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Meeting Date:
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10/13/2009 - 7:30 PM
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Category:
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Untitled
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Type:
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Action
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Subject:
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15.8 Request for the Creation of Two (2) Additional School Bus Driver Positions and the Purchase of Two (2) Wheelchair Vans
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LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Goal:
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Enclosure
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File Attachment:
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Summary:
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The District has experienced an unprecedented 30.7% year-to-year increase in the number of wheelchair students requiring transportation. This single year increase from twenty-six (26) students/12 routes in 2008-09 to a present ridership of thirty-four (34) students/13 routes has significantly reduced the Transportation Department’s capacity to provide efficient and timely transportation service to the greater special needs population. While the department has attempted to mitigate the effect of the increased wheelchair ridership through the creation of an impermanent thirteenth wheelchair route by assigning a dedicated substitute School Bus Driver to drive one (1) of only two (2) available serviceable spare vans, this is a temporary remedy that masks an increasingly patent resource problem. Documented increases in protracted student ride times and a multi-site inability to arrive at schools in a timely manner reflect the extent to which this problem is serving to overwhelm the capacity of the District’s greater special needs transportation program.
In an attempt to address the critical shortage of wheelchair vans and to provide essential relief to the greater special needs program, staff is requesting the creation of two (2) permanent School Bus Driver positions (effective 10/15/09) and the purchase of two (2) new wheelchair vans. The fully benefited cost for the two (2) requested School Bus Driver positions for this fiscal year would be $48,222.00. The cost for the two (2) requested vans would be approximately $137,000.00.
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Funding:
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Unrestricted General Fund
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Fiscal Impact
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$137,000.00 (one time): $48,222.00 for FY 2010(on-going)
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Recommendation:
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Approve creation of School Bus Driver positions and purchase of wheelchair vans
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Approvals:
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Recommended By:
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Signed By:
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Pete Pedersen - Measure C
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Signed By:
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Richard Nicoll - Interim Sup
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Vote Results:
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| Original Motion | | Member Paul Strange Moved, Member Linda Mayo seconded to approve the Original motion 'Approve extension of term of existing Construction Manager II position.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 4 Nay: 0. | | The motion Carried 4 - 0 | | | | | Gary Eberhart | Yes | | Paul Strange | Yes | | Linda Mayo | Yes | | Sherry Whitmarsh | Yes | |
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