Agenda Item
Meeting Date:
9/28/2023 - 6:00 PM  
Category:
Purchasing  
Type:
Action  
Subject:
11.24 Council of Great City Schools Purchasing Reference 9803  
Strategic Plans:
 
Enclosure:
Extraordinary Unspecifiable Services Form  
File Attachment:
9803 Council of Great City Schools EUS.pdf
 
Summary:
WHEREAS, the Council of Great City Schools brings together seventy-eight of the nation’s largest urban public-school systems in a coalition dedicated to the improvement of education for children in the inner cities. The Council and its member school districts work to help schoolchildren meet the highest standards and become successful and productive members of society; and

WHEREAS, the Newark Board of Education has maintained a membership with the Council of Great City Schools for over ten years; and

WHEREAS, due to incremental annual increases this expenditure now exceeds the bid threshold; and

WHEREAS, the District is authorized to enter into an agreement for extraordinary unspecifiable services in accordance with NJSA 18A:18A-5a (2); and

WHEREAS, the recommendation for award of term membership contract was reviewed and approved by Valerie Wilson, School Business Administrator.
 
Funding :
Funding
Subject to availability of funds.
10-11-000-230-890-400-000-000
 
Recommendation to the Board
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the membership payment for the Council of Great City Schools for a term of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023 as follows:

Council of Great City Schools, Washington, DC at a cost not to exceed $46,746.00
 
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Vanessa Albuquerque - Contract Administrator
Signed By:  
Sherelle Spriggs - Senior Purchasing Manager
Signed By:  
Jyoti Sharma - Principal Fiscal Analyst
Signed By:  
Valerie Wilson - School Business Administrator
Signed By:  
Roger León - Superintendent
 
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Daniel Gonzalez Moved, Member Josephine Garcia seconded to approve the Original motion 'NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Newark Board of Education accepts and approves the membership payment for the Council of Great City Schools for a term of July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2023 as follows:

Council of Great City Schools, Washington, DC at a cost not to exceed $46,746.00'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 7 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 7 - 0
   
Josephine Garcia     Yes
Dawn Haynes     Yes
A'Dorian Murray-Thomas     Yes
Hasani Council     Yes
Daniel Gonzalez     Yes
Crystal Williams     Yes
Allison K. James-Frison     Yes