Contracts

Required Protocol When the Governing Board Approves or Extends the Superintendent's Contract or Sets the Salary of the Superintendent (CC)

File Name: 
application/pdf icon07-2012(CC) - Required Protocol Re Superintendent Contract.pdf
Published Date: 
2012-04-23
Contact: 

Patrick Wilson

This update reviews the recommended protocol when the governing board wishes to approve or extend the superintendent/president’s contract or set the salary of the superintendent/president.

Private: 
No
ID: 
07-2012 (CC)

Required Protocol When the Governing Board Approves or Extends the Superintendent's Contract or Sets the Salary of the Superintendent (K-12)

File Name: 
application/pdf icon13-2012 - Required Protocol re Superintendent's Contract or Salary.pdf
Published Date: 
2012-04-20
Contact: 

Patrick Wilson

This update reviews the recommended protocol when the governing board wishes to approve or extend the superintendent’s contract or set the salary of the superintendent.

A. BOARD APPROVAL OF OR AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

The statutes with respect to a governing board’s approval of a district superintendent’s employment agreement are set forth in the Government Code.

1. Open Session Ratification of the Superintendent’s Contract.

Government Code sections 53260-53264 apply to various local agency employment agreements, including school and college districts contracts involving the superintendent and other high level administrators.

Section 53262 provides that the contract of employment of a district superintendent “shall be ratified in an open session of the governing body which shall be reflected in the governing body’s minutes.” This provision assumes that the governing board took action in closed session to appoint or re-employ the superintendent pursuant to Government Code section 54957. If a closed session discussion occurs but no action is taken in closed session, any subsequent public session action should be described as an “approval” of the contract rather than a “ratification” of the contract.

Private: 
No
ID: 
13-2012

2012 Construction Contract Update (CC)

File Name: 
application/pdf icon01-2012(CC) - 2012 Construction Contract Update (PCW-LWS).pdf
Published Date: 
2012-01-06
Contact: 

Patrick Wilson

Based on recent legislation, the following revisions have been incorporated into our form Construction Contract:

5% Retention

Effective for all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2012, California Public Contract Code section 7201 requires that the retention proceeds withheld from any payment by a public entity to the original contractor shall not exceed 5% of the total contract price. However, the retention amount may exceed 5% if the governing board has made a finding, prior to the bid, that the project is “substantially complex” and therefore requires a higher retention amount and the governing board includes both this finding and the actual retention amount in the Notice Inviting Bids.

Private: 
No
ID: 
01-2012