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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, October 27, 2015
TO: School Board Members
FROM: Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve the Agreement for Technical Services (ATS) with the Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) (Business Division)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Upon approval, this ATS will allow the CGCS to convene a strategic support team of former and current senior managers with extensive experience managing the transportation and human resources facilities operations in other major urban school districts.

The scope of work would include a review of documents provided by the district prior to a site visit and an on-site review of the district’s transportation and human resources operations. The strategic support team would use three full days to conduct interviews with staff members; to observe real-time operations of these departments; and review additional documents, reports, and data. The last day of the site visit will be devoted to synthesizing and refining the team’s findings and recommendations prior to departing the district. After the site visit, the CGCS would forward a report that evaluates and makes recommendations to help optimize the functions of the Transportation Department and the role of Human Resources in supporting that work. The proposed scope of work specifies that the report would be completed within a reasonable timeframe.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
All Strategic Objectives
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  Yes)
Funds are available in the Miscellaneous P-Card Rebate Project (General Fund).  For tracking purposes, the project number specific to this project is 4422.  The expenditure amount, not to exceed $40,000, reflects less than 7 percent of the total budget for this project.  As of October 14, 2015, the remaining balance amount in this project equaled $546,701.50.
EVALUATION
SUBMITTED BY:  James Beekman, General Manager, Transportation Department
Christopher Farkas   Gretchen Saunders
Chief Operating Officer
(813) 272-4004
  Chief Business Officer
(813) 272-4270
    A 6.16
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20151027_703 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 6.16