Votes at a glance: Newark Unified approves CPM contract, audit‑committee appointments and a legal‑services extension

At the April board meeting, Newark Unified trustees took several formal actions. Tally and key notes are listed below.

Audit committee appointments (11.5 / 11.6)
• Motion: Appoint Miss Saeed as voting member of the audit committee.
• Mover/Second: Member Jones / Member Anguiano.
• Vote: Approved, 6 ayes.

• Motion: Appoint Mr. Wiese as nonvoting member of the audit committee.
• Mover/Second: Member Anguiano / Member Block.
• Vote: Approved, 6 ayes.

Capital program and construction management contract (RFQ)
• Motion: Approve RFQ program and construction management services contract with Capital Program Management (CPM).
• Mover/Second: Member Hill / Member Jones.
• Vote: Approved, 6 ayes.

Legal services extension (14.3)
• Motion: Approve an additional $75,000 for legal services with Lozano Smith for the current fiscal year (district staff indicated total legal spending this year exceeded $200,000).
• Mover/Second: Member Angliano / Member Block.
• Vote: Approved, majority recorded (5 ayes; student board member not counted in the final tally as required by board rules).

Consent agenda and personnel items
• Motion: Approve consent agenda items 14.2 and 14.4–14.21; item 14.3 was pulled for discussion and voted on separately.
• Vote: Bulk consent items approved (recorded aye votes noted in the transcript). Pull and separate vote on 14.3 recorded above.

Other procedural action
• Motion: Extend the meeting time to 10:30 p.m. — motion carried.

Context: Several votes accompanied presentations: CPM introduced its team and work plan prior to the contract vote; the mobile-device policy was a staff presentation and treated as a first reading, not a final vote. The board also moved to appoint a CSBA delegate (LC Lee) for the delegate assembly runoff election.