Yuba County Grand Jury
• 2022-2023
• Agency Response
Response to:
GJR2022-2023 Final Report
Keeping Our Students Safe*
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CL1 Page 3Personnel Services Unsecured and unsupervised gates are a security and safety issue.
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CL2 Page 3Formal gate security policy and procedures be established. Gates are supervised while students enter or exit the campus. The delivery gate gets re-locked after deliveries. Marysville Joint Unified School District 1919 B Street • Marysville, CA 95901 Joint Unified Scrip (530) 741-6000 • Fax (530) 742-0573 Marys istri cled for Student Su Board of Trustees Spring assisted gates are properly closed after entry is made. Randy L. Davis Doug F. Criddle Response: Alisan R. Hastey Frank J. Crawford Yuba Gardens Intermediate School takes student health and safety seriously. Gary J. Criddle Safety procedures, including gate security, are discussed and clearly Seth R. Stemen communicated to all staff members at the beginning and throughout the school Chong Yang, Ed.D. year. Two access points for students entering or exiting campus at the start and end of each school day are supervised by two teachers. Administration at Yuba Gardens ensures coverage in the event a person is absent. District Administration Included in Yuba Gardens' safety protocols is the re-locking of the delivery gate after usage. An upcoming facilities project for the campus includes a separate Fal Asrani, Ed.D. shipping/receiving area that will include a separate gate and discontinue the Superintendent current process. Architects for this project were approved at the July 18, 2023 Bryan Williams board meeting. Assistant Superintendent Administrative Services Replacing the spring-assisted gates with automatic gate closers is included in the MJUSD Buildings and Grounds list of priorities as they prepare the campus for the Jennifer Passaglia 2023-24 school year. Assistant Superintendent Business Services Thank you for your investment in Marysville Joint Unified School District and the opportunity to highlight the importance of student safety. Jay Trujillo Assistant Superintendent Educational Services Sincerely Gabe Simon, Ed.D. Assistant Superintendent Personnel Services Randy Davis Preśident MJUSD Board of Trustees Dr. Fal Abrani Superintendent Marysville Joint Unified School District PRATTINGES SAIL City of Marysville 526 C Street Marysville, CA 95901 (530) 749-3901 September 12, 2023 The Honorable Stephen Berrier Yuba County Superior Court 215 Fifth Street Marysville, CA 95901 RE: Response of the Marysville City Council to the final report of the Yuba County Grand Jury ("YCGJ") 2022- 2023 (pages 20-29) Dear Judge Berrier, Pursuant to California Penal Code sections 933 and 933.05, the City Council ("Council") of the City of Marysville ("City") hereby submits its formal response to the 2022-2023 Grand Jury Final Report ("Report"). The City respects the important role of the and would like to express its sincere gratitude to the dedicated members of the 2022/2023 Yuba County Grand Jury. Please accept the following responses to the Grand Jury findings: INTRODUCTION I) The Council's primary responsibility is to act in the best interest of the citizens of Marysville. The Mayor, Council and City Manager have major commitments to residents of the community, business owners, City employees, the Federal Government and the State of California, developing, approving and implementing the fiscal budget and carrying out the Marysville Charter, its Municipal Code and related policies. II) REQUIRED RESPONSES TO FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Finding F1: City Assets are Unknown. The City's audit finding 2021-02 - Capital Asset Accounting - remains unresolved. City's Response: Disagree in Part Most of the City's assets are known. The City has historically maintained a capital asset listing that is reviewed and updated yearly through the annual audit process, however a complete physical inventory of all assets had not been performed for several years. The City does a physical inventory of all vehicles annually for the purpose of renewing our insurance. Finding F2: The City has not developed a Capital Asset Policy; the City's audit finding of finding 2021-02 - Capital Asset Accounting - remains unresolved. City's Response: Agree A draft Capital Asset Policy had already been created by the Finance Director. There is still additional research to be completed in regard to generally accepted capitalization thresholds and updated language on surplus property and disposals of assets. City of Marysville 526 C Street Marysville, CA 95901 (530) 749-3901
* This report's PDF did not contain easily extractable text and required Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for analysis. There may be minor errors in the extracted findings and recommendations due to OCR limitations with scanned documents.