Alameda County Grand Jury
2009-2010
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Additional Recommendations
20
Not linked to specific findings.
10-1:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must review, update, follow and enforce all existing policies regarding food, travel and professional development.
10-2:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must approve salary raises and contracts before they are awarded.
10-3:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must take a more active role in supervising the chancellor, including conducting a monthly review in open session of the chancellor’s expenses.
10-4:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must severely restrict and require written justification of all food purchases and meals by stating who attended, why and the results of the business conducted. Information regarding these purchases must be disclosed to the public.
10-5:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must instruct the chancellor not to issue credit cards to the chancellor or members of the board of trustees.
10-6:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must justify and restrict travel by the board and the chancellor.
10-7:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require that all out-of-district travel by board members and the chancellor be approved in advance at a board meeting and heard as an individual action item, not as part of the agenda’s consent calendar.
10-8:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require that once travel is completed, individual board members and the chancellor submit written reports describing the total cost of the trip and the benefit to the district.
10-9:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must provide an on-site shared office space available to trustees and eliminate home offices and all cell phone stipends.
10-10:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must review the financial statements of the district during open session at a regular meeting of the board of trustees on a monthly basis.
10-11:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must fill the position of internal district auditor.
10-12:
In negotiating the employment contract with all future chancellors, the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must abandon the use of incentives and special accounts. Instead, choose a single salary number that represents total compensation.
10-13:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must schedule a meeting every year with the outside auditors to discuss their
10-14:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require that the chancellor and senior managers implement recommendations made by outside auditors to ensure a budget can be developed as required.
10-15:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require out- of-state travel by all district employees to be approved in advance by the board and heard as individual action items at a board meeting and not as part of the agenda’s consent calendar.
10-16:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must establish penalties and an enforcement procedure for violation of policies by trustees and the chancellor.
10-17:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must hire a full-time executive director whose duties include: short-term and long-term planning for development of the property should any or all of the tenants leave; and, monitoring and monthly reporting to the board of commissioners of the performance of contractors.
10-18:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must develop short and long term plans for the best use of the coliseum property.
10-19:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must maintain and expand their website to include current board meeting minutes and agendas, detailed information about the complex, and the overall annual debt.
10-20:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must schedule and hold monthly meetings at the same time, day of the week, and location each month.
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Additional Recommendations
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Not linked to specific findings.
10-1:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must review, update, follow and enforce all existing policies regarding food, travel and professional development.
10-2:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must approve salary raises and contracts before they are awarded.
10-3:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must take a more active role in supervising the chancellor, including conducting a monthly review in open session of the chancellor’s expenses.
10-4:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must severely restrict and require written justification of all food purchases and meals by stating who attended, why and the results of the business conducted. Information regarding these purchases must be disclosed to the public.
10-5:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must instruct the chancellor not to issue credit cards to the chancellor or members of the board of trustees.
10-6:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must justify and restrict travel by the board and the chancellor.
10-7:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require that all out-of-district travel by board members and the chancellor be approved in advance at a board meeting and heard as an individual action item, not as part of the agenda’s consent calendar.
10-8:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require that once travel is completed, individual board members and the chancellor submit written reports describing the total cost of the trip and the benefit to the district.
10-9:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must provide an on-site shared office space available to trustees and eliminate home offices and all cell phone stipends.
10-10:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must review the financial statements of the district during open session at a regular meeting of the board of trustees on a monthly basis.
10-11:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must fill the position of internal district auditor.
10-12:
In negotiating the employment contract with all future chancellors, the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must abandon the use of incentives and special accounts. Instead, choose a single salary number that represents total compensation.
10-13:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must schedule a meeting every year with the outside auditors to discuss their
10-14:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require that the chancellor and senior managers implement recommendations made by outside auditors to ensure a budget can be developed as required.
10-15:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must require out- of-state travel by all district employees to be approved in advance by the board and heard as individual action items at a board meeting and not as part of the agenda’s consent calendar.
10-16:
The Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees must establish penalties and an enforcement procedure for violation of policies by trustees and the chancellor.
10-17:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must hire a full-time executive director whose duties include: short-term and long-term planning for development of the property should any or all of the tenants leave; and, monitoring and monthly reporting to the board of commissioners of the performance of contractors.
10-18:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must develop short and long term plans for the best use of the coliseum property.
10-19:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must maintain and expand their website to include current board meeting minutes and agendas, detailed information about the complex, and the overall annual debt.
10-20:
The Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority Board of Commissioners must schedule and hold monthly meetings at the same time, day of the week, and location each month.