindness Week in Orem. DISCUSSION - Alpine School District (ASD) Equity Study Rob Smith indicated that the District had met previously with the Mayor and City Manager prior to this meeting, and they had requested a report be made to the Council. Mayor Brunst noted it was a public meeting but not a public hearing, so not public comment would be accepted. Mr. Smith said the bottom-line, up-front question was if it were feasible for Orem to create its own school district. The answer was that it was since many districts in Utah and nationally had smaller student populations. Joint Orem City Council/Alpine School District Minutes -November 15,2017 (p.1) The ASD's Finance Guiding Principles Educating allstudents Strength in our collective commitment to improvement Equity was not equal They could do virtually anything they wanted, but they could not do everything. History of solving problems Mr. Smith then reviewed: An analysis of ASD's stats relating to student percentages Cost of magnet schools Federal revenues from Title 1 schools SPED (special education) students Consideration formula for Orem's excess property taxes Data O Utilized Actual UTREX, SPED, CTE, Free & Reduced data set Fund analysis to accurately portray limitations of revenue transfer between funds Data with USBE, Governor's Office, Utah Taxpayer's Association and former Business Administrator Fund Summary Estimated Annual Expenses 0Maintenance Operations o Taxing Entities ·Annual Revenue & Expense 0 ASD had a larger positive nutrition services fund, primarily due to a higher number of students eligible for free and reduced lunches Other funds not included in the analysis O Fund 21 - School Activity - not included in the analysis as revenue and expense remainwith the school Fund 25 - Alpine Foundation - fund balances for each school would remain with the school; any unrestricted balance would be distributed based on a prorated formula Fund 26 - Tax Increment - incremental revenue and expense from RDA, CDA, URA, EDA projects like University Place, would remain with the community where it resides Fund 60 - Workers Comp - self funded insurance plan for Workers Compensation Fund 66 - Internal Services - Warehouse and Printing services - operate on charges for the service provided to schools Fund 71 - OPEB Trust - irrevocable, restricted and nontransferable - liability for paying the remaining obligation is based on prorated formula Mr. Smith then reviewed questions, challenges, and opportunities · What specific advantages would students receive? What are the impacts on student learning, staff morale, school and district culture? If a separate entity were pursued, what is the economic impact to taxpayers, businesses and the broader community? Joint Orem City Council/Alpine School District Minutes -November 15,2017 (p.2) He thenreviewedinitial expectationversustheactualimpactof theJordan-Canyonsplit Initialexpectationsfromindividualspromotinganewschooldistrict: Taxeswoulddecrease Administrative savings could occur More local control and responsiveness by having more elected officials closer to the people Actualimpact 0$59millionof one-timetaxpayerfundsspent toseparate Taxrateswentupinbothdistricts Administrativeandoverheadcostswentupinbothdistricts O Additional SchoolBoardmemberswere elected torepresent the community Mr.Smith concluded by posing questions to consider: ArecurrentASDlevelsof servicemaintainedor reduced?（retirementincentives, negotiated agreements,etc.) Clear Creek access?Space Center access?DanPeterson?ATEC? How will Orem City respond to agingbuildings? What will Orem City do when or if enrollment continues to decline? Whatistheproblemwearereallytryingtosolve? Subsequent to Council,District,and staff discussion,Mayor Brunst invited the principal of Hillcrest Elementary to answer some questions about his school needs. SetDateandTimeforNext The next meeting was scheduled for January 17,2018,at noon in the Orem City Council Chambers. Adjournment MayorBrunstmoved to adjourn the meeting.Mr.Seastrand seconded themotion.Themotion passed unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 1:48 p.m. CORPORATE SEAL Comma R.eaver DonnaR.Weaver,CityRecorder Approved:December12,2017 Joint OremCityCouncil/AlpineSchool DistrictMinutes-November15,2017（p.3)