Operations Director gave Safety Update. Still issues with homeless trespass and tagging but nothing stolen or broken into this month.

Operation Director reported that campus hours are Monday - Friday from 9:00A - 2:00P allowing for drop offs and pick ups of equipment and assorted items. The Operations website has an arrival form and a departure form for visits to campus. The departure form populates a database that shares information about which areas have been visited which provides custodians a map of where to disinfect.

Beaver Food Pantry is still operational. Natomas and Technical Education buildings are in the final stages of development. Tennis courts will be under repair or replacement by late March. STEM building is being supplied with new computers and IT is in process. Athletic Trainers and athletes will be allowed on campus in pods for conditioning with custodians moving through every 30 minutes for safety.

IT Supervisor reported that Open VPN is being replaced with Global VPN and all those with loaner laptops need to convert ASAP. Deadline is March 31, 2021 for all conversion to be completed.

Interim Vice President Administration reported that Los Rios is receiving a one time influx of funding for bulk purchase of laptops to replace the IT loaner laptops. Financial Aid and Admissions Records will each receive $372,000 to hire temporary classified emplolyees or pay for overtime or out-of-class promotions. Other funding may go to tutoring.

Hiring: District has approved advertising for management and supervisor positions and to fill Fund 12 categorically funded positions. Classified positions may be open for hiring after the State's May Revise budget.

Retros: grant-based programs have been requested to project 4% for retros to employees this year.

An outside testing center is being reviewed called "STEM Express" which would provide drive through C
OVID testing for students and staff free of charge. Operations Director is currently interviewing vendors.

Budget: Student Centered Funding Formula from the State is based on three criteria: 1) base allocation (FTES); 2) supplemental allocation (low-come and disproportionately impacted students); and 3) student success allocation. Funding is based on both enrollment and retention.

Annual Unit Planning: working to tie budget into this component.

ARC Forms & Processes 
Work Group: chaired by Interim VPA. This group includes 5 instructional deans, 2 student services deans, 1 counselor and classified and faculty on an project basis.